An Act to amend the act of August 25, 1959 (73 Stat. 420), pertaining to the affairs of the Choctaw Tribe of Oklahoma
PL 90-476 (H.R.16086), enacted 08/11/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-476-AUG. 11, 1968 
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"(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with 
the 1968 crop of extra long staple cotton, the Secretary, if he deter-
mines that it will not impair the effective operation of the program 
involved, (1) may permit the owner and operator of any farm for 
which an extra long staple cotton acreage allotment is established to 
sell or lease all or any part or the right to all or any part of such allot-
ment to any other owner or operator of a farm for transfer to such 
farm; (2) may permit the owner of a farm to transfer all or any part 
of such allotment to any other farm owned or controlled by him. No 
allotment shall be transferred under this subsection to a farm in 
another State or to a person for use in another State. The Secretary 
shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this subsection 
and may prescribe such terms and conditions as he deems necessary. 
"(s:) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the extra long ^ ^°" conserving 
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staple cotton acreage allotment established for any farm for the 1968 
and subsequent crops is greater than such allotment for the preceding 
crop, because of transfers under subsection (f) of this section or for 
any other reason, the soil conserving base established for the farm 
shall be reduced by the same number of acres that the allotment is 
increased for that year." 
SEC. 7. Section "407 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, ext^Yir^sfri^" 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Notwith- cotton °saie af ^ 
standing any other provision of this section, effective August 1, 1968, market prices. 
the Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available during each 
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marketing year for sale for unrestricted use at market prices at the 
time of sale, a quantity of American grown extra long staple cotton 
equal to the amount by which the production of such cotton in the 
calendar year in which such marketing year begins is less than the 
estimated requirements of American grown extra long staple cotton 
for domestic use and for export for such marketing year: 
Provided, 
That no sales shall be made at less than 115 per centum of the loan 
rate for extra long staple cotton under section 101(f) of this Act 
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beginning with the marketing year for the first crop for which the 
national marketing quota for extra long staple cotton is not established 
under paragraph (3) of section 347(b) of the Agricultural Adjust-
ment Act of 1938, as amended. The Secretary may make such estimates 
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and adjustments therein at such times as he determines will best 
effectuate the provisions of the foregoing sentence and such quanti-
ties of cotton as are required to be sold under such sentence shall be 
offered for sale in an orderly manner and so as not to affect market 
prices unduly." 
SEC. 8. Section 3 of Public Law 88-638 (78 Stat, 1038) is hereby f^,f^^^-
repealed effective August 1, 1968. 
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Approved August 11, 1968. 
Public Law 90-476 
AN ACT 
August 11, 1968 
To amend the Act of August 2^, 1959 (73 Stat. 420), pertaining to the affairs 
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of the Ch(K'taw Tribe of Oklahoma. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houne of Repre-^entatives of the 
United States of America In Congress assemhled, That the Act of ^ia^'"'*^'^ ^"' 
August 25, 1959 (73 Stat. 420), as amended, is further amended as 'property dispo-
foUows: the words "nine years", which appear twice in section 1(a), sition. 
once in section 1 (d), once in section 11, once in section 12(a), and once 
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in section 12 (b), are changed to "eleven years". 
note. 
Approved August 11, 1968.