An Act to establish improved programs for the benefit of producers and consumers of dairy products, wool, wheat, feed grains, cotton, and other commodities, to extend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes
PL 91-524 (H.R.18546), enacted 11/30/1970

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[84 STAT. 
Public Law 91-523 
November25, 1970 
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A C T 
^^' 9°^^ 
To amend section 1162 of title 18, United States Code, relating to State jurisdic-
tion over offenses committed by or against Indians in the Indian country. 
Indians^ 
Jurisdiction in 
Alaska. 
67 Stat, 588; 
72 Stat. 545. 
62 Stat, 757; 
63 Stat. 94. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asSemhled^ That subsection (a) 
of section 1162 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by deleting 
the following: 
"Alaska 
All Indian country within the Territory" 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"Alaska 
All Indian country within the State, except that on Annette 
Islands, the Metlakatla Indian community may exercise jurisdiction over 
offenses committed by Indians in the same manner In which such jurisdiction 
may be exercised by Indian tribes in Indian country over which State jurisdic-
tion has not been extended." 
SEC. 2. Subsection (c) of section 1162 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: "(c) The provisions of sections 1152 
and 1153 of this chapter shall not be applicable within the areas of 
Indian country listed in subsection (a) of this section as areas over 
which the several States have exclusive jurisdiction." 
Approved November 25, 1970. 
Public Law 91-524 
NovemberSO, 1970 
[H. R. 18546] 
AN ACT 
To establish inn)roved programs for the benefit of producers and consumers of 
dairy products, wool, wheat, feed grains, cotton, and other commodities, to 
extend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as 
amended, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
of^mo"^*"'^^ ^"^ United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Agricultural Act of 1970". 
TITLE I—PAYMENT LIMITATION 
Post, pp. 1362, 
1368, 1371. 
" P a y m e n t s , " 
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law— 
(1) The total amount of payments which a person shall be entitled 
to receive under each of the annual programs established by titles 
IV, V, and VI of this Act for the 1971, 1972, or 1973 crop of the 
commodity shall not exceed $55,000. 
(2) The term "payments" as used in this section includes price-
support payments, set-aside payments, diversion payments, public 
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access payments, and marketing certificates, but does not include loans 
or purchases. 
(3) If the Secretary determines that the total amount of payments 
which will be earned by any person under the program in effect for 
any crop will be reduced under this section, the set-aside acreage for 
the farm or farms on which such person will be sharing in payments 
earned under such program shall be reduced to such extent and in 
such manner as the Secretary determines will be fair and reasonable 
in relation to the amount of the payment reduction. 
(4) The Secretary shall issue regulations defining the term "person" 
and prescribing such rules as he determines necessary to assure a fair 
and reasonable application of such limitation: Provided, That the 
provisions of this Act which limit payments to any person shall 
not be applicable to lands owned by States, political subdivisions, 
or agencies thereof, so long as such lands are farmed primarily in 
the direct furtherance of a public function, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
Set-aside 
acreage, reduction. 
Regulations. 
TITLE II—DAIRY 
DAIRY BASE PLANS 
SEC. 201. (a) The Agricultural Adjustment Act, as reenacted and 
amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as 
amended, is further amended by striking in subparagraph (B) of 
subsection 8c (5) all that part of said subparagraph (B) which follows 
the comma at the end of clause (c) and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: "(d) a further adjustment to encourage seasonal adjust-
ments in the production of milk through equitable apportionment of 
the total value of the milk purchased by any handler, or by all 
handlers, among producers on the basis of their marketings of milk 
during a representative period of time, which need not be limited to 
one year; (e) a provision providing for the accumulation and dis-
bursement of a fund to encourage seasonal adjustments in the produc-
tion of milk may be included in an order; and (f) a further adjust-
ment, equitably to apportion the total value of milk purchased by all 
handlers among producers on the basis of their marketings of milk, 
which may be adjusted to reflect the utilization of producer milk by 
all handlers in any use classification or classifications, during a 
79 Stat. 1187. 
7 use 608c. 
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representative period of one to three years, which will be automati-
cally updated each year. In the event a producer holding a base 
allocated under this clause (f) shall reduce his marketing, such 
reduction shall not adversely affect his history of production and 
marketing for the determination of future bases, or future updating 
of bases, except that an order may provide that, if a producer reduces 
his marketings below his base allocation in any one or more use classi-
fications designated in the order, the amount of any such reduction 
shall be taken into account in determining future bases, or future 
updating of bases. Bases allocated to producers under this clause (f) 
may be transferable under an order on such terms and conditions, 
including those which will prevent bases taking on an unreasonable 
value, as are prescribed in the order by the Secretary of Agricultvire. 
Provisions shall be made in the order for the allocation of bases under 
this clause (f) — 
"(i) for the alleviation of hardship and inequity among producers; 
and 
"(ii) for providing bases for dairy farmers not delivering milk as 
producers under the order upon becoming producers under the order 
who did not produce milk during any part of the representative period 
and these new producers shall within ninety days after the first regular 
delivery of milk at the price for the lowest use classification specified 
in such order be allocated a base which the Secretary determines proper 
after considering supply and demand conditions, the development 
of orderly and efficient marketing conditions and to the respective 
interests of producers under the order, all other dairy farmers and 
the consuming public. Producer bases so allocated shall for a period 
of not more than three years be reduced by not more than 20 per 
centum; and 
"(iii) dairy farmers not delivering milk as producers under the 
order upon becoming producers under the order by reason of a plant 
to which they are making deliveries becoming a pool plant under the 
order, by amendment or otherwise, shall be provided bases with respect 
to milk delivered under the order based on their past deliveries of 
milk on the some basis as other producers under the order; and 
"(iv) such order may include such additional provisions as the Sec-
retary deems appropriate in regard to the reentry of producers who 
have previously discontinued their dairy farm enterprise or trans-
ferred bases authorized under this clause (f); and 
" (v) notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, dairy farmers 
not delivering milk as producers under the order, upon becoming 
producers under the order, shall within ninety days be provided with 
respect to milk delivered under the order, allocations based on their 
past deliveries of milk during the representative period from the pro-
duction facilities from which they are delivering milk under the order 
on the same basis as producers under the order on the effective date of 
order provisions authorized under this clause (f) : Provided^ That 
bases shall be allocated only to a producer marketing milk from the 
production facilities from which he marketed milk during the repre-
sensative period, except that iii no event shall such allocation of base 
exceed the amount of milk actually delivered under such order. 
The assignment of other source milk to various use classes shall be 
made without regard to whether an order contains provisions author-
ized under this clause (f). In the case of any producer who during any 
accounting period delivers a portion of his milk to persons not fully 
regulated by the order, provision shall be made for reducing the allo-
cation of, or payment to be received by, any such producer under this 
clause (f) to compensate for any marketings of milk to such other 
persons for such period or periods as necessary to insure equitable 
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participation in marketings among all producers. Notwithstanding the 
provisions of section 8c (12^) and the last sentence of section 8c (19) of 
this Act, order provisions under this clause (f) shall not be effective in 
any marketing order unless separately approved by producers in a 
referendum in which each individual producer shall have one vote and 
may be terminated separately whenever the Secretary makes a deter-
mination with respect to such provisions as is provided for the termina-
tion of an order in subparagraph 8c(16) (B). Disapproval or termi-
nation of such order provisions shall not be considered disapproval of 
the order or of other terms of the order." 
(b) The legal status of producer handlers of milk under the provi-
sions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as reenacted and amended 
by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, 
shall be the same subsequent to the adoption of the amendments made 
by this Act as it was prior thereto. 
(c) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section 201 shall be construed as 
invalidating any class I base plan provisions of any marketing order 
previously issued by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to author-
ity contained in the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1187), 
but such provisions are expressly ratified, legalized, and confirmed and 
may be extended through and including December 31,1971. 
(d) It is not intended that existing law be in any way altered, 
rescinded, or amended with respect to section 8c(5) (G) of the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Act, as reenacted and amended by the Agricul-
tural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, and such section 
8c(5) (G) is fully reaffirmed. 
(e) The provisions of this section shall not be effective aft^^r Decem-
ber 31, 1973 except with respect to orders providing for Class I base 
plans issued prior to such date, but in no event shall any order 
issued extend or be effective beyond December 31, 1976. 
49 Stat, 759; 
75 Stat. 305. 
7 u s e 608c,, 
48 Stat. 31; 
50 Stat. 246. 
7 u s e 601 
note. 
7 u s e 608c 
note. 
49 Stat. 755* 
Termination 
provisions. 
so 
SUSPENSION OF BUTTERFAT SUPPORT PROGRAM 
SEC. 202. Effective only with respect to the period beginning April 1. 
1971, and ending March 31, 1974— 
(a) The first sentence of section 201 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, 
as amended (7 U.S.C. 1446), is amended by striking the words "milk, 
butterfat, and the products of milk and butterfat" and inserting in 
lieu thereof the words "and milk". 
(b) Paragraph (c) of section 201 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, 
as amended (7 U.S.C. 1446(c)), is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) The price of milk shall be supported at such level not in excess 
of 90 per centum nor less than 75 per centum of the parity price there-
for as the Secretary determines necessary in order to assure an ade-
quate supply. Such price support shall be provided through purchases 
of milk and the products of milk."' 
Price supports. 
Designated non-
basic commodities. 
63 Stat. 105:!. 
Milk and butter-
fat. 
68 Stat. 899; 
70 Stat. 86; 
74 Stat. 1054. 
TRANSFER OF DAIRY PRODUCTS TO THE MILITARY AND TO VETERANS 
HOSPITALS 
SEC. 203. Section 202 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended 
(7 U.S.C. 1446a), is amended by changing "December 31, 1970" to 
read "December 31, 1973" both places it appears therein. 
81 Stat. 464, 
DAIRY I N D E M N I T Y 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 204. (a) Section 3 of the Act of August 13, 1968 (Public Law 
90-484; 82 Stat. 750), is amended by striking out the word "June 30, 
1970.", and inserting in lieu thereof the word "June 30, 1973.". 
7 u s e 450/. 
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Milk removals 
82 Stat, 750. 
7 u s e 45Oj. 
(b) The first sentence of section 1 of said Act is amended by insert-
ing, "and manufacturers of dairy products who have been directed 
since the date of enactment of the Agricultural Act of 1970 to remove 
their dairy products,'* after "milk", and the second sentence is revised 
to read: "Any indemnity payment to any farmer shall continue until 
he has been reinstated and is again allowed to dispose of his milk on 
commercial markets.". 
TITLE III—WOOL 
Price supports 
68 Stat. 910; 
79 Stat. 1188; 
82 Stat. 996. 
7 u s e 1782. 
SEC. 301. The National Wool Act of 1954, as amended, is amended 
as follows: 
(1) Designate the first two sentences of section 703 as subsection 
" (a)", and, m the second sentence, delete "1970" and substitute "1973". 
(2) In the third sentence of section 703, delete the portion begin-
ning with "The support price for shorn wool shall be" and ending 
with ^'•Provided further. That the" and substitute "The", designate 
the third sentence as subsection "(b)", change the period at the end 
thereof to a colon and add the following: ''''Provided, That for the three 
marketing years beginning January 1, 1971, and ending December 31, 
1973, the support price for shorn wool shall be 72 cents per pound, 
grease basis.". 
(3) Designate the fourth and fifth sentences of section 703 as sub-
section "(c)", change the period at the end of the fifth sentence to a 
colon and add the following: ''''Provided,, That for the three marketing-
years beginning January 1, 1971, and ending December 31, 1973, the 
support price for mohair shall be 80.2 cents per pound, grease basis.". 
(4) Designate the sixth sentence of section 703 as subsection "(d)". 
(5) Designate the last sentence of section 703 as subsection "(e)". 
Price support 
levels. 
79 Stat. 1203. 
7 u s e 144Sa. 
Loans and pur-
chases, availa-
bility. 
Post, p. 1363. 
Marketing cer-
tificates. 
79 Stat. 1202; 
76 Stat. 627; 
78 Stat. 180. 
7 u s e 1379b, 
1379c. 
Face value. 
TITLE IV—WHEAT 
SEC. 401. Effective only with respect to the 1971, 1972, and 1973 
crops of wheat, section 107 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as 
amended, is further amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 10"^. Notwithstanding any other provision of law— 
"(a) Loans and purchases on each crop of wheat shall b3 made 
available at such level as the Secretary determines appropriate, taking 
into consideration competitive world prices of wheat, the feeding value 
of wheat in relation to feed grains, and the level at which price support 
is made available for feed grains: Provided,, That in no event shall 
such level be in excess of the parity price for wheat or less than $1.25 
per bushel. 
" (b) If a set-aside program is in effect for any crop of wheat under 
section 379b(c) of the AgricuHural Adjustment Act of 1938, as 
amended, certificates, loans and purchases shall be made available on 
such crop only to producers who comply with the provisions of such 
program." 
SEC. 402. Effective only with respect to the 1971, 1972, and 1973 
crops of wheat sections 379b and 379c of the Agricultural Adjustment 
Act of 1938, as amended, are further amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 379b. (a) The Secretary shall provide for the issuance of 
wheat marketing certificates for the purpose of enabling producers 
on any farm for which certificates are issued to receive, in addition to 
the other proceeds from the sale of wheat, an amount equal to the face 
value of such certificates. The face value per bushel of domestic mar-
keting certificates for the 1971,1972, and 1973 crops of wheat shall be 
in such amount as, together with the national average market price 
I'eceived by farmers during the first five months of the marketing year 
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for such crop, the Secretary determines will be equal to the parity 
price for wheat as of the beginning of the marketing year for the crop. 
"(b) The domestic wheat marketing certificates shall be made avail-
able for a farm on the number of bushels determined by multiplying 
the domestic allotment for the farm for the crop to which such certifi-
cates relate by the projected yield established for the farm Avith such 
adjustments as the Secretary determines necessary to provide a fair 
and equitable yield. 
"(c) (1) The Secretary shall provide for a set-aside of cropland if 
he determines that the total supply of wheat or other commodities will, 
in the absence of such a set-aside, likely be excessive taking into ac-
count the need for an adequate carryover to maintain reasonable and 
stable supplies and prices and to meet a national emergency. If a set-
aside of cropland is in eft'ect under this subsection (c), then as a con-
dition of eligibility for loans, purchases, and certificates on wheat, the 
producers on a farm must set aside and devote to approved conserva-
tion uses an acreage of cropland equal to (i) such percentage of the 
domestic wheat allotment for the farm as may be specified by the 
Secretary and will be estimated by the Secretary to result in a set-
aside not in excess of 13.3 million acres in the case of the 1971 crop, 
or 15 million acres in the case of the 1972 or 1973 crop, plus (ii) the 
acreage of cropland on the farm devoted in preceding years to soil-
conserving uses, as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary is au-
thorized for the 1971,1972, and 1973 crops to limit the acreage planted 
to wheat on the farm to such percentage of the domestic wheat allot-
ment as he determines necessary to provide an orderly transition to the 
program provided for under this section. Grazing shall not be per-
mitted during any of the five principal months of the normal growing 
season as determined by the county committee established pursuant 
to section 8 (b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, 
as amended, and subject to this limitation (1) the Secretary shall per-
mit producers to plant and graze on the set-aside acreage sweet 
sorghum, and (2) the Secretary may permit, subject to such terms 
and conditions as he may prescribe, all or any of the set-aside acreage 
to be devoted to grazing or the production of guar, sesame, safflower, 
sunflower, castor beans, mustard seed, crambe, plantago ovato, flax-
seed, or other commodity, if he determines that sudi production is 
needed to provide an adequate supply, is not likely to increase the cost 
of the price-support program, and will not adversely affect farm 
income. 
"(2) To assist in adjusting the acreage of commodities to desirable 
goals, the Secretary may make land diversion payments, in addition to 
the certificates authorized in subsection (b), available to producers on 
a farm who, to the extent prescribed by the Secretary, devote to 
approved conservation uses an acreage of cropland on the farm in addi-
tion to that required to be so devoted under subsection (c) (1). The 
land diversion payments for a farm shall be at such rate or rates as the 
Secretary determines to be fair and reasonable taking into considera-
tion the diversion undertaken by the producers and the productivity 
of the acreage diverted. The Secretary shall limit the total acreage to 
be diverted under agreements in any county or local community so as 
not to adversely affect the economy of the county or local community. 
" (3) The wheat program formulated under this section shall require 
the producer to take such measures as the Secretary may deem appro-
priate to protect the set-aside acreage and the additional diverted 
acreage from erosion, insects, weeds, and rodents. Such acreage may be 
devoted to wildlife food plots or wildlife habitat in conformity with 
standards established by the Secretary in consultation with wildlife 
agencies. The Secretary may provide for an additional payment on 
Availability^ 
determination. 
Set-aside 
acreage* 
Acreage planted, 
limitation. 
Grazing, 
52 Stat. 31; 
78 Stat. 743. 
16 u s e 590h. 
Land diversion 
payments. 
Rates. 
Acreage limica-
tion. 
Set-aside acre-
age, protection.! 
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Agreement, fil" 
ing. 
Acreage , soil 
conserving uses* 
Agreement, 
termination or 
modification^ 
Certificate and 
payment sharing* 
Noncompliance. 
Advancement. 
Marketing cards, 
etc. 
Farm domestic 
allotment. 
Apportionment 
among States. 
such acreage in an amount determined by the Secretary to be appro-
priate in relation to the benefit to the general public if the producer 
agrees to permit, without other compensation, access to all or such 
[X>rtion of the farm as the Secretary may prescribe by the general 
public, for hunting, trapping, fishing, and hiking, subject to applicable 
State and Federal regulations. 
"(4) If the operator of the farm desires to participate in the pro-
gram formulated under this subsection (c), he shall file his agreement 
to do so no later than such date as the Secretary may prescribe. Loans 
and purchases on wheat, marketing certificates, and payments under 
this section shall be made available to producers on such farm only if 
the producers set aside and devote to approved soil conserving uses an 
acreage on the farm equal to the number of acres which the operator 
agrees to set aside and devote to approved soil conserving uses, and the 
agreement shall so provide. The Secretary may, by mutual agreement 
with the producer, terminate or modify any such agreement entered 
into pursuant to this subsection (c) (4) if he determines such action 
necessary because of an emergency created by drought or other dis-
aster, or in order to prevent or alleviate a shortage in the supply of 
agricultural commodities. 
"(d) The Secretary shall provide for the sharing of certificates 
issued and of payments made under this section for any farm among 
producers on the farm on a fair and equitable basis. 
"(e) In any case in which the failure of a producer to comply fully 
with the terms and conditions of the program formulated under this 
section preclude the issuance of certificates and the making of loans, 
purchases, and payments, the Secretary may, nevertheless, issue such 
certificates and make such loans, purchases, and payments in such 
amounts as he determines to be equitable in relation to the seriousness 
of the default. 
"(f) The Secretary shall advance to producers, as soon as practi-
cable after July 1 of the year in w^hich the crop is harvested, an amount 
equal to 75 per centum of the Secretary's estimate of the face value of 
certificates to be issued with respect to such crop and such advance 
shall be repaid through the withholding of certificates for such crop 
having a face value equal to such advance. If the face value of the 
certificates as finally determined is less than the advance, the difference 
shall not be required to be repaid. 
"(g) The Secretary is authorized to issue such regulations as he 
determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. 
"(h) Marketing certificates issued under this Act and transfers 
thereof shall be represented by such documents, marketing cards, rec-
ords, accounts, certifications, or other statements or forms as the Sec-
retary may prescribe. 
"(i) The Secretary shall carry out the program authorized by this 
section through the Commodity Credit Corporation. 
"SEC. 379c. (a) (1) The farm domestic allotment for each crop of 
wheat shall be determined as provided in this section. The Secretary 
shall proclaim a national domestic allotment for the 1972 and 1978 
crops of w^heat not later than April 15 of each calendar year for the 
crop harvested in the next succeeiding calendar year. The national 
domestic allotment for any crop of wheat shall be the number of acres 
whidh the Secretary determines on the basis of the estimated national 
yield will result in marketing certificates being issued to producers 
participating in the program in an amount equal to the amount of 
wheat which he estimates will be used for food products for consump-
tion in the L'nited States during the marketing year for the crop (not 
less than 535 million bushels). The national domestic allotment for 
any crop of wheat shall be apportioned by the Secretary among the 
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States on the basis of the apportionment to each State of the national 
domestic allotment for the preceding crop adjusted to the extent deemed 
necessary by the Secretary to establish a fair and equitable appor-
tionment base for each State, taking into consideration established crop 
rotation practices, the estimated decrease in farm domestic allotments, 
and other relevant factors. 
" (2) The State domestic acreage allotment for wheat, less a reserve 
county appoi-
of not to exceed 1 per centum thereof for apportionment as provided t^"""*^"^* 
in this subsection, shall be apportioned by the Secretary among the 
counties in the State, on the basis of the apportionment to each such 
county of the domestic wheat allotment for the preceding crop, adjusted 
to the extent deemed necessary by the Secretary in order to establish 
a fair and equitable apportionment base for each county taking into 
consideration established crop-rotation practices, the estimated de-
crease in farm domestic allotments, and other relevant factors. 
"(3) The farm domestic allotment for each crop of wheat shall be 
Factors detet-
determined by apportioning the county domestic wheat allotment '"'"'"e allotment, 
among farms in the county which had a domestic wheat allotment for 
the preceding crop on the basis of such allotment, adjusted to reflect 
established crop-rotation practices and such other f 
actore as the Secre-
tary determines should be considered for the purpose of establishing a 
fair and equitable allotment. The farm domestic allotment for the 1^71 
crop of wheat shall be determined by multiplying the farm acreage 
allotment established for the 1971 crop by a national allocation per-
centage established in the same manner as for the 1970 crop, but which 
will result in the allotment of a total of not less than 19.7 million acres 
and will be based on a wheat marketing allocation of not less than 535 
million bushels. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsec-
tion, the farm domestic allotment shall be adjusted downward t-o the 
extent required by subsection (b). 
"(4) Not to exceed 1 per centum of the State domestic allotment 
for any crop may be apportioned to farms for which there was no 
domestic allotment for the preceding crop on the basis of the follow-
ing factors: suitability of the land for production of wheat, the past 
experience of the farm operator in the production of wheat, the 
extent to which the farm operator is dependent on income from farm-
ing for his livelihood, the production of wheat on other farms owned, 
operated, or controlled by the farm operator, and such other factors 
as the Secretary determines should be considered for the purpose of 
establishing fair and equitable farm domestic allotments. No part of 
such reserve shall be apportioned to a farm to reflect new cropland 
brought into production after the date of enactment of the set-aside 
program for wheat. 
"(5) The planting on a farm of wheat of any crop for which no 
farm domestic allotment was established shall not make the farm 
eligible for a domestic allotment under subsection (a) (3) nor shall 
such farm by reason of such planting be considered ineligible for an 
allotment under subsection (a) (4). 
"(6) The Secretary may make such adjustments in acreage under ^^^g®°^* adjust-
this Act as he determines necessary to correct for abnormal factors 
affecting production, and to give due consideration to tillable acre-
age, crop rotation practices, types of soil, soil and water conservation 
measures, and topography, and in addition, in the case of conserving 
use acreages and to such other factors as he deems necessary in order 
to establish a fair and equitable conserving use acreage for the farm. 
"(b) (1) If for any crop the total acreage of wheat planted on a du'^"°^'"*c"nd1-
farm is less than the farm domestic allotment, the farm domestic tions. 
allotment used as a base for the 'succeeding crop shall be reduced by 
the percentage by which such planted acreage was less than such 
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Marketing re-
strictions* 
78 Stat. 181; 
79 Stat. 1202, 
1203. 
7 u s e 1379d. 
Marketing certif-
icates, sale. 
79 Stat. 1206. 
7 u s e 1709e. 
52 Stat. 52; 
76 Stat. 618. 
7 U S e 1331-1339, 
79 Stat. 1199. 
72 Stat. 995. 
7 u s e 1378. 
79 Stat, 1211. 
7 u s e 1379. 
76 Stat. 626. 
7 u s e 1385. 
Allotments, 
transfer. 
farm domestic allotment, but such reduction shall not exceed 20 per 
centum of the farm domestic allotment for the preceding crop. If no 
acreage has been planted to wheat for three consecutive crop years 
on any farm which has a domestic allotment, such farm shall lose its 
domestic allotment. Producers on any farm who have planted to 
wheat not less than 90 per centum of the domestic allotment for the 
farm shall be considered to have planted an acreage equal to 100 per 
centum of such allotment. An acreage on the farm which the Secre-
tary determines was not planted to wheat because of drought, flood, 
or other natural disaster or a condition beyond the control of the 
producer shall be considered to be an acreage of wheat planted for 
harvest. For the purpose of this subsection, the Secretary may permit 
producers of wheat to have acreage devoted to soybeans or to feed 
grains for which there is a set-aside program in effect considered as 
devoted to the production of wheat to such extent and subject to such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary determines will not impair 
the effective operation of the program. 
"(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b)(1), no 
farm domestic allotment shall be reduced or lost through failure to 
plant the farm domestic allotment, if the producer elects not to 
receive certificates for the portion of the farm domestic allotment not 
planted, to which he would otherwise be entitled under the provisions 
of this Act." 
SEO. 403. Effective only with respect to the marketing years begin-
ning July 1, 1971, July 1, 1972, and July 1, 1973, the Agricultural 
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is further amended as follows: 
(1) by deleting in the first sentence of section 379d(b) the 
words "During any marketing yeq^r for which a wheat marketing 
allocation program is in effect," and substituting "During each 
marketing year,"; 
(2) by adding at the end of section 379d(b) the following: 
"Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Secretary is authorized, to 
temporarily suspend the requirement for export marketing certif-
icates for the period beginning July 1, 197L and ending June 30, 
1974. 
(3) by adding at the end of section 379e the following: "Not-
withstanding any other provision of this Act, Commodity Credit 
Corporation shall sell marketing certificates for the marketing 
years for the 1971, 1972, and 1973 crops of wheat to persons 
engaged in the processing of food products but in determining the 
cost to processors the face value shall be 75 cents per bushel." 
SEC. 404. Effective only with respect to the 1971, 1972, and 1973 
crops, the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is further 
amended as follows: 
(1) sections 331, 332, 335, 336, 338, and 339 shall not be applicable 
to the 1971,1972, and 1973 crops of wheat; 
(2) sections 333 and 334 shall not be applicable to the 1972 and 1973 
crops of wheat; 
(3) by adding in section 378 a new subsection (e) to read as 
follows: 
"(e) The term 'allotment' as used in this section includes the 
domestic allotment for wheat." 
(4) by adding at the end of section 379 the following sentence: 
"The term 'acreage allotments' as used in this section includes the 
domestic allotment for wheat." and 
(5) by adding in the first sentence of section 385 after the words 
"parity payment," the words "payments (including certificates) 
under the wheat and feed grain set-aside programs,". 
SEC. 405. Effective only with respect to the 1971, 1972, and 1973 
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1367 
crops of wheat, section 706, Public Law 89-321 (79 Stat. 1210), is 
i use uos. 
amended as follows: 
(1) by adding in the first sentence after the words "the Soil Con-
servation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended," the words "or 
the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended,"; and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following sentence: "The 
term 'acreage allotments' as used in this section includes the domestic ^^^^l^f,^^^ ^"°'' 
allotment for wheat." 
SEC. 406. Public Law 74, Seventy-seventh Congress (68 Stat. 905), 
Marketing ex-
shall not be applicable to the crops of wheat planted for harvest in the ^Tu'scTaaol' 
calendar years 1971,1972, and 1973. 
i34o. 
SEC. 407. The amount of any wheat stored by a producer under sec- 
storage. 
tion 379c (b) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, 
^"'^' P* ^^^•'* 
prior to the 1971 crop of wheat may be reduced by the amount by which 
the actual total production of the 1971,1972, or 1973 crop on the farm 
is less than the number of bushels determined by multiplying three 
times the domestic allotment for such crop on the farm by the yield 
established for the farm for the purpose of issuance of domestic mar-
keting certificates. The provisions of such section shall continue to 
Applicability. 
apply to the wheat so stored to the extent not inconsistent therewith. 
SEC. 408. Effective only with respect to the 1971, 1972, and 1973 
crops of the commodity the Agricultural Act of 1949 as amended is 
further amended by adding in section 408 a new subsection (k) as 
V-^sc'Xllll* 
follows: 
"REFERENCES TO TERMS MADE APPLICABLE TO WHEAT AND FEED GRAINS 
"(k) Eeferences made in sections 402, 403, 406, and 416 to the terms 
'support price,' 'level of support,' and 'level of price support' shall be 
considered to apply as well to the level of loans and purchases for 
wheat and feed grains under this Act; and references made to the terms 
'price support,' 'price support operations,' and 'price support program' 
in such sections and in section 401(a) shall be considered as applying 
as well to the loan and purchase operations for wheat and feed grains 
under this Act." 
SEC. 409. Section 407 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is 
63 stat. i oss j 
further amended effective only with respect to the marketing years g2 |uu 703,9s6. 
for the 1971,1972, and 1973 crops of the commodity as follows: 
7 use 1427. 
(1) by deleting in the third sentence the language following the 
third colon and substituting the following: '•''Provided^ That the 
Corporation shall not sell any of its stocks of wheat, corn, grain 
sorghum, barley, oats, and rye, respectively, at less than 115 
per centum of the current national average loan rate for the com-
modity, adjusted for such current market differentials reflecting 
grade, quality, location, and other value factors as the Secretary 
determines appropriate, plus reasonable carrying charges." 
(2) by deleting in the fifth sentence "current basic county sup-
port rate including the value of any applicable price-support 
payment in kind (or a comparable price if there is no current basic 
county support rate)" and substituting "current basic county 
loan rate (or a comparable price if there is no current basic 
county loan rate)", and 
(3) by deleting in the seventh sentence ", but in no event shall 
the purchase price exceed the then current support price for such 
commodities." and substituting "or unduly affecting market prices, 
but in no event shall the purchase price exceed the Corporation's 
minimum sales price for such commodities for unrestricted use." 
SEC. 410. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 1971, 
1972, and 1973 crops of wheat, feed grains and cotton, if in any year at 
47-348 O - 72 - 90 (Pt. 1) 
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[84 STAT. 
least 55 per centum of the cropland acreage on an established summer 
fallow farm is devoted to a summer fallow use, no further acreage 
shall be required to be set aside under the wheat, feed grain and cotton 
programs for such year. 
TITLE V—FEED GEAINS 
Loans and pur-
chase s« 
72 Stat. 994; 
77 Stat. 44; 
79 Stat. 1188. 
7 u s e 1441 
note. 
63 Stat. 1054; 
78 Stat. 175. 
7 u s e 1421. 
Payments, com-
putation. 
Feed grain base, 
reduction. 
SEC. 501. Effective only with respect to the 1971, 1972, and 1973 
crops of feed grains, section 105 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as 
amended, is further amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law— 
"(a) (1) The Secretary shall make available to producers loans and 
purchases on each crop of corn at such level, not less than $1.00 per 
bushel nor in excess of 90 per centum of the parity price therefor, as the 
Secretary determines will encourage the exportation of feed grains and 
not result in excessive total stocks of feed grains in the LTnited States. 
" (2) The Secretary shall make available to producers loans and pur-
chases on each crop of barley, oats, and rye, respectively, at such level 
as the Secretary determines is fair and reasonable in relation to the 
level that loans and purchases are made available for corn, taking into 
consideration the feeding value of such commodity in relation to corn 
and the other factors specified in section 401(b), and on each crop of 
grain sorghums at such level as the Secretary determines is fair and 
reasonable in relation to the level that loans and purchases are made 
available for corn, taking into consideration the feeding value and 
average transportation costs to market of grain sorghums in relation 
to corn. 
"(b)(1) In addition, the Secretary shall make available to producers 
payments for each crop of corn, grain sorghums, and, if designated by 
the Secretary, barley. The payment rate for corn shall be at such rate 
as, together with the national average market price received by farmers 
for corn during the first five months of the marketing year for the 
crop, the Secretary determines will not be less than (A) $1.35 per 
bushel, or (B) 70 per centum of the parity price of corn as of the 
beginning of the marketing year, whichever is the greater. The pay-
ment rate for grain sorghums and, if designated by the Secretary, 
barley, shall be such rate as the Secretary determines fair and reason-
able in relation to the rate at which payments are made available for 
corn. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rate of payment for the 
1973 crop shall not be such as will result in a total amount of payments 
which the Secretary estimates will be made pursuant to this subsection 
with respect to the 1973 crop of feed grains above the total amount of 
payments made pursuant to this subsection with respect to the 1972 
crop of feed grains by reason of the level specified in clause (B) being-
fixed above 68 per centum of the parity price for corn. 
"(2) The payments with respect to a farm shall be made available 
on 50 per centum of the feed grain base for the farm and shall be 
computed on the basis of the yield established for the farm for the 
preceding crop with such adjustments as the Secretary determines 
necessarv to provide a fair and equitable yield. 
"(3) If for any crop the total acreage on a farm planted to feed 
grains included in the program formulated under this subsection is 
less than the portion of the feed grain base for the farm on which pay-
ments are available under this subsection, the feed grain base for the 
farm for the succeeding crops shall be reduced by the percentage by 
which the planted acreage is less than such portion of the feed grain 
base for the farm, but such reduction shall not exceed 20 per centum 
of the feed grain base. If no acreage has been planted to such feed 
grains for three consecutive crop years on any farm which has a feed 
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1369 
grain base, such farm shall lose its feed grain base: Provided, That no 
farm feed grain base shall be reduced or lost through failure to plant, 
if the producer elects not to receive payment for such portion of the 
farm feed grain base not planted, to which he would otherwise be 
entitled under the provisions of this Act. Any such acres eliminated 
from any farm shall be assigned to a national pool for the adjustment 
of feed grain bases as provided for in subsection (e) (2). Producers 
on any farm who have planted to such feed grains not less than 90 
per centum of the portion of the feed grain base on which payments 
are made available shall be considered to have planted an acreage 
equal to 100 per centum of such portion. An acreage on the farm 
which the Secretary determines was not planted to such feed grains 
because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster or condition beyond 
the control of the producer shall be considered to be an acreage of 
feed grains planted for harvest. For the purpose of this paragraph, 
the Secretary may permit producers of feed grains to have acreage 
devoted to soybeans or to wheat considered as devoted to the pro-
duction of such feed grains to such extent and subject to such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary determines will not impair the effec-
tive operation of the feed grain or soybean program. 
"(c) (1) The Secretary shall provide for a set-aside of cropland if 
cropland, set-
he determines that the total supply of feed grains or other commodi- ^^^^^* 
ties will, in the absence of such a set-aside, likely be excessive taking 
into account the need for an adequate carryover to maintain reason-
able and stable supplies and prices of feed grains and to meet a 
national emergency. If a set-aside of cropland is in effect under this 
subsection (c), then as a condition of eligibility for loans, purchases, 
and payments on corn, grain sorghums, and, if designated by the Sec-
retary, barley, respectively, the producers on a farm must set aside and 
devote to approved conservation uses an acreage of cropland equal to 
(i) such percentage of the feed grain base for the farm as may be 
specified by the Secretary, plus (li) the acreage of cropland on the 
farm devoted in preceding years to soil-conserving uses, as determined 
by the Secretary. The Secretary is authorized for the 1971, 1972, 
and 1973 crops to limit the acreage planted to feed grains on the farm 
to such percentage of the feed grain base as he determines necessary 
to provide an orderly transition to the program provided for under 
this section. If for any crop, the producer so requests for purposes 
of having acreage devoted to the production of wheat considered as 
devoted to the production of feed grains, pursuant to the provisions 
of section 328 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1962, the term 
^^ s'^*- ^^i; 
'feed grains' shall include oats and rye, and barley, if not designated 
Vu^c 1339c. 
by the Secretary as provided above. Such section 328 shall be effective 
"Feed grains." 
in 1971, 1972, 1973 to the same extent as it would be if a diversion 
program were in effect for feed grains during each of such years. 
Grazing shall not be permitted during any of the five principal 
months of the normal growing season as determined by the county 
committee established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conser-
vation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, and subject to this T^\^^^^n^}'' 
limitation (1) the Secretary shall permit producers to plant and 
le use sg'oh. 
graze on the set-aside acreage sweet sorghum, and (2) the Secretary 
may permit, subject to such terms and conditions as he may pre-
scribe, all or any of the set-aside acreage to be devoted to grazing or 
the production of guar, sesame, safflower, sunflower, castor beans, mus-
tard seed, crambe, plantago ovato, flaxseed, or other commodity, if 
he determines that such production is needed to provide an adequate 
supply, is not likely to increase the cost of the price-support program, 
and will not adversely affect farm income. 
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[84 STAT. 
Land diversion 
payments. 
Lands, public 
use, additional 
payments. 
Payment shar-
ing. 
52 Stat. 31; 
78 Stat. 743. 
16 u s e 590h. 
"(2) To assist in adjusting the acreage of commodities to desirable 
goals, the Secretary may make land diversion payments, in addition 
to the payments authorized in subsection (b), to producers on a farm 
who, to the extent prescribed by the Secretary, devote to approved 
conservation uses an acreage of cropland on the farm in addition 
to that required to be so devoted under subsection (c) (1). The land 
diversion payments for a farm shall be at such rate or rates as the 
Secretary determines to be fair and reasonable taking into consider-
ation the diversion undertaken by the producers and the productivity 
of the acreage diverted. The Secretary shall limit the total acreage 
to be diverted under agreements in any county or local community 
so as not to adversely affect the economy of the county or local 
community. 
"(3) The feed grain program formulated under this section shall 
require the producer to take such measures as the Secretary may deem 
appropriate to protect the set-aside acreage and the additional diverted 
acreage from erosion, insects, weeds, and rodents. Such acreage may be 
devoted to wildlife food plots or wildlife habitat in conformity with 
standards established by the Secretary in consultation with wildlife 
agencies. The Secretary may provide for an additional payment 
on such acreage in an amount determined by the Secretary to be 
appropriate in relation to the benefit to the general public if the 
producer agrees to permit, without other compensation, access to all 
or such portion of the farm as the Secretary may prescribe by the 
general public, for hunting, trapping, fishing, and hiking, subject 
to applicable State and Federal regulations. 
" (4) If the operator of the farm desires to participate in the program 
formulated under this section, he shall file his agreement to do so 
no later than such date as the Secretary may prescribe. Loans and 
purchases on feed grains included in the set-aside program and pay-
ments under this section shall be made available to producers on such 
farm only if the producers set aside and devote to approved soil 
conserving uses an acreage on the farm equal to the number of acres 
which the operator agrees to set aside and devote to approved soil 
conserving uses, and the agreement shall so provide. The Secretary 
may, by mutual agreement with the producer, terminate or modify 
any such agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection (c) (4) 
if he determines such action necessary because of an emergency 
created by drought or other disaster, or in order to prevent or alleviate 
a shortage in the supply of agricultural commodities. 
"(d) The Secretary shall provide for the sharing of payments under 
this section among producers on the farm on a fair and equitable basis. 
"(e)(1) For the purpose of this section, the feed grain base shall be 
the average acreage devoted on the farm to corn, grain sorghums and, 
if designated by the Secretary, barley in 1959 and 1960. 
"(2) The Secretary may make such adjustments in acreage under 
this section as he determines necessary to correct for abnormal factors 
affecting production, and to give due consideration to tillable acreage, 
crop-rotation practices, types of soil, soil and water conservation 
measures, and topography, and in addition, in the case of conserving 
use acreages to such other factors as he deems necessary in order to 
establish a fair and equitable conserving use acreage for the farm. 
The Secretary shall, upon the request of a majority of the State com-
mittee established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation 
and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, adjust the feed grain bases 
for farms within any State or county in order to establish fair and 
equitable feed grain bases for farms within such State or county: 
Provided^ That except for acreage provided for in subsection (b) (3), 
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1371 
adjustments made pursuant to this sentence shall not increase the 
total State feed grain acreage. The Secretary is authorized to draw 
upon the acreage pool provided for in subsection (b) (3) in making 
such adjustments. Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub-
section, the feed ^rain base for the farm shall be adjusted downward 
to the extent required by subsection (b) (8). 
"(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection not 
to exceed 1 per centum of the estimated total feed grain bases for all 
farms in a State for any year may be reserved from the feed grain bases 
established for farms in the State for apportionment to farms on 
which there w^ere no acreages devoted to feed grains in the crop years 
1959 and 1960 on the basis of the following factors: suitability of the 
land for the production of feed grains, the extent to which the farm 
operator is dependent on income from farming for his livelihood, the 
production of feed grains on other farms owned, operated, or con-
trolled by the farm operator, and such other factors as the Secretary 
determines should be considered for the purpose of establishing fair 
and equitable feed grain bases. No part of such reserve shall be allo-
cated to a farm to reflect new cropland brought into production after 
the date of enactment of the set-aside program for feed grains. An 
acreage equal to the feed grain base so established for each farm shall 
be deemed to have been devoted to feed grains on the farm in each of 
the crop years 1959 and 1960 for purposes of this section. 
"(f) In any case in which the failure of a producer to comply fully 
with the terms and conditions of the program formulated under this 
section precludes the making of loans, purchases, and payments, the 
Secretary may, nevertheless, make such loans, purchases, and pay-
ments in such amounts as he determines to be equitable in relation 
to the seriousness of the default. 
" (g) The Secretary shall make a preliminary payment to producers, 
as soon as practicable after July 1 of the year in which the crop is 
harvested, at a rate equal to 32 cents per bushel for corn, with com-
parable rates for grain sorghiims and, if designated by the Secretary, 
barley, and the payment so made shall not be reduced if the rate as 
finally determined is less than the rate of the preliminary payment. 
If the set-aside in effect under subsection (c) is less than 20 per 
centum of the feed grain base, the preliminary payment rate under 
this subsection shall oe reduced proportionately. 
"(h) The Secretary is authorized to issue such regulations as he 
determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. 
"(i) The Secretary shall carry out the program authorized by this 
section through the Commodity Credit Corporation." 
Preliminary pay-
ments. 
Regulations. 
TITLE VI—COTTON 
SEC. 601. The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is 
amended effective beginning with the 1971 crop of upland cotton as 
follows: 
(1) Sections 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, and 377 of the Act shall not be 
applicable to upland cotton of the 1971, 1972, and 1973 crops. 
(2) A new section 342a is added to read as follows: 
"SEC. 342a. The Secretary shall, not later than November 15, of the 
calendar years 1970, 1971, and 1972, proclaim a national cotton pro-
duction goal for the 1971 and subsequent crops of upland cotton. The 
national cotton production goal for any year shall be the number of 
bales of upland cotton (standard bales of four hundred and eighty 
pounds not weight) equal to the estimated domestic consumption and 
estimated exports for the marketing year beginning in the calendar 
52 Stat. 3 1 . 
7 u s e 1281 and 
note. 
7 u s e 1342-
1346, 1377. 
National cotton 
production goal. 
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[84 STAT. 
Acreage allot-
ments, sale or 
lease* 
79 Stat. 1197; 
82 Stat. 996. 
7 u s e 1344b, 
Post, p. 1373. 
Limitation. 
52 Stat. 31; 
78 Stat. 743. 
16 u s e 590h. 
79 Stat. 1193. 
7 u s e 1350. 
National base 
acreage allotment, 
e stabllshment. 
year for which such national cotton production goal is proclaimed, 
plus an allowance of not less than 5 per centum of such estimated 
consumption and estimated exports for market expansion except that 
the Secretary shall make such adjustments in the amount of such 
production goal as he determines necessary after taking into consid-
eration the estimated stocks of upland cotton in the United States 
(including the qualities of such stocks) and stocks in foreign countries, 
which would be available for the marketing year, to assure the main-
tenance of adequate but not excessive carryover stocks in the United 
States (not less than 50 per centum of the average offtake for the three 
preceding marketing years) to provide a continuous and stable supply 
of the different qualities of upland cotton needed in the United States 
and in foreign cotton consuming countries and, in addition, to pro-
vide an adequate reserve for purposes of national security." 
(3) Effective only with respect to the 1971, 1972, and 1973 crops, 
section 344a is amended as follows: 
(1) subsection (a) is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
shall (1) permit the owner and operator of any farm for which a 
farm base acreage allotment is established to sell or lease all or any 
part or the right to all or any part of such allotment to any other 
owner or operator of a farm for which a farm base acreage allotment 
is established (other than pursuant to section 350(e)(1)(A)) 
for 
transfer to such farm; and (2) permit the owner of a farm to transfer 
all or any part of such allotment to any other farm owned or controlled 
by him: Provided, 
That any temporary transfer of farm acreage 
allotment by lease or by owner approved by the county committee 
to take effect during the period 1966 through 1970 for a term extend-
ing beyond 1970 shall be approved pro rata on the basis of the farm 
base acreage allotment for the farm from which the transfer is made, 
but no temporary transfer by lease entered into after March 15, 1970, 
shall be approved for 1974 and subsequent crops." 
(2) subdivisions (ii), (iv), (v),and (vi) of subsection (b), the last 
sentence of subsection (b) and subsections (e) and (h) shall not be 
applicable to the 1971, 1972, and 1973 crops: Provided, That no farm 
allotment may be sold or leased for transfer to a farm in another 
county unless the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Com-
mittee established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation 
and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, for the county from which 
such transfers are being made (1) finds that a demand for such acreage 
allotments no longer exists in such county and (2) approves any trans-
fers of allotments to farms outside such county. 
(4) Section 350 of the Act is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 350. (a) The Secretary shall establish for each of the 1971, 
1972, and 1973 crops of upland cotton a national base acreage allot-
ment. Such national base acreage allotment shall be announced not 
later than November 15 of the calendar year preceding the year for 
which the national base acreage allotment is to be effective. The na-
tional base acreage allotment for any crop of cotton shall be the num-
ber of acres which the Secretary determines on the basis of the expected 
national yield will produce an amount of cotton equal to the estimated 
domestic consumption of cotton (standard bales of four hundred and 
eighty pounds net weight) for the marketing year beginning in the 
year in which the crop is to be produced, plus not to exceed 25 per 
centum thereof if the Secretary, taking into consideration other actions 
he may take under the Agricultural Act of 1970, determines that such 
additional amount is necessary to provide for a production which will 
equal the national cotton production goal, except that such national 
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1373 
base acreage allotment shall be eleven million five hundred thousand 
acres for the 1971 crop and in the case of the 1972 and 1973 crops shall 
be in such amount as the Secretary determines necessary to maintain 
adequate supplies. 
"(b) The national base acreage allotment for each crop of upland 
cotton shall be apportioned by the Secretary to the States on the 
basis of the acreage planted (including acreage regarded as having 
been planted) to upland cotton within the farm acreage allotment or 
the farm base acreage allotment, whichever is in eiffect, during the 
five calendar years immediately preceding the calendar year in which 
the national cotton production goal is proclaimed, with adjustments 
for abnormal weather conditions or other natural disaster during such 
period. 
" (c) The State base acreage allotment for each crop of upland cot-
ton shall be apportioned to counties on the same basis as to years and 
conditions as is applicable to the State under subsection (b) : Provided^ 
That the State committee may reserve not to exceed 2 per centum of its 
State acreage allotment which shall be used to make adjustments in 
county allotments for trends in acreage, for counties adversely affected 
by abnormal conditions affecting plajitings, or for small or new farms, 
or to correct inequities in farm allotments and to prevent hardships. 
"(d) The Secretary shall adjust the apportionment base for each 
county as may be necessary because of transfers of allotments across 
county lines. 
"(e) (1) The county base acreage allotment for the 1971 crop shall 
be apportioned to old cotton farms in the county on the basis of the 
domestic acreage allotment established for the farm for the 1970 crop. 
For the 1972 and each subsequent crop of upland cotton the county base 
acreage allotment shall be apportioned to old cotton farms in the 
county on the basis of the farm base acreage allotment established for 
such farm for the preceding year. The county committee may reserve 
not in excess of 10 per centum of the county allotment which, in addi-
tion to the acreage made available under the proviso in subsection (c), 
shall be used for (A) establishing allotments for farms on which 
cotton was not planted (or regarded as planted) during any of the 
three calendar years immediately preceding the year for which the 
allotment is made, on the basis of land, labor, and equipment available 
for the production of cotton, crop-rotation practices, and the soil and 
other physical facilities affecting the production of cotton; and (B) 
making adjustments of the farm allotments established under this 
paragraph so as to establish allotments which are fair and reasonable 
in relation to the factors set forth in this paragraph and abnormal 
conditions of production on such farms, or in making adjustments in 
farm allotments to correct inequities and to prevent hardships. No 
part of such reserve shall be apportioned to a farm to reflect new crop-
land brought into production after the date of enactment of the Agri-
cultural Act of 1970. 
" (2) If for any crop the total acreage of cotton planted on a farm is 
less than the farm base acreage allotment, the farm base acreage allot-
ment used as a base for the succeeding crop shall be reduced by the 
percentage by which such planted acreage was less than such farm 
base acreage allotment, but such reduction shall not exceed 20 per 
centum of the farm base acreage allotment for the preceding crop. If 
not less than 90 per centum of the base acreage allotment for the farm 
is planted to cotton, the farm shall be considered to have an acreage 
planted to cotton equal to 100 per centum of such allotment. For pur-
poses of this paragraph, an acreage on the farm which the Secretary 
determines was not planted to cotton because of drought, flood, other 
Apportionment 
to States, 
Apportionment 
to counties* 
Apportionment 
to farms* 
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[84 STAT. 
natural disaster, or a condition beyond the control of the producer 
shall be considered to be an acreage planted to cotton. For the purpose 
of this paragraph, the Secretary shall, in the event producers of wheat 
or feed grains are permitted to do so, permit producers of cotton to 
have acreage devoted to soybeans, wheat, or feed grains considered as 
devoted to the production of cotton to such extent and subject to such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary determines will not impair the 
effective operation of the cotton or soybean program. 
ac^e^J^e'^aUotment, 
" (^) ^^ ^^ acreage is planted to cotton for any three consecutive crop 
termination. 
' years on any farm which had a farm base acreage allotment for such 
years, such farm shall lose its base acreage allotment. 
"(f) Effective for the 1971, 1972, and 1973 crops, any part of any 
farm base acreage allotment on which upland cotton will not be planted 
and which is voluntarily surrendered to the county committee shall be 
deducted from the farm base acreage allotment for such farm and may 
be reapportioned by the county committee to other farms in the same 
county receiving farm base acreage allotments in amounts determined 
by the county committee to be fair and reasonable on the basis of past 
acreage of upland cotton, land, labor, equipment available for the 
production of upland cotton, crop rotation practices, and soil and other 
physical facilities affecting the production of upland cotton. If all of 
the acreage voluntarily surrendered is not needed in the county, the 
county committee may surrender the excess acreage to the State com-
mittee to be used to make adjustments in farm base acreage allot-
ments for other farms in the State adversely affected by abnormal con-
ditions affecting plantings or to correct inequities or to prevent hard-
ship. Any farm base acreage allotment released under this provision 
shall be regarded for the purpose of establishing future farm base 
acreage allotments as having been planted on the farm and in the 
county where the release was made rather than on the farm and in 
the county to which the allotment was transferred : Provided^ That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, any part of any farm base 
acreage allotment for any crop year may be permanently released in 
writing to the county committee by the owner and operator of the 
farm and reapportioned as provided herein. Acreage released under 
this subsection shall be credited to the State in determining future 
allotments. 
" (g) Any farm receiving any base acreage allotment through release 
and reapportionment or sale, lease, or transfer shall, as a condition 
to the right to receive such allotment, comply with the set-aside require-
post, p. 1376. j^^gj^ts of section 103(e) (4) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, 
applicable to such acreage as determined by the Secretary. 
"(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this x\ct, if the Secre-
tary determines for any year that because of drought, flood, other 
natural disaster, or a condition beyond the control of the producer a 
portion of the farm base acreage allotment in a county cannot be timely 
planted or replanted in such year, he may authorize for such year the 
transfer of all or a part of such cotton acreage for any farm in the 
county so affected to another farm in the county or in an adjoining 
county on which one or more of the producers on the farm from which 
the transfer is to be made will be engaged in the production of upland 
cotton and will share in the proceeds thereof, in accordance with such 
regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. Any farm base acreage 
allotment transferred under this subsection shall be regarded as 
planted to upland cotton on the farm and in the county and State from 
which transfer is made for purposes of establishing future fai-m, county 
and State allotments." 
SEC. 602. Effective beginning with the 1971 crop of upland cotton, 
79 sta\!'i?94.' 
sectiou 108 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is amended 
7 use 1444. 
by adding at the end thereof a new subsection (e) reading as follows: 
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"(e) (1) The Secretary shall upon presentation of warehouse receij)ts 
reflecting accrued storage charges of not more than 60 days make avail-
able for the 1971,1972, and 1973 crops of upland cotton to cooperators 
nonrecourse loans for a term of ten months from the first day of the 
month in which the loan is made at such level as will reflect for Mid-
dling one-inch upland cotton (micronaire 3.5 through 4.9) at average 
location in the United States 90 per centum of the acreage world price 
for such cotton for the two-year period ending July 31 in the year in 
which the loan level is announced, except that to prevent the establish-
ment of such a loan level as would adversely affect the competitive 
position of United States upland cotton, following one or more years 
of excessively high prices, the Secretary shall make such adjustments 
as are necessary to keep United States upland cotton competitive and 
to retain an adequate share of the world market for such cotton. The 
average world price for such cotton for such preceding two-year 
period shall be determined by the Secretary annually pursuant to a 
published regulation which shall specify the procedures and the fac-
tors be to used by the Secretary in making the world price determina-
tion. The loan level for any crop of upland cotton shall be determined 
and announced not later than November 1 of the calendar year preced-
ing the marketing year for which such loan is to be effective. Notwith-
standing the foregoing, if the carryover of upland cotton as of the 
beginning of the marketing year for the 1972 or 1973 crop exceeds 7.2 
million bales, producers on any farm harvesting cotton of such crop 
from an acreage in excess of the base acreage allotment for such farm 
shall be entitled to loans and purchases only on an amount of the cotton 
of such crop produced on such farm determined by multiplying the 
yield used in computing payments for such farm by the base acreage 
allotment for such farm. 
"(2) In addition, the Secretary shall make available to cooperators 
payments on the 1971, 1972, and 1973 crops of upland cotton. The 
payments shall be at such rate per pound as, together with the national 
average market price for Middling one-inch upland cotton (micro-
naire 3.5 through 4.9) in the designated spot markets during the first 
five months of the marketing yea,r for the crop, the Secretary deter-
mines will be equal to the greater of (i) 35 cents, or (ii) 65 per centum 
of the parity price for upland cotton as of the beginning of the mar-
keting year, except that the rate of payment so determined for the 1972 
crop and the 1973 crop, respectively, shall be adjusted by multiplying 
the amount thereof by the ratio of (i) the national base acreage allot-
ment for the 1971 crop to (ii) the national base acreage allotment for 
the crop for which the rate is being determined: Provided^ That the 
payment rate with respect to any producer who (i) is on a small farm 
(that is, a farm on which the base acreage allotment is ten acres or less, 
or on which the yield used in making payments times the farm base 
acreage allotment is five thousand pounds or less, and for which the 
base acreage allotment has not been reduced under section 350(f)), (ii) 
resides on such farm, and (iii) derives his principal income from cotton 
produced on such farm, shall be increased by 30 per centum; but, not-
withstanding paragraph (3), such increase shall be made only with 
I'espect to his share of cotton actually harvested on such farm within 
the quantity specified in paragraph (3). The Secretary shall make a 
preliminary payment to producers, as soon as practicable after July 1 
of the year in which the crop is harvested, at a rate equal to 15 cents per 
jwun'd, and the payment so made shall not be reduced if the rate aa 
finally determined is less than the rate of the preliminary payment. 
"(3) Such payments shall be made available for a farm on the quan-
tity of upland cotton determined by multiplying the acreage planted 
Loans* 
Payments. 
Small farm, paiy-
ment bonus. 
Ante, p. 1374t, 
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[84 STAT. 
Set-aside crop-
land program. 
Production re-
striction, author-
ity. 
5 2 Stat. 31; 
78 Stat. 743. 
16 u s e 590h. 
Land diversion 
payments. 
Ante, p. 1375. 
within the farm base acreage allotment for the farm for the crop by 
the average yield established for the farm: Provided. That payments 
shall be made on any farm planting not less than 90 per centum of the 
farm base acreage allotment on the basis of the entire amount of such 
allotment. For purposes of this paragraph, an acreage on the farm 
which the Secretary determines was not planted to cotton because of 
drought, flood, other natural disaster, or a condition beyond the con-
trol of the producer shall be considered to be an acreage planted to cot-
ton. The average yield for the farm for any year shall be determined 
on the basis of the actual yields per harvested acre for the three pre-
ceding years, except that the 1970 farm projected yield shall be sub-
stituted in lieu of the actual yields for the years 1968 and 1969: Pro-
vided, That the actual yields shall be adjusted by the Secretary for 
abnormal yields in any year caused by drought, flood, or other natural 
disaster: Provided further, That the average yield established for the 
farm for any year shall not be less than the yield used in making pay-
ments for the preceding year if the total cotton production on the farm 
in such preceding year is not less than the yield used in making pay-
ments for the farm for such preceding year times the farm base acre-
age allotment for such preceding year (for the 1970 crop, the farm 
domestic allotment). 
"(4) (A) The Secretary shall provide for a set aside of cropland 
if he determines that the total supply of agricultural commodities will, 
in the absence of such a set-aside, likely be excessive taking into 
account the need for an adequate carryover to maintain reasonable and 
stable supplies and prices and to meet a national emergency. If a 
set-aside of cropland is in effect under this paragraph (4), then as a 
condition of eligibility for loans and payments on upland cotton the 
producers on a farm must set aside and devote to approved conserva-
tion uses an acreage of cropland equal to (i) such percentage of the 
farm base acreage allotment for the farm as may be specified by the 
Secretary (not to exceed 28 per centum of the farm base acreage 
allotment), plus (ii) the acreage of cropland on the farm devoted m 
preceding years to soil conserving uses, as determined by the Secretary, 
If the Secretary determines prior to the planting season for such 
crop that the carryover of upland cotton as of the beginning of the 
marketing year for the 1972 or 1973 crop will exceed 7.2 million bales, 
the Secretary is authorized for such crop to limit the acreage planted 
to upland cotton on the farm in excess of the farm base acreage 
allotment to such percentage of the farm base acreage allotment as Re 
determines necessary to reduce the total supply to a reasonable level. 
Grazing shall not be permitted during any of the five principal months 
of the normal growing season as determined by the county committee 
established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and 
Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, and subject to this limitation 
(1) the Secretary shall permit producers to plant and graze on the 
set-aside acreage sweet sorghum, and (2) the Secretary may permit, 
subject to such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, all or any 
of the set-aside acreage to be devoted to grazing or the production of 
guar, sesame, safflower, sunflower, castor beans, mustard seed, crambe, 
plantago ovato, flaxseed, or other commodity, if he determines that 
such production is needed to provide an adequate supply, is not likely 
to increase the cost of the price-support program, and will not adversely 
affect farm income. 
"(B) To assist in adjusting the acreage of commodities to desirable 
goals, the Secretary may make land diversion payments, in addition 
to the payments authorized in subsection (e) (2), to producers on a 
farm who, to the extent prescribed by the Secretary, devote to approved 
conservation uses an acreage of cropland on the farm in addition to 
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1377 
that required to be so devoted under subsection (e) (4) (A). The land 
diversion payments for a farm shall be at such rate or rates as the 
Secretary determines to be fair and reasonable taking into considera-
tion the diversion undertaken by the producers and the productivity 
of the acreage diverted. The Secretary shall limit the total acreage to 
be diverted under agreements in any county or local community so as 
not to adversely affect the economy of the county or local community. 
" (5) The upland cotton program formulated under this section shall 
require the producer to take such measures as the Secretary may deem 
appropriate to protect the set-aside acreage and the additional diverted 
acreage from erosion, insects, weeds, and rodents. Such acreage may 
be devoted to wildlife food plots or wildlife habitat in conformity with 
standards established by the Secretary in consultation with wildlife 
agencies. The Secretary may provide for an additional payment on 
such acreage in an amount determined by the Secretary to be appro-
priate in relation to the benefit to the general public if the producer 
agrees to permit, without other compensation, access to all or such por-
tion of the farm as the Secretary may prescribe by the general public, 
for hunting, trapping, fishing, and hiking, subject to applicable State 
and Federal regulations. 
"(6) If the operator of the farm desires to participate in the 
program formulated under this section, he shall file his agreement to 
do so no later than such date as the Secretary may prescribe. Loans and 
purchases on upland cotton and payments under this section shall be 
made available to the producers on such farm only if producers set 
aside and devote to approved soil conserving uses an acreage on the 
farm equal to the number of acres which the operator agrees to set 
aside and devote to approved soil conserving uses, and the agreement 
shall so provide. The Secretary may, by mutual agreement with the 
producer, terminate or modify any such agreement entered into 
pursuant to this subsection (e) (6) if he determines such action neces-
sary because of an emergency created by drought or other disaster, 
or in order to alleviate a shortage in the supply of agricultural 
commodities. 
"(7) The Secretary shall provide adequate safeguards to protect 
the interests of tenants and sharecroppers, including provision for 
sharing on a fair and equitable basis, in payments under this section. 
"(8) In any case in which the failure of a producer to comply fully 
with the terms and conditions of the program formulated under this 
section precludes the making of loans, purchases, and payments, the 
Secretary may, nevertheless, make such loans, purchases, and pay-
ments in such amounts as he determines to be equitable in relation to 
the seriousness of the default. 
"(9) The Secretary is authorized to issue such regulations as he 
determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this Title. 
"(10) The Secretary shall carry out the program authorized by this 
section through the Commodity Credit Corporation. 
"(11) The provisions of subsection 8(g) of the Soil Conservation 
and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (relating to assignment of 
payments), shall apply to payments under this subsection." 
SEC. 60'3. Effective only with respect to the period beginning August 
1, 1971, and ending July 31, 1974, the tenth sentence of section 407 of 
the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is amended by deleting all 
of that sentence from the beginning to and including the words "110 
per centum of the loan rate, and (2)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, (1) the 
Commodity Credit Corporation shall sell upland cotton for unre-
stricted use at the same prices as it sells cotton for export, in no event, 
however, at less than 110 per centum of the loan rate for Middling one-
Total diverted 
acreage, limita-
tion. 
Recreational 
use, additional 
payments. 
Tenants, equi" 
table share< 
80 Stat. 1167. 
16 u s e 590h. 
79 Stat. 1197. 
7 u s e 1427. 
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A
W 91-524-NOV. 30, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
63 Stat. 1055; 
79 Stat. 1197. 
7 use 1428. 
Ante, p. 1375. 
52 Stat. 31. 
7 use 1281. 
72 Stat. 995. 
7 use 1378 and 
note. 
79 Stat. 1211. 
7 use 1379. 
Ante, p. 1366. 
Ante, p. 1367. 
"Acreage allot-
ments." 
Ante, p. 1367. 
inch upland cotton (micronaire '3.5 through 4.9) adjusted for such 
current market differentials reflecting grade, quality, location, and 
other value factors as the Secretary determines appropriate plus 
reasonable carrying charges and (2)". 
SEC. 604. Section 408(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as 
amended, is amended by inserting a colon in lieu of the period at the 
end of the first sentence and adding the following: ^^And provided, 
That for the 1971,1972, and 1973 crops of upland cotton a cooperator 
shall be a producer on a farm on which a farm base acreage allotment 
has been established who has set aside the acreage required under 
section 103(e)." 
SEC. 605. Effective only with respect to the 1971,1972, and 1973 crops 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is further 
amended as follows: 
(1) By adding in section 378 a new subsection (d) to read as 
follows: 
"(d) The term 'allotment' as used in this section includes the farm 
base acreage allotment for upland cotton." 
(2) By adding at the end of section 379 the following sentence: "The 
term 'acreage allotments' as used in this section includes the farm base 
acreage allotments for upland cotton." 
(3) By adding in the first sentence of section 385 after the words 
"parity payment," the words "payments under the cotton set-aside 
program,". 
SEC. 606. Effective only with respect to the 1971, 1972, and 1973 
crops, section 706, Public Law 89-321 (79 Stat. 1210) is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following sentence: "The term 'acreage 
allotn^ents' as used in this section includes the farm base acreage 
allotments for upland cotton." 
SEC. 607. Effective only with respect to the 1971, 1972, and 1973 
crops of the commodity, the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is 
further amended by adding in section 408 a new subsection (1) as 
follows: 
7 
use 1422, 
1423, 1426, 1431. 
7 
use 1421. 
Nonapplica-
bility. 
70 Stat. 212. 
7 u s e 1446d. 
Annual report to 
eongress. 
62 Stat. 1072. 
15 use 714c. 
80 Stat. 279. 
7 u s e 2101 note. 
7 u s e 2106. 
"REFERENCE TO TERMS MADE APPLICABLE TO UPLAND COTTON 
" (1) References made in sections 402, 403,406, and 416 to the terms 
'support price,' 'level of support,' and 'level of price support' shall be 
considered to apply as well to the level of loans and purchases for 
upland cotton under this Act; and references made to the terms 'price 
support,' 'price support operations,' and 'price support program' in 
such sections and in section 401(a) shall be considered as applying as 
well to the loan and purchase operations for upland cotton under 
this Act." 
SEC. 608. Section 203 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, 
shall not be applicable to the 1971, 1972, and 1973 crops. 
SEC. 609. The Secretary shall file annually with the President for 
transmission to the Congress a complete report of the programs carried 
out under this title. Such report shall include the amount of funds 
spent, the purposes for which such funds were spent, the basis for 
participation in such programs in the various States, and an appraisal 
of the effectiveness of the programs. 
SEC. 610. The Commodity Credit Corporation, in furtherance of its 
powers and duties under subsections (e) and (f) of section 5 of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, shall, through the Cotton 
Board established under the Cotton Eesearch and Promotion Act, and 
upon approval of the Secretary, enter into agreements with the con-
tracting organization specified pursuant to section 7(g) of that Act 
for the conduct, in domestic and foreign markets, of market develop-
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1379 
meiit, research or sales promotion programs and programs to aid in the 
development of new and additional markets, marketing facilities and 
uses for cotton and cotton products, including programs to facilitate the 
utilization and commercial application of research findings. Each year 
the amount available for such agreements shall be that portion of the 
funds (not exceeding $10,000,000) authorized to be made available to 
cooperators imder the cotton program for such year but which is not 
paid to producers because of a statutory limitation on the amounts 
of such funds payable to any producer. The Secretary is authorized to 
deduct from funds available for payments to producers under section 
103 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, on each of the 1972 and 
1973 crops of upland cotton such additional sums for use as specified 
above (not exceeding $10,000,000 for each such crop) as he determines 
desirable; and the final rate of payment provided in section 103 if 
higher than the rate of the preliminary payment provided in such 
section shall be reduced to the extent necessary to defray such costs. 
No funds made available under this section shall be used for the pur-
pose of influencing legislative action or general farm policy with 
respect to cotton. 
TITLE VII—EXTENSION OF TITLES 
PUBLIC LAW 480 
I AND II OF 
SEC. 701. Section 409 of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (Public Law 83-480; 7 U.S.C. 
1736c), is amended by striking the words "December 31, 1970." and 
inserting in lieu thereof the words "December 31, 1973.". 
SEC. 702. Section 104 of such Act is amended by inserting before 
the comma at the end of paragraph (1) of the first proviso following 
subsection (k) the following: ", and in the case of currencies to be 
used for the purposes specified in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) 
the Appropriation Act may specifically authorize the use of such 
currencies and shall not require the appropriation of dollars for the 
purchase of such currencies". 
TITLE VIII—GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS 
Ante, p. 1374. 
Use of funds, 
restriction. 
80 Stat. 1537; 
82 Stat. 450. 
80 Stat. 1528. 
7 u s e 1704. 
LONG-TERM LAND RETIREMENT 
SE€. 801. Section 16(e) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot-
ment Act, as amended, is amended— 
(1) By inserting " ( A ) " after "Sec. 16(e) (1)". 
(2) By inserting in the first sentence after "For the purpose of pro-
moting the conservation and economic use of land" the following: ", 
and of assisting farmers who because of advanced age, poor health, 
or other reasons, desire to retire from farming but wish to continue 
living on their farms,". 
(3) By inserting in the first sentence after "is authorized to enter 
into agreements," the following: "during the calendar years 1971, 
1972, and 1973,*;. 
(4) By striking out the proviso at the end of paragraph (1) and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: ^^Provided, That any agree-
76 Stat. 606. 
16 u s e 590p. 
Retired farmers, 
assistance. 
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[84 STAT. 
76 Stat. 606. 
16 u s e 590p. 
Wildlife, recre-
ational usage. 
Advisory Board, 
appointment. 
Total retired 
acreage, limita-
tion. 
ments entered into under this section after July 1, 1970, shall prohibit 
grazing of such acreage.". 
(5) By inserting a new subparagraph (B) at the end of paragraph 
(1) to read as follows: 
"(B) Such acreage may be devoted to approved wildlife food plots 
or fish and wildlife habitat which are established in conformity with 
standards developed by the Secretary in consultation with the Secre-
tary of the Interior, and the Secretary may compensate producers for 
such practices. The Secretary may also provide for payment in an 
amount determined by the Secretary to be appropriate in relation 
to the benefit to the general public if the producer agrees to permit 
access, without other compensation, to all or such portion of the farm 
as the Secretary may prescribe by the general public, for hunting, 
trapping, fishing, and hiking, subject to applicable State and Federal 
regulations. The Secretary after consultation with the Secretary of 
the Interior shall appoint an Advisory Board consisting of citizens 
knowledgeable in the fields of agriculture and wildlife with whom 
he may consult on the wildlife practice phase of programs under this 
subsection, and the Secretary may compensate members of the Board 
and reimburse them for per diem and traveling expenses. The 
Secretary shall invite the several States to participate in wildlife 
phases of programs under this subsection by assisting the Department 
of Agriculture in developing guidelines for (a) providing technical 
assistance for wildlife and habitat improvement practices, (b) review-
ing applications of farmers for the public land use option and select-
ing eligible areas based on desirability of wildlife habitat, (c) deter-
mining accessibility, (d) evaluating effects on surrounding areas, (e) 
considering esthetic values, (f) checking compliance by cooperators, 
and (g) carrying out programs of wildlife stocking and management 
on the acreage set aside. The Secretary shall consult with thie Secre-
tary of the Interior regarding regulations to govern the administra-
tion of those aspects of this subparagraph (B) that pertain to wildlife. 
Funds are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the 
Interior for use in assisting the State wildlife agencies to carry out 
the provisions of this subparagraph and in administering such 
assistance." 
(6) By adding at the end of paragraph (2) the following: "The 
foregoing provision shall not prevent a producer from placing a farm 
in the program if the farm was acquired by the producer to replace 
an eligible farm from which he was displaced because of its acquisi-
tion by any Federal, State, or other agency having the right of emi-
nent domain." 
(7) By adding at the end of paragraph (4) the following: "Any 
agreement may be terminated by mutual agreement with the producer 
if the Secretary determines that such termination w^ould be in the 
public interest." 
(8) By adding at the end of paragraph (5) the following: "The 
Secretary may if he determines that such action will contribute to 
the effective and equitable administration of the program use an 
advertising-and-bid procedure in determining the lands in any area 
to be covered by agreements. The total acreage placed under agree-
ments in any county or local community shall be limited to a per-
centage of the total eligible acreage in such county or local commu-
nity which the Secretary determines would not adversely affect the 
economy of the county or local community. In determining such 
percentage the Secretary shall give appropriate consideration to the 
productivity of the acreage being retired as compared to the average 
productivity of eligible acreage in the county or local community." 
(9) By adding a new paragraph (6) to read as follows: 
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PUBLIC LAW 91-524-NOV. 30, 1970 
1381 
"(6) For the purpose of obtaining an increase in the permanent 
retirement of cropland to noncrop uses the Secretary may, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, transfer funds available for 
carrying out the program to any other Federal agency or to States 
or local government agencies for use in rural areas in acquiring crop-
land for the preservation of open spaces, natural beauty, the develop-
ment of wildlife or recreational facilitieSj or the prevention of air or 
water pollution under terms and conditions consistent with and at 
costs not greater than those under agreements entered into with 
producers, provided the Secretary determines that the purpose of 
the program will be accomplished by such action. The Secretary 
also is authorized to share the cost with State and local governmental 
agencies and other Federal agencies in the establishment of practices 
or uses which will establish, protect, and conserve open spaces, nat-
ural beauty, wildlife or recreational resources, or prevent air or water 
pollution under terms and conditions and at costs consistent with 
those under agreements entered into with producers, j>rovided the 
Secretary determines that the purposes of the program will be accom-
plished oy such action. No appropriation shall be made for any agree- 
Payments, iimi-
ment under this paragraph (6) involving an estimated total Federal *^*^°"* 
payment in excess of $250,0<)0 unless such agreement has been 
approved by resolution adopted by the Committee on Agriculture of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture and 
Forestry of the Senate." 
(10) By striking out the last sentence of paragraph (7) and sub- 
J^ usc*5^9°o*. 
stituting the following: "In carrying out the program, the Secretary 
shall not during any of the fiscal years ending June 30,1971, through 
June 30,1973, or during the period June 30,1973, to December 31,1973, 
(A) enter into agreements with producers which would require pay-
ments to producers in any calendar year under such agreements m 
excess of $10,000,000 plus any amount by which agreements entered 
into in prior fiscal years require payments in amounts less than author-
ized for such years, or (B) enter into agreements with States or local 
agencies under paragraph (6) which would require payments to such 
State or local government agencies in any calendar year under such 
agreements in excess of $10,000,000 plus any amount by which agree-
ments entered into in prior fiscal years require payments in amounts 
less than authorized for such years. For purposes of applying the fore-
going limitations, the annual payment snail be chargeable to the year 
m which performance is rendered regardless of the year in which it is 
made." 
(11) By striking out "June 30, 1963" in paragraph (7) and sub-
stituting^'June 30,1972". 
(12) By inserting "farming opportunities and" preceding the words 
"interests of tenants and sharecroppers in paragraph (3)". 
MARKETING QUOTA EXEMPTION FOR BOILED PEANUTS 
SEC. 802. The last paragraph of the Act entitled "An Act to amend 
the peanut marketing quota provisions of the Agricultural Adjust-
ment Act of 1938, as amended, and for other purposes", approved 
A u ^ s t 13, 1957 (7 U.S.C. 1359 note), is amended to read as follows: 
^^ stat. 344. 
"This amendment shall be effective for the 1967 and subsequent crops 
of peanuts." 
VOLUNTARY RELINQUISHMENT OF ALLOTMENTS 
SEC. 803. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secre-
tary may provide for the reduction or cancellation of any allotment or 
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[84 STAT. 
base when the owner of the farm states in writing that he has no 
further use of such allotment or base. 
Pesticide resi-
due lossesa 
Appropriations^ 
Regulations* 
Effective date. 
Hay production 
on set-aside or di-
verted acreage. 
Ante, pp. 1362, 
1368, 1371, 
Hay storage, 
loans, conditions. 
INDEMNIFICATION FOR BEEKEEPERS 
SEC. 804. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make 
indemnity payments to beekeepers who through no fault of their own 
have suffered losses of honey bees after January 1, 1967, as a result of 
utilization of economic poisons near or adjacent to the property on 
which the beehives of such beekeepers were located. 
(b) The amount of the indemnity payment in the case of any bee-
keeper shall be determined on the basis of the net loss sustained by such 
beekeeper as a result of the loss of his honey bees. 
(c) Indemnity payments shall be made only in cases in which the 
loss occurred as a result of the use of economic poisons which had been 
registered and approved for use by the Federal Government. 
(d) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
(e) The Secretary is authorized to issue such regulations as he 
deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. 
(f) The provisions of this section shall not be in effect after Decem-
ber 31,1973. 
SEC. 805. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary shall permit any producer who is participating in the wheat 
program under title IV of this Act, in the feed grain program under 
title V of this Act, or in the cotton program under title VI of this Act, 
in any year in which an acreage diversion or set-aside program is in 
effect, under any such program in which such producer is participat-
ing, subject to the conditions prescribed in subsection (b) of this sec-
tion, to plant and harvest hay from 25 per centum of the acreage on the 
farm diverted from production under such programs or twenty-five 
acres, whichever is greater. 
(b) Any producer who elects to plant and harvest hay on diverted or 
set aside acreage pursuant to this section shall first agree not to use 
any such hay harvested from such acreage unless authorized to do so 
by the Secretary. 
(c) When any diverted or set aside acreage has been planted and 
harvested under authority of this section, the hay harvested therefrom 
shall be baled and stored in sealed storage on the farm in accordance 
with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe and shall be 
available only for use during periods of emergency declared by the 
Secretary. In order to avoid deterioration of such hay stored on the 
farm for emergency purposes pursuant to this section, the Secretary 
may permit such hay to be removed and used or sold from time to 
time so long as an amount of hay equal to the amount removed is 
previously placed in storage and sealed. 
(d) Any farmer who has hay stored on his farm for emergency pur-
poses pursuant to this section may remove such hay from storage and 
use it whenever the Secretary has (1) designated as an emergency area 
the area in which such farm is located, and (2) specifically authorized 
the use of emergency hay by farmers in the area. 
(e) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make or guaran-
tee loans to farmers, both tenants and landowners, to assist such farm-
ers in the construction of storage facilities on the farm for the storage 
of emergency hay pursuant to the provisions of this section if such 
farmers are unable to obtain loans from commercial sources at reason-
able rates and on reasonable terms and conditions. Loans made by the 
Secretary under this subsection shall be made at the current rate of 
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interest for periods not exceeding ten years, and on such other terms 
and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. 
SEC. 806. (a) Section 306 of the Consolidated Farmers Home Admin-
istration Act of 1961, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1926), is amended by add- 
^° stat. isisj 
inff at the end thereof a new subsection as follows: 
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"(d) Any amounts appropriated under this section shall remain 
available until expended, and any amounts authorized for any fiscal 
year under this section but not appropriated may be appropriated for 
any succeeding fiscal year." 
(b) Subtitle A of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration 
Act of 1961, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1921-1929), is amended by adding 
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at the end thereof a new section as follows: 
"SEC. 310. Funds appropriated for the purpose of making direct real 
estate loans to farmers and ranchers under this subtitle shall remain 
available until expended." 
TITLE IX—RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
COMMITMENT OF CONGRESS 
SEC. 901. (a) The Congress commits itself to a sound balance between 
rural and urban America. The Congress considers this balance so 
essential to the peace, prosperity, and welfare of all our citizens that 
the highest priority must be given to the revitalization and develop-
ment of rural areas. 
LOCATION OF FEDERAL FACILITIES 
(b) Congress hereby directs the heads of all executive departments 
and agencies of the Government to establish and maintain, insofar as 
practicable, departmental policies and procedures with respect to the 
location of new offices and other facilities in areas or communities of 
lower population density in preference to areas or communities of high 
population densities. The President is hereby requested to submit to 
Report to com 
the Congress not later than September 1 of each fiscal year a report ^''*^^* 
reflecting the efforts during the immediately preceding fiscal year of 
all executive departments and agencies in carrying out the provisions 
of this section, citing the location of all new facilities, and including a 
statement covering the basic reasons for the selection of all new 
locations. 
PLANNING ASSISTANCE 
(c) The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel- 
Report to con-
opment and the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Congress ^'•^^^* 
a joint progress report as to their efforts during the immediately pre-
ceding fiscal year to provide assistance to States planning for the 
development of rural multicounty areas not included in economically 
depressed areas under authority of the Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act of 1968. The first such annual report shall be submitted not 
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later than December 1, 1970, and shall cover the period beginning ^^{^^^^ ^^°^* 
August 1, 1968, the date of enactment of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1968, and ending June 30, 1970. 
INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
(d) The Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Congress a 
Report to con-
report not later than September 1 of each fiscal year reflecting the ^*^^^* 
efforts of the Department of Agriculture to provide information and 
technical assistance to small communities and less populated areas in 
regard to rural development during the immediately preceding fiscal 
year. The first such annual report shall be submitted not later than 
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December 1, 1970, covering the period beginning July 1, 1969, and 
ending June 30, 1970. The Secretary shall include in such reports to 
what extent technical assistance has been provided through land-grant 
colleges and universities, through the Extension Service, and other 
programs of the Department of Agriculture. 
Report to Con-
gresSa 
GOVERNMENT SERVICES 
(e) The President shall submit to the Congress a report not later 
than September 1 of each fiscal year stating the availability of tele-
phone, electrical, water, sewer, medical, educational, and other gov-
ernment or government assisted services to rural areas and outlining 
efforts of the executive branch to improve these services during the 
immediately preceding fiscal year. The President is requested to submit 
the first such annual report, covering the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1970, on or before December 1, 1970. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
(f) The President shall report to Congress on the possible utiliza-
tion of the Farm Credit Administration and agencies in the Depart-
ment of Agriculture to fulfill rural financial assistance requirements 
not filled by other agencies. The President is requested to submit the 
report requested by this section on or before July 1,1971, together with 
such recommendations for legislation as he deems appropriate. 
Approved November 30, 1970. 
December 1, 1970 
[H.J. Res. 1403] 
Housing. / 
4«fe, p,/1064. 
Public Law 91-525 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To provide an additional temporary extension of the Federal Housing Adminis-
tration's insurance authority. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assemhled^^ That (a) section 2(a) of the 
National Housing Act is amended by striking out "December 1,1970" 
in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "January 1, 1971". 
(b) Section 217 of such Act is amended by striking out "December 1, 
1970" and inserting in lieu thereof "January 1,1971". 
(c) Section 221 (f) of such Act is amended by striking out "Decem-
ber 1, 1970" in the fifth sentence and inserting in lieu thereof 
"January Ij 1971". 
(d) Section 809(f) of such Act is amended by striking out "Decem-
ber 1, 1970" in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof 
"January 1, 1971". 
(e) Section 810 (k) of such Act is amended by striking out "Decem-
ber 1, 1970" in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof 
"January 1, 1971". 
(f) Section 1002 (a) of such Act is amended by striking out "Decem-
ber 1, 1970" in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof 
"January Ij 1971". 
(g) Section 1101 (a) of such Act is amended by striking out "Decem-
ber 1, 1970" in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof 
"January 1, 1971". 
Approved December 1, 1970.