An act to adjust target prices for the 1980 and 1981 crops of wheat and feed grains; to extend the disaster payment programs for the 1980 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice; and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to require that producers of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice not exceed the normal crop acreage for the 1980 and 1981 crops.
PL 96-213 (H.R.3398), enacted 03/18/1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-213—MAR. 18, 1980 
94 STAT. 119 
Public Law 96-213 
96th Congress 
An Act 
To adjust target prices for the 1980 and 1981 crops of wheat and feed grains; to 
extend the disaster payment programs for the 1980 crops of wheat, feed grains, 
upland cotton, and rice; and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to require 
that producers of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice not exceed the 
normal crop acreage for the 1980 and 1981 crops. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be 
cited as the "Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1980". 
TARGET PRICES FOR THE 1980 AND 1981 CROPS OF CORN AND WHEAT 
SEC. 2. Section IOSAODXD of the Agricultural Act of 1949 is amended 
b y -
(1) in the third sentence of subparagraph (B), striking out 
"through 1981 crops" and inserting in lieu thereof "crop"; and 
(2) adding at the end of subparagraph (B) two new sentences as 
follows: "The established price for corn shall be $2.35 per bushel 
in the case of the 1980 crop. For the 1981 crop, the established 
price shall be not less than the established price for the 1980 
crop, adjusted upward to reflect such changes in the cost of 
producing corn as the Secretary finds necessary and appropriate 
for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a fair and 
equitable relationship between loan rates, established prices, and 
production costs for corn and competing commodities.". 
SEC. 3. Section 107A(b)(l) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 is amended 
by striking out the fourth sentence of subparagraph (B) and adding at 
the end thereof two new sentences as follows: "The established price 
for wheat shall be $3.63 per bushel in the case of the 1980 crop. For 
the 1981 crop, the established price shall be not less than the 
established price for the 1980 crop, adjusted upward to reflect such 
changes in the cost of producing wheat as the Secretary finds 
necessary and appropriate for the purpose of establishing and 
maintaining a fair and equitable relationship between loan rates, 
established prices, and production costs for wheat and competing 
commodities.". 
Mar. 18, 1980 
[H.R. 3398] 
Agricultural 
Adjustment Act 
of 1980. 
7 u s e 1421 note. 
7 u s e 1444c. 
7 u s e 1445b. 
EXTENSION OF DISASTER PAYMENT PROGRAMS 
SEC. 4. (a) Section 101(h)(4) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 is 7 USC 1441. 
amended by— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), striking out "1978 and 1979 crops of 
rice" and inserting in lieu thereof "1978, 1979, and 1980 crops of 
rice"; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C), striking out "1978 and 1979 crops of 
rice" and inserting in lieu thereof "1978, 1979, and 1980 crops of 
rice". 
(b) Section 103(f)(5) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 is amended by— 7 use 1444. 
94 STAT. 120 
PUBLIC LAW 96-213—MAR. 18, 1980 
7 u s e 1444c. 
7 u s e 1445b. 
7 u s e 1308. 
7 u s e 1421 note. 
7 u s e 1281. 
(1) in subparagraph (A), striking out "1978 and 1979 crops of 
upland cotton" and inserting in lieu thereof "1978, 1979, and 
1980 crops of upland cotton"; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), striking out "1978 and 1979 crops of 
upland cotton" and inserting in lieu thereof "1978, 1979, and 
1980 crops of upland cotton". 
(c) Section 105A03X2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 is amended 
b y -
(1) in subparagraph (A), striking out "1978 and 1979 crops of 
feed grains'' and inserting in lieu thereof "1978, 1979, and 1980 
crops of feed grains"; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), striking out "1978 and 1979 crops of 
feed grains'* and inserting in lieu thereof "1978, 1979, and 1980 
crops of feed grains". 
(d) Section 107A(b)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 is amended 
b y -
(1) in subparagraph (A), striking out "1978 and 1979 crops of 
wheat" and inserting in lieu thereof "1978,1979, and 1980 crops 
of wheat"; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), striking out "1978 and 1979 crops of 
wheat" and inserting in lieu thereof "1978, 1979, and 1980 crops 
of wheat". 
UMITATIONS ON DISASTER PAYMENTS 
SEC. 5. Effective for the 1980 and 1981 crops, section 101 of the Food 
and Agriculture Act of 1977 is amended by— 
(1) in subsection (1), inserting "(excluding disaster payments)" 
after "payments"; 
(2) inserting after subsection (1) a new subsection (2) as follows: 
"(2) Beginning with the 1980 crop year, the total amount of disaster 
payments that a person shall be entitled to receive under one or more 
of the annual programs established under the Agricultural Act of 
1949, as amended, and the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as 
amended, for wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice for any crop 
year shall not exceed $100,000."; 
(3) redesignating subsections (2), (3), and (4) as subsections (3), 
(4), and (5), respectively; and 
(4) in subsection (3), as redesignated by clause (3) of this section, 
striking out "disaster loss or". 
NORMAL CROP ACREAGE 
SEC. 6. Effective for the 1980 and 1981 crops, section 1001 of the 
7 use 1309. 
Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 is amended to read as follows: 
Loans, 
purchases, and 
payments, 
eligibility. 
7 u s e 1421 note. 
NORMALLY PLANTED ACREAGE AND TARGET PRICES 
"SEC. 1001. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effec-
tive for one or more of the 1980 and 1981 crops of wheat, feed grains, 
upland cotton, and rice, the Secretary of Agriculture may require, as 
a condition of eligibility for loans, purchases, and payments under the 
Agricultural Act of 1949, that producers not exceed the acreage on 
the farm normally planted to crops designated by the Secretary, 
adjusted as deemed necessary by the Secretary to be fair and 
equitable among producers. The acreage for any farm normally 
planted to crops designated by the Secretary shall be reduced by any 
set-aside or diverted acreage. 
"flj) Notwithstanding any other provision of law— 
PUBLIC LAW 96-213—MAR. 18, 1980 
94 STAT. 121 
"(1) Whenever the Secretary, for one or more of the 1980 and 
1981 crops of 
wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice, requires 
that producers not exceed the acreage on the farm normally 
planted to crops designated by the Secretary in accordance with 
subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary may increase the 
established price for any such commodity by the amount the 
Secretary determines appropriate to compensate producers for 
not exceeding the acreage on the farm normally planted to crops 
designated by the Secretary and participation in any required 
set-aside with respect to such commodity. 
"(2) In determining the amount of any increase in the estab-
lished price for any commodity under this subsection, the Secre-
tary shall take into account changes in the cost of production 
resulting from not exceeding the acreage on the farm normally 
planted to crops designated by the Secretary and participation in 
any required set-aside with respect to such commodity. 
(3) If the established price is increased for any commodity 
under this subsection, the Secretary may increase the estab-
lished price for any other commodity in such amount as the 
Secretary determines necessary for effective operation of the 
program. 
"(4) The Secretary shall adjust any increase in the established 
price under this subsection to reflect, in whole or in part, any 
land diversion payments for the commodity for which an in-
crease is determined. 
"(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, producers 
of the 1980 crop of any commodity who exceed the acreage on the 
farm normally planted to crops designated by the Secretary may 
receive loans and purchases and, in the case of commodities for which 
there is an established price, pa3rments based on the established price 
for the commodity as determined under the applicable provisions of 
the Agricultural Act of 1949 in effect on the date preceding the date of 
enactment of 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1980.". 
Approved March 18, 1980. 
Established 
price, increase. 
1980 crop, loans, 
purchases and 
payments. 
7 u s e 1421 note. 
Ante, p. 119. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 96-228, pt. 1 (Comm. on Agriculture), No. 96-228, pt. 2 (Comm. 
on Appropriations), and No. 96-789 (Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 96-446 (Comm. on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 125 (1979): Nov. 8, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 20, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Vol. 126 (1980): Mar. 4, Senate and House agreed to conference report. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS: 
Vol. 16, No. 12 (1980): Mar. 18, Presidential statement.