Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act
PL 93-86 (S.1888), enacted 08/10/1973

87 
STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-86-AUG. 10, 1973 
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TEMPORARY WAIVER OF CERTAIN LIMITATIONS 
APPLICABLE TO GNMA 
SEC. 3. Section 3 of the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution 
to extend the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development with respect to interest rates on insured mortgages, 
to extend and modify certain provisions of the National Flood Insur-
ance Act of 1968, and for other purposes," approved December 22, 
1971, as amended, is amended by striking out "June 30, 1973" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "October 1,1973". 
REHABILITATION LOAN AUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 4. Section 312 (h) of Housing Act of 1964 is amended by striking 
out "June 30, 1973" and inserting in lieu thereof "October 1, 1973". 
Approved August 10, 1973. 
86 Stat. 
12 u s e 
note. 
82 Stat. 
42 u s e 
906. 
1717 
523. 
1452b 
Public Law 93-86 
AN ACT 
To extend and amend the Agricultural Act of 1970 for the purpose of assuring 
consumers of plentiful supplies of food and fiber at reasonable prices. 
August 10, 1973 
[S.1888] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Agricul-
tural Act of 1970 is amended as follows: 
(1) Title I is amended to read as follows: 
"TITLE I—PAYMENT LIMITATION 
"SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law— 
" (1) The total amount of payments which a person shall be entitled 
to receive under one or more of the annual programs established by 
titles IV, V, and VI of this Act for the 1974 through 1977 crops of the 
commodities shall not exceed $20,000. 
"(2) The term 'payments' as used in this section shall not include 
loans or purchases, or any part of any payment which is determined 
by the Secretary to represent compensation for resource adjustment or 
public access for recreation. 
" (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 man-
ner 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 
Agriculture and 
Consumer Pro-
tection Act of 
1973. 
84 Stat. 1358. 
7 u s e 13 05 
note. 
" P a y m e n t s . 
Set-aside acre-
age, reduction. 
Regulations. 
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provisions of this Act which limit payments to any person shall not 
be applicable to lands owned by States, political subdivisions, or agen-
cies thereof, so long as such lands are farmed primarily in the direct 
furtherance of a public function, as determined by the Secretary. The 
rules for determining whether corporations and their stockholders 
may be considered as separate persons shall be in accordance with the 
regulations issued by the Secretary on December 18, 1970." 
DAIRY PROGRAM 
MILK MARKETIISrG O
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R
S 
84 Stat. 13^59. 
(£) Scctiou 201 IS amended bv— 
note. 
^ 
(A) amending section 201(e) by striking out "1973" and insert-
ing "1977", and by striking out "1976" and inserting "1980", and 
(B) adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(f) The Agricultural Adjustment Act as reenacted and amended 
by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, 
is further amended by: 
7\rs'c*608c' 
"(-^^ striking the period at the end of subsection 8c(l7) and 
adding in lieu thereof the following: ': Provided further^ That 
if one-third or more of the producers as defined in a milk order 
apply in writing for a hearing on a proposed amendment of such 
order, the Secretary shall call such a hearing if the proposed 
amendment is one that may legally be made to such order. Sub-
section (12) of this section shall not be construed to permit any 
cooperative to act for its members in an application for a hearing 
under the foregoing proviso and nothing in such proviso shall be 
construed to preclude the Secretary from calling an amendment 
hearing as provided in subsection (3) of this section. The Secre-
tary shall not be required to call a hearing on any proposed amend-
ment to an order in response to an application for a hearing on 
such proposed amendment if the application requesting the hear-
ing is received by the Secretary within ninety days after the date 
on which the Secretary has announced his decision on a previously 
proposed amendment to such order and the two proposed amend-
ments are essentially the same.' 
"(2) inserting after the phrase 'pure and wholesome milk' in 
50 Stat. 247. 
sectiou 8c(18) the phrase 'to meet current needs and further to 
assure a level of farm income adequate to maintain productive 
capacity sufficient to meet anticipated future needs'." 
MILK 
PRICE 
SUPPORT, 
BUTTERFAT 
PRICE 
SUPPORT 
SUSPENSION 
?Uc*ii46a'nd 
i^) Sectlou 202 Is amended fey-
note. 
(A) striking the introductory clause which precedes sub-
section (a); 
(B) effective April 1, 1974, inserting in subsection (b) before 
the period at the end of the first sentence in the quotation the fol-
lowing : "of pure and wholesome milk to meet current needs, reflect 
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changes in the cost of production, and assure a level of farm 
income adequate to maintain productive capacity sufficient to meet 
anticipated future needs"; and 
(C) inserting in subsection (b) after the first sentence in the 
quotation the following: "Notwithstanding the foregoing, effec-
tive for the period beginning with the date of enactment of the 
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 and ending on 
March 31, 1975, the price of milk shall be supported at not less 
than 80 per centum of the parity price therefor." 
TRANSFER OF DAIRY PRODUCTS TO THE MILITARY 
AND TO VETERANS HOSPITALS 
(4) Section 203 is amended by striking out "1973" and inserting 
"1977". 
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
84 Stat. 1361. 
7 u s e 1446a. 
(5) Section 204 is amended by— 
(A) striking out "1973" and inserting "1977"; and 
^ use 450i. 
(B) striking subsection (b) and substituting therefor the fol- 
Jf4"strt'"i'362* 
lowing: 
7 use 450j. 
"(b) Section 1 of said Act is amended to read as follows: 
" 'SECTION' 1. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make 
indemnity payments for milk or cows producing such milk at a fair 
market value, to dairy farmers who have been directed since Janu-
ary 1, 1964 (but only since the date of enactment of the Agriculture 
and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 in the case of indemnity pay-
ments not authorized prior to such date of enactment), to remove 
their milk, and to make indemnity payments for dairy products 
at fair market value to manufacturers of dairy products who have 
been directed since the date of enactment of the Agricultural Act of 
1970 to remove their dairy products from commercial markets because 
^'*„^*^*; ,^^/^* 
of residues of chemicals registered and approved for use by the Fed-
eral Government at the time of such use. 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.' " 
DAIRY IMPORT STUDY 
(6) Title II is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
^* ^*°*- ^^^^• 
"SEC. 205. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed 
to carry out a comprehensive study to determine the effect upon domes-
tic diary producers, handlers, and processors and upon consumers of 
increases in the level of imports, if any, of dairy products and report grerJ'"'^* *° ^°"' 
his findings, together with any recommendations he may have with 
respect to import quotas or other matters, to the Congress of the 
United States no later than January 1, 1975. For the purposes of this 
section dairy products include (1) all forms of milk and dairy prod-
ucts, butterfat, milk solids-not-fat, and any combination or mixture 
7 u s e 1305 
note. 
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thereof; (2) any article, compound, or mixture containing 5 per 
centum or more of butterfat, or milk solids-not-fat, or any combina-
tions of the two; and (3) lactose, and other derivatives of milk, but-
terfat, or milk solids-not-fat, if imported commercially for any food 
use. Dairy products do not include (1) casein, caseinates, industrial 
casein, industrial caseinates, or any other industrial products, not to be 
used in any form for any food use, or an ingredient of food; or (2) 
articles not normally considered to be dairy products, such as candy, 
bakery goods, and other similar articles." 
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"PRODUCER HANDLEES ^^ ' ^ ^ ' ' ' ^^ ^ ' 
"SEC. 206. The legal status of producer handlers of milk under the 
provisions 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 amend-
7USC eoVnote. meuts made by the Agriculture Act of 1973 as it was prior thereto." 
48 Stat. 31 
50 Stat. 246. 
68 Stat. 912. 
7 u s e 1787. 
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WOOL PROGRAM 
Price supports. 
(7) Sectiou 301 is amcudcd by— 
7\rs'c*i782^^' 
^^) striking out "1973" each place it occurs and inserting 
"1977", and by striking out the word "three" each place it occurs; 
and 
(B) adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(6) Strike out the first sentence of section 708 and insert the fol-
lowing: 'The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter into 
agreements with, or to approve agreements entered into between, mar-
keting cooperatives, trade associations, or others engaged or w'hose 
members are engaged in the handling of wool, mohair, sheep, or goats 
or the products thereof for the purpose of developing and conducting 
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on a national. State, or regional basis advertising and sales promotion 
programs and programs for the development and dissemination of 
information on product quality, production management, and mar-
keting improvement, for wool, mohair, sheep, or goats or the products 
thereof. Advertising and sales promotion programs may be conducted 
outside of the United States for the purpose of maintaining and 
expanding foreign markets and uses for mohair or goats or the prod-
ucts thereof produced in the United States.'." 
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WHEAT PROGRAM 
W H E A T PRODUCTION 
INCENTIVES 
7\;sc*i445^a' 
i^) Effectlvc beginning with the 1974 crop section 401 is amended 
and note. 
by Striking out "1971, 1972, and 1973" and inserting "1971 through 
1977" and section 107 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as it appears 
therein is amended by— 
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225 
(A) amending section 107(a) to read as follows: 
Loans and pur-
"(a) Loans and purchases on each crop of wheat shall be made abm^y.'^''^'^" 
available at such level as the Secretary determines appropriate, taking 
84 st'at. i362. 
into consideration competitive world prices of wheat, the feeding value 
'' ^^^ 1445a. 
of wheat in relation to feed grains, and the level at which price sup-
port 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 
$1.37 per bushel." 
(B) substituting the word "payments" for the word "certifi-
cates" in section 107(b) ; 
(C) striking the quotation mark at the end of section 107(b) ; 
and 
(D) adding at the end of the section the following: 
"(c) Payments shall be made for each crop of wheat to the pro-
ducers on each farm in an amount determined by multiplying (i) the 
amount by which the higher of— 
"(1) the national w^eighted average market price received by 
farmers during the first five months of the marketing year for 
such crop, as determined by the Secretary, or 
"(2) the loan level determined under subsection (a) for such 
crop 
is less than the established price of $2.05 per bushel in the case of 
the 1974 and 1975 crops, $2.05 per bushel adjusted to reflect any 
change during the calendar year 1975 in the index of prices paid 
by farmers for production items, interest, taxes, and wage rates in the 
case of the 1976 crop, and the established price for the 1976 crop 
adjusted to reflect any change during the calendar year 1976 in such 
index in the case of the 1977 crop, times in each case (ii) the allotment 
for the farm for such crop, times (iii) the projected yield established 
for the farm with such adjustments as the Secretary determines neces-
sary to provide a fair and equitable yield: Provided, That any increase 
that would otherwise be made in the established price to reflect a 
change in the index of prices paid by farmers shall be adjusted to 
reflect any change in (i) the national average yield per acre of wheat 
for the three calendar years preceding the year for which the determi-
nation is made, over (ii) the national average yield per acre of wheat 
for the three calendar years preceding the year previous to the one 
for which the determination is made. If the Secretary determines that 
the producers are prevented from planting, any portion of the farm 
acreage allotment to wheat or other nonconserving crop, because of 
drought, flood, or other natural disaster or condition beyond the con-
trol of the producer, the rate of payment on such portion shall be the 
larger of (A) the foregoing rate, or (B) one-third of the established 
price. If the Secretary determines that, because of such a disaster or 
condition, the total quantity of wheat (or other nonconserving crop 
planted instead of wheat) which the producers are able to harvest 
on any farm is less than 66% percent of the farm acreage allotment 
times the projected yield of wheat (or other nonconserving crop planted 
instead of wheat) for the farm, the rate of payment for the deficiency 
in production below 100 percent shall be the larger of (A) the fore-
going rate, or (B) one-third of the established price. The Secretary 
shall provide for the sharing of payments made under this subsection 
for any farm among the producers on the farm on a fair and equitable 
basis." 
TERMINATION OF WHEAT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM, 
FARM ACREAGE ALLOTMENTS 
(9) Section 402 is amended by inserting " ( a ) " after the section ajj^ofe ^13790 
designation and adding the following at the end of the section: 
and note! 
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[87 STAT. 
84 Stat. 1362. 
7 u s e 1379b. 
Ante, 
p. 225. 
Set-aside acre-
age. 
Acreage limi-
tation. 
Grazing and 
planting, limita-
tions. 
84 Stat. 1364. 
Payment shar-
ing. 
Noncompliance. 
"(b) (A) Section 379b of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 
(which provides for a wheat marketing certificate program) shall not 
be applicable to the 1974 through 1977 crops of wheat, except as pro-
vided in paragraphs (B) and (C) of this subsection, 
"(B) Section 379b(c) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, 
as amended by subsection (a) of this section (which provides for a 
set-aside program), shall be effective with respect to the 1974 through 
1977 crops of wheat with the following changes: 
"(i) The phrase 'payments authorized by section 107(c) of the 
Agricultural Act of 1949' shall be substituted for the word 'cer-
tificates' and the phrases 'certificates authorized in subsection (b)' 
and 'marketing certificates' each place they occur. 
"(ii) The word 'domestic' shall be stricken each place it occurs, 
"(iii) The second sentence of section 379b(c) (1) is amended to 
read as follows: 'If a set-aside of cropland is in effect under this 
subsection (c), then as a condition of eligibility for loans, pur-
chases, and payments authorized by section 107(c) of the Agri-
cultural Act of 1949, 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 wheat allotment for the farm as may 
be specified by the Secretary and will be estimated by the Secre-
tary to result in a set-aside not in excess of thirteen and three-
tenths million acres in the case of the 1971 crop; plus, if required 
by the Secretary, (ii) the acreage of cropland on the farm devoted 
in preceding years to soil conserving uses, as determined by the 
Secretary.' 
"(iv) The third sentence in 379b (c) (1) is amended to read as 
follows: 'The Secretary is authorized for the 1974 through 1977 
crops to limit the acreage planted to wheat on the farm to a per-
centage of the acreage allotment.' 
"(v) '1971 through 1977' shall be substituted for '1971, 1972, 
and 1973' each place it occurs other than in the third sentence of 
section 379b (c)(1). 
"(vi) The last sentence of section 379b (c)(1) is amended to 
read as follows: 'The Secretary shall permit producers to plant 
and graze on set-aside acreage sweet sorghum, and 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 hay and 
grazing or the production of guar, sesame, safflower, sunflower, 
castor beans, mustard seed, crambe, plantago ovato, flaxseed, 
triticale, oats, rye, 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.' 
"(vii) After the second sentence of section 379b (c) (3) the fol-
lowing shall be inserted: 'The Secretary may, in the case of pro-
grams for the 1974 through 1977 crops, pay an appropriate share 
of the cost of practices designed to carry out the purposes of the 
foregoing sentences.' 
"(C) Sections 379b (d), (e), (g), and (i) of the Agricultural 
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, 
shall be effective for the 1974 through 1977 crops amended to read as 
follows: 
"'(d) The Secretary shall provide for the sharing 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 precludes the making of loans, purchases, and payments, the 
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227 
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 is authorized to issue such regulations as he 
determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. 
" ' (i) The Secretary shall carry out the program authorized by this 
section through the Commodity Credit Corporation.' 
"(D) Section 379c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, 
effective only with respect to the 1974 through 1977 crops of wheat 
is amended to read as follows: 
" 'SEC. 379c. (a) (1) The farm acreage allotment for each crop of 
wheat shall be determined as provided in this section. The Secretary 
shall proclaim the national acreage allotment not later than April 15 
of each calendar year for the crop harvested in the next succeeding 
calendar year. Such national allotment shall be the number of acres 
he determines on the basis of the estimated national average yield for 
the crop for which the determination is being made will produce the 
quantity (less imports) that he estimates will be utilized domestically 
and for export during the marketing year for such crop. If the Secre-
tary determines that carryover stocks are excessive or an increase in 
stocks is needed to assure a desirable carryover, he may adjust the 
allotment by the amount he determines will accomplish the desired 
decrease or increase in carryover stocks. The national acreage allot-
ment for any crop of wheat shall be apportioned by the Secretary 
among the States on the basis of the apportionment to each State of 
the national acreage allotment for the preceding crop (1973 national 
domestic allotment in the case of apportionment of the 1974 national 
acreage allotment) adjusted to the extent deemed necessary by the 
Secretary to establish a fair and equitable apportionment base for 
each State, taking into consideration established crop rotation prac-
tices, the estimated decrease in farm acreage allotments, and other 
relevant factors. 
" '(2) The State acreage allotment for wheat, less a reserve of not 
to exceed 1 per centum thereof for apportionment as provided 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 wheat allotment for the preceding crop, adjusted to the extent 
deemed necessary by the Secretary in order to establish a fair and 
»:iuitable apportionment base for each county taking into considera-
tion established crop-rotation practices, the estimated decrease in farm 
allotments, and other relevant factors. 
" '(3) The farm allotment for each crop of wheat shall be deter-
mined by apportioning the county wheat allotment among farms in 
the county which had a wheat allotment for the preceding crop on the 
basis of such allotment, adjusted to reflect established crop-rotation 
practices and such other factors as the Secretary determines should be 
considered for the purpose of establishing a fair and equitable allot-
ment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, the 
farm allotment shall be adjusted downward to the extent required 
by subsection (b). 
" ' (4) Not to exceed 1 per centum of the State allotment for any crop 
may be apportioned to farms for which there was no allotment for the 
preceding crop on the basis of the following 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 farming 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 
allotments. No part of such reserve shall he apportioned to a farm to 
Regulations. 
84 Stat. 1364. 
7 use 1379c. 
Farm acreage 
allotment. 
County appor-
Factors deter-
mining allotment. 
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[87 STAT. 
Acreage adjust-
ments. 
Allotment re-
duction, condi-
tions. 
Ante, 
p. 225. 
reflect new cropland brought into production after the date of enact-
ment of the set-aside program for wheat. 
" '(5) The planting on a farm of wheat of any crop for which no 
farm allotment was established shall not make the farm eligible 
for an 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 
this Act 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 meas-
ures, and topography, and in addition, in the case of conserving use 
acreages to such other factors as he deems necessary in order to estab-
lish a fair and equitable conserving use acreage for the farm. 
" ^(b) (1) If for any crop the total acreage of wheat planted on a 
farm is less than the farm allotment, the farm allotment used as a base 
for the succeeding crop shall be reduced by the percentage by which 
such planted acreage was less than such farm allotment, but such 
reduction shall not exceed 20 per centum of the farm allotment for the 
preceding crop. If no acreage has been planted to wheat for three con-
secutive crop years on any farm which has an allotment, such farm 
shall lose its allotment. Producers on any farm who have planted to 
wheat not less than 90 per centum of the 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 Secretary deter-
mines was not planted to wheat because of drought, flood, or other 
natural disaster or 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, feed grains for which there 
is a set-aside program in effect, guar, castor beans, cotton, triticale, 
oats, rye, or such other crops as the Secretary may deem appropriate 
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 allotment shall be reduced or lost through failure to plant the 
farm allotment, if the producer elects not to receive payments for the 
portion of the farm allotment not planted, to which he would otherwise 
be entitled under the provisions of section 107(c) of the Agricultural 
Act of 1949.' " 
E E P E A L OF PROCESSOR CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENT 
84 Stat. 1366. 
7 u s e 1379d 
and note, 1379e 
and note. 
7 u s e 1379f-
1379J. 
76 Stat. 629; 
79 Stat. 1203. 
78 Stat. 181; 
84 Stat. 1366. 
(10) Section 403 is amended by inserting " ( a ) " after the section 
designation and by inserting at the end thereof the following: 
" (b) Sections 379d, 379e, 379f, 379g, 379h, 379i, and 379j of the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (which deal with marketing certifi-
cate requirements for processors and exporters) shall not be applicable 
to wheat processed or exported during the period July 1,1973 through 
June 30, 1978; and section 379g is amended by adding the following 
new subsection (c) : 
"(c) The Secretary is authorized to take such action as he deter-
mines to be necessary to facilitate the transition from the certificate 
program provided for under section 379d to a program under which 
no certificates are required. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, such authority shall include, but shall not be limited to the 
authority to exempt all or a portion of wheat or food products made 
note. 
79 Stat. 1205. 
7 u s e 1301. 
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229 
therefrom in the channels of trade on July 1,1973, from the marketing 
restrictions in subsection (b) of section 379d, or to sell certificates to 
78 stat. isi; 
persons owning such wheat or food products made therefrom at such 
7 y^^ i379d. 
price and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may deter-
mine. Any such certificate shall be issued by the Commodity Credit 
Corporation. Nothing herein shall authorize the Secretary to require 
certificates on wheat processed after June 30, 1973." 
SUSPENSION OF WHEAT MARKETING QUOTAS 
(11) Section 404 is amended by striking "1971, 1972, and 1973"' 
J^ylc'lsaf-^' 
wherever it appears and inserting "1971 through 1977", and by strik- 1339, 1378, 1379, 
ing "1972 and 1973" and inserting "1972 through 1977". 
lass and notes. 
STATE 
AGENCY 
ALLOTMENTS, 
YIELD 
CALCULATIONS 
(12) (a) Section 405 is amended by striking out "1971, 1972, and g/stal^^uee^."' 
1973" and inserting "1971 through 1977"; and by repealing paragraph 
7 use 1305'and 
(2) effective with the 1974 crop; by inserting " ( a ) " after the section 
designation; by changing the period and quotation mark at the end 
of the section to a semicolon; and by adding at the end of the section 
the following: 
"(b) Effective with respect to the 1974 through 1977 crops, section 
301(b) (13) (K) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 is 
amended by adding after 'three calendar years' the following: '(five 
calendar years in the case of wheat)', and section 708 of Public Law 
89-321 is amended by inserting in the second sentence after 'determin- 
7^,1*^*1306 ^" 
ing the projected yield' the following '(except that in the case of 
wheat, if the yield is abnormally low in any one of the calendar years 
of the base period because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, 
the Secretary shall take into account the actual yield proved by the 
producer in the other four years of such base period)'." 
SUSPENSION OF QUOTA PROVISIONS 
(13) Section 406 is amended by striking out "1971, 1972, and 1973" 
^Vsc'lsso^' 
and inserting "1971 through 1977". 
note, 1340 note, 
REDUCTION 
IN 
WHEAT STORED 
TO 
AVOID 
PENALTY 
(14) Section 407 of the Agricultural Act of 1970 is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following: "Notwithstanding the fore-
going, the Secretary may authorize release of wheat stored by a pro-
ducer under section 379c(b) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
1938, as amended, prior to the 1971 crop, whenever he determines such 
release will not significantly affect market prices for wheat. As a con-
dition of release, the Secretary may require a refund of such portion 
of the value of certificates received in the crop year the excess wheat 
was produced as he deems appropriate considering the period of time 
the excess wheat has been in storage and the need to provide fair and 
equitable treatment among all wheat program participants.". 
APPLICATION OF T H E AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1949 
(15) Section 408 is amended by striking out "1971,1972, and 1973" ?Vsc*li2\^Vnd 
and inserting "1971 through 1977". 
note. 
7 use 
ote. 
Ante, 
1379c 
p. 227. 
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[87 STAT. 
84 Stat. 1367. 
7 u s e 1427 and 
note. 
7 u s e 1334a-I. 
Loans and 
purchases. 
84 Stat. 1368. 
7 u s e 1441 
note. 
63 Stat. 1054; 
78 Stat. 175. 
7 u s e 1421. 
Payments, com-
putation. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION SALES PRICE 
RESTRICTIONS 
(16) Section 409 is amended by striking out "1971, 1972, and 1973" 
and inserting "1971 through 1977". 
SET-ASIDE ON SUMMER FALLOW FARMS 
(17) Section 410 is amended by striking out "1971,1972, and 1973" 
and inserting "1971 through 1977". 
F E E D GRAIN PROGRAM 
(18) Effective only with respect to the 1974 through 1977 crops of 
feed grains, section 501 is amended by— 
(A) striking out that portion through the first colon and sec-
tion 105(a) of the Agriculture Act of 1949, as it appears therein, 
and inserting the following: 
"SEC. 501. (a) Effective only with respect to the 1971 through 1977 
crops of feed grains, section 105(a) 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 $1.10 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 United 
States. 
'"(2) The Secretary shall make available to producers loans and 
purchases 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 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) adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(b) Effective only with respect to the 1974 through 1977 crops of 
feed grains, section 105(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as 
amended, is further amended to read as follows: 
" '(b) (1) In addition, the Secretary shall make available to pro-
ducers payments for each crop of com, grain sorghums, and, if desig-
nated by the Secretary, barley, computed by multiplying (1) the 
payment rate, times (2) the allotment for the farm for such crop, times 
(3) the yield established for the farm for the preceding crop with 
such adjustments as the Secretary determines necessary to provide a 
fair and equitable yield. The payment rate for corn shall be the amount 
by which the higher of— 
" '(1) the national weighted average market price received by 
farmers during the first five months of the marketing year for 
such crop, as determined by the Secretary, or 
'"(2) the loan level determined under subsection (a) for such 
crop 
is less than th« established price of $1.38 per bushel in the case of the 
1974 and 1975 crops, $1.38 per bushel adjusted to reflect any change 
during the calendar year 1975 in the index of prices paid by farmers 
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231 
for production items, interest, taxes, and wage rates in the case of the 
1976 crop, and the established price for the 1976 crop adjusted to 
reflect any change during the calendar year 1976 in such index in the 
case of the 1977 crop: Provided^ That any increase that would other-
wise be made in the established price to reflect a change in the index 
of prices paid by farmers shall be adjusted to reflect any change in 
(i) the national average yield per acre of feed grains for the three 
calendar years preceding the year for which the determination is 
made, over (ii) the national average yield per acre of feed grains for 
the three calendar years preceding the year previous to the one for 
which the determination is made. The payment rate for grain 
sorghums and, if designated by the Secretary, barley, shall be such 
rate as the Secretary determines fair and reasonable in relation to the 
rate at which payments are made available for corn. If the Secretary 
determines that the producers on a farm are prevented from planting 
any portion of the farm acreage allotment to feed grains or other 
nonconserving crop, because of drought, flood, or other natural dis-
aster or condition beyond the control of the producer, the rate of pay-
ment on such portion shall be the larger of (A) the foregoing rate, 
or (B) one-third of the established price. If the Secretary determines 
that, because of such a disaster or condition, the total quantity of feed 
grains (or other nonconserving crop planted instead of feed grains) 
which the producers are able to harvest on any farm is less than 66% 
percent of the farm acreage allotment times the yield of feed grains 
(or other nonconserving crop planted instead of feed grains) estab-
lished for the farm, the rate of payment for the deficiency in pro-
duction below 100 percent shall be the larger of (A) the foregoing 
rate, or (B) one-third of the established price. 
" ' (2) The Secretary shall, prior to January 1 of each calendar year, 
determine and proclaim for the crop produced in such calendar year 
a national acreage allotment for feed grains, which shall be the num-
ber of acres he determines on the basis of the estimated national 
average yield of the feed grains included in the program for the crop 
for which the determination is being made will produce the quantity 
(less imports) of such feed grains that he estimates will be utilized 
domestically and for export during the marketing year for such crop. 
If the Secretary determines that carryover stocks of any of the feed 
grains are excessive or an increase in stocks is needed to assure a 
desirable carryover, he may adjust the feed grain allotment by the 
amount he determines will accomplish the desired decrease or increase 
in carryover stocks. State, county, and farm feed grain allotments 
shall be established on the basis of the feed grain allotments estab-
lished for the preceding crop (for 1974 on the basis of the feed grain 
bases established for 1973), adjusted to the extent deemed necessary to 
establish a fair and equitable apportionment base for each State, 
county, and farm. Not to exceed 1 per centum of the State feed grain 
allotment may be reserved for apportionment to new feed grain farms 
on the basis of the following factors: suitability of the land for pro-
duction of feed grains, the extent to which the farm operator is depend-
ent on income from farming for his livelihood, the production of 
feed grains 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 feed 
grain allotments. 
" '(3) If for any crop the total acreage on a farm planted to feed aifototntTrec 
grains included in the program formulated under this subsection is tion. 
less than the feed grain allotment for the farm, the feed grain allot-
ment for the farm for the succeeding crops shall be reduced by the 
percentage by which the planted acreage is less than the feed grain 
allotment for the farm, but such reduction shall not exceed 20 per 
allotment, reduc-
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[87 STAT. 
centum of the feed grain allotment. If no acreage has been planted to 
such feed grains for three consecutive crop years on any farm which 
has a feed grain allotment, such farm shall lose its feed grain allot-
ment : Provided^ That no farm feed grain allotment 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 allotment not planted, 
to which he would otherw^ise 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 allotments 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 feed grain allot-
ment shall be considered to have planted an acreage equal to 100 per 
centum of such allotment. 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, 
wheat, guar, castor beans, cotton, triticale, oats, rye, or such other 
crops as the Secretary may deem appropriate, considered as devoted 
to the production of such feed grains to such extent and subject to 
such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines will not impair 
the effective operation of the program.'.". 
Cropland, set- 
(Q) amending the last sentence of section 105(c) (1) to read as 
84 Stat. 1369. 
tollOWS : 
7 use 1441 
"The Secretary shall permit producers to plant and graze on set-
"°*®* 
aside acreage sw^eet sorghum, and 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 hay and grazing or the production of 
guar, sesame, safflower, sunflower, castor beans, mustard seed, crambe, 
plantago ovato, flaxseed, triticale, oats, rye, or other commodity, if he 
determines that such production is needed to provide an adequate sup-
ply, is not likely to increase the cost of the price-support program, and 
will not adversely atfect farm income." 
(C) striking out "1971, 1972, 1973" where it appears in that 
part which amends section 105(c) (1) of the Agricultural Act of 
1949 and inserting "1971 through 1977", and by amending the 
second sentence of section 105(c) (1) to read as follow^s: "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 Secretary, 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 allotment for the farm as 
may be specified by the Secretary, plus, if required by the Secre-
tary (ii) the acreage of cropland on the farm devoted in preceding 
years to soil conserving uses, as determined by the Secretary." 
(D) amending the third sentence of section 105(c) (1) to read 
as follows: "The Secretary is authorized for the 1974 through 
1977 crops to limit the acreage planted to feed grains on the farm 
to a percentage of the farm acreage allotment.", 
84 Stat. 1370. 
(^Yi) Striking out paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (e), 
changing "bases" to "allotments" wherever it appears in para-
graph (2) of subsection (e), and striking out all of subsection 
(F) inserting after the second sentence of section 105(c)(3) 
the following: "The Secretary may, in the case of programs for 
the 1974 through 1977 crops, pay an appropriate share of the cost 
of practices designed to carry out the purposes of the foregoing 
sentences." 
87 
STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-86-AUG. 10, 1973 
233 
COTTON PKOGEAM 
SUSPENSION OF MARKETING QUOTAS FOR COTTON, MINIMUM BASE 
ACREAGE ALLOTMENTS 
(19) Section 601 is amended by— 
(A) striking out "1971, 1972, and 1973" wherever it appears 
therein and inserting "1971 through 1977", 
(B) striking "1970, 1971, and 1972" from paragraph (2) and 
inserting "1970 through 1976", 
(C) effective beginning with the 1974 crop, striking out the 
following from section 344a(a) in section 601 "for which a farm 
base acreage allotment is established (other than pursuant to sec-
tion 350(e) (1) (A))", 
(D) striking "1974" from paragraph (3) (1) and inserting 
"1978", and by striking "1972 and 1973" from paragraph (4) and 
inserting "1972 through 1977", 
(E) effective beginning with the 1974 crop, adding at the end 
of section 350(a) in paragraph (4) of section 601 the following: 
"The national base acreage allotment for the 1974 through 1977 
crops shall not be less than e'even million acres.", 
(F) effective beginning with the 1974 crop, striking "soybeans, 
wheat or feed grains" from the last sentence of section 350(e) (2) 
in paragraph (4) of section 601 and inserting "soybeans, wheat, 
feed grains, guar, castor beans, triticale, oats, rye or such other 
crops as the Secretary may deem appropriate", 
(G) effective beginning with the 1974 crop, striking the w^ords 
"an adjoining" in the first sentence of section 350(h) as found in 
paragraph (4) of section 601, and inserting in lieu thereof "any 
other nearby". 
84 Stat. 1371. 
7 u s e 1342a. 
84 Stat. 1372. 
7 u s e 1344b. 
7 u s e 1350. 
Minimum 
national base 
acreage allotment. 
COTTON PRODUCTION INCENTIVES 
(20) Section 602 is amended by— 
(A) striking "1971,1972, and 1973" wherever it appears therein 
and inserting "1971 through 1977", by striking "the 1972 or 1973 
crop" where it appears in that part amending section 103(e) (1) of 
the Agricultural Act of 1949 and inserting "any of the 1972 
through 1977 crops", and by striking out "acreage world price" in 
that part amending section 103(e) (1) of the Agricultural Act of 
1949, and substituting "average price of American cotton in world 
markets"; 
(B) in that part amending section 103(e) (1) of the Agricul-
tural Act of 1949 striking out "two-year period" w^herever it 
appears therein and substituting "three-year period"; and by 
striking out that part beginning with "except that" in the first 
sentence and substituting "except that if the loan rate so calcu-
lated is higher than the then current level of average world 
prices for American cotton of such quality, the Secretary is author-
ized to adjust the current calculated loan rate for cotton to 90 per 
centum of the then current average world price."; 
(C) effective, beginning with the 1974 crop, amending section 
103(e) (2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as it appears in such 
section 602 to read as follows: 
" (2) Payments shall be made for each crop of cotton to the producers 
on each farm at a rate equal to the amount by which the higher of— 
"(1) the average market price received by farmers for upland 
cotton during the calendar year which includes the first five 
months of the marketing year for such crop, as determined by 
the Secretary, or 
84 Stat. 1374. 
7 u s e 1444. 
Payments. 
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PUBLIC LAW 93-86-AUG. 10, 1973 
[87 STAT. 
"(2) the loan level determined under paragraph (1) for such 
crop 
is less than the established price of 38 cents per pound in the case of 
the 1974 and 1975 crops, 38 cents per pound adjusted to reflect any 
change during the calendar year 1975 m the index of prices paid by 
farmers for production items, interestj taxes, and wage rates in the 
case of the 1976 crop, and the established price for the 1976 crop 
adjusted to reflect any change during the calendar year 1976 in such 
index in the case of the 1977 crop: Provided^ That any increase that 
would otherwise be made in the established price to reflect a change 
in the index of prices paid by farmers shall be adjusted to reflect any 
change in (i) the national average yield per acre of cotton for the 
three calendar years preceding the year for which the determination is 
made, over (ii) the national average yield per acre of cotton for the 
three calendar j^ears preceding the year previous to the one for which 
the determination is made. If the Secretary determines that the pro-
ducers on a farm are prevented from planting, any portion of the 
allotment to cotton because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, 
or condition beyond the control of the producer, the rate of payment 
for such portion shall be the larger of (A) the foregoing rate, or (B) 
one-third of the established price. If the Secretary determines that, 
because of such a disaster or condition, the total quantity of cotton 
which the producers are able to harvest on any farm is less than 66% 
percent of the farm base acreage allotment times the average yield 
established for the farm, the rate of pavment for the deficiency in 
production below 100 percent shall be the larger of (A) the foregoing 
rate, or (B) one-third of the established price. 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 
t^us*^'i35o^^ 
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, notwithstanding 
paragraph (3), such increase shall be made only with respect to his 
share of cotton actually harvested on such farm within the quantity 
specified in paragraph (3)." 
land*'r^^tam'^'^"^" 
(-'^) ^ffective, beginning with the 1974 crop, amending the third 
program. 
scutence of scctlon 103 (e) (4) (A) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, 
I'^^f^^^'.lll^' 
as it appears in such section 602 to read as follows: "The Secre-
tary is authorized for the 1974 through 1977 crops to limit the 
acreage planted to upland cotton on the farm in excess of the farm 
base acreage allotment to a percentage of the farm base acreage 
allotment.". 
(E) the second sentence of section 103(e) (4) (A) is amended 
to read as follows: "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 conservation 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, '\f 
required by the Secretary, (ii) the acreage of cropland on the 
farm devoted in preceding years to soil conserving uses, as deter-
mined by the Secretary." 
(F) the fourth sentence of section 103(e) (4) (A) of the Agri-
cultural Act of 1949 as found in section 602 is amended to read as 
follows: "The Secretary shall permit producers to plant and graze 
on set-aside acreage sweet sorghum, and the Secretary may permit, 
subject to such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, all or 
7 use 1444. 
84 Stat. 1374. 
7 u s e 1444. 
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PUBLIC LAW 93-86-AUG. 10, 1973 
235 
any of the set-aside acreage to be devoted to hay and grazing or 
the production of guar, seasame, safflower, sunflower, castor beans, 
mustard seed, crambe, plantago ovato, flaxseed, triticale, oats, 
rye, 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." 
(G) inserting after the second sentence of section 103(e) (5) of 
the Agricultural Act of 1949 as it appears in such section 602 the 
following: "The Secretary may in the case of programs for the 
1974 through 1977 crops, pay an appropriate share of the cost of 
practices designed to carry out the purposes of the foregoing 
sentences." 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION SALES PRICE 
RESTRICTIONS FOR COTTON 
(21) Section 603 is amended by striking out "1974" and inserting 
"1978". 
MISCELLANEOUS COTTON PROVISIONS 
(22) Sections 604, 605, 606, 607, and 608 are each amended by strik- i378"not ^^??05 
ing out "1971, 1972, and 1973" and inserting "1971 through 1977". 
note, i428 note, 
84 Stat. 1377. 
7 u s e 1427 
1446d note. 
COTTON MARKET DEVELOPMENT 
(23) Section 610 is amended by inserting after the words "shall be" 
in the second sentence the following words "10 million dollars." and by 
striking the balance of said sentence, and further by striking out 
"1972 and 1973" and inserting "1972 through 1977" in the third 
sentence. 
COTTON INSECT ERADICATION 
84 Stat. 1378. 
7 u s e 2119. 
84 Stat. 1371. 
72 Stat. 993; 
78 Stat. 174. 
(24) Title VI is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following: 
"SEC. 611. Section 104 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, 
is amended by adding a new subsection (d) as follows: 
i use 1441 
" ' ( d ) In order to reduce cotton production costs, to prevent the "°*^-
movement of certain cotton plant insects to areas not now infested, 
and to enhance the quality of the environment, the Secretary is author-
ized and directed to carry out programs to destroy and eliminate cotton 
boll weevils in infested areas of the United States as provided herein 
and to carry out similar programs with respect to pink boUworms or 
any other major cotton insect if the Secretary determines that methods 
and systems have been developed to the point that success in eradica-
tion of such insects is assured. The Secretary shall carry out the eradi-
cation programs authorized by this subsection through the Commodity 
Credit Corporation. In carrying out insect eradication projects, the 
Secretary shall utilize the technical and related services of appropriate 
Federal, State, private agencies, and cotton organizations. Producers 
and landowners in an eradication zone, established by the Secretary, 
who are receiving benefits from any program administered by the 
United States Department of Agriculture, shall, as a condition of 
receiving or continuing any such benefits, participate in and coop-
erate with the eradication project, as specified in regulations of the 
Secretary. 
" 'The Secretary may issue such regulations as he deems necessary 
to enforce the provisions of this subsection with respect to achieving 
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[87 STAT. 
the compliance of producers and landowners who are not receiving 
benefits from any program administered by the United States Depart-
penaity. 
ment of Agriculture. Any person who knowingly violates any such 
regulation promulgated by the Secretary under this subsection msij be 
assessed a civil penalty of not to exceed $5,000 for each offense. No civil 
penalty shall be assessed unless the person shall have been given notice 
and opportunity for a hearing on such charge in the county, parish, 
or incorporated city of the residence of the person charged. In deter-
mining the amount of the penalty the Secretary shall consider the 
appropriateness of such penalty to the size of the business of the person 
charged, the effect on the person's ability to continue in business, and 
the gravity of the violation. Where special measures deemed essential 
to achievement of the eradication objective are taken by the project 
and result in a loss of production and income to the producer, the 
Secretary shall provide reasonable and equitable indemnification from 
funds available for the project, and also provide for appropriate pro-
tection of the allotment, acreage history, and average yield for the 
farm. The cost of the program m each eradication zone shall be deter-
mined, and cotton producers in the zone shall be required to pay up to 
one-half thereof, with the exact share in each zone area to be specified 
by the Secretary upon his finding that such share is reasonable and 
equitable based on population levels of the target insect and the degree 
of control measures normally required. Each producer's pro rata 
share shall be deducted from his cotton payment under this Act or 
otherwise collected, as pi-ovided in regulations of the Secretary. 
Insofar as practicable, cotton producers and other persons engaged 
in cotton production in the eradication zone shall be employed to 
participate in the work of the project in such zone. Funding of the 
program shall be terminated at such time as the Secretary determines 
and reports to the Congress that complete eradication of the insects 
for which programs are undertaken pursuant to this subsection has 
been accomplished. Funds in custody of agencies carrying out the 
program shall, upon termination of such program, be accounted for 
to the Secretary for appropriate disposition. 
Government of 
u ''pj^g Secretary is authorized to cooperate with the Government of 
Mexico, coopera- 
_ ^ 
, 
. 
.»' 
. 
r' 
. 
. 
i • i 
i 
tion. 
Mexico m carrying out operations or measures m Mexico which he 
deems necessary and feasible to prevent the movement into the United 
States from Mexico of any insects eradicated under the provisions of 
this subsection. The measure and character of cooperation carried out 
under this subsection on the part of the United States and on the part 
of the Government of Mexico, including the expenditure or use of 
funds made available by the Secretary under this subsection, shall be 
such as may be prescribed by the Secretary. Arrangements for the 
cooperation authorized by this subsection shall be made through and 
in consultation with the Secretary of State. The Commodity Credit 
Corporation shall not make any expenditures for carrying out the 
purposes of this subsection unless the Corporation has received funds 
to cover such expenditures from appropriations made to carry out the 
purposes of this subsection. There are hereby authorized to be appro-
priated to the Commodity Credit Corporation such sums as the 
Congress may from time to time determine to be necessary to carry out 
the purposes of this subsection.'." 
SKIPROW PRACTICES 
Ante, p. 235. 
^25) Title VI is further amended by adding the following new 
section: 
"SEC. 612. Section 374(a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
79 Stat. 1210. 
1938, as amended, is hereby amended by adding the following new 
7 use 1374. 
sentence: 'Where cotton is planted in skiprow patterns, the same rules 
87 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-86-AUG. 10, 1973 
237 
that were in effect for the 1971 through 1973 crops for classifying the 
acreage planted to cotton and the area skipped shall also apply to the 
1974 through 1977 crops.'." 
PUBLIC LAW 480 
(26) Section 701 is amended by striking out "1973" and inserting 
84 stat. 1379. 
"1977"; and title VII is further amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following: 
Section 103 of such Act is amended by inserting before the semi- 
so stat. 1526; 
colon at the end of subsection (o) the following: "and that com- ^^^u'sclroa 
mercial supplies are available to meet demands developed through 
programs carried out under this Act." 
"SEC. 704. Title IV of such Act is amended by adding at the end 
so stat. 1535. 
thereof the following: 
^^^ 
" 'SEC. 411. No agricultural commodities shall be sold under title I 
or title I I I or donated under title II of this Act to North Vietnam, un- 
7 usc_ 1701, 
less by an Act of Congress enacted subsequent to July 1, 1973, assist-
ance to North Vietnam is specifically authorized.' " 
1692, 1724. 
84 stat. 1862. 
7 u s e 1925. 
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
(27) Title V I I I is amended as follows: 
84 stat. 1379. 
B E E K E E P E R INDEMNITIES 
(A) Section 804 is amended by striking out "December 31, 1973" 
^Vsc'lasb^" 
and inserting "December 31, 1977". 
note. 
(B) By adding at the end thereof the following: 
F H A LOANS 
"SEC. 807. The first sentence of section 305 of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act is amended by striking out '$100,000' ^^^^^^^Volo* 
and inserting '$225,000'; and by striking out 'or (b)' and inserting 
'(b) the loans under such sections to any one borrower to exceed 
$100,000, or (c)'. 
"COST OF PRODUCTION STUDY 
"SEC. 808. The Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the 
land grant colleges, commodity organizations, general farm organiza-
tions, and individual farmers, shall conduct a cost of production study 
of the wheat, feed grain, cotton, and dairy commodities under the vari-
ous production practices and establish a current national weighted 
average cost of production. This study shall be updated annually and 
shall include all typical variable costs, a return on fixed costs equal to 
the existing interest rates charged by the Federal Land Bank, and 
return for management comparable to the normal management fees 
charged by other comparable industries. These studies shall be based 
upon the size unit that requires one man to farm on a full-time basis. 
"LIVESTOCK STUDY 
"SEC. 809. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and 
directed to carry out a comprehensive study and investigation to deter-
mine the reasons for the extensive loss of livestock sustained each year, 
through injury and disease, while such livestock is being transported 
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[87 STAT. 
in interstate commerce for commercial purposes. The Secretary is also 
authorized and directed to conduct, in connection with such study and 
investigation, an intensive research program for the purpose of devel-
oping measures that can be taken to reduce materially the number of 
animals lost, through injury and disease during transportation for 
commercial purposes. 
Reports to 
" (jj) 'j'jjg Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Congress not 
ongress. 
more than four years after the date of enactment of this section a final 
report on the results of his study and investigation and research 
together with such recommendations for administrative and legislative 
action as he deems appropriate. He shall submit such interim reports 
to the Congress as he deems advisable, but at least one at the end of 
each twelve month period following the date of enactment of this 
section. 
Appropriation. 
u^^^ There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, but not more than 
$500,000 in any fiscal year. 
"WHEAT AND F E E D GEAINS RESEARCH 
"SEC. 810. In order to reduce fertilizer and herbicide usage in excess 
of production needs, to develop wheat and feed grain varieties more 
susceptible to complete fertilizer utilization, to improve the resistance 
of wheat and feed grain plants to disease and to enhance their conser-
vation and environmental qualities, the Secretary of Agriculture is 
authorized and directed to carry out regional and national research 
programs. 
"In carrying out such research, the Secretary shall utilize the tech-
nical and related services of the appropriate Federal, State, and 
private agencies. 
Appropriation. 
"There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be neces-
sary to carry out the provisions of this section, but not more than 
$1,000,000 in any fiscal year. 
"TECHNICAL SUPPORT 
"SEC. 811. The Department of Agriculture shall provide technical 
support to exporters and importers of United States agricultural 
products when so requested. Such support shall include, but not be 
limited to, a review of the feasibility of the export proposal, ade-
quacy of sources of supply, compliance with trade regulations of the 
United States and the importing country and such other information 
or guidance as may be needed to expand and expedite United States 
agricultural exports by private trading interests. 
"EXPORT 
SALES 
REPORTING 
"SEC. 812. All exporters of wheat and wheat flour, feed grains, oil 
seeds, cotton and products thereof, and other commodities the Secre-
tary may designate produced in the United States shall report to the 
Secretary of Agriculture, on a weekly basis, the following information 
regarding any contract for export sales entered into or subsequently 
modified in any manner during the reporting period: (a) type, class, 
and quantity of the commodity sought to be exported, (b) the market-
ing year of shipment, (c) destination, if known. Individual reports 
shall remain confidential but shall be compiled by the Secretary and 
published in compilation form each week following the week of 
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239 
reporting. All exporters of agricultural commodities produced in the 
United States shall upon request of the Secretary of Agriculture 
immediately report to the Secretary any information with respect to 
export sales of agricultural commodities and at such times as he may 
request. Any person (or corporation) who knowingly fails to report 
Penalty. 
export sales pursuant to the requirements of this section shall be 
lined not more than $25,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, 
or both. The Secretary may, with respect to any commodity or type 
or class thereof during any period in which he determines that there 
is a domestic supply of such commodity substantially in excess of the 
quantity needed to meet domestic requirements, and that total sup-
plies of such commodity in the exporting countries are estimated to be 
in surplus, and that anticipated exports will not result in excessive 
drain on domestic supplies, and that to require the reports to be made 
will unduly hamper export sales, provide for such reports by exporters 
and publishing of such data to be on a monthly basis rather than on a 
weekly basis." 
"DISASTEK EESERVE 
"SEC. 813. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall under the provisions of this Act establish, 
maintain, and dispose of a separate reserve of inventories of not to 
exceed 75 million bushels of wheat, feed grains, and soybeans for the 
purpose of alleviating distress caused by a natural disaster. 
"Such reserve inventories shall include such quantities of grain that 
the Secretary deems needed to provide for the alleviation of distress 
as the result of a natural disaster. 
"(b) The Secretary shall acquire such commodities through the 
price support program. 
"(c) Except when a state of emergency has been proclaimed by the 
President or by concurrent resolution of Congress declaring that such 
reserves should be disposed of, the Secretary shall not offer any com-
modity in the reserve for sale or disposition. 
"(d) The Secretary is also authorized to dispose of such commodi-
ties only for (1) use m relieving distress (a) in any State, the District 
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands and (b) in 
connection with any major disaster determined by the President to 
warrant assistance by the Federal Government under Public Law 875, 
Eighty-first Congress, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1855 et seq.), or (2) 
64 stat. 1109. 
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tor use m connection with a state 01 civil defense emergency as pro-
claimed by the President or hj concurrent resolution of the Congress 
in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act 
of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2251-2297). 
64 stat. i246. 
"(e) The Secretary may sell at an equivalent price, allowing for the 
customary location and grade price differentials, substantially equiva-
lent quantities in different locations or warehouses to the extent needed 
to properly handle, rotate, distribute, and locate such reserve. 
"(f) The Secretary may use the Commodity Credit Corporation 
to the extent feasible to fulfill the purposes of this section; and to the 
maximum extent practicable consistent with the fulfillment of the 
purposes of this section and the effective and efficient administration 
of this section shall utilize the usual and customary channels, facilities, 
and arrangements of trade and commerce. 
"(g) The Secretary may issue such rules and regulations as may be Rules and rei?u-
necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. 
lations. 
"(h) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. 
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[87 STAT. 
"IMPORTED COMMODITIES 
"SEC. ^^14. Notwithstanding any other })rovisions of this Aft. the 
Secretary shall encourage the production of smy crop of which the 
United States is a net importer and for which a price support program 
is not in eflfect by permitting the planting of such crop on set-aside 
acreage and with no reduction in the rate of payment for the 
commodity. 
•'EMERGENCY SUPPLY OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS 
"SEC. 815. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall assist farmers, processors, and distrib-
utors in obtaining such prices for agricultural products that an 
orderly, adequate and steady supply of such products will exist foi-
the consumers of this nation. 
" (b) The President shall make appropriate adjustments in the max-
imum price which may be charged under the provisions of Executive 
Order 11723 (dated June 13,1973) or any subsequent Executive Ordei-
for any agricultural products (at any point in the distribution chain) 
as to which the Secretary of Agriculture certifies to the President that 
the supply of the product will be reduced to unacceptably low levels 
as a result of any price control or freeze order or regulation and that 
alternative means for increasing the supply are not available. 
r'd^^c'ts''"'*'"^^' 
"(^) ^^i^d^J^ this section, the term 'agricultural products' shall 
include meat, poultry, vegetables, fruits and all other agricultural 
commodities in raw or processed form, except forestry products oj-
fish or fishery products. 
"(d) The Secretary of Agriculture is directed to implement policies 
under this Act which are designed to encourage American farmers to 
produce to their full capabilities during periods of shoil supply to 
assure Amer-ican consumers with an adequate supply of food and fiber 
at fair and reasonable prices. 
"RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
"SEC. 816. (a) Section 401 of the Rural Development Act of 1972 
7 use 2651. 
(^86 Stat. 670) is amended by substituting the words 'fire' and 'fires* 
for the words 'wildfire' and 'wildfires', respectively, wherever such 
words appear. 
"(b) Section 404 of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 
7 use 2654. 
H71) is amended to read as follows: 
" 'SEC. 404. APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropri-
ated to carry out the provisions of this title $7,000,000 for each of three 
consecutive fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year for which funds 
are first appropriated and obligated by the Secretary of Agriculture 
(•arrying out this title.' 
"(c) Section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
7\rs'c''i92^6' 
opment Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
" '(13) (A) The Secretary, under such reasonable rules and condi-
tions as he shall establish, shall make grants to eligible volunteer fire 
departments for up to 50 per centum of the cost of firefighting equip-
ment needed by such departments but which such departments are 
imable to purchase through the resources otherwise available to them, 
and for the cost of the training necessary to enable such departments 
to use such equipment efficiently. 
" '(B) For the purposes of this subsection, the term "eligible volun-
teer fire department" means any established volunteer fire department 
in a rural town, village, or unincorporated area where the population 
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241 
is less than two thousand but greater than two hundred, as reasonably 
determined by the Secretary,' 
"SEC. 817. Section 310B(d) of subtitle A of the Consolidated Fann 
and Rural Development Act is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following: 
" "(4) Xo grant or loan authorized to be made under this Act 
shall require or be subject to the prior approval of any officer, 
employee, or agency of any State, 
'"(5) No loan commitment issued under this section, section 
304, or section 312 shall be conditioned upon the applicant invest-
ing in excess of 10 per centum in the business or industrial enter-
prise for which purpose the loan is to be made unless the Secretary 
determines there are special circumstances which necessitate an 
equity investment by the applicant greater than 10 per centum. 
'"(6) No provision of law shall prohibit issuance by the Secre-
tary of certificates evidencing beneficial ownership in a block of 
notes insured or guaranteed under this Act or Title V of the Hous-
ing Act of 1949; any sale by the Secretary of such certificates shall 
be treated as a sale of assets for the purposes of the Budget and 
Accounting Act of 1921. Any security representing beneficial 
ownership in a block of notes guaranteed or insured under this 
Act or Title V of the Housing Act of 1949 issued by a private 
entity shall be exempt from laws administered by the Securities 
and Exchange Commission, except sections 17, 22, and 24 of the 
Securities Act of 1933, as amended; however, the Secretary shall 
require (i) that the issuer place such notes in the custody of an 
institution chartered by a Federal or State agency to act as trustee 
and (ii) that the issuer provide such periodic reports of sales as 
the Secretary deems necessary.' 
86 Stat. 063. 
7 u s e 1932. 
75 Stat. 308; 
86 Stat. 657, 665. 
7 u s e 1924, 
1942. 
63 Stat. 432; 
83 Stat. 399. 
42 u s e 1471.. 
42 Stat. 20. 
31 u s e 2 note. 
48 Stat. 84. 
15 u s e 77q, 
77x. 
77v. 
"AGRICTTLTT'EAL CENSUS 
''SEC. 818. Notwithstanding any other provision of law. the Secre-
tary of Commerce shall conduct a census of agriculture in 1974 as 
required by section 142 of title 13, Ignited States Code, and shall submit 
to the Congress, within thirty days after the date of enactment of the 
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, an estimate of the 
funds needed to conduct such census." 
(28) By adding at the end thereof the following iiew title X : 
71 Stat. 483. 
Funds, esti-
mate, submittal to 
Congress. 
'TITLE X—RURAL ENVIRONMENTAL 
CONSERVATION 
P R O C T R A M 
''SEC. 1001. Notwithstanding any other pi'ovision of law the Sec-
retary shall carry out the purposes specified in clauses (1), (2), (3), 
(4), and (6) of section 7(a) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic 
Allotment Act, as amended, section 16(b) of such Act, and in the 
Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) by entering into contracts of 
three, five, ten, or twenty-five years with, and at the option of, eligible 
owners and operators of land as determined by the Secretary and hav-
ing such control as the Secretary determines to be needed on the farms, 
ranches, wetlands, forests, or other lands covered thereby. In addition, 
the Secretary is hereby authorized to purchase perpetual easements 
to promote said purposes of this Title, including the sound use and 
management of flood plains, shore lands, and aquatic areas of the 
Nation. Such contracts shall be designed to assist farm, ranch, wet-
land, and nonindustrial private forest owners and operators, or other 
owners or operators, to make, in orderly progression over a period of 
49 Stat. 163; 
86 Stat. 676. 
16 u s e 590g, 
590p. 
84 Stat. 1468. 
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[87 STAT. 
years, such changes, if any, as are needed to effectuate any of the pur-
poses specified in clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), and (6) of section 7(a) 
86^stat^676^^' 
"^ ^^® ^^^^ Conscrvation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended; 
i6usc590g, 
section 16(b) of such Act; the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301 et 
590p. 
seq.); in enlarffing fish and wildlife and recreation sources; in improv-
84 Stat. 1 4 6 8 . 
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ing the level ot management ot nonindustnal private toi-est Jniuls; 
and in providing long-term wildlife and upland game cover. In carry-
ing out the provisions of this title, due regard shall be given to the 
maintenance of a continuing and stable supply of agricultural com-
modities and forest products adequate to meet consumer demand at 
prices fair to both producers and consumers. 
"(1) to effectuate the plan for his farm, ranch, forest, wetland, 
or other land substantially in accordance with the schedule out-
lined therein; 
"(2) to forfeit all rights to further payments or grants under 
the contract and refund to the United States all payments or 
grants received thereunder upon his violation of the contract at 
any stage during the time he has control of the land if the Sec-
retary, after considering the recommendations of the Soil and 
Water Conservation District Board, or the State forester or other 
appropriate official in a contract entered into under the provi-
sions of section 1009 of this title, determines that such violation 
is of such a nature as to warrant termination of the contract, or 
to make refunds or accept such payment adjustments as the Sec-
retary may deem appropriate if he determines that the violation 
by the owner or operator does not warrant termination of the 
contract; 
" (3) upon transfer of his right and interest in the farm, ranch, 
forest, wetland, or other land during the contract period to forfeit 
all rights to further payments or grants under the contract and 
refund to the United States all payments or grants received there-
under unless the transferee of any such land agrees with the Sec-
retary to assume all obligations of the contract; 
" (4) not to adopt any practice specified by the Secretary in the 
contract as a practice which would tend to defeat the purposes of 
the contract; 
a fo^'^^^"! T^*^" 
"SEC. 1002. Eligible landowners and operators for contracts under 
use° plans!" 
this title shall furnish to the Secretary a plan of farming operations 
or land use which incorporates such practices and principles as may be 
determined by him to be practicable and which outlines a schedule 
of proposed changes, if any, in cropping systems or land use and of the 
conservation measures which are to be carried out on the farm, ranch, 
wetland, forests, or other land during the contract period to protect 
the farm, ranch, wetland, forests or other land and surrounding areas, 
its wildlife, and nearby populace and communities from erosion, deteri-
oration, pollution by natural and manmade causes or to insure an 
adequate supply of timber and related forest products. Said plans 
may also, in important migratory waterfowl nesting and breeding 
areas which are identified in a conservation plan developed in coop-
eration with a soil and water conservation district in which the lands 
are located, and under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may 
provide, include a schedule of proposed changes, if any, to conserve 
surface waters and preserve and improve habitat for migratory water-
fowl and other wildlife resources and improve subsurface moisture, 
including, subject to the provisions of section 1001 of this title, the 
reduction of areas of new land coming into production, the enhance-
ment of the natural beauty of the landscape, and the promotion of 
comprehensive and total water management study. 
"SEC. 1003. (a) Approved conservation plans of eligible landowners 
and operators developed in cooperation with the soil and water con-
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PUBLIC LAW 93-86-AUG. 10, 1973 
243 
servation district or the State forester or other appropriate State 
official in which their lands are situated shall form a basis for contracts 
under this title. Under the contract the landowner or operator shall 
agree— 
" (5) to comply with all applicable Federal, State, or local laws, 
and regulations, including those governing environmental protec-
tion and noxious weed abatement; and 
"(6) to such additional provisions as the Secretary determines 
are desirable and includes in the contract to effectuate the pur-
poses of the program or to facilitate the practical administration 
of the program: Provided^ That all contracts entered into to 
effectuate the purposes of the Water Bank Act for wetlands shall 
contain the further agreement of the owner or operator that he 
shall not drain, burn, fill, or otherwise destroy the wetland char-
acter of such areas, nor use such areas for agricultural purposes: 
And provided further^ That contracts entered into for the pro-
tection of wetlands to effectuate the purposes of the Water Bank 
Act may include wetlands covered by Federal or State govern-
ment easement which permits agricultural use, together with such 
adjacent areas as determined desirable by the Secretary. 
"(b) In return for such agreement by the landowner or operator 
the Secretary shall agree to make payments in appropriate circum-
stances for the use of land maintained for conservation purposes as 
set forth in this title, and share the cost of carrying out those conserva-
tion practices and measures set forth in the contract for which he 
determines that cost-sharing is appropriate and in the public interest. 
The portion of such cost (including labor) to be shared shall be that 
part which the Secretary determines is necessary and appropriate to 
effectuate the physical installation of the conservation practices and 
measures under the contract, but, in the case of a contract not entered 
into under an advertising and bid procedure under the provisions of 
section 1009(d) of this title, not less than 50 per centum or more than 
75 per centum of the actual costs incurred by the owner or operator. 
"(c) The Secretary may terminate any contract with a landowner 
or operator by mutual agreement with the owner or operator if the 
Secretary determines that such termination would be in the public 
interest, and may agree to such modification of contracts previously 
entered into as he may determine to be desirable to carry out the pur-
poses of the program or facilitate the practical administration thereof 
or to accomplish equitable treatment with respect to other similiar con-
servation, land use, or commodity programs administered by the 
Secretary. 
"SEC. 1004. The Secretary is authorized to make available to eligible 
owners and operators conservation materials including seeds, seed 
inoculants, soil conditioning materials, trees, plants, and, if he deter-
mines it is appropriate to the purposes of this title, fertilizer and lim-
ing materials. 
"SEC. 1005. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other title, 
the Secretary may establish multiyear set-aside contracts for a period 
not to extend beyond the 1977 crop. Such contracts may be entered into 
only as a part of the programs m effect for wheat, feed grains, and 
cotton for the years 1974 through 1978, and only producers participat-
ing in one or more of such programs shall be eligible to contract with 
the Secretary under this section. Producers agreeing to a multiyear 
set-aside agreement shall be required to devote this acreage to vegeta-
tive cover capable of maintaining itself throughout such period to pro-
vide soil protection, water quality enhancement, wildlife production, 
and natural beauty. Grazing of livestock under this section shall be 
prohibited. Producers entering into agreements under this section shall 
84 Stat. 1468. 
16 use 1301 
note. 
Land conserva-
tion, payments. 
Conservation 
materials, 
availability. 
Multiyear 
set-aside 
contracts. 
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[87 STAT. 
Cost-sharing 
incentives. 
Regulations. 
Advisory board, 
appointment. 
52 Stat. 31; 
86 Stat. 676. 
16 u s e 590h. 
Members. 
Meetings. 
National ad-
visory board. 
also agree to comply with all applicable State and local law and regu-
lation governing noxious weed control. 
"(b) The Secretary shall provide cost-sharing incentives to farm 
operators for such cover establishment, whenever a multiyear contract 
is entered into on all or a portion of the set-aside acreage. 
"SEC. 1006. The Secretary shall issue such regulations as he deter-
mines necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. The total acre-
age placed under agreements which result in their retirement from 
production in any county or local community shall in addition to the 
limitations elsewhere in this title be limited to a percentage of the total 
eligible acreage in such county or local community which the Secre-
tary 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 acre-
age being retired, if any, as compared to the average productivity of 
eligible acreage in such county or local community w^hich the Secretary 
determines would not adversely affect the economy of the county or 
local community. 
"SEC. 1007. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall appoint an ad-
visory board in each State to advise the State committee of that State 
(established under section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic 
Allotment Act) regarding the types of conservation measures that 
should be approved to effectuate the purposes of this title. The Secre-
tary shall appoint at least six individuals to the advisory board of 
each State who are especially qualified by reason of education, train-
ing, and experience in the fields of agriculture, soil, water, wildlife, 
fish, and forest management. The advisory board appointed for any 
State shall meet at least once each calendar year. Said appointed mem-
bers shall include, but not be limited to, the State soil conservationist, 
the State forester, the State administrator of the water quality pro-
grams, and the State wildlife administrator or their designees: Pro-
vided^ That such board shall limit its advice to the State committees 
to the types of conservation measures that should be approved affect-
ing the water bank program; the authorization to purchase perpetual 
easements to promote the purposes of this title, as described in section 
1001 of this title; the providing of long-term upland game cover; and 
the esablishment and management of approved practices on multiyear 
set-aside contracts as provided in section 1005 of this title: 
"(b) The Secretary of Agriculture, through the establishment of a 
national advisory board to be named in consultation with the Secretary 
of the Interior, shall seek the advice and assistance of the appropriate 
officials of the several States in developing the programs under this 
title, especially in developing guidelines for (1) providing technical 
assistance for wildlife habitat improvement practices, (2) evaluating 
effects on surrounding areas, (3) considering aesthetic values, (4) 
checking compliance by cooperators, and (5) carrying out programs 
of wildlife management authorized under this title: Provided^ That 
such board shall limit its advice to subjects which cover the types of 
conservation measures that should be approved regarding the water 
bank program; the authorization to purchase perpetual easements to 
promote the purposes of this Act, as described in section 1001 of this 
title; the providing of long-term upland game cover; and the estab-
lishment and management of approved practices on multiyear set-aside 
contracts as provided in section 1005 of this title. 
"SEC. 1008. In carrying out the programs authorized under sections 
1001 through 1006 of this title, the Secretary shall, in addition to 
appropriate coordination with other interested Federal, State, and 
local agencies, utilize the services of local, countj^ and State commit-
tees established under section 8 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic 
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245 
49 Stat. 163; 
the facilities and services of the Commodity Credit Corporation in " le use 590h. 
Allotment Act, as amended. The Secretary is also authorized to utilize gg g
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discharging his functions and responsibilities under this program. 
The Secretary shall also utilize the technical services of the Soil Con-
servation Service, the Forest Service, State forestry organizations, soil 
and water conservation districts, and other State, and Federal agencies, 
as appropriate, in development and installation of approved conserva-
tion plans under this title. 
"SEC. 1009. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of this title, the Sec- ^^1°^^^^^'/^ 
retary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to develop and carry Jlolram!'^ 
out a forestry incentives program to encourage tlie development, man-
agement, and protection of nonindustrial private forest lands. The 
purposes of such a program shall be to encourage landowners to apply 
practices which will provide for the afforestation of suitable open 
lands and reforestation of cutover and other nonstocked and under-
stocked forest lands and intensive multiple-purpose management and 
protection of forest resources so as to provide for production of timber 
and related benefits. 
"(b) For the purposes of this section, the term 'non-industrial pri- //^"""/"^e"^**"^^^ 
vate forest lands' means lands capable of producing crops of industrial lands.•» 
wood and owned by any private individual, group, association, corpo-
ration, or other legal entity. Such term does not include private entities 
which regularly engage in the business of manufacturing forest prod-
ucts or providing public utilities services of any type, or the subsid-
iaries of such entities. 
"(c) The Secretary shall consult with the State forester or other 
Fe^derai as-
appropriate official of the respective States in the conduct of the for-
estry incentives program under this section, and Federal assistance 
shall be extended in accordance with section 1003(b) of this title. The 
Secretary shall for the purposes of this section distribute funds avail-
able for cost sharing among and within the States only after assessing 
the public benefit incident thereto, and after giving appropriate con-
sideration to the number and acreage of commercial forest lands, num-
ber of eligible ownerships in the State, and counties to be served by 
such cost sharing; the potential productivity of such lands; and the 
need for reforestation, timber stand improvement, or other forestry 
investments on such land. No forest incentives contract shall be ap- umitalion. 
proved under this section on a tract greater than five hundred acres, 
unless the Secretary finds that significant public benefit will be incident 
to such approval. 
"(d) The Secretary may, if he determines that such action will 
contribute to the effective and equitable administration of the program 
established by this section, use an advertising and bid procedure in 
determining the lands in any area to be covered by agreements. 
"(e) In implementing the program under this section, the Secretary 
will cause it to be coordinated with other related programs in such a 
manner as to encourage the utilization of private agencies, firms, and 
individuals furnishing services and materials needed in the applica-
tion of practices included in the forestry incentives improvement pro-
gram. The Secretary shall periodically report to the appropriate ^o^^^esl/o ai 
congressional committees of the progress and conduct of the program committees. 
established under this section. 
"SEC. 1010. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated annually 
Appropriation. 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. 
The programs, contracts, and authority authorized under this title 
shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, other programs in 
such areas authorized by this or any other title or Act, and shall not 
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[87 STAT. 
60 Stat. 1091; 
81 Stat. 752. 
expire with the termination of any other title or Act: Provided, That 
not more than $25,000,000 annually shall be authorized to be appro-
priated for the programs authorized under section 1009 of this Act." 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE R E P E A L 
SEC. 2. Section 301 of the Act of August 14, 1946 (Public Law 
Y9-733) as amended (7 U.S.C. 1628), is hereby repealed. 
FOOD STAMPS 
84 Stat. 2 048; 
86 Stat. 1491. 
86 Stat. 1465. 
42 u s e 1381. 
42 u s e 1382e. 
86 Stat. 1484. 
42 u s e 301, 
1201, 1351. 
86 Stat. 1329. 
42 u s e 401 
note. 
Definition. 
78 Stat. 703; 
84 Stat. 2 049. 
42 u s e 4551 
note. 
21 u s e 1101 
note. 
Eligibility 
standards. 
84 Stat. 2 049. 
Supra, 
SEC. 3. The Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, is amended as 
follows: 
(a) The second sentence of section 3(e) of the Food Stamp Act of 
1964 (7 U.S.C. 2012 (e)) is amended— 
(1) by striking out "o^"; and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end thereof the fol-
ing: ", or (3) any narcotics addict or alcoholic who lives under 
the supervision of a private nonprofit organizatioh or institution 
for the purpose of regular participation in a drug or alcoholic 
treatment and rehabilitation program." 
(b) Section 3(e) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 is amended by 
striking out the last sentence therein and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following sentence: "No individual who receives supplemental security 
income benefits under title X V I of the Social Security Act shall be 
considered to be a member of a household or an elderly person for any 
purpose of this Act for any month if such person receives for such 
month, as part of his supplemental security income benefits or pay-
ments described in section 1616 (a) of the Social Security Act (if any), 
an amount equal to the bonus value of food stamps (according to the 
Food Stamp Schedule effective for July 1973) in addition to the 
amount of assistance such individual would be entitled to receive for 
such month under the provisions of the plan of the State approved 
under title I, X, XIV, or XVI, as appropriate, in effect for Decem-
ber 1973, assuming such plan were in effect for such month and such 
individual were aged, blind, or disabled, as the case may be, under the 
provisions of such State plan or under Public Law 92-603 as amended. 
The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall issue regula-
tions for the implementation of the foreoging sentence after consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Agriculture." 
(c) Section 3 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(n) The term 'drifg addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabili-
tation program' means any drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and 
rehabilitation program conducted by a private nonprofit organization 
or institution which is certified by the State agency or agencies desig-
nated by the Governor as responsible for the administration of the 
State's programs for alcoholics and drug addicts pursuant to Public 
Law 91-616 'Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Prevention, 
Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act' and Public Law 92-255 'Drug 
Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972' as providing treatment that 
can lead to the rehabilitation of drug addicts or alcoholics." 
(d) Section 5 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(d) The Secretary shall establish uniform national standards of 
eligibility for households described in section 3(e)(3) of this Act." 
87 
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PUBLIC LAW 93-86-AUG. 10, 1973 
247 
(e) Section 5(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 (7 U.S.C. 2014(c)) 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the foUowmg: "For the pur-
poses of this section, the term 'able-bodied adult person' shall not 
mclude any narcotics addict or alcoholic who regularly participates, 
as a resident or nonresident, in any drug addiction or alcoholic treat-
ment and rehabilitation program." 
(f) Section 10 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 (7 U.S.C. 2019) is 
amended by inserting at the end thereof the foUowiiig new subsection: 
"(i) Subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by 
the Secretary in the regulations pursuant to this Act, members of an 
eligible household who are narcotics addicts or alcoholics and regu-
larly participate in a drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and reha-
bilitation program may use coupons issued to them to purchase food 
prepared for or served to them during the course of such program 
by a private nonprofit organization or institution which meets require-
ments (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (h) above. Meals served pursu-
ant to this subsection shall be deemed 'food' for the purposes of this 
Act." 
(g) Section 5(b) is amended by inserting the following before the 
period at the end of the second sentence: ": Provided^ That such 
standards shall take into account payments in kind received from an 
employer by members of a household, if such payments are in lieu of 
or supplemental to household income: Provided further^ That such 
payments in kind shall be limited only to housing provided by such 
employer to such employee and shall be the actual value of such hous-
ing but in no event shall such value be considered to be in excess of the 
sum of $25.00 per month". 
(h) The fourth sentence of section 5(b) is amended to read as 
follows: 
"The Secretary may also establish temporary emergency standards 
of eligibility for the duration of the emergency, without regard to 
income and other financial resources, for households that are the vic-
tims of a mechanical disaster which disrupts the distribution of cou-
pons, and for households that are victims of a disaster which disrupted 
commercial channels of food distribution when he determines that 
such households are in need of temporary food assistance, and that 
commercial channels of food distribution have again become avail-
able to meet the temporary food needs of such households: Provided^ 
That the Secretary shall m the case of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the 
Virgin Islands, establish special standards of eligibility and coupon 
allotment schedules which reflect the average per capita income and 
cost of obtaining a nutritionally adequate diet in Puerto Rico and the 
respective territories; except that in no event shall the standards of 
eligibility or coupon allotment schedules so used exceed those in the 
fifty States." 
(i) Section 10(e) is amended by striking out "and (6)" and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(6) issuance of coupon allot-
ments no less often than two times per month; (7) notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the institution of procedures under which 
any household participating in the program shall be entitled, if it so 
elects, to have the charges, if any, for its coupon allotment deducted 
from any grant or payment such household may be entitled to receive 
under title TV of the Social Security Act and have its coupon allot-
ment distributed to it with such grant or payment; and (8)"; and (2) 
by adding at the end thereof the following: "The State agency is 
required to submit, prior to January 1, 1974, for approval, a plan of 
84 Stat. 2050'. 
Narcotics ad-
dicts or alcohol-
ics, meal pur-
chases. 
78 Stat. 706; 
84 Stat. 2051. 
84 Stat. 2049. 
Temporary 
emergency eligi-
bility standards. 
84 Stat. 2051. 
49 Stat. 627; 
!1 Stat. 884. 
42 u s e 601. 
248 
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[87 STAT. 
Appropriation. 
84 Stat. 2052. 
7 u s e 2025. 
Elderly persons, 
meal purchases. 
84 Stat. 2051. 
7 u s e 2019, 
" F o o d . " 
78 Stat. 703. 
Coupon allot-
ment face value, 
charges. 
84 Stat. 2050. 
Alaskans, hunt-
ing and fishing 
equipment, pur-
chase. 
operation specifying the manner in whicla such State agency intends 
to conduct the program in every political subdivision in the State, 
unless such State agency can demonstrate that for any political sub-
division it is impossible or impracticable to extend the program to 
such subdivision. The Secretary shall make a determination of 
approval or disapproval of a plan of operation submitted by a State 
agency in sufficient time to permit institution of such plan by no later 
than June 30, 1974." 
(j) Section 16(a) is amended bv striking out in the first sentence 
"June 30, 1972, and June 30, 1973" and substituting "June 30, 1972, 
through June 30,1977", and by inserting at the end of the first sentence 
of subsection (a) the following new sentence: "Sums appropriated 
under the provisions of this Act shall, notwithstanding the provisions 
of any other law, continue to remain available until expended." 
(k) Section 10(h) is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following: "Subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed 
by the Secretary, in the regulations issued pursuant to this Act, mem-
bers of an eligible household who are sixty years of age or over or 
elderly persons and their spouses may also use coupons issued to them 
to purchase meals prepared by senior citizens' centers, apartment 
buildings occupied primarily by elderly persons, any public or non-
profit private school which prepares meals especially for elderly 
persons, any public or nonprofit private eating establishment which 
prepares meals especially for elderly persons during special hours, and 
any other public or nonprofit private establishment approved for such 
purpose by the Secretary. When an appropriate State or local agency 
contracts with a private establishment to offer, at concessional prices, 
meals prepared especially for elderly persons during regular or special 
hours, the Secretary shall permit eligible households who are sixty 
years of age or over or elderly persons and their spouses to use coupons 
issued to them to purchase such meals." 
(1) Section 3(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 (7 U.S.C. 2012(b)) 
is amended to read as follows: "The t«rm 'food' means any food or 
food product for home consumption except alcoholic beverages and 
tobacco and shall also include seeds and plants for use in gardens to 
produce food for the personal consumption of the eligible household." 
(m) Section 7(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 (7 U.S.C. 
2016 (a)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The face value of the coupon allotment which State agencies 
shall be authorized to issue to any households certified as eligible to 
participate in the food stamp program shall be in such amount as the 
Secretary determines to be the cost of a nutritionally adequate diet, 
adjusted semiannually by the nearest dollar increment that is a mul-
tiple of two to reflect changes in the prices of food published by the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor to be imple-
mented commencing with the allotments of January 1, 1974, incorpo-
rating the changes in the prices of food through August 31, 1973, but 
in no event shall such adjustments be made for value of the coupon 
allotment for such households, as calculated above, is a minimum of 
$2.00." 
(n) The following new section is added at the end of such Act: 
"SEC. 17. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, members 
of eligible households living in the State of Alaska shall be permitted 
in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Secretary may 
prescribe, to purchase hunting and fishing equipment for the pur-
pose of procuring food for the household except firearms, ammunition. 
87 STAT. ] 
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240 
and other explosives, with coupons issued under this Act if the Secre-
tary determines that (1) such households are located in an area of 
the State which makes it extremely difficult for members of such house-
holds to reach retail food stores, and (2) such households depend to a 
substantial extent on hunting and fishing for subsistence purposes." 
(o) Section3(f) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 (7 U.S.C. 2012(f)) ^^\^^^%^^f' 
is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following new sentence: "It shall also mean a political subdivision 
or a private nonprofit organization or institution that meets the re-
quirements of section 10(h) or 10 (i) of this Act." 
^"<e, pp. 243. 
(p) Section 3 (e) is amended by adding at the end thereof the follow- ^''J^ g
^
^
^ 2048-
ing new sentence: "Eesidents of federally subsidized housing for the se stat. 1491. ' 
elderly, built under either section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 
U.S.C. iTOlq), or section 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
73 stat. 667; 
83 Stat. 390. 
17l5z-l) shall not be considered residents of an institution or boarding 
gj stat. 498; 
house for purposes of eligibility for food stamps under this Act." 
84 stat. 1775. 
COMMODITY DISTEIBUTION PROGRAM 
SEC. 4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secre-
tary of Agriculture is hereby authorized until July 1, 1974 (1) to use 
funds available to carry out the provisions of section 32 of Public Law 
No. 320, Seventy-fourth Congress, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c), and 
49 stat. 774. 
not expended or needed for such purpose to purchase, without regard 
to the provisions of existing law governing the expenditure of public 
funds, agricultural commodities and their products of the types cus-
tomarily purchased under section 32 for donation to maintain the 
annually programmed level of assistance for schools, domestic relief 
distribution, and such other domestic food assistance programs as are 
authorized by law, and (2) if stocks of the Commodity Credit Corpo-
ration are not available, to use the funds of the Corporation to pur-
chase agricultural commodities and the products thereof of the types 
customarily available under section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 
1949 to meet such requirements. 
86^stat^\'49^2^' 
(b) The Secretary is prohibited from furnishing commodities to 
7 use 1431'. 
summer camps as authorized under section 416 of the Agricultural 
Act of 1949, section 32 of Public Law 74-320, and section 709 of the 
Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 if the number of adults participat- 
79 stat. 1212. 
ing in the activities of such camp is in excess of one for each five chil- 
^ ^^^ i446a-i. 
dren under 18 years of age participating in such activities. 
(c) No individual who receives supplemental security income bene-
fits under title XVI of the Social Security Act shall be considered to 
«| stat. i465. 
be a member of a household for any purpose of the Food Distribution 
Program for families under section 32 of Public Law 74-320, section 
416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, or other law for any month if 
such person receives for such month, as part of his supplemental 
security income benefits or payments described in section 1616(a) of 
the Social Security Act (if any), an amount equal to the bonus value 
86 stat. 1474. 
of food stamps (according to the Food Stamp Schedule effective for 
'^^ ^^^ i382e. 
July 1973) in addition to the amount of assistance such individual 
would be entitled to receive for such month under the provisions of 
the plan of the State approved under title I, X, XIV, or XVI, as laoi^fsSf^i^asi 
appropriate, in effect for December 1973, assuming such plan were in 
effect for such month and such individual were aged, blind, or disabled, 
as the case may be, under the provisions of such State plan or under 
250 
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[87 STAT. 
86 Stat. 1329. 
42 u s e 401 
note. 
Public Law 92-603 as amended. The Secretary of Health, Education, 
and Welfare shall issue regulations for the implementation of the 
foregoing 
sentence 
after 
consultation 
with 
the 
Secretary 
of 
Agriculture. 
SHOKT TITLE 
SEC. 5. This Act may be cited as the "Agriculture and Consumer 
Protection Act of 1973". 
Approved August 10, 1973. 
August 13, 1973 
[S. 502] 
Highway con-
struction and 
safety. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
Public Law 93-87 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for the construction of certain highways in accord-
ance with title 23 of the United States Code, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representaiives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ 
TITLE I 
SHORT 
TITLE 
SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the "Federal-Aid Highway Act 
of 1973". 
82 Stat. 815; 
84 Stat. 1714. 
23 u s e 101 
note. 
REVISION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR T H E INTERSTATE 
SYSTEM 
SEC. 102. Subsection (b) of section 108 of the Federal-Aid Highway 
Act of 1956, as amended, is amended by striking out "the additional 
sum of $4,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1974, the addi-
tional sum of $4,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, 
and the additional sum of $4,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1976", and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: "the 
additional sum of $2,600,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1974, the additional sum of $3,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1975, the additional sum of $3,000,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1976, the additional sum of $3,250,000,000 for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1977, the additional sum of $3,250,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1978, and the additional sum of 
$3,250,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1979." 
AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF COST ESTIMATES FOR APPORTIONMENT OF 
INTERSTATE 
FUNDS 
SEC. 103. The Secretary of Transportation shall apportion for 
the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, June 30, 1975, and June 30, 
1976, the sums authorized to be appropriated for such years for 
expenditures on the National System of Interstate and Defense High-
ways, using the apportionment factors contained in table 5, of House 
Public Works Committee Print Numbered 92-29, as revised in House 
Report Numbered 92-1443.