An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 with respect to rice.
PL 93-27 (H.R.6883), enacted 04/27/1973

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PUBLIC LAW 93-28-APR. 30, 1973 
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Public Law 93-27 
AN ACT 
April 2 7,1973 
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 with respect to rice. 
[H. R. 6883] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Uiiited States'of America in Congress assembled. That section 353 of ^^''^' 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 be amended by adding a new metu^.^rarTsfe"." 
subsection (g) to read as follows: 
63 stat. 1059; 
"(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if the Secre- ^^7%^*^^i3'53. 
tary determines for 1973 that because of a natural disaster a portion 
of the farm rice acreage allotments in a county cannot be timely 
planted or replanted in such year, he may authorize for such year 
the transfer of all or a part of the rice acreage allotment for any 
farm in the county so affected to another farm in the county or in an 
adjoining county on which one or more of the producers on the farm 
from which the transfer is to be made wall be engaged in the produc-
tion of rice and w411 share in the proceeds thereof, in accordance with 
such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. Any farm allotment 
transferred under this subsection shall be deemed to be released acre-
age for the purpose of acreage history credits under subsection (e) 
of this section and section 377 of this Act: Provided^ That, notwith- 
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standing the provisions of subsection (e) of this section, the transfer 
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of any farm allotment under this subsection shall operate to make 
the farm from which the allotment was transferred eligible for an 
allotment as having rice planted thereon during the five-year base 
period." 
Approved April 27, 1973. 
Public Law 93-28 
AN ACT 
April 30,1973 
To extend and amend the Economic Stal.iUzati(m Act of 1970. 
[s. 398] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may be O.^WM"""!^*^ A . 
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AUTHORITY TO ALLOCATE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 
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SEC. 2. (a) The first sentence of section 202 of the Economic Stabili-
zation Act of 1970 is amended by striking out the period at the end ^^ sta^. 7
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thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ", and that in order note. 
to maintain and promote competition in the petroleum industry and 
assure sufficient supplies of petroleum products to meet the essential 
needs of various sections of the Nation, it is necessary to provide 
for the rational and equitable distribution of those products." 
(b) The first sentence of section 203 (a) of such Act is amended— 
(1) by striking out "and" at the end of clause (1) ; 
(2) by striking out the period at the end of clause (2) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "; and"; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof a new clause as follows: 
"(3) provide after public hearing, conducted with such notice, 
under such regulations and subject to such review as the exigencies