A bill to amend the National Wool Act of 1954 to reduce the subsidies that wool and mohair producers receive for the 1994 and 1995 marketing years and to eliminate the wool and mohair programs for the 1996 and subsequent marketing years, and for other purposes.
PL 103-130 (S.1548), enacted 11/01/1993

107 STAT. 1368 
PUBLIC LAW 103-130—NOV. 1, 1993 
Public Law 103-130 
103d Congress 
An Act 
To amend the National Wool Act of 1954 to reduce the subsidies that wool and 
Nov. 1, 1993 
mohair producers receive for the 1994 and 1995 marketing years and to eliminate 
[S. 1548] 
the wool and mohair programs for the 1996 and subsequent marketing years, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled. 
Loans. 
SECTION 1. SUPPORT PMCE FOR WOOL AND MOHAIR. 
Section 703 of the National Wool Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1782) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following 
new subsection: 
"(a) Subject to subsection (b)(3), the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall, through the Commodity Credit Corporation, make loans and 
payments to producers of wool and mohair through December 31, 
1995."; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking "1997" £uid inserting 
"1995"; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the follow-
ing new paragraph: 
"(3) No loans, purchases, or pa3naients shall be made for the 
1996 and subsequent marketing years, except that loans and pay-
ments for the 1995 marketing year shall be paid in 1996."; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(4)(A) Through December 31, 1995, the Secretary shall offer 
to wool and mohair producers recourse loans under terms and 
conditions that are prescribed by the Secretary, except that the 
loans shall be administered at no net cost to the Federal Grovern-
ment. 
"(B) A producer who fails to repay a loan made under subpara-
graph (A) by the end of the following marketing year shall be 
ineligible for a loan under this Act for that meu-keting year and 
subsequent marketing years.". 
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN PAYMENTS. 
Section 704(a) of the National Wool Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 
1783(a)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the follow-
ing new sentence: "In the case of each of the 1994 and 1995 
marketing years, the payments shall be 75 and 50 percent, respec-
tively, of the amount otherwise determined under the preceding 
sentence.". 
PUBLIC LAW 103-130—NOV. 1, 1993 
107 STAT. 1369 
SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF WOOL AND MOHAIR PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective December 31, 1995, the National Effective date. 
Wool Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1781 et seq.) is repealed. 
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(b) APPLICATION.—^The repeal made by subsection (a) shall apply 7 use 1782 note. 
to both the wool and mohair programs. 
(c) PROHIBITION.—Effective beginning December 31, 1995, the 7 use 1447 note. 
Secretary of Agriculture may not provide loans or payments for 
wool or mohair by using the funds of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion or under the authority of any law. 
SEC. 4. REMOVAL OF PRICE SUPPORT REFERENCES. 
(a) Section 702 of the National Wool Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 
1781) is repealed. 
(b) Section 703 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1782) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the follow-
ing new section heading: 
"SUPPORT P R I C E FOR WOOL AND MOHAIR"; 
(2) in subsection (b)(l)(i), by striking "such price support" 
and inserting "the support price"; and 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking "price support" and insert-
ing "support under this section". 
(c) Section 704 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1783) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the follow-
ing new section heading: 
"SEC. 704. PAYMENTS."; 
and 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking "If pa)nnents are utilized 
as a means of price support, the" and inserting "The". 
(d) The first sentence of section 706 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
1785) is amended by striking "price support operations" and insert-
ing "operations under this Act". 
SEC. 5. LIABILITY OF PRODUCERS. 
7 USC 1782 note. 
A provision of this Act may not Eiffect the liability of any 
person under any provision of law as in effect before the effective 
date of the provision. 
Approved November 1, 1993. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1548: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 139 (1993): 
Oct. 14, considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 15, considered and passed House. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 29 (1993): 
Nov. 1, Presidential statement. 
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