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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 590g. Additional policies and purposes of chapter
(a) Purposes enumerated
It is hereby declared to be the policy of this chapter also to
secure, and the purposes of this chapter shall also include, (1)
preservation and improvement of soil fertility; (2) promotion of
the economic use and conservation of land; (3) diminution of
exploitation and wasteful and unscientific use of national soil
resources; (4) the protection of rivers and harbors against the
results of soil erosion in aid of maintaining the navigability of
waters and water courses and in aid of flood control; (5)
reestablishment, at as rapid a rate as the Secretary of Agriculture
determines to be practicable and in the general public interest, of
the ratio between the purchasing power of the net income per person
on farms and that of the income per person not on farms that
prevailed during the five-year period August 1909-July 1914,
inclusive, as determined from statistics available in the United
States Department of Agriculture, and the maintenance of such
ratio; (6) prevention and abatement of agricultural-related
pollution,(!1) and (7) the promotion of energy and water
conservation through dry land farming. The powers conferred under
this section and sections 590h, 590i, and 590j to 590n of this
title shall be used to assist voluntary action calculated to
effectuate the purposes specified in this section. Such powers
shall not be used to discourage the production of supplies of foods
and fibers sufficient to maintain normal domestic human consumption
as determined by the Secretary from the records of domestic human
consumption in the years 1920 to 1929, inclusive, taking into
consideration increased population, quantities of any commodity
that were forced into domestic consumption by decline in exports
during such period, current trends in domestic consumption and
exports of particular commodities, and the quantities of
substitutes available for domestic consumption within any general
class of food commodities. In carrying out the purposes of this
section due regard shall be given to the maintenance of a
continuous and stable supply of agricultural commodities adequate
to meet consumer demand at prices fair to both producers and
consumers.
(b) to (g) Repealed. Pub. L. 87-703, title I, Sec. 101(1), Sept.
27, 1962, 76 Stat. 605
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