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Chapter 35 - Notes
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec.
1281. Short title.
1282. Declaration of policy.
1282a. Emergency supply of agricultural products
(a) Establishment of prices to insure orderly,
adequate and steady supply of products.
(b) Adjustments in maximum price of products
subject to any price control or freeze order
or regulation to increase supply.
(c) "Agricultural products" defined.
(d) Implementation of policies to encourage full
production in periods of short supply at fair
and reasonable prices.
SUBCHAPTER I - ADJUSTMENT IN FREIGHT RATES, NEW USES AND MARKETS,
AND DISPOSITION OF SURPLUSES
1291. Adjustments in freight rates.
(a) Complaints by Secretary of Agriculture; notice
of hearings.
(b) Secretary as party to proceedings.
(c) Utilization of records, services, etc., of
Department of Agriculture.
(d) Cooperation with complaining farm associations.
1292. New uses and markets for commodities.
(a) Regional research laboratories.
(b) Acquisition of land for laboratories;
donations.
(c) Cooperation with governmental agencies,
associations, etc.
(d) Appropriation for purposes of subsection (a).
(e) Repealed.
(f) Appropriation to Secretary of Commerce.
(g) Duty of Secretary.
1293. Transferred.
SUBCHAPTER II - LOANS, PARITY PAYMENTS, CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS,
MARKETING QUOTAS, AND MARKETING CERTIFICATES
PART A - DEFINITIONS, LOANS, PARITY PAYMENTS, AND CONSUMER
SAFEGUARDS
1301. Definitions.
(a) General definitions.
(b) Definitions applicable to one or more
commodities.
(c) Use of Federal statistics.
(d) Exclusion of stocks of certain commodities.
1301a. References to parity prices, etc., in other laws after
January 1, 1950.
1301b, 1302. Repealed.
1303. Parity payments.
1304. Consumer safeguards.
1305. Transfer of acreage allotments or feed grain bases on
public lands upon request of State agencies.
1306. Projected yields; determination; base period.
1307. Limitation on payments under wheat, feed grains, and
cotton programs for 1974 through 1977 crops.
1308. Payment limitations.
(a) Definitions.
(b) Limitation on direct payments.
(c) Limitation on counter-cyclical payments.
(d) Limitation on marketing loan gains and loan
deficiency payments.
(e) Definition of person.
(f) Public schools.
(g) Time limits; reliance.
1308-1. Prevention of creation of entities to qualify as
separate persons; payments limited to active farmers.
(a) Prevention of creation of entities to qualify
as separate persons.
(b) Payments limited to active farmers.
1308-2. Schemes or devices.
1308-3. Foreign persons made ineligible for program benefits.
(a) In general.
(b) Corporations or other entities.
(c) Prospective application.
1308-3a. Adjusted gross income limitation.
(a) Definition of average adjusted gross income.
(b) Limitation.
(c) Certification.
(d) Commensurate reduction.
(e) Effective period.
1308-4. Education program.
(a) In general.
(b) Training.
(c) Administration.
(d) Commodity Credit Corporation.
1308-5. Treatment of multiyear program contract payments.
(a) In general.
(b) Limitation.
1308a. Cost reduction options.
(a) Authority of Secretary to take action.
(b) Reservation of Secretary's right to reopen or
change contracts if producer agrees.
(c) Purchase from other sources of commodities
covered by nonrecourse loans.
(d) Reduction in settlement price of nonrecourse
loans.
(e) Reopening of production control or loan
programs to allow for payment in kind.
(f) Other authorities of Secretary not affected.
1309. Normally planted acreage and target prices.
(a) Authorized planted acreage for 1982 through
1995 crops of wheat and feed grains as
prerequisite for loan, etc.; eligibility;
determinations; records.
(b) Established price payments.
(c) Marketing quotas in effect for 1987 through
1995 crops of wheat; reduction in normally
planted acreage as condition prerequisite for
loan, etc.
1310. American agriculture protection program.
(a) Determination of short supply; suspension of
commercial export sales; parity price.
(b) Duration of loan level.
(c) "Commodity" defined.
1310a. Normal supply of commodity for 1986 through 1995
crops.
PART B - MARKETING QUOTAS
SUBPART I - MARKETING QUOTAS - TOBACCO
1311 to 1316. Repealed.
SUBPART II - ACREAGE ALLOTMENTS - CORN
1321. Legislative finding of effect on interstate and
foreign commerce and necessity of regulation.
1322 to 1325. Repealed.
1326. Adjustment of farm marketing quotas.
1327 to 1329. Omitted.
1329a. Discontinuance of acreage allotments on corn.
1330. Omitted.
SUBPART III - MARKETING QUOTAS - WHEAT
1331. Legislative finding of effect on interstate and
foreign commerce and necessity of regulation.
1332. National marketing quota.
(a) Proclamation; duration of program.
(b) Amount; minimum.
(c) National emergencies or material increase in
demand; investigation; increase or
termination.
(d) Farm marketing quotas for wheat crops planted
in calendar years 1966-1970.
1333. National acreage allotment.
1334. Apportionment of national acreage allotment.
(a) Apportionment among States; special acreage
reserve.
(b) Apportionment among counties.
(c) Apportionment among farms; overplanted
allotments; reductions; notice.
(d) Repealed.
(e) Increase in acreage allotments and marketing
quotas for class II durum wheat.
(f) Voluntary surrender of acreage allotment.
(g) Plantings in excess of allotments or where no
allotment is established.
(h) Omitted.
(i) Increase in acreage allotments for any kind of
wheat in short supply; storage reduction and
land-use provisions inapplicable to such
wheat.
(j) Increased durum wheat acreage allotments to
Tulelake area, California, for 1970 and
subsequent years; factors determinative;
effect of increased allotments on marketing
allocations and diversion payments.
(k) Transfer of farm wheat acreage allotments in
case of natural disasters.
1334a. Omitted.
1334a-1. Summer fallow farms; upper limit on required set aside
acreage for 1971 through 1977 wheat, feed grain, and
cotton crops.
1334b. Designation of States outside commercial
wheat-producing areas.
1335. Small-farm exemption; small-farm base acreage;
election; acreage allotment; land-use provisions;
price support; wheat marketing certificates.
1336. Referendum.
1337. Repealed.
1338. Transfer of quotas.
1339. Land use.
(a) Penalties: computation, lien, joint and several
liability and interest; exceptions: nonsurplus
supply crops, substantial impairment, and
nonproduction of wheat; diverted acreage:
amount, annual identity, and grazing; crops
available for marketing.
(b) Payment program for 1964 through 1970 crops;
terms and conditions; amount; additional
diverted acreage; conservation and
soil-conserving uses; adjustment; knowledge of
exceeding acreage allotment; acreage allotment
not exceeded by delivery to Secretary of farm
marketing excess or storage in accordance with
regulations to avoid or postpone payment of
penalty or by farms exempt from marketing
quota; new farms ineligible for payments;
sharing and medium of payments.
(c) Adjustment of payments.
(d) Advance payments.
(e) Diverted acreage used for production of certain
crops; rate of payment; limitation on rate.
(f) Additional terms and conditions.
(g) Regulations.
(h) Commodity Credit Corporation funds and
authorization of appropriations for payments
and administrative expenses.
1339a. Repealed.
1339b. Wheat diversion programs; credits in establishment of
State, county and farm acreage allotments for wheat.
1339c. Feed grains diversion programs for 1964 and subsequent
years; feed grain acreage considered wheat acreage
and wheat acreage considered feed grain acreage.
1339d. Hay production on set-aside or diverted acreage;
storage; emergency use; loans.
1340. Supplemental provisions relating to wheat marketing
quotas; marketing penalty for rice; crop loans on
cotton, wheat, rice, tobacco, and peanuts.
SUBPART IV - MARKETING QUOTAS - COTTON
1341. Legislative findings.
1342. National marketing quota; proclamation; amount; date
of proclamation.
1342a. National cotton production goal.
1343. Referendum.
1344. Apportionment of national acreage allotments.
(a) Basis.
(b) Apportionment among States for year 1953 and
subsequent years; adjustment; national acreage
reserve.
(c) Apportionment among States for years 1950 and
1951; computation and adjustment.
(d) Apportionment for year 1952; adjustment.
(e) Apportionment among counties; reservation of
acreage; additional acreage for establishing
minimum farm allotments.
(f) Apportionment among farms.
(g) Law and conditions governing establishment of
acreage allotments and yields.
(h) Repealed.
(i) Excess planting; old and new farm allotment.
(j) Availability of records for inspection.
(k) Minimum allotments to States.
(l) Administration of law governing war crops.
(m) Acreage allotments, 1954; increases;
apportionments; limitations; unallotted farm
acreage; reapportionment of surrendered
acreage; extra long staple cotton; reserve
acreage.
(n) Transfer of farm cotton acreage allotments in
case of natural disasters; eligibility for
allotment.
1344a. Exclusion of 1949 acreage in computation of future
allotments.
1344b. Sale, lease, or transfer of cotton acreage allotments.
(a) Authority for calendar years 1966 through 1970;
transfer periods.
(b) Requisite conditions for transfer of acreage
allotments.
(c) Extent of estate transferred.
(d) Period of ineligibility of land for new
allotment.
(e) Transfer of allotments established under
minimum allotment provisions.
(f) Rules and regulations.
(g) Adjustment upon transfer of land covered by
conservation reserve contract.
(h) Exchange of cotton acreage allotments for rice
acreage allotments.
(i) Applicability to cotton restricted to upland
cotton.
1345. Farm marketing quotas; farm marketing excess.
1346. Penalties.
1347. Repealed.
1348. Payments in kind to equalize cost of cotton to
domestic and foreign users; rules and regulations;
termination date; persons eligible; amount; terms and
conditions; raw cotton in inventory.
1349. Export market acreage.
(a) Supplementary allotments for 1964 and 1965;
acreage limitation; apportionment among States
and farms; "export market acreage" on any
farm; farm acreage allotment for farms with
export acreage; additional allotment;
establishment of future allotments without
regard to export acreage; exclusion of
extra-long-staple cotton and farms receiving
additional price support for 1964 and 1965.
(b) Bond, other undertaking, and lieu payments for
exportation without subsidy and within
specified period; terms and conditions;
liquidated damages; farm acreage allotment
upon noncompliance with conditions; remissions
to CCC for defraying costs of encouraging
export sales of cotton.
1350. National base acreage allotment.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Apportionment to States.
(c) Apportionment to counties.
(d) Adjustment of apportionment bases for counties.
(e) Apportionment to farms.
(f) Surrender of farm base acreage allotments.
(g) Compliance with set-aside requirements.
(h) Transfer of farm base acreage allotments not
planted because of natural disaster or
conditions beyond control of producer.
1350a. Repealed.
SUBPART V - MARKETING QUOTAS - RICE
1351 to 1356. Omitted or Repealed.
SUBPART VI - MARKETING QUOTAS - PEANUTS
1357 to 1359a. Repealed.
SUBPART VII - FLEXIBLE MARKETING ALLOTMENTS FOR SUGAR
1359aa. Definitions.
1359bb. Flexible marketing allotments for sugar.
(a) Sugar estimates.
(b) Sugar allotments.
(c) Prohibitions.
1359cc. Establishment of flexible marketing allotments.
(a) In general.
(b) Overall allotment quantity.
(c) Marketing allotment for sugar derived from
sugar beets and sugar derived from sugarcane.
(d) Filling cane sugar and beet sugar allotments.
(e) State cane sugar allotments.
(f) Filling cane sugar allotments.
(g) Adjustment of marketing allotments.
(h) Suspension of allotments.
1359dd. Allocation of marketing allotments.
(a) Allocation to processors.
(b) Hearing and notice.
1359ee. Reassignment of deficits.
(a) Estimates of deficits.
(b) Reassignment of deficits.
1359ff. Provisions applicable to producers.
(a) Processor assurances.
(b) Sugar beet processing facility closures.
(c) Proportionate shares of certain allotments.
1359gg. Special rules.
(a) Transfer of acreage base history.
(b) Preservation of acreage base history.
(c) Revisions of allocations and proportionate
shares.
(d) Transfers of mill allocations.
1359hh. Regulations; violations; publication of Secretary's
determinations; jurisdiction of the courts; United
States attorneys.
(a) Regulations.
(b) Violation.
(c) Publication in Federal Register.
(d) Jurisdiction of courts; United States
attorneys.
(e) Nonexclusivity of remedies.
1359ii. Appeals.
(a) In general.
(b) Procedure.
(c) Special appeal process regarding beet sugar
allocations.
1359jj. Administration.
(a) Use of certain agencies.
(b) Use of Commodity Credit Corporation.
1359kk. Reallocating sugar quota import shortfalls.
(a) In general.
(b) Qualified supplying country defined.
PART C - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SUBPART I - PUBLICATION AND REVIEW OF QUOTAS
1361. Application of subpart.
1362. Publication of marketing quota; mailing of allotment
notice.
1363. Review of quota; review committee.
1364. Compensation of review committee.
1365. Institution of proceeding for court review of
committee findings.
1366. Court review.
1367. Stay of proceedings and exclusive jurisdiction.
1368. Effect of increase on other quotas.
SUBPART II - ADJUSTMENT OF QUOTAS AND ENFORCEMENT
1371. General adjustment of quotas.
(a) Investigation and adjustment to maintain normal
supply.
(b) Adjustment because of emergency or export
demand.
(c) Increase of farm quota on increase of national
quota.
1372. Payment, collection, and refund of penalties.
1373. Reports and records.
(a) Persons reporting.
(b) Proof of acreage yield.
(c) Data as confidential.
1374. Measurement of farms and report of plantings;
remeasurement.
1375. Regulations.
1376. Court jurisdiction; duties of United States attorneys;
remedies and penalties as additional.
1377. Preservation of unused acreage allotments.
1378. Transfer of acreage allotments ensuing from agency
acquisition of farmlands.
(a) Allotment pool.
(b) Circumstances precluding application of
provisions.
(c) Time of displacement determining application of
provisions.
1379. Reconstitution of farms.
PART D - WHEAT MARKETING ALLOCATION
1379a. Legislative findings.
1379b. Wheat marketing allocation; amount; national
allocation percentage; commercial and noncommercial
wheat-producing areas.
1379c. Marketing certificates.
(a) Issuance; amount; reduction; sharing among
producers; domestic and export certificates.
(b) Producers eligible for certificates; storage
conditions.
(c) Face value.
(d) Statement or form of certificates and
transfers.
(e) Failure of producer to comply with programs;
issuance of certificates.
1379d. Marketing restrictions.
(a) Transfers of certificates; purchases by
Commodity Credit Corporation.
(b) Processor and exporter acquisition of domestic
and export certificates; international trade,
expansion; refunds or credits for
certificates; exemptions from requirements.
(c) Undertaking to secure marketing of commodity
without certificate.
(d) "Food products" defined; exemption of flour
second clears.
1379e. Assistance in purchase and sale of marketing
certificates; regulations; administrative expenses;
interest.
1379f. Conversion factors.
1379g. Authority to facilitate transition.
1379h. Applicability of provisions to designated persons;
reports and records; examinations by the Secretary.
1379i. Penalties.
(a) Forfeitures; amount; civil action.
(b) Misdemeanors; punishment.
(c) Forfeiture of right to receive certificates;
payment of face value.
(d) Felonies; punishment.
1379j. Regulations.
PART E - RICE CERTIFICATES
1380a to 1380p. Omitted.
PART F - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS
SUBPART I - MISCELLANEOUS
1381 to 1382. Omitted.
1383. Insurance of cotton; reconcentration.
1383a. Written consent for reconcentration of cotton.
1384. Repealed.
1385. Finality of payments and loans; substitution of
beneficiaries.
1386. Exemption from laws prohibiting interest of Members of
Congress in contracts.
1387. Photographic reproductions and maps.
1388. Utilization of local agencies.
(a) Designation of local agencies and local
administrative areas.
(b) Payments to county committees for
administrative expenses.
(c) Travel expenses.
1389. Personnel.
1390. Separability.
SUBPART II - APPROPRIATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
1391. Authorization of appropriations; loans from Commodity
Credit Corporation.
1392. Administrative expenses; posting names and
compensation of local employees.
1393. Allotment of appropriations.
SUBCHAPTER III - COTTON POOL PARTICIPATION TRUST CERTIFICATES
1401 to 1407. Omitted.
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