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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 1860. Federal irrigation, drainage, and flood-control projects
(a) Restriction on crop loans or farm payments or benefits
For a period of three years from May 28, 1956, no agricultural
commodity determined by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance
with subsection (c) of this section to be in surplus supply shall
receive any crop loans or Federal farm payments or benefits if
grown on any newly irrigated or drained lands within any Federal
irrigation or drainage project hereafter authorized unless such
lands were used for the production of such commodity prior to May
28, 1956.
(b) Contract provisions; ineligibility for benefits
The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture
shall cause to be included, in all irrigation, drainage, or
flood-control contracts entered into with respect to Federal
irrigation, drainage, or flood-control projects hereafter
authorized, such provisions as they may deem necessary to provide
for the enforcement of the provisions of this section. For a period
of three years from May 28, 1956, surplus crops grown on lands
reclaimed by flood-control projects hereafter authorized and the
lands so reclaimed shall be ineligible for any benefits under the
soil-bank provisions of this Act and under price support
legislation.
(c) Determination and proclamation of surplus agricultural
commodities
On or before October 1 of each year, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall determine and proclaim the agricultural commodities the
supplies of which are in excess of estimated requirements for
domestic consumption and export plus adequate reserves for
emergencies. The commodities so proclaimed shall be considered to
be in surplus supply for the purposes of this section during the
succeeding crop year.
(d) "Federal irrigation or drainage project" defined
For the purposes of this section the term "Federal irrigation or
drainage project" means any irrigation or drainage project subject
to the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat.
388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) in
effect at the date of the adoption of this amendment and any
irrigation or drainage project subject to the laws relating to
irrigation and drainage administered by the Department of
Agriculture or the Secretary of Agriculture.
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