Volume 103 · 563
Public Law 101–81
To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 for the 1990 crops to allow the planting of alternative crops on permitted acreage and to amend the provisions regarding the designation of farm acreage base as acreage base established for oats.
Approved August 14, 1989
Statutory text
An Act
To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 for the 1990 crops to allow the planting of alternative crops on permitted acreage and to amend the provisions regarding the designation of farm acreage base as acreage base established for oats.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PLANTING OF ALTERNATIVE CROPS ON PERMITTED ACREAGE.
Effective only for the 1990 crops, section 504(b)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1464(b)(2)) is amended by—
striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (D);
redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and
inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:
“(E) in the case of the 1990 crop year, acreage in an amount not to exceed 20 percent of the permitted acreage for a program crop, if—
“(i) the acreage considered to be planted is planted to canola, rapeseed, sunflower, safflower, flaxseed, kenaf, crambe, guayule, milkweed, or meadowfoam;
“(ii) the producers on the farm plant for harvest to the program crop at least 50 percent of the permitted acreage for such crop; and
“(iii) payments are not received by producers under section 107D(c)(1)(C), 105C(c)(1)(B), 103A(c)(1)(B), or 101A(c)(1)(B), as the case may be; and”.
SEC. 2. OATS.
Effective only for the 1990 crops, section 503(c)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1463(c)(1) is amended by striking “if the acreage limitation percentage established for a crop of feed grains under section 105C(f) is 12.5 percent or less,”.
Approved August 14, 1989.