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Title 7 — Agriculture

Part B · Chapter 35 — Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938

§ 1329a. Discontinuance of acreage allotments on corn

Statutory text

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, acreage allotments and a commercial corn-producing area shall not be established for the 1959 and subsequent crops of corn.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Agricultural Act of 1958

    Pub. L. 85–835 title II § 201 · 72 Stat. 988

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1329a

    (Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 330, as added Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title I, § 104(b)(1), as added Pub. L. 85–835, title II, § 201, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 994.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 330, as added Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title I, § 104(b)(1), as added Pub. L. 85–835, title II, § 201, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 994.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 201. referendum Title I of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is 7 USC 1441. further amended by adding at the end of such title the following: “Sec. 104. (a) Not later than December 15, 1958, the Secretary shall conduct a referendum of producers of corn in 1958 in the commercial corn-producing area for 1958 to determine whether such producers favor a price support program as provided in subsection (b) of this section for the 1959 and subsequent crops in lieu of acreage allotments as provided in the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, 7 USC 1281. and price support as provided in section 101 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended. 7 USC 1441. “(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if less than a majority of the producers voting in the referendum conducted pursuant to subsection (a) hereof favor a price support program as provided in this subsection (b), the following provisions of law shall become inoperative: “(1) “discontinuance of acreage allotments on corn The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is 7 USC 1281. amended by adding the following new section: “‘Sec. 330. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, acreage allotments and a commercial corn-producing area shall not be established for the 1959 and subsequent crops of corn.’ “(2) “price support The Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is amended by 7 USC 1421 note. adding the following new section: “‘Sec. 105. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 101 of this Act, beginning with the 1959 crop, price support shall be made available to producers for each crop of corn at 90 per centum of the average price received by farmers during the three calendar years immediately preceding the calendar year in which the marketing year for such crop begins, adjusted to offset the effect on such price of any abnormal quantities of low-grade corn marketed during any of such year: Provided, That the level of price support for any crop of corn shall not be less than 65 per centum of the parity price therefor. “‘(b) Beginning with the 1959 crop, price support shall be made available to producers for each crop of oats, rye, barley, and grain sorghums at such level of the parity price therefor as the Secretary of Agriculture determines is fair and reasonable in relation to the level at which price support is made available for corn, taking into consideration the feeding value of such commodity in relation to corn, and the other factors set forth in section 401 (b) hereof.’ “(3) Section 101 (d) (4) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as 7 USC 1441. amended, is repealed effective with the 1959 crop.”

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Inapplicability of Section

Section inapplicable to 2014 through 2018 crops of covered commodities, cotton, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning , through , see section 9092(a)(1) of this title.

Section inapplicable to 2008 through 2012 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning , through , see section 8782(a)(1) of this title.

Section inapplicable to 2002 through 2007 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning , through , see section 7992(a)(1) of this title.

Section inapplicable to 1996 through 2001 crops of loan commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning , and ending , see section 7301(a)(1)(A) of this title.

1958 Referendum for Selection of Alternative Corn Program; Operative Status of Certain Provisions

Corn producers voted for adoption of price support program as provided in section 1444a(b) of this title (254,262) rather than alternative corn acreage allotment and price support program (102,907), the ballot making operative sections 1329a and 1444b and repeal of section 1441(d)(4) of this title.

Credits

(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 330, as added Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title I, § 104(b)(1), as added Pub. L. 85–835, title II, § 201, , 72 Stat. 994.)

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