Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 45 — Soil Bank Program
§ 1831a. Contract restrictions
Statutory text
On and after no conservation reserve contract shall be entered into which provides for (1) payments for conservation practices in excess of the average rate for comparable practices under the environmental quality incentives program established under subchapter A of chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 [16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.], or (2) annual rental payments in excess of 20 per cent of the value of the land placed under contract, such value to be determined without regard to physical improvements thereon or geographic location thereof. In determining the value of the land for this purpose, the county committee shall take into consideration the estimate of the landowner or operator as to the value of such land as well as his certificate as to the production history and productivity of such land.
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.
Pub. L. 85–459 title I § 101 · 72 Stat. 188
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1831a
Pub. L. 85–459, title I, § 101, June 13, 1958, 72 Stat. 195
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 85–459, title I, § 101, June 13, 1958, 72 Stat. 195Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–127 title III § 336(a)(2)(A) · 110 Stat. 888
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 1831a
Pub. L. 104–127 substituted “environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985” for “Agricultural Conservation Program”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 104–127 substituted “environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985” for “Agricultural Conservation Program”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) Paragraph (1) of the last proviso of the matter under the heading “conservation reserve program” under the heading “SOIL Bank Programs” of title I of the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1959 (72 Stat. 195; 7 U.S.C. 1831a), is amended by striking “Agricultural Conservation Program” and inserting “environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985”.Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–334 title II § 2301(d)(2)(C) · 132 Stat. 4490
Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 1831a
Pub. L. 115–334 inserted “subchapter A of” before “chapter 4”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 115–334 inserted “subchapter A of” before “chapter 4”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(C) Paragraph (1) of the last proviso of the matter under the heading “conservation reserve program” under the heading “Soil Bank Programs” of title I of the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1959 (7 U.S.C. 1831a), is amended by inserting “subchapter A of” before “chapter 4”.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Food Security Act of 1985, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 99–198, , 99 Stat. 1354. Subchapter A of chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Act is classified generally to subpart A (§ 3839aa et seq.) of part IV of subchapter IV of chapter 58 of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1985 Amendment note set out under section 1281 of this title and Tables.
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the Soil Bank Act which comprised this chapter.
Amendments1996–2018 · 2 rounds
2018
Pub. L. 115–334 inserted “subchapter A of” before “chapter 4”.
1996
Pub. L. 104–127 substituted “environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985” for “Agricultural Conservation Program”.