§ 8718. Special rule for long grain and medium grain rice

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Legislative history

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1. 2008

   Pub. L. 110–234 title I § 1108 · 122 Stat. 923

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 8718

   Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1108, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 952

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   Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1108, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 952

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 1108. SPECIAL RULE FOR LONG GRAIN AND MEDIUM GRAIN RICE. (a) Calculation Method.— Subject to subsections (b) and (c), for the purposes of determining the amount of the counter-cyclical payments to be paid to the producers on a farm for long grain rice and medium grain rice under section 1104, the base acres of rice on the farm shall be apportioned using the 4-year average of the percentages of acreage planted in the applicable State to long grain rice and medium grain rice during the 2003 through 2006 crop years, as determined by the Secretary. (b) Producer Election.— As an alternative to the calculation method described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide producers on a farm the opportunity to elect to apportion rice base acres on the farm using the 4-year average of— (1) the percentages of acreage planted on the farm to long grain rice and medium grain rice during the 2003 through 2006 crop years; (2) the percentages of any acreage on the farm that the producers were prevented from planting to long grain rice and medium grain rice during the 2003 through 2006 crop years because of drought, flood, other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, as determined by the Secretary; and (3) in the case of a crop year for which a producer on a farm elected not to plant to long grain and medium grain rice during the 2003 through 2006 crop years, the percentages of acreage planted in the applicable State to long grain rice and medium grain rice, as determined by the Secretary. (c) Limitation.— In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall use the same total base acres, payment acres, and payment yields established with respect to rice under sections 1101 and 1102 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7911, 7912), as in effect on September 30, 2007, subject to any adjustment under section 1101 of this Act.

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