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PUBLIC LAW 101-81—AUG. 14, 1989 103 STAT. 563 Public Law 101-81 101st Congress An Act To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 for the 1990 crops to allow the planting of ^yg i^^ jggg alternative crops on permitted acreage and to amend the provisions regarding the —FH R 27991 designation of farm acreage base as acreage base established for oats. I•• 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 50403X2) of the Agricul- tural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1464(b)(2)) is amended by— (1) striking "and" at the end of subparagraph (D); (2) redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and (3) 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 sec- tion lOTEKcXlXC), 105C(c)(l)(B), 103A(c)(l)(B), or 101A(c)(l)(B), as the case may be; and". SEC. 2. OATS. Effective only for the 1990 crops, section 503(c)(l) of the Agricul- tural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1463(c)(l)) 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. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2799: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-147 (Coram, on Agriculture). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 135 (1989): July 17, considered and passed House. Aug. 2, considered and passed Senate.