104 STAT. 3428 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 culated under subparagraph (C)(ii) of the farm equal to more than 8 percent of such upland cotton acreage of the farm for the crop to conservation uses (except as provided in subparagraph (E))— "(I) such portion of the maximum payment acres in excess of 8 percent of such acreage devoted to conservation uses (except as provided in subparagraph (E)) shall be considered to be planted to upland cotton for the purpose of determining the acreage on the farm required to be devoted to conservation uses in accordance with subsection (e)(2)(D); and "(11) the producers shall be eligible for payments under this paragraph with respect to such acreage, subject to the compliance of the producers with clause (ii). "(ii) MINIMUM PLANTING REQUIREMENT. —To be eligible for payments under clause (i), except as provided in clauses (iv) and (v), the producers on a farm must actually plant upland cotton for harvest on at least 50 percent of the maximum payment acres for cotton for the farm. " (iii) DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS.— Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any producer who devotes a portion of the maximum payment acres for upland cotton for the farm to conservation uses (or other uses as provided in subparagraph (E)) under this subparagraph shall receive deficiency payments on the acreage that is considered to be planted to upland cotton and eligible for pa3maents under this subparagraph for the crop at a per-pound rate established by the Secretary, except that the rate may not be established at less than the projected deficiency payment rate for the crop, as determined by the Secretary. Such projected payment rate for the crop shall be announced by the Secretary prior to the period during which upland cotton producers may agree to participate in the program for the crop. "(iv) QUARANTINES. — If a State or local agency has imposed in an area of a State or county a quarantine on the planting of upland cotton for harvest on farms in the area, the State committee established under section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) may recommend to the Secretary that payments be made under this paragraph, without regard to the requirement imposed under clause (ii), to producers in the area who were required to forgo the planting of uplsind cotton for harvest on acreage to alleviate or eliminate the condition requiring the quarantine. If the Secretary determines that the condition exists, the Secretary may make payments under this paragraph to the producers. To be eligible for payments under this clause, the producers must devote the acreage to conservation uses (except as provided in subparagraph (E)). "(v) PREVENTED PLANTING. —I f an acreage limitation program under subsection (e) is in effect for any crop of
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