PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3455 rice to desirable goals. The land diversion payments shall be made to producers who, to the extent prescribed by the Secretary, devote to approved conservation uses an acreage of cropland on the farm in accordance with land diversion contracts entered into by the Secretary with the producers. "(B) AMOUNTS.— The amounts payable to producers under Government land diversion contracts may be determined through the contracts. submission of bids for the contracts by producers in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe or through such other means as the Secretary determines appropriate. In determining the acceptability of contract offers, the Secretary shall take into consideration the extent of the diversion to be undertaken by the producers and the productivity of the acreage diverted. "(C) LIMITATION ON DIVERTED ACREAGE. —The Secretary shall limit the total acreage to be diverted under agreements in any county or local community so as not to affect adversely the economy of the county or local community. "(6) CONSERVATION PRACTICES.— "(A) WILDLIFE FOOD PLOTS OR HABITAT. —The reduced acreage and additional diverted acreage may be devoted to wildlife food plots or wildlife habitat in conformity with standards established by the Secretary in consultation with wildlife agencies. The Secretary may pay an appropriate share of the cost of practices designed to carry out the purposes of this subparagraph. "(B) PUBLIC ACCESS.—The Secretary may provide for an additional payment on the acreage in an amount determined by the Secretary to be appropriate in relation to the benefit to the general public if the producer agrees to permit, without other compensation, access to all or such portion of the farm, as the Secretary may prescribe, by the general public, for hunting, trapping, fishing, and hiking, subject to applicable State and Federal regulations. "(7) PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS.— "(A) IN GENERAL.—Producers on a farm desiring to participate in the program conducted under this subsection shall execute an agreement with the Secretary providing for the participation not later than such date as the Secretary may prescribe. "(B) MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION.—The Secretary may, by mutual agreement with producers on a farm, modify or terminate any such agreement if the Secretary determines the action necessary because of an emergency created by drought or other disaster or to prevent or alleviate a shortage in the supply of agricultural commodities. The Secretary may mcxlify the agreement under this subparagraph for the purpose of alleviating a shortage in the supply of agricultural commodities only if there has been a significant change in the estimated stocks of the commodity since the Secretary announced the final terms and conditions of the program for the crop of rice. "(f) INVENTORY REDUCTION PAYMENTS.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary may, for each of the 1991 through 1995 crops of rice, make payments available to producers who meet the requirements of this subsection.
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