Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 5.djvu/97

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PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3419 "(2) OPTIONS. —Not less than 60 days before the program is announced for a crop of feed grains under this section, the Secretary shall propose for public comment various program options for the crop of feed grains. "(3) ANALYSES.—Each option proposed by the Secretary shall be accompanied by an Einalysis that includes the estimated planted acreage, production, domestic and export use, ending stocks, season average producer price, program participation rate, and cost to the Federal Government that would likely result from each option. "(4) ESTIMATES. —In announcing the program for a crop of feed grains under this section, the Secretary shall include an estimate of the planted acreage, production, domestic and export use, ending stocks, season average producer price, program participation rate, and cost to the Federal Government that is expected to result from the program as announced. "(p) MALTING BARLEY.—In order to help offset costs Eissociated with deficiency payments made available under this section to producers of barley, the Secretary shall provide for an assessment for each of the 1991 through 1995 crop years to be levied on producers of malting barley that are participating in the production adjustment program under this section. The Secretary shall establish such assessment at no more than 5 percent of the value of malting barley produced on the farm during each of the 1991 through 1995 crop years. "(q) CROPS. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this section shall be effective only for the 1991 through 1995 crops of feed grains.". SEC. 402. NONAPPLICABILITY OF SECTION 105 OF THE AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1949 TO THE 1991 THROUGH 1995 CROPS OF FEED GRAINS. Section 105 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444b) shall not be applicable to the 1991 through 1995 crops of feed grains. SEC. 403. RECOURSE LOAN PROGRAM FOR SILAGE. Section 403 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1444e-l) is amended by striking "1990" and inserting "1996". SEC. 404. PRICE SUPPORT FOR HIGH MOISTURE FEED GRAINS. (a) RECOURSE LOANS. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective for each of the 1991 through 1995 crops of feed grains, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make available recourse loans as determined by the Secretary, as provided in this section, to producers on a farm who— (1) normally harvest all or a portion of their crop of feed grains in a high moisture state (hereafter defined as a feed grain having a moisture content in excess of Commodity Credit Corporation standards for loans made by the Secretary under paragraphs (1) and (6) of section 105B of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (as added by section 401 of this Act); (2)(A) present certified scale tickets from an inspected, certified commercial scale, including licensed warehouses, feedlots, feed mills, distilleries, or other similar entities approved by the Secretary, pursuant to regulations issued by the Secretary; or (B) present field or other physical measurements of the standing or stored feed grain crop in regions of the country, as 7 USC 1444b note. 7 USC 1444f-l. 39-194O-91-4:QL3Part5