105 STAT. 1824 PUBLIC LAW 102-237—DEC. 13, 1991 "(H) CORN AND SORGHUM BASES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, with respect to each of the 1992 through 1995 crops of corn and grain sorghums— "(i) the Secretary shall combine the permitted acreages established under subparagraph (D) for a farm for a crop year for corn and grain sorghums; "(ii) for each crop year, the sum of the acreage planted and considered planted to corn and grain sorghum, as determined by the Secretary under this section and title V, shall be prorated to corn and grain sorghum based on the ratio of the crop acreage base for the individual crop of corn or grain sorghum, as applicable, to the sum of the crop acreage bases for corn and grain sorghum established for each crop year; and "(iii) for each crop year, the sum of the corn and grain sorghum payment acres, as determined under subsection (c), shall be prorated to corn and grain sorghum based on the ratio of the maximum payment acres for the individual crop of corn or grain sorghum, as applicable, to the sum of the maximum payment acres for corn and grain sorghum established for each crop year.". SEC. 106. COVER CROPS ON REDUCED ACREAGE. (a) RICE.— Clause (i) of section 101B(e)(4)(B) (7 U.S.C. 1441 - 2(e)(4)(B)(i)) is amended to read as follows: " (i) REQUIRED. — "(I) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in subclause (II) and paragraph (2), a producer who participates in an acreage reduction program established for a crop of rice under this subsection shall be required to plant to, or maintain as, an annual or perennial cover 50 percent (or more at ^ the option of the producer) of the acreage that is required to be removed from the production of rice, but not to exceed 5 percent (or more at the option of the producer) of the crop acreage base established for the crop. "(II) ARID AREAS.—Subclause (I) shall not apply with respect to arid areas (including summer fallow areas), as determined by the Secretary. If the Secretary determines any county in a State to be arid, the respective State committee established under section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) may designate any other county or counties or all of the State as arid for the purposes of this paragraph. "(Ill) APPROVAL OF COVER CROPS AND PRACTICES.— The State committee, after receiving recommendations from the county committees, shall approve appropriate crops planted or maintained as cover, including, as appropriate, annual or perennial native grasses and legumes or other vegetation. The State committee shall establish the final seeding date for the planting of the cover and shall approve appropriate cover crops or practices, after consulting the Soil Conservation Service State Con-
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