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110 STAT. 980 PUBLIC LAW 104-127—APR. 4, 1996 SEC. 281. STUDIES, REPORTS, AND OTHER PROVISIONS. 7 USC 624 note. (a) IN GENERAL.—Sections 1551 through 1555, section 1558, and section 1559 of subtitle E of title XV of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-624; 104 Stat. 3696) (as redesignated by section 1011(d) of the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 (Public Law 104- 66; 109 Stat. 709)) are repealed. (b) LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.— Section 1556 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101- 624; 7 U.S.C. 5694 note) is amended by striking subsection (c). SEC. 282. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING MULTILATERAL DIS- CIPLINES ON CREDIT GUARANTEES. It is the sense of Congress that— (1) in negotiations to establish multilateral disciplines on agricultural export credits and credit guarantees, the United States should not agree to any arrangement that is incompatible with the provisions of United States law that authorize agricultural export credits and credit guarantees; (2) in the negotiations (which are held under the auspices of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), the United States should not reach any agreement that fails to impose disciplines on the practices of foreign government trading entities such as the Australian Wheat Board, the Canadian Wheat Board, the New Zealand Dairy Board, and the Australian Dairy Board; and (3) the disciplines should include greater openness in the operations of the entities as long as the entities are subsidized by the foreign government or have monopolies for exports of a commodity that are sanctioned by the foreign government. 22 USC 288 note SEC. 283. INTERNATIONAL COTTON ADVISORY COMMITTEE. President. (a) IN GENERAL. —The President shall ensure that the Government of the United States participates as a full member of the International Cotton Advisory Committee. (b) REPRESENTATION BY THE SECRETARY.— The Secretary of Agriculture shall represent the Government of the United States as a member of the International Cotton Advisory Committee and shall delegate the primary responsibility to represent the Government of the United States to appropriately qualified individuals. TITLE III—CONSERVATION Subtitle A—Definitions SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO HIGHLY ERODIBLE CROPLAND CONSERVATION. (a) CONSERVATION PLAN AND CONSERVATION SYSTEM. —Section 1201(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801(a)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (16) as paragraphs (4) through (18), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: "(2) CONSERVATION PLAN. — The term 'conservation plan' means the document that— "(A) applies to highly erodible cropland;