110 STAT. 888 PUBLIC LAW 104-127—APR. 4, 1996 Public Law 104-127 104th Congress Apr. 4, 1996 [H.R. 2854] Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996. 7 USC 7201 note. An Act To modify the operation of certain agricultural programs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) SHORT TITLE. —This Act may be cited as the "Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996". (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS. — The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL MARKET TRANSITION ACT Subtitle A—Short Title, Purpose, and Definitions Sec. 101. Short title and purpose. Sec. 102. Definitions. Subtitle B—Production Flexibility Contracts Sec. 111. Authorization for use of production flexibility contracts. Sec. 112. Elements of contracts. Sec. 113. Amounts available for contract payments. Sec. 114. Determination of contract payments under contracts. Sec. 115. Payment limitations. Sec. 116. Violations of contract. Sec. 117. Transfer or change of interest in lands subject to contract. Sec. 118. Planting flexibility. Subtitle C—Nonrecourse Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments Sec. 131. Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans. Sec. 132. Loan rates for marketing assistance loans. Sec. 133. Term of loans. Sec. 134. Repayment of loans. Sec. 135. Loan deficiency payments. Sec. 136. Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton. Sec. 137. Availability of recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed cotton. Subtitle D—Other Commodities CHAPTER 1—DAIRY Milk price support program. Recourse loan program for commercial processors of dairy products. Consolidation and reform of Federal milk marketing orders. Effect on fluid milk standards in State of California. Milk manufacturing marketing adjustment. Promotion. Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact. Dairy export incentive program. Authority to assist in establishment and maintenance of one or more export trading companies. Standby authority to indicate entity best suited to provide international market development and export services. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150.
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