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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1985

99 STAT. 1406

Prohibition.

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

"(1) The Secretary shall provide for the sharing of payments made under this section for any farm among the producers on the farm on a fair and equitable basis. "(m) The Secretary shall provide adequate safeguards to protect the interests of tenants and sharecroppers. "(n)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), compliance on a farm with the terms and conditions of any other commodity program may not be required as a condition of eligibility for loans, purchases, or payments under this section. "(2) If an acreage limitation program is established for a crop of feed grains under subsection (0(2), producers who participate in the program may not plant acreage of another commodity for which there is an acreage limitation program in effect in excess of the crop acreage base for the crop for the farm. "(3) If a set-aside program is established for a crop of feed grains under subsection (fK3), compliance on a farm with the terms and conditions of any other commodity program may be required as a condition of eligibility for loans, purchases, or payments under this section.". NONAPPUCABILITY OF SECTION 105 OF THE AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1949 TO THE 1986 THROUGH 1990 CROPS OF FEED GRAINS

7 USC 1444b note.

SEC. 402. Section 105 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444b) shall not be applicable to the 1986 through 1990 crops of feed grains. PRICE SUPPORT FOR CORN SILAGE

7 USC 1444e-l.

SEC. 403. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective only for each of the 1986 through 1990 crops of feed grains, the Secretary of Agriculture may make available loans and purchases, as provided in this section, to producers on a farm who— (1) for silage— (A) cut com (including mutilated com) that the producers have produced in such crop year; or (B) purchase or exchange com (including mutilated com) that has been produced in such crop year by another producer (including a producer that is not participating in an acreage limitation or set-aside program for such crop established by the Secretary); and (2) participate in an acreage limitation or set-aside program for such crop of corn established by the Secretary. (b) Such loans and purchases may be made on a quantity of corn of the same crop, other than the corn obtained for silage, acquired by the producer equivalent to a quantity determined by multiplying— , (1) the acreage of com obtained for silage; by (2) the lower of the farm program payment jdeld or the actual yield on a field, as determined by the Secretary, that is similar to the field from which such silage was obtained.