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101 STAT. 1330-19
PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1987
101 STAT. 1330-19

PUBLIC LAW 100-203—DEC. 22, 1987

101 STAT. 1330-19

SEC 1306. FOREIGN PERSONS MADE INELIGIBLE FOR PROGRAM BENEFITS.

Effective beginning with the 1989 crops, the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after section lOOlB, as added by section 1304 of this Act, the following new section: "SEC. lOOlC. FOREIGN PERSONS MADE INELIGIBLE FOR PROGRAM BENEFITS.

7 USC 1308-3.

"Notwithstanding any other provision of law: "(a) IN GENERAL.—For each of the 1989 and 1990 crops, any person who is not a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted into the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) shall be ineligible to receive any type of production adjustment payments, price support program loans, payments, or benefits made available under the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.), the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714 et seq.), or subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.) with respect to any commodity produced, or land set aside from production, on a farm that is owned or operated by such person, unless such person is an individual who is providing land, capital, and a substantial amount of personal labor in the production of crops on such farm. "(b) CORPORATIONS OR OTHER ENTITIES.—For purposes of subsec-

tion (a), a corporation or other entity shall be considered a person that is ineligible for production adjustment payments, price support program loans, payments, or benefits if more than 10 percent of the beneficial ownership of the entity is held by persons who are not citizens of the United States or aliens lawfully admitted into the uasH United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act, unless such persons provide a substantial amount of personal labor in the production of crops on such farm. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, with respect to an entity that is determined to be ineligible to receive such payments, loans, or other benefits, the Secretary may make payments, loans, and other benefits in an amount determined by the Secretary to be representative of the percentage interests of the entity that is owned by citizens of the United States and aliens lawfully admitted into the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act. "(c) PROSPECTIVE APPLICATION.—No person shall become ineligible Contracts. under this section for production adjustment pa3anents, price support program loans, payments or benefits as the result of the production of a crop of an agricultural commodity planted, or commodity program or conservation reserve contract entered into, before the date of the enactment of this section.". SEC. 1307. HONEY LOAN LIMITATION.

Section 1001(2)(C) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(2)(C)) is amended— (1) by striking out clause (i); and (2) in clause (ii), by striking out "(ii)".