PUBLIC LAW 101-220—DEC. 12, 1989 103 STAT. 1877 than $9,800,000 in funds or commodities for fiscal year 1991, and not less than $4,600,000 in funds or commodities for fiscal year 1992. (2) TRANSPORTATION COSTS.— Funds or commodities shall be made available under this section only to the extent that funds are made available by the Department of Defense for the costs of transporting the meat to the commissaries. (c) REIMBURSEMENT OF CORPORATION. —Section 4 of the Act of July 16, 1943 (57 Stat. 566, chapter 241; 15 U.S.C. 713a) shall not apply to services performed, losses sustained, operating costs in- curred, or commodities purchased or delivered by the Commodity Credit Corporation pursuant to this section. SEC. 3. EG(;S. (a) EXEMPTED EGG PRODUCERS.—Section 12 of the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act (7 U.S.C. 2711) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 12. EXEMPTED EGG PRODUCERS AND BREEDING HEN FLOCKS, CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES. "(a) IN GENERAL.— The following shall be exempt from the specific provisions of this Act under such conditions and procedures as may be prescribed in the order or rules and regulations issued thereunder: "(1) Any egg producer whose aggregate number of laying hens at any time during a 3-consecutive-month period immediately prior to the date assessments are due and payable has not exceeded 30,000 laying hens, as determined under subsection (b). "(2) Any flock of breeding hens whose production of eggs is primarily utilized for the hatching of baby chicks. "(b) NUMBER OF LAYING HENS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— For purposes of subsection (a)(1), the aggre- gate number of laying hens owned by an egg producer shall include— "(A) in cases in which the producer is an individual, laying hens owned by such producer or members of such producer's family that are effectively under the control of such producer, as determined by the Secretary; "(B) in cases in which the producer is a general partner- ship or similar entity, laying hens owned by the entity and all partners or equity participants in the entity; and "(C) in cases in which the producer holds 50 percent or more of the stock or other beneficial interest in a corpora- tion, joint stock company, association, cooperative, limited partnership, or other similar entity, laying hens owned by the entity. Ownership of laying hens by a trust or similar entity shall be considered ownership by the beneficiaries of the trust or other entity. "(2) STOCK OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS. — For purposes of para- graph (1)(C), stock or other beneficial interest in an entity that is held by— "(A) members of the producer's family described in para- graph (1)( A); "(B) a general partnership or similar entity in which the producer is a partner or equity participant; Corporation. Securities.
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