Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 5.djvu/126

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104 STAT. 3448 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 that a portion of the permitted rice acreage of the farm was devoted to cpnserving uses (except as provided in subparagraph (E)) under this subparagraph. "(vii) LIMITATION. —Other than as provided in clauses (i) through (vi), payments may not be made under this paragraph for any crop on a greater acreage than the acreage actually planted to rice. "(viii) CONSERVATION USE ACREAGE UNDER OTHER PRO- GRAMS. —Any acreage considered to be planted to rice in accordance with clauses (i) and (vi) may not also be designated as conservation use acreage for the purpose of fulfilling any provisions under any acreage limitation or land diversion progrEmi requiring that the producers devote a specified acreage to conservation uses. "(E) ALTERNATIVE CROPS. — The Secretary may permit, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, all or any part of acreage otherwise required to be devoted to conservation uses as a condition of qualifying for pa3mients under subparagraph (D) to be devoted to sweet sorghum, guar, sesame, castor beans, crambe, plantago ovato, triticale, rye, mung beans, commodities for which no substantial domestic production or market exists but that could yield industrial raw material being imported, or likely to be imported, into the United States, or commodities grown for experimental purposes (including kenaf and milkweed), subject to the following sentence. The Secretary may permit the acreage to be devoted to the production only if the Secretary determines that— "(i) the production is not likely to increase the cost of the price support program and will not affect farm income adversely; and "(ii) the production is needed to provide an adequate supply of the commodity, or, in the case of commodities for which no substantial domestic production or market exists but that could yield industrial raw materials, the production is needed to encourage domestic manufacture of the raw material and could lead to increased industrial use of the raw material to the long-term benefit of United States industry. "(F) REDUCTION FOR DISASTER PAYMENTS. —The total quantity of rice on which payments would otherwise be payable to a producer on a farm for any crop under this paragraph shall be reduced by the quantity on which any disaster payment is made to the producer for the crop under paragraph (2). "(2) DISASTER PAYMENTS.— "(A) PREVENTED PLANTING.— Except as provided in subparagraph (C), if the Secretary determines that the producers on a farm are prevented from planting any portion of the acreage intended for rice to rice or other nonconserving crops because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, the Secretary shall make a prevented planting disaster payment to the producers in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying—