Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 5.djvu/68

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104 STAT, 3390 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 harvested, except that in the case of the 1991 crop, the Secretary shall announce the program as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this section. "(D) ADJUSTMENTS.—Not later than July 31 of the year previous to the year in which the crop is harvested, the Secretary may make adjustments in the program announced under subparagraph (C) if the Secretary determines that there has been a significant change in the total supply of wheat since the program was first announced. "(E) C!oMPUANCE. —As a condition of eligibility for loans, purchases, and payments for any such crop of wheat, except as provided in subsections (f) and (g) and section 504, the producers on a farm must comply with the terms and conditions of the acreage limitation program and, if applicable, a land diversion program as provided in paragraph (5). "(F) ACREAGE LIMITATION PROGRAM FOR 1991 CROP. —In the case of the 1991 crop of wheat, the Secretary shall provide for an acreage limitation program (as described in paragraph (2)) under which the acreage planted to wheat for harvest on a farm would be limited to the wheat crop acreage base for the farm for the crop reduced by not less than 15 percent. "(G) ACREAGE LIMITATION PROGRAMS FOR 1992 THROUGH 1995 CROPS. —In the case of each of the 1992 through 1995 crops of wheat, if the Secretary estimates for a marketing year for the crop that the ratio of ending stocks of wheat to total disappearance of wheat for the preceding marketing year will be— "(i) more than 40 percent, the Secretary shall provide for an acreage limitation program (as described in paragraph (2)) under which the acreage planted to wheat for harvest on a farm would be limited to the wheat crop acreage base for the farm for the crop reduced by not less than 10 percent nor more than 20 percent; or "(ii) equal to or less than 40 percent, the Secretary may provide for such an acreage limitation program under which the acreeige planted to wheat for harvest on a farm would be limited to the wheat crop acreage base for the farm for the crop reduced by not more than 0 to 15 percent. For the purpose of this subparagraph, the term 'total disappearance' means all wheat utilization, including total domestic, total export, and total residual disappearance. " (2) ACREAGE LIMITATION PROGRAM. — " (A) PERCENTAGE REDUCTIONS. —Except as provided in paragraph (3), if a wheat acreage limitation program is announced under paragraph (1), such limitation shall be achieved by applying a uniform percentage reduction (from 0 to 20 percent) to the wheat crop acreage base for the crop for each wheat-producing farm. "(B) COMPUANCE. —Except as provided in subsection (g) and section 504, producers who knowingly produce wheat in excess of the permitted wheat acreage for the farm shall be ineligible for wheat loans, purchases, and payments with respect to that farm.