Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 5.djvu/74

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104 STAT. 3396 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 cant change in the estimated stocks of the commodity since the Secretary announced the final terms and conditions of the program for the crop of wheat. "(8) SPECIAL OATS PLANTINGS. — In any crop year that the Secretary determines that projected domestic production of oats will not fulfill the projected domestic demand for oats, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the Secretary— "(A) may provide that any reduced acreage may be planted to oate for harvest; "(B) may make program benefits (including loans, purchases, and payments) available under the annual program for oats under section 105B available to producers with respect to acreage planted to oats under this paragraph; and "(C) shall not make program benefits other than the benefits specified in subparagraph (B) available to producers with respect to acreage planted to oats under this paragraph. "(f) INVENTORY REDUCTION PAYMENTS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may, for each of the 1991 through 1995 crops of wheat, make payments available to producers who meet the requirements of this subsection. "(2) FORM.—The payments may be made in the form of marketing certificates. "(3) PAYMENTS.—Payments under this subsection shall be determined in the same manner as provided in subsection (b). "(4) EuGiBiLTTY. — A producer shall be eligible to receive a payment under this subsection for a crop if the producer— "(A) agrees to forgo obtaining a loan or purchase agreement under subsection (a); "(B) agrees to forgo receiving payments under subsection (c); "(C) does not plant wheat for harvest in excess of the crop acreage base reduced by one-half of any acreage required to be diverted from production under subsection (e); and "(D) otherwise complies with this section. "(g) PILOT VOLUNTARY PRODUCTION LIMITATION PROGRAM. — "(1) IN GENERAL. — Effective for the 1992 or 1993 crops (and, if the Secretary so determines, the 1994 and 1995 crops), if a wheat acreage limitation program or a land diversion program is announced under subsection (d) for such crops, the Secretary shall carry out a pilot program in at least 15 counties in at least 2 States where producers express am interest in participating in the pilot program under which the producers on a farm shall be considered to have met the requirements of such acreage limitation or land diversion program if the producers meet the requirements of the voluntary production limitation program established under this subsection. "(2) LIMITATION ON MARKETING. — In order to comply with the voluntary production limitation program, the producers on a farm must agree not to market, barter, donate, or use on the farm (including use as feed for livestock) in a marketing year a quantity of wheat in excess of the wheat production limitation qugmtity for the farm for the marketing year. "(3) PRODUCTION LIMITATION QUANTITY. — For purposes of this subsection, the production limitation quantity for a farm for a