Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 107 Part 1.djvu/340

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107 STAT. 314 PUBLIC LAW 103-66—AUG. 10, 1993 cotton, producers on a farm shall be eligible to receive deficiency payments as provided in clause (iii) if an acreage limitation program under subsection (e) is in effect for the crop and— "(aa) the producers have been determined by the Secretary (in accordance with section 503(c)) to be prevented from planting the crop or have incurred a reduced yield for the crop (due to a natural disaster) and the producers elect to devote a portion of the mtiximum pay- ment acres for upland cotton (as calculated under subparagraph (C)(ii)) equal to more than 8 percent of the upland cotton acreage, to conservation uses; or "(bb) the producers elect to devote a portion of the msiximum payment acres for upland cotton (as calculated under subparagraph (C)(ii)) equal to more than 8 percent of the upland cotton acreage, to alternative crops as provided in subparagraph (E)."; and (5) in subsection (e)(l)(D), by inserting after "30 percent" the following: "for each of the 1991 through 1994 crops, 29y2 percent for each of the 1995 and 1996 crops, and 29 percent for the 1997 crop". (b) PROVISIONS NECESSARY TO THE OPERATION OF THE PRO- GRAM. — (1) DEFICIENCY AND LAND DIVERSION PAYMENTS. — Section 114 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445j) is amended by striking "1995" each place it appears in subsections (a)(D and (c) and inserting "1997". (2) ACREAGE BASE AND YIELD SYSTEM. —Title V of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.) is amended— (A) in section 503 (7 U.S.C. 1463)— (i) in subsection (c)(3)— (I) by striking "0/92 or 50/92"; and (II) by striking "1995" and inserting "1997"; and (ii) in subsection (h)(2)(A), by striking "1995" each place it appears and inserting "1997"; (B) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 505(b) (7 U.S.C. 1465(b)), by striking "1995" each place it appears and inserting "1997"; and (C) in section 509 (7 U.S.C. 1469), by striking "1995" and inserting "1997". (3) PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.—The Food Security Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-198; 99 Stat. 1354) is amended— (A) in paragraphs (1)(A), (I)(B), and (2)(A) of section 1001 (7 U.S.C. 1308), by striking "1995" each place it appears and inserting "1997"; and (B) in section lOOlC(a) (7 U.S.C. 1308-3(a)), by striking "1995" both places it appears and inserting "1997". SEC. 1102. WHEAT PROGRAM. Section 107B(c)(l)(E) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445h-3a(c)(l)(E)) is amended— (1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking "0/92 PRO- GRAM" and inserting "0/85 PROGRAM";