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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1982

96 STAT. 768

PUBLIC LAW 97-253—SEPT. 8, 1982 under this section, the producers who received such advance payments shall refund such payments. "(3) Any refund required under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be due at the end of the marketing year for the crop with respect to which such payments were made. "(4) If a producer fails to comply with the requirements under the acreage limitation or set-aside program involved (and, in the case of the 1983 crops of wheat, feed grains, and rice, the requirements of the land diversion program involved) after obtaining an advance deficiency payment under this section, the producer shall repay immediately the amount of the advance, plus interest thereon in such amount as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulations. "(d) The Secretary may issue such regulations as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out this section. "(e) The Secretary shall carry out the program authorized by this section through the Commodity Credit Corporation. "(f) The authority provided in this section shall be in addition to, and not in place of, any authority granted to the Secretary or the Commodity Credit Corporation under any other provisions of law.". 1983 WHEAT LOANS

95 Stat. 1221.

SEC. 121. Section 107B(a) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445b-l(a)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the Secretary shall make available to producers loans and purchases for the 1983 crop of wheat at not less than $3.65 per bushel.". 1983 WHEAT ACREAGE REDUCTION AND DIVERSION PROGRAMS

SEC. 122. Section 107B(e) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445b-l(e)) is amended by— (1) striking out in the first sentence of paragraph (1) "Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the" and inserting in lieu thereof "Notwithstanding any other provision of law— "(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the"; (2) adding at the end of paragraph (1) the following new subparagraph: "(B) Notwithstanding any previous announcement to the contrary, for the 1983 crop of wheat the Secretary shall provide for a combination of (i) an acreage limitation program as described under paragraph (2) and (ii) a diversion program as described under paragraph (5) under which the acreage planted to wheat for harvest on the farm would be limited to the acreage base for the farm reduced by a total of 20 per centum, consisting of a reduction of 15 per centum under the acreage limitation program and a reduction of 5 per centum under the diversion program. As a condition of eligibility for loans, purchases, and payments on the 1983 crop of wheat, the producers on a farm must comply with the terms and conditions of the combined acreage limitation program and diversion program."; (3) in paragraph (2), inserting immediately after the fifth sentence the following: "Notwithstanding any other provision of