300 



local community. 



Subsec. (e) (6). Pub. L. 81-524. § 801(9), added subsec. 

 (e) (6). A prior subsec. (e) (6) had been repealed by Pub. 

 L. 89-321 In 1986. 



Subsec. (e)(7). Pub. L. 91-524, §801(10), (11), substi- 

 tuted "June 30, 1972" for "June 30, 1963" as the date after 

 which the Commodity Credit Corporation may not make 

 expenditures unless It has received funds to cover such 

 expenditures from appropriations made to carry out the 

 purposes of this subsection, extended through Dec. 31, 

 1973, the period during which the Secretary may not enter 

 Into agreements with producers which would require pay- 

 ments to producers In any calendar year under such agree- 

 ments in excess of »10,000,000, and added provisions 

 covering agreements with State and local agencies under 

 par. (6). 



1969— Subsec. (b) (1). Pub. L. 91-118, 5 1, extended the 

 Oreat Plains conservation program ten years beyond 

 Dec. 31, 1971, to Dec. 31, 1981; authorized contracts, 

 with respect to lands other than (arms or ranches, only 

 where eroelon Is so serious as to make such contracts 

 necessary for protection of farms or ranch lands; author- 

 ized contracts designed to make changes (In cropping 

 systems or land uses) needed to develop, protect, and 

 utilize the resources of farms, ranches, and other lands: 

 provided for carrying out the practices needed under such 

 changed systems and uses and coixserv.Ttion me;isures on 

 land other than farm or ranch land; authorized practices 

 and measures in the plan for enhancing fish and wildlife 

 and recreation resources, promoting economJc use of land, 

 and reducing or controlling agricultural related pollution 

 as an exclusive decision of the land owner or operator; 

 made the basis for contracts the approved conservation 

 plans of land owners and operators developed in coopera- 

 tion with the soil and water conservation district in which 

 their lands are situated: and among other changes in the 

 text preceding cl, (1). substituted "owners and operators 

 of land in the Great Plains area having such control as 

 the' Secretary determines to be needed of the farms, 

 ranches, or other lands" for "producers in the Great Plains 

 area determined by him to have control for the contract 

 period of the farm or ranches", "designed to assist farm, 

 ranch, or other land-owners or operators" for "designed 

 to assist farm and ranch operators", "cropping systems or 

 land uses" and "cropping systems or land use" for "crop- 

 ping systems and land uses" and "cropping systems and 

 land use", "land-owner or operator shall furnish to the 

 Secretary a plan of farming operations or land use" for 

 "producer shall furnish to the Secretary a plan of farm- 

 ing operations", "climatic hazards of the area in which 

 such land" for "climatic hazards of the area in which the 

 farm"; provided for the agreement to be by the land 

 owner or operator rather than the producer: Included In 

 cl. (1) effectuation of the plan for other land; inserted in 

 cl. (II) " , after considering the recommend;itions of the 

 soil and water conservation district board." and substi- 

 tuted "violation by the owner or operator" for "producer's 

 violation"; included in cl (llli right and interest in other 

 land and substituted "any such land" for "the farm or 

 ranch"; and in the par following par. (1) substituted 

 •'landowner or operator" for "producer" and Inserted ""and 

 measures" following "conservation practices"", in two 

 Instances. 



Subsec. (b)(2). Pub L 91-118, §2, substituted "land 

 owner or operator"" and "owner or operator'" for "producer"" 

 and authorized the Secretary to agree to such modifica- 

 tion of contracts previously entered Into as he may de- 

 termine to be desirable to accomplish equitable treatment 

 with respect to other similar conservation, land use. or 

 commodity programs administered by the Secretary. 



Subsec. (b)(7). Pub, L. 91-118, § 3, Increased the limita- 

 tion on total cost of the program from $150,000,000 to 

 $300,000,000. 



1968— Subsec. (I)(l). Pub. L 90-559 provided for a 

 one year extension through 1970 



1965— Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89-321, § 602(g), repealed 

 pars. (3) and (4) dealing with decrease of cropland dur- 

 ing the period of a contract and use of land for perma- 

 nent vegetation In determining acreage allotments. 



Subsec. (e). Pub, L. 89-321, 5 602(g), repealed par. 

 (6) providing for Inclusion of .agreements covering pre- 



servation of cropland and surrender of history and allot- 

 ments In agreements entered hereunder. 



Subsec (1). Pub, L, 89-321, §302. added subsec. (1). 



1963 -Subsec, (h). Pub, L, 88-26 odded subsec, (h). 



1962 — Subsec. (d)(1). Pub, L, 87-451 extended the 

 crops which may be grown on diverted acreage to Include 

 other annual field crops for which price support Is not 

 made available and flax, when such crops are not In sur- 

 plus supply and will not be In surplus supply when grown 

 on the diverted acreage, and prescribed the rate of pay- 

 ment and Its limits. 



Pub, L. 87-425 preserved the eligibility of a producer 

 on a summer-fallow farm for participation In the special 

 agricultural conservation program of 1962 for corn and 

 grain sorghums, deeming any excess of acreage devoted 

 to barley In 1962 over the average acreage devoted to 

 barley In 1959 and 1960 as planted to corn and grain 

 sorghums. 



Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 87-703, §101(4), added subsec, 

 (e). 



Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 87-703, 5 101(5) , added subsec. (t). 



Subsec. (g). Pub, L. 87-703, §302. added subsec. (g), 



1961— Subsec. (b)(1). Pub L. 87-128. §401, substi- 

 tuted '"may be entered Into" and "with respect to" for 

 '"shall be In effect" and "on", respectively. In the third 

 sentence. 



Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 87-5 added subsec. (c). 



Subsec. (dl. Pub, L. 87-128. § 132. added subsec (d). 



1960 — Subsec. (b)(3|. Pub, L, 86-793, §1(1). provided 

 that cropland acreage Is not to be decreased by reason of 

 maintaining changes In land use from cultivated crop- 

 land to permanent vegetation, carried out under any con- 

 tract heretofore or hereafter entered Into, for such pe- 

 riod after the expiration of the contract as Is equal to the 

 period of the contract. 



Subsec. (b)(4). Pub, L 86-793, §1(2), Included as 

 acreage devoted to the commodity, that acreage changed 

 from cultivated cropland to permanent vegetation under 

 any contract heretofore or hereafter entered Into, and 

 which is maintained as such after expiration of the 

 contract for a period equal to that of the contract. 



1956 — 'Act Aug. 7, 1956. designated exltslng provisions 

 as subsec. (a) and added subsec, (b) 



§590p-1. Limitation on wetlands drainage assistance 

 to aid wildlife preservation; termination of limi- 

 tation; redetermination of need for assistance 

 upon change of ownership of lands. 



The Secretary of Agriculture shall not enter into 

 an agreement in the States of North Dakota. South 

 Dakota, and Minnesota to provide financial or tech- 

 nical assistance for wetland drainage on a farm 

 under authority of this chapter, if the Secretary of 

 the Interior has made a finding that wildlife preser- 

 vation will be materially harmed on that farm by 

 such drainage and that preservation of such land 

 in its undrained status will materially contribute to 

 wildlife preservation and such finding, identifying 

 specificaUy the farm and the land on that farm 

 with respect to which the finding was made, has 

 been filed with the Secretary of Agriculture within 

 ninety days after the filing of the application for 

 drainage assistance: Provided, That the limitation 

 against furnishing such financial or technical assist- 

 ance shall terminate (1 ) at such time as the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior notifies the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture that such limitation should not be appli- 

 cable, (2) one year after the date on which the ad- 

 verse finding of the Secretary of the Interior was 

 filed unless during that time an offer has been made 

 by the Secretary of the Interior or a State govern- 

 ment agency to lease or to purchase the wetland 

 area from the owner thereof as a waterfowl resource. 



