(c) 25 The price of milk shall be supported at such level not in excess of 90 per centum nor less than 75 per centum of the parity price therefor as the Secretary determines necessary in order to assure an adequate supply of pure and wholesome milk to meet current needs, reflect changes in the cost of production, and assure a level of farm income adequate to maintain productive capacity sufficient to meet anticipated future needs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective for the period beginning on the effective date of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 and ending March 31, 1979, the price of milk shall be supported at not less than 80 per centum of the parity price therefor. Such price support shall be provided through purchases of milk and the products of milk.

(d) 25a Effective for the period beginning on the effective date of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 and ending March 31, 1981, the support price of milk shall be adjusted by the Secretary at the beginning of each semiannual period after the beginning of the marketing year to reflect any estimated change in the parity index during such semiannual period. The Secretary is authorized to adjust the support price of milk at the beginning of each remaining quarter in the marketing year to reflect any substantial change in the parity index during such quarterly period. Any adjustment under this subsection shall be announced by the Secretary not more than thirty days prior to the beginning of the period to which it is applicable. (7 U.S.C. 1446.)

(e) 25b The price of the 1978 through 1981 crops of soybeans shall be supported through loans and purchases at such levels as the Secretary determines appropriate in relation to competing commodities and taking into consideration domestic and foreign supply and demand factors: Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of section 1001 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, the Secretary shall not require a set-aside of soybean acreage as a condition of eligibility for price support for any commodity supported under the provisions of this Act.

(f) (1) 25 The price of the 1977 and 1978 crops of sugar beets and sugar cane, respectively, shall be supported through loans or purchases with respect to the processed products thereof at a level not in excess of 65 per centum nor less than 52.5 per centum of the parity price therefor: Provided, That the support level may in no event be less than 13.5 cents per pound raw sugar equivalent. In carrying out the price support program authorized by this subsection, the Secretary shall establish minimum wage rates for agricultural employees engaged in the production of sugar.

25 Sec. 202 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, P.L. 91–524, 84 Stat. 1361, Nov. 30, 1970, revised subsection (c) effective only with respect to the period beginning April 1, 1971. and ending March 31, 1974. Sec. 1(3) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, P.L. 93-86, 87 Stat. 222, Aug 10, 1973, made this change permanent and added the language following "adequate supply" in the first sentence and the second sentence, which made the 80 per centum parity rate effective from Aug. 10, 1973, to March 31. 1975. The present version of the second sentence was substituted by Sec. 203 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, P.L. 95-113, 91 Stat. 920, Sept. 29, 1977. The ver sion of subsection (c) shown in footnote 25 on p. 180 of Agriculture Handbook No. 444 was effective prior to April 1, 1971.

25a Subsection (d) was added by Sec. 203 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, P.L. 95-113, 91 Stat. 920, Sept. 29, 1977.

25b Subsection (e) was added by Sec. 901 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977. P.L. 95-113. 91 Stat. 949, Sept. 29. 1977.

25c Subsection (f) was added by Sec. 902 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977. P.L. 95-113, 91 Stat. 949, Sept. 29, 1977, effective with respect to the 1977 and 1978 crops of sugar beets and sugar cane.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may suspend the operation of the price support program authorized by this subsection whenever the Secretary determines that an international sugar agreement is in effect which assures the maintenance in the United States of a price for sugar not less than 13.5 cents per pound raw sugar equivalent.

(3) Nothing in this subsection shall affect the authority of the Secretary to establish under any other provision of law a price support program for that portion of the 1977 crop of sugar cane and sugar beets marketed prior to the implementation of the program authorized by this subsection. (7 U.S.C. 1446.)

TRANSFER OF DAIRY PRODUCTS TO MILITARY AND

VETERANS HOSPITALS

SEC. 202. [This section appears on p. 236 in the section entitled "Donations."]

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SEC. 203.20

TITLE III-OTHER NONBASIC AGRICULTURAL

COMMODITIES

SEC. 301. The Secretary is authorized to make available through loans, purchases, or other operations price support to producers for any nonbasic commodity not designated in title II at a level not in excess of 90 per centum of the parity price for the commodity. The Secretary is authorized to make price support available under this title for the 1978 through 1981 crops of flaxseed, dry edible beans, gum naval stores, and in the case of the 1979 through 1981 crops, sugar beets and sugar cane, and for any other nonbasic commodity not designated in title II, except that such authority shall terminate with respect to any commodity, other than those listed in this sentence, at the end of any crop year in which the net outlays for the commodity exceed $50 million.26a (7 U.S.C. 1447.)

SEC. 302. Without restricting price support to those commodities for which a marketing quota or marketing agreement or order program is in effect, price support shall, insofar as feasible, be made available to producers of any storable nonbasic agricultural commodity for which such a program is in effect and who are complying with such program. The level of such support shall not be in excess of 90 per centum of the parity price of such commodity nor less than the level provided in the following table:

"Sec. 203 was made inapplicable to the 1971-73 crops by Sec. 608 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, P.L. 91-524, 84 Stat. 1378, Nov. 30, 1970, to the 1974-77 crops by Sec. 1(22) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, P.L. 93-86, 87 Stat. 235. Aug. 10, 1973, and to the 1978-81 crops by Sec. 604 (c) of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, P.L. 95-113, 91 Stat. 939, Sept. 29, 1977. This section which was added by Sec. 601 of the Agriculture Act of 1956, P.L. 540, 84th Cong., 70 Stat. 212, May 28, 1956, will once more take effe the 1982 crops and reads as follows:

"Sec. 203. Whenever the price of either cottonseed or soybeans is supported under this Act, the price of the other shall be supported at such level as the Secretary determines will cause them to compete on equal terms on the market." (7 U.S.C. 1446d.)

The last sentence of Sec. 301 was added by Sec. 1003 (a) of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, P.L. 95-113, 91 Stat. 950, Sept. 29, 1977, effective only with respect to the 1978 through 1981 crops. Sec. 1003 (b), however, adds the following restriction:

"(b) The amendment made by this section to the Agricultural Act of 1949 shall not be operative in any manner with respect to any price support program in effect on the date of enactment of this Act."

for such marketing year is reduced below the estimated domestic consumption and exports for such marketing year pursuant to the provisions of section 342 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended: Provided further, That beginning August 1, 1964, the Commodity Credit Corporation may sell upland cotton for unrestricted use at not less than 105 per centum of the current loan rate for such cotton under section 103 (a) plus reasonable carrying charges: Provided,36 That the Corporation shall not sell any of its stocks of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, and rye, respectively, at less than 115 per centum of the current national average loan rate for the commodity, adjusted for such current market differentials reflecting grade, quality, location, and other value factors as the Secretary determines appropriate, plus reasonable carrying charges. The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (A) sales for new or byproduct uses; (B) sales of peanuts and oilseeds for the extraction of oil; (C) sales for seed or feed if such sales will not substantially impair any price-support program; (D) sales of commodities which have substantially deteriorated in quality or as to which there is a danger of loss or waste through deterioration or spoilage; (E) sales for the purpose of establishing claims arising out of contract or against persons who have committed fraud, misrepresentation, or other wrongful acts with respect to the commodity; (F) sales for export; (G) sales of wool; and (H) sales for other than primary uses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may deem in the public interest, shall make available any farm commodity or product thereof owned or controlled by it for use in relieving distress (1) in any area in the United States including the Virgin Islands 37 declared by the President to be an acute distress area because of unemployment or other economic cause if the President finds that such use will not displace or interfere with normal marketing of agricultural commodities and (2) in connection with any major disaster deter

This proviso, which was added by P.L. 88-297. 78 Stat. 175, April 11, 1964, was superseded by the provisions quoted in footnote 45, for the effective periods therein stated. Such proviso will become fully effective again on August 1, 1982.

This proviso was substituted for two previous provisos by Sec. 409 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, P.L. 91-524, 84. Stat. 1367, Nov. 30, 1970, effective only for the 1971, 1972, and 1973 marketing years. Sec. 1(16) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, P.L. 93-86, 87 Stat. 230. Aug. 10, 1973, made it effective through the 1977 marketing years. Sec. 408 (1) of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, P.L. 95-113, 91 Stat. 927, Sept. 29, 1977, made this proviso effective with respect to the marketing years for the 1978 through 1981 crops.

The previous provisos, which will once again become effective for the 1982 marketing years, read as follows:

"Provided, That if a wheat marketing allocation program is in effect, the current support price for wheat shall be the support price for wheat accompanied by marketing certificate and wheat sold shall be accompanied by a marketing certificate." (This proviso was added by the Food and Agriculture Act of 1962, P.L. 87-703, 76 Stat. 631, Sept. 27, 1962. It was superceded for the 1964 through 1970 marketing years by the proviso quoted in footnote 36 on page 185 of Agriculture Handbook No. 444.) "Provided, That whenever the Secretary of Agriculture determines that the carryover at the end of any marketing year of a price supported agricultural commodity for which a voluntary adjustment program is in effect will be less than 25 per centum (35 per centum in the case of wheat) of the estimated export and domestic consumption of such commodity during such marketing year, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall not sell any of its stocks of such commodity during such year for unrestricted use at less than 115 per centum (120 per centum in the case of wheat whenever its carryover will be less than 25 per centum of such estimated export and domestic consumption) of the current price support loan plus reasonable carrying charges." (This proviso was added by the Food for Peace Act of 1966, P.L. 89-808, 80 Stat. 1538, Nov. 11, 1966, effective January 1, 1967.)

The words "including the Virgin Islands" were added by P.L. 88-585, 78 Stat. 927, Sept. 11. 1964.

mined by the President to warrant assistance by the Federal Government under Public Law 875, Eighty-first Congress, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1855) 38 and shall make feed owned or controlled by it available at any price not less than 75 per centum of the current 39 basic county loan rate (or a comparable price if there is no current basic county loan rate) for assistance in the preservation and maintenance of foundation herds of cattle (including producing dairy cattle), sheep, and goats, and their offspring, in any area of the United States including the Virgin Islands 40 where, because of flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, disease, insect infestation, or other catastrophe in such areas, the Secretary determines that an emergency exists which warrants such assistance, such feed to be made available only to persons who do not have, and are unable to obtain through normal channels of trade without undue financial hardship, sufficient feed for such livestock: Provided, That the Secretary may provide for the furnishing of feed, or mixed feed in accordance with regulations prescribed by him, to such persons by feed dealers under an arrangement whereby the feed grains (or other feed being sold by the Corporation) in the feed so furnished would be replaced with feed owned or controlled by the Corporation and sold to such persons at a price determined as provided above. Except on a reimbursable basis, the Corporation shall not bear any costs in connection with making such commodity available beyond the cost of the commodities to the Corporation in store and the handling and transportation costs in making delivery of the commodity to designated agencies at one or more central locations in each State or other area.11 Nor shall the foregoing restrictions apply to sales of commodities the disposition of which is desirable in the interest of the effective and efficient conduct of the Corporation's operations because of the small quantities involved, or because of age. location or questionable continued storability, but such sales shall be offset by such purchases of commodities as the Corporation determines are necessary to prevent such sales from substantially impairing any price-support program, or unduly affecting market prices, but in no event shall the purchase price exceed the Corporation's minimum sales price for such commodities for unrestricted use.*2 For the pur

38 See Act of Sept. 21, 1959, P.L. 86-299, 73 Stat. 574 (p. 246). P.L. 875, 81st Congress, should be read as the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, P.L. 93-288, 88 Stat. 143, May 22, 1974, as provided in that Act and in the Disaster Relief Act of 1970, P.L. 91-606, 84 Stat. 1759, Dec. 31, 1970, which repealed P.L. 81-875. The language appearing after "(42 U.S.C. 1855)" and before the colon was added by P.L. 87-127, 75 Stat. 293, Aug. 7, 1961. P.L. 88--585, 78 Stat. 927, Sept. 11, 1964, changed the minimum price and added the proviso.

39 The minimum price provision was substituted for previous words by Sec. 409 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, P.L. 91-524, 84 Stat. 1367, Nov. 1970, effective for the 1971, 1972, and 1973 marketing years. Sec. 1(16) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, P.L. 93-86, 87 Stat. 230, Aug. 10, 1973, made it effective through the 1977 marketing years. Sec. 408 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, P.L. 95113, 91 Stat. 927, Sept. 29, 1977, further extended the provision through the 1981 crops. The previous wording, which will become effective again with respect to the marketing years for the 1982 and subsequent crops, reads as follows: "current basic county support rate for such feed including the value of any applicable price support payment in kind (or a comparable price if there is no current county support rate)." 40 See footnote 37.

41 The two preceding sentences were added by Sec. 301 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. P.L. 83-480, 68 Stat. 458, July 10, 1954. The words "or other area" were added by P.L. 88-585, 78 Stat. 927, Sept. 11, 1964.

42 This sentence was added by P.L. 83-554, 68 Stat. 583, July 29, 1954. The language following "price-support program," was substituted for previous words by Sec. 409 of