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7 U.S.C. § 1444a — Corn and feed grains and cotton programs
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**(a) Referendum of 1958 corn producers** Not later than December 15, 1958, the Secretary shall conduct a referendum of producers of corn in 1958 in the commercial corn-producing area for 1958 to determine whether such producers favor a price support program as provided in subsection (b) of this section for the 1959 and subsequent crops in lieu of acreage allotments as provided in the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended [[7 U.S.C. 1281](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1281&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and price support as provided in [section 1441 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1441&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Operative status of certain provisions** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if less than a majority of the producers voting in the referendum conducted pursuant to subsection (a) favor a price support program as provided in this subsection (b), the following provisions of law shall become inoperative:
(1) **[Section enacted [section 1329a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1329a&num=0&edition=prelim).]**
(2) **[Section enacted [section 1444b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1444b&num=0&edition=prelim).]**
(3) **[Section repealed [section 1441(d)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1441/d/4&num=0&edition=prelim).]**
**(c) Cotton research program** The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to conduct a special cotton research program designed to reduce the cost of producing upland cotton in the United States at the earliest practicable date. There ar
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**(a) Referendum of 1958 corn producers** Not later than December 15, 1958, the Secretary shall conduct a referendum of producers of corn in 1958 in the commercial corn-producing area for 1958 to determine whether such producers favor a price support program as provided in subsection (b) of this section for the 1959 and subsequent crops in lieu of acreage allotments as provided in the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended [[7 U.S.C. 1281](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1281&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and price support as provided in [section 1441 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1441&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Operative status of certain provisions** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if less than a majority of the producers voting in the referendum conducted pursuant to subsection (a) favor a price support program as provided in this subsection (b), the following provisions of law shall become inoperative:
(1) **[Section enacted [section 1329a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1329a&num=0&edition=prelim).]**
(2) **[Section enacted [section 1444b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1444b&num=0&edition=prelim).]**
(3) **[Section repealed [section 1441(d)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1441/d/4&num=0&edition=prelim).]**
**(c) Cotton research program** The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to conduct a special cotton research program designed to reduce the cost of producing upland cotton in the United States at the earliest practicable date. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $10,000,000 annually, as may be necessary for the Secretary to carry out this special research program. The Secretary shall report annually to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate with respect to the results of such research.
**(d) Cotton insect eradication** In order to reduce cotton production costs, to prevent the movement of certain cotton plant insects to areas not now infested, and to enhance the quality of the environment, the Secretary is authorized and directed to carry out programs to destroy and eliminate cotton boll weevils in infested areas of the United States as provided herein and to carry out similar programs with respect to pink bollworms or any other major cotton insect if the Secretary determines that methods and systems have been developed to the point that success in eradication of such insects is assured. The Secretary shall carry out the eradication programs authorized by this subsection through the Commodity Credit Corporation. In carrying out insect eradication projects, the Secretary shall utilize the technical and related services of appropriate Federal, State, private agencies, and cotton organizations. Producers and landowners in an eradication zone, established by the Secretary, who are receiving benefits from any program administered by the United States Department of Agriculture, shall, as a condition of receiving or continuing any such benefits, participate in and cooperate with the eradication project, as specified in regulations of the Secretary. The Secretary may issue such regulations as he deems necessary to enforce the provisions of this subsection with respect to achieving the compliance of producers and landowners who are not receiving benefits from any program administered by the United States Department of Agriculture. Any person who knowingly violates any such regulation promulgated by the Secretary under this subsection may be assessed a civil penalty of not to exceed $5,000 for each offense. No civil penalty shall be assessed unless the person shall have been given notice and opportunity for a hearing on such charge in the county, parish, or incorporated city of the residence of the person charged. In determining the amount of the penalty the Secretary shall consider the appropriateness of such penalty to the size of the business of the person charged, the effect on the person’s ability to continue in business, and the gravity of the violation. Where special measures deemed essential to achievement of the eradication objective are taken by the project and result in a loss of production and income to the producer, the Secretary shall provide reasonable and equitable indemnification from funds available for the project and also provide for appropriate protection of the allotment, acreage history, and average yield for the farm. The cost of the program in each eradication zone shall be determined, and cotton producers in the zone shall be required to pay up to one-half thereof, with the exact share in each zone area to be specified by the Secretary upon his finding that such share is reasonable and equitable based on population levels of the target insect and the degree of control measures normally required. Each producer’s pro rata share shall be deducted from his cotton payment under this Act or otherwise collected, as provided in regulations of the Secretary. Insofar as practicable, cotton producers and other persons engaged in cotton production in the eradication zone shall be employed to participate in the work of the project in such zone. Funding of the program shall be terminated at such time as the Secretary determines and reports to the Congress that complete eradication of the insects for which programs are undertaken pursuant to this subsection has been accomplished. Funds in custody of agencies carrying out the program shall, upon termination of such program, be accounted for to the Secretary for appropriate disposition. The Secretary is authorized to cooperate with the Government of Mexico in carrying out operations or measures in Mexico which he deems necessary and feasible to prevent the movement into the United States from Mexico of any insects eradicated under the provisions of this subsection. The measure and character of cooperation carried out under this subsection on the part of the United States and on the part of the Government of Mexico, including the expenditure or use of funds made available by the Secretary under this subsection, shall be such as may be prescribed by the Secretary. Arrangements for the cooperations authorized by this subsection shall be made through and in consultation with the Secretary of State. The Commodity Credit Corporation shall not make any expenditures for carrying out the purposes of this subsection unless the Corporation has received funds to cover such expenditures from appropriations made to carry out the purposes of this subsection. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Commodity Credit Corporation such sums as the Congress may from time to time determine to be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subsection.
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**(a)** Notwithstanding the provisions of [section 1441 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1441&num=0&edition=prelim), beginning with the 1964 crop, price support shall be made available to producers for each crop of corn at such level, not less than 50 per centum or more than 90 per centum of the parity price therefor, as the Secretary determines will not result in increasing Commodity Credit Corporation stocks of corn: Provided, That in the case of any crop for which an acreage diversion program is in effect for feed grains, the level of price support for corn of such crop shall be at such level not less than 65 per centum or more than 90 per centum of the parity price therefor as the Secretary determines necessary to achieve the acreage reduction goal established by him for the crop.
**(b)** Beginning with the 1959 crop, price support shall be made available to producers for each crop of oats, rye, barley, and grain sorghums at such level of the parity price therefor as the Secretary of Agriculture determines is fair and reasonable in relation to the level at which price support is made available for corn, taking into consideration the feeding value of such commodity in relation to corn, and the other factors set forth in [section 1421(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1421/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
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### Statutory Notes
Section 1323, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 323, 52 Stat. 50, related to amount of farm marketing quota with respect to corn.
Section 1324, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 324, 52 Stat. 50, related to storage amounts.
Section 1325, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 325, 52 Stat. 51, related to penalties for marketing corn in excess of quota.
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**(a) Source** The Secretary shall provide the price support authorized or required herein through the Commodity Credit Corporation and other means available to him.
**(b) Authority of Secretary; factors considered** Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the amounts, terms, and conditions of price support operations and the extent to which such operations are carried out, shall be determined or approved by the Secretary. The following factors shall be taken into consideration in determining, in the case of any commodity for which price support is discretionary, whether a price-support operation shall be undertaken and the level of such support and, in the case of any commodity for which price support is mandatory, the level of support in excess of the minimum level prescribed for such commodity: (1) the supply of the commodity in relation to the demand therefor, (2) the price levels at which other commodities are being supported and, in the case of feed grains, the feed values of such grains in relation to corn, (3) the availability of funds, (4) the perishability of the commodity, (5) the importance of the commodity to agriculture and the national economy, (6) the ability to dispose of stocks acquired through a price-support operation, (7) the need for offsetting temporary losses of export markets, (8) the ability and willingness of producers to keep supplies in line with demand and (9), in the case of upland cotton, changes in the cost of producing such cotton.
**(c) Compliance by producer; program for diverted acres** Compliance by the producer with acreage allotments, production goals and marketing practices (including marketing quotas when authorized by law), prescribed by the Secretary, may be required as a condition of eligibility for price support. In admi
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The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter called the “Secretary”) is authorized and directed to make available through loans, purchases, or other operations, price support to cooperators for any crop of any basic agricultural commodity, if producers have not disapproved marketing quotas for such crop, at a level not in excess of 90 per centum of the parity price of the commodity nor less than the level provided in subsections (a), (b), and (c) as follows: (a) For corn and wheat, if the supply percentage as of the beginning of the marketing year is:The level of support shall be not less than the following percentage of the parity price: Not more than 10290 More than 102 but not more than 10489 More than 104 but not more than 10688 More than 106 but not more than 10887 More than 108 but not more than 11086 More than 110 but not more than 11285 More than 112 but not more than 11484 More than 114 but not more than 11683 More than 116 but not more than 11882 More than 118 but not more than 12081 More than 120 but not more than 12280 More than 122 but not more than 12479 More than 124 but not more than 12678 More than 126 but not more than 12877 More than 128 but not more than 13076 More than 13075
For rice of the 1959 and 1960 crops, the level of support shall be not less than 75 per centum of the parity price. For rice of the 1961 crop the level of support shall be not less than 70 per centum of the parity price. For the 1962 and subsequent crops of rice the level of support shall be not less than 65 per centum of the parity price. (b) For cotton, if the supply percentage as of the beginning of the marketing year is:The level of support shall be not less than the following percentage of the parity price: Not more than 10890 More than 108 but not more than 11089 More than 11
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**(a)** The Secretary is authorized and directed to make such expenditures as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and sections 590g, 590h, 590i, and 590j to 590q of title 16, including personal services and rents in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; traveling expenses; supplies and equipment; lawbooks, books of reference, directories, periodicals, and newspapers; and the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at community, county, State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed upon the request of the Secretary to establish one or more separate appropriation accounts into which there shall be transferred from the respective funds available for the purposes of this chapter and chapter 3B of title 16, in connection with which personnel or other facilities of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration are utilized, proportionate amounts estimated by the Secretary to be required by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration for administrative expenses in carrying out or cooperating in carrying out any of the provisions of this chapter and chapter 3B of title 16.
**(b)** In the administration of this subchapter and sections 590g, 590h, 590i, and 590j to 590q of title 16, the aggregate amount expended in any fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, for administrative expenses in the District of Columbia, including regional offices, and in the several States (not including the expenses of county and local committees) shall not exceed 3 per centum of the total amount available for such fiscal year for carrying out the purposes of this subchapter and chapter 3B of title 16, unless otherwise provided by appropriation or oth
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Page 585
TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 1281
Sec.
1349.
Export market acreage.
1350.
National base acreage allotment.
1350a.
Repealed.
SUBPART V—MARKETING QUOTAS—RICE
1351 to 1356. Omitted or Repealed.
SUBPART VI—MARKETING QUOTAS—PEANUTS
1357 to 1359a. Repealed.
SUBPART VII—FLEXIBLE MARKETING ALLOTMENTS FOR
SUGAR
1359aa.
Definitions.
1359bb.
Flexible marketing allotments for sugar.
1359cc.
Establishment of flexible marketing allot-
ments.
1359dd.
Allocation of marketing allotments.
1359ee.
Reassignment of deficits.
1359ff.
Provisions applicable to producers.
1359gg.
Special rules.
1359hh.
Regulations; violations; publication of Sec-
retary’s determinations; jurisdiction of the
courts; United States attorneys.
1359ii.
Appeals.
1359jj.
Administration.
1359kk.
Administration of tariff rate quotas.
1359ll.
Period of effectiveness.
PART C—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SUBPART I—PUBLICATION AND REVIEW OF QUOTAS
1361.
Application of subpart.
1362.
Publication of marketing quota; mailing of
allotment notice.
1363.
Review of quota; review committee.
1364.
Compensation of review committee.
1365.
Institution of proceeding for court review of
committee findings.
1366.
Court review.
1367.
Stay of proceedings and exclusive jurisdic-
tion.
1368.
Effect of increase on other quotas.
SUBPART II—ADJUSTMENT OF QUOTAS AND ENFORCEMENT
1371.
General adjustment of quotas.
1372.
Payment, collection, and refund of penalties.
1373.
Reports and records.
1374.
Measurement of farms and report of plant-
ings; remeasurement.
1375.
Regulations.
1376.
Court jurisdiction; duties of United States at-
torneys; remedies and penalties as addi-
tional.
1377.
Preservation of unused acreage allotments.
1378.
Transfer of acreage allotments ensuing from
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 1444a
§ 1444a. Corn and feed grains and cotton pro-
grams
(a) Referendum of 1958 corn producers
Not later than December 15, 1958, the Sec-
retary shall conduct a referendum of producers
of corn in 1958 in the commercial corn-producing
area for 1958 to determine whether such pro-
ducers favor a price support program as provided
in subsection (b) of this section for the 1959 and
subsequent crops in lieu of acreage allotments
as provided in the Agricultural Adjustment Act
of 1938, as amended [7 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.], and
price support as provided in section 1441 of this
title.
(b) Operative status of certain provisions
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if
less than a majority of the producers voting in
the referendum conducted pursuant to sub-
section (a) favor a price support program as pro-
vided in this subsection (b), the following provi-
sions of law shall become inoperative:
(1) [Section enacted section 1329a of this
title.]
(2) [Section enacted section 1444b of this
title.]
(3) [Section repealed section 1441(d)(4) of this
title.]
(c) Cotton research program
The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby author-
ized and directed to conduct a special cotton re-
search program designed to reduce the cost of
producing upland cotton in the United States at
the earliest practicable date. There are hereby
authorized to be appropriated such sums, not to
exceed $10,000,000 annually, as may be necessary
for the Secretary to carry out this special re-
search program. The Secretary shall report an-
nually to the Committee on Agriculture of the
House of Representatives and to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the
Senate with respect to the results of such re-
search.
(d) Cotton insect eradica
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