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7 U.S.C. § 7214 — Determination of contract payments under contracts
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**(a) Individual payment quantity of contract commodities** For each contract, the payment quantity of a contract commodity for each fiscal year shall be equal to the product of—
(1) 85 percent of the contract acreage; and
(2) the farm program payment yield.
**(b) Annual payment quantity of contract commodities** The payment quantity of each contract commodity covered by all contracts for each fiscal year shall be equal to the sum of the amounts calculated under subsection (a) for each individual contract.
**(c) Annual payment rate** The payment rate for a contract commodity for each fiscal year shall be equal to—
(1) the amount made available under [section 7213 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7213&num=0&edition=prelim) for the contract commodity for the fiscal year; divided by
(2) the amount determined under subsection (b) for the fiscal year.
**(d) Annual payment amount** The amount to be paid under a contract in effect for each fiscal year with respect to all contract commodities covered by the contract shall be equal to the sum of the products of—
(1) the payment quantity determined under subsection (a) for each of the contract commodities covered by the contract; and
(2) the corresponding payment rate for the contract commodity in effect under subsection (c).
**(e) Reduction in payment amount** The contract payment determined under subsection (d) for an owner or producer for a fiscal year shall be immediately reduced by the amount of any repayment of deficiency payments that is required under section 114(a)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 ([7 U.S.C. 1445j(a)(2)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1445j/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim)) and is not repaid as of th
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**(a) Individual payment quantity of contract commodities** For each contract, the payment quantity of a contract commodity for each fiscal year shall be equal to the product of—
(1) 85 percent of the contract acreage; and
(2) the farm program payment yield.
**(b) Annual payment quantity of contract commodities** The payment quantity of each contract commodity covered by all contracts for each fiscal year shall be equal to the sum of the amounts calculated under subsection (a) for each individual contract.
**(c) Annual payment rate** The payment rate for a contract commodity for each fiscal year shall be equal to—
(1) the amount made available under [section 7213 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7213&num=0&edition=prelim) for the contract commodity for the fiscal year; divided by
(2) the amount determined under subsection (b) for the fiscal year.
**(d) Annual payment amount** The amount to be paid under a contract in effect for each fiscal year with respect to all contract commodities covered by the contract shall be equal to the sum of the products of—
(1) the payment quantity determined under subsection (a) for each of the contract commodities covered by the contract; and
(2) the corresponding payment rate for the contract commodity in effect under subsection (c).
**(e) Reduction in payment amount** The contract payment determined under subsection (d) for an owner or producer for a fiscal year shall be immediately reduced by the amount of any repayment of deficiency payments that is required under section 114(a)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 ([7 U.S.C. 1445j(a)(2)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1445j/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim)) and is not repaid as of the date the contract payment is determined. The Secretary shall be required to collect the required repayment, or any claim based on the required repayment, as soon as the contract payment is determined.
**(f) Assignment of contract payments** The provisions of [section 590h(g) of title 16](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section590h/g&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to assignment of payments) shall apply to contract payments under this section. The owner or producer making the assignment, or the assignee, shall provide the Secretary with notice, in such manner as the Secretary may require in the contract, of any assignment made under this subsection.
**(g) Sharing of contract payments** The Secretary shall provide for the sharing of contract payments among the owners and producers subject to the contract on a fair and equitable basis.
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**(a) Fiscal year amounts** The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expend the following amounts to satisfy the obligations of the Secretary under all contracts:
(1) For fiscal year 1996, $5,570,000,000.
(2) For fiscal year 1997, $5,385,000,000.
(3) For fiscal year 1998, $5,800,000,000.
(4) For fiscal year 1999, $5,603,000,000.
(5) For fiscal year 2000, $5,130,000,000.
(6) For fiscal year 2001, $4,130,000,000.
(7) For fiscal year 2002, $4,008,000,000.
**(b) Allocation** The amount made available for a fiscal year under subsection (a) shall be allocated as follows:
(1) For wheat, 26.26 percent.
(2) For corn, 46.22 percent.
(3) For grain sorghum, 5.11 percent.
(4) For barley, 2.16 percent.
(5) For oats, 0.15 percent.
(6) For upland cotton, 11.63 percent.
(7) For rice, 8.47 percent.
**(c) Adjustment** The Secretary shall adjust the amounts allocated for each contract commodity under subsection (b) for a particular fiscal year by—
(1) adding an amount equal to the sum of all repayments of deficiency payments required under section 114(a)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 ([7 U.S.C. 1445j(a)(2)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1445j/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim)) for the commodity;
(2) adding an amount equal to the sum of all refunds of contract payments received during the preceding fiscal year under [section 7216 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7216&num=0&edition=prelim) for the commodity; and
(3) subtracting an amount equal to the amount, if any, necessary during that fiscal year to satisfy payment requirements for the commodity under sections 103B, 105B, or 107B of the Agricultural Act of 1949 for the 1994 and 1995 crop years.
**(d) Additi
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**(a) Election by owner of base acres calculation method**
(1) **Alternative calculation methods** — For the purpose of making direct payments and counter-cyclical payments with respect to a farm, the Secretary shall give an owner of the farm an opportunity to elect 1 of the following as the method by which the base acres of all covered commodities on the farm are to be determined:
(A) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the 4-year average of the following:
(i) Acreage planted on the farm to covered commodities for harvest, grazing, haying, silage, or other similar purposes for the 1998 through 2001 crop years.
(ii) Any acreage on the farm that the producers were prevented from planting during the 1998 through 2001 crop years to covered commodities because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, as determined by the Secretary.
(B) Subject to paragraph (3), the sum of the following:
(i) The contract acreage (as defined in [section 7202 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7202&num=0&edition=prelim)) used by the Secretary to calculate the fiscal year 2002 payment authorized under [section 7214 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7214&num=0&edition=prelim) for the covered commodities on the farm.
(ii) The 4-year average of eligible oilseed acreage on the farm for the 1998 through 2001 crop years, as determined by the Secretary under paragraph (2).
(2) **Eligible oilseed acreage**
(A) *Calculation* — For purposes of paragraph (1)(B)(ii), the eligible acreage for each oilseed on a farm during each of the 1998 through 2001 crop years shall be determined in the manner provided in p
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**(a) Permitted crops** Subject to subsection (b), any commodity or crop may be planted on base acres on a farm.
**(b) Limitations regarding certain commodities**
(1) **General limitation** — The planting of an agricultural commodity specified in paragraph (3) shall be prohibited on base acres unless the commodity, if planted, is destroyed before harvest.
(2) **Treatment of trees and other perennials** — The planting of an agricultural commodity specified in paragraph (3) that is produced on a tree or other perennial plant shall be prohibited on base acres.
(3) **Covered agricultural commodities** — Paragraphs (1) and (2) apply to the following agricultural commodities:
(A) Fruits.
(B) Vegetables (other than lentils, mung beans, and dry peas).
(C) Wild rice.
**(c) Exceptions** Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) shall not limit the planting of an agricultural commodity specified in paragraph (3) of that subsection—
(1) in any region in which there is a history of double-cropping of covered commodities with agricultural commodities specified in subsection (b)(3), as determined by the Secretary, in which case the double-cropping shall be permitted;
(2) on a farm that the Secretary determines has a history of planting agricultural commodities specified in subsection (b)(3) on base acres, except that direct payments and counter-cyclical payments shall be reduced by an acre for each acre planted to such an agricultural commodity; or
(3) by the producers on a farm that the Secretary determines has an established planting history of a specific agricultural commodity specified in subsection (b)(3), except that—
(A) the quantity planted may not exceed the average annual planting history of such agricultural commodity by the producers on the farm in the 1
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**(a) Deficiency payments**
(1) **In general** — If the Secretary establishes an acreage limitation program for any of the 1991 through 1997 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, or rice under this Act and determines that deficiency payments will likely be made for the commodity for the crop, the Secretary shall make advance deficiency payments available to producers for each of the crops.
(2) **Terms and conditions** — Advance deficiency payments under paragraph (1) shall be made to the producer under the following terms and conditions:
(A) *Form* — Such payments may be made available in the form of—
(i) cash;
(ii) commodities owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation and certificates redeemable in a commodity owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation, except that not more than 50 percent of the payments may be made in commodities or the certificates in the case of any producer; or
(iii) any combination of clauses (i) and (ii).
(B) *Commodities and certificates* — If payments are made available to producers as provided for under subparagraph (A)(ii), such producers may elect to receive such payments either in the form of—
(i) such commodities; or
(ii) such certificates.
(C) *Maturity* — Such a certificate shall be redeemable for a period not to exceed 3 years from the date the certificate is issued.
(D) *Storage* — The Commodity Credit Corporation shall pay the cost of storing a commodity that may be received under such a certificate until such time as the certificate is redeemed.
(E) *Timing* — The payments shall be made available as soon as practicable after the producer enters into a contract with the Secretary to participate in such program.
(F) *Amounts* — The payments shall be made available in such amounts as th
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Page 770
TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 1445h
§ 1445h. Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title I,
§ 171(b)(2)(F), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 938
Section, act Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title I, § 113, as
added Dec. 3, 1980, Pub. L. 96–494, title II, § 207, 94 Stat.
2572; amended Dec. 22, 1981, Pub. L. 97–98, title XI, § 1105,
95 Stat. 1264; Dec. 23, 1985, Pub. L. 99–198, title X, § 1011,
99 Stat. 1454; Nov. 28, 1990, Pub. L. 101–624, title XI,
§ 1125, 104 Stat. 3506, authorized Secretary to announce
and provide for supplemental set-aside and acreage lim-
itation program.
§ 1445i. Multiyear set-aside contracts for 1986
through 1990 crops of wheat, feed grains, up-
land cotton, and rice
Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
(1) The Secretary of Agriculture may enter
into multiyear set-aside contracts for a period
not to extend beyond the 1990 crops. Such con-
tracts may be entered into only as a part of
the programs in effect for the 1986 through 1990
crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and
rice, and only producers participating in one
or more of such programs shall be eligible to
contract with the Secretary under this sec-
tion. Producers agreeing to a multiyear set-
aside agreement shall be required to devote
the set-aside acreage to vegetative cover capa-
ble of maintaining itself through such period
to provide soil protection, water quality en-
hancement, wildlife production, and natural
beauty. Grazing of livestock under this section
shall be prohibited, except in areas of a major
disaster, as determined by the President, if
the Secretary finds there is a need for such
grazing as a result of such disaster. Producers
entering into agreements under this section
shall also agree to comply with all applicable
State and local laws and regulations gov-
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Page 1974
TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 7214
(Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 113, Apr. 4, 1996, 110
Stat. 900.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Sections 103B, 105B, and 107B of the Agricultural Act
of 1949, referred to in subsec. (c)(3), were classified to
sections 1444–2, 1444f, and 1445b–3a, respectively, of this
title prior to repeal by section 7301(b)(2)(A)–(D) of this
title.
Section 1308(1) of this title, referred to in subsecs. (e),
(f), was repealed by Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1603(a),
May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 213.
§ 7214.
Determination
of
contract
payments
under contracts
(a) Individual payment quantity of contract com-
modities
For each contract, the payment quantity of a
contract commodity for each fiscal year shall be
equal to the product of—
(1) 85 percent of the contract acreage; and
(2) the farm program payment yield.
(b) Annual payment quantity of contract com-
modities
The payment quantity of each contract com-
modity covered by all contracts for each fiscal
year shall be equal to the sum of the amounts
calculated under subsection (a) for each indi-
vidual contract.
(c) Annual payment rate
The payment rate for a contract commodity
for each fiscal year shall be equal to—
(1) the amount made available under section
7213 of this title for the contract commodity
for the fiscal year; divided by
(2) the amount determined under subsection
(b) for the fiscal year.
(d) Annual payment amount
The amount to be paid under a contract in ef-
fect for each fiscal year with respect to all con-
tract commodities covered by the contract shall
be equal to the sum of the products of—
(1) the payment quantity determined under
subsection (a) for each of the contract com-
modities covered by the contract; and
(2) the corresponding payment rate for
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