[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3900 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  2d Session

                               H. R. 3900

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                                 AN ACT

   To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide greater 
             planting flexibility, and for other purposes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3900

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide greater 
             planting flexibility, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
    Section. 1. Increased Planting Flexibility.--Section 118 of the 
Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7218) is amended by adding 
the following new paragraph to subsection (b)(2):
                    ``(D) by a producer on contract acreage following a 
                crop that fails due to conditions beyond the producer's 
                control.''.
    Sec. 2. Conforming Amendment.--Subsection 118(b)(2) is amended:
    (a) at the end of paragraph (B), by striking ``or''; and
    (b) in clause (ii) of paragraph (C), by striking ``vegetable.'' and 
inserting ``vegetable; or''.
    Sec. 3. Conservation Reserve Program Regulations.--Not later than 
September 15, 1996, the Secretary shall issue regulations to implement 
the Conservation Reserve Program (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.), as amended 
by section 332 of the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act 
of 1996 (Public Law 104-127, April 4, 1996).

            Passed the House of Representatives July 26, 1996.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.