[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 502 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 502

To prevent the implementation of parity payments and certain marketing 
     quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 and the 
Agricultural Act of 1949, to reduce the amounts available for payments 
     under production flexibility contracts entered into under the 
 Agricultural Market Transition Act, and to shorten the period during 
                   which such payments will be made.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 1997

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To prevent the implementation of parity payments and certain marketing 
     quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 and the 
Agricultural Act of 1949, to reduce the amounts available for payments 
     under production flexibility contracts entered into under the 
 Agricultural Market Transition Act, and to shorten the period during 
                   which such payments will be made.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PARITY PAYMENTS AND MARKETING QUOTAS FOR BASIC 
              AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.

    (a) Activities Under 1938 Act.--The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
1938 is amended by striking the following provisions:
            (1) Section 303 (7 U.S.C. 1303), relating to parity 
        payments.
            (2) Part II of subtitle B of title III (7 U.S.C. 1326 et 
        seq.), relating to acreage allotments for corn.
            (3) Part III of subtitle B of title III (7 U.S.C. 1331 et 
        seq.), relating to marketing quotas for wheat.
            (4) Part IV of subtitle B of title III (7 U.S.C. 1341 et 
        seq.), relating to marketing quotas for cotton.
            (5) Part V of subtitle B of title III (7 U.S.C. 1351 et 
        seq.), relating to marketing quotas for rice.
            (6) Subtitle D of title III (7 U.S.C. 1379a et seq.), 
        relating to wheat marketing allocation.
    (b) Activities Under 1949 Act.--The Agricultural Act of 1949 is 
amended by striking the following provisions:
            (1) Section 101 (7 U.S.C. 1441), relating to parity 
        payments.
            (2) Section 103 (7 U.S.C. 1444), relating to cotton price 
        support.
            (3) Section 105 (7 U.S.C. 1444b), relating to feed grain 
        price support.
            (4) Section 107 (7 U.S.C. 1445a), relating to wheat price 
        support.
    (c) Special Wheat and Corn Provision.--The joint resolution 
entitled ``A joint resolution relating to corn and wheat marketing 
quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended'', 
approved May 26, 1941 (7 U.S.C. 1330 and 1340), is repealed.

SEC. 3. PAYMENTS AND PAYMENT DURATION UNDER PRODUCTION FLEXIBILITY 
              CONTRACTS.

    (a) Reductions.--Section 113(a) of the Agricultural Market 
Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7213) is amended by striking paragraphs (3) 
through (7) and inserting the following new paragraphs:
            ``(3) For fiscal year 1998, $4,577,000,000.
            ``(4) For fiscal year 1999, $3,890,000,000.
            ``(5) For fiscal year 2000, $3,306,000,000.
            ``(6) For fiscal year 2001, $0.
            ``(7) For fiscal year 2002, $0.''.
    (b) Prohibition on Subsequent Provision of Price Support.--During 
fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture may not 
make price support available, whether in the form of loans, purchases, 
production flexibility contracts, or other operations, with respect to 
wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, or rice, by 
using the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation or under the 
authority of any law.
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