Prefatory Note This is a compilation of legislation administered by the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service and related legislation. Certain provisions of law which were applicable to prior years or crops, but which have not been repealed by the Congress, have been omitted from this compilation. These may be found in prior compilations. The language of the legislation appearing in this compilation is as it appears in the U.S. Statutes at Large, but, for the convenience of the reader, citations are made at the end of sections and subsections to the U.S. Code, 1970 edition and supplements thereto. The subject headings used herein are generally those as enacted; some of them, however, have been changed and other headings have also been added by the editors of this compilation for explanatory purposes. The statutes contained in this compilation are subject to the provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1953 (18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 663, 5 U.S.C. 133z-15, note), prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and House of Representatives on March 25, 1953, pursuant to the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949 (5 U.S.C. 133z to 133z-15). The plan transfers to the Secretary of Agriculture all functions not then vested in him of all other officers and of all agencies and employees of the Department of Agriculture, except functions vested by the Administrative Procedure Act in hearing examiners employed by the Department and functions of the corporations of the Department, the Boards of Directors and officers of such corporations, the Advisory Board of the Commodity Credit Corporation, and the Farm Credit Administration. NOTE This Handbook is a revision of and supersedes Agriculture Handbook No. 408, dated February 1, 1971. II CONTENTS Sec. 2. Lands on which preventive measures may be taken.... Sec. 3. Benefits for non-Government controlled lands_- Sec. 4. Cooperation of governmental agencies, personnel, and supplies. Sec. 5. Establishment of "Soil Conservation Service". Sec. 6. Appropriation authorized___ Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944. Sec. 302(b). Sale of sup- Sec. 7. Agricultural conservation policy. Sec. 8. Payments and grants of aid.. Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1956. Sec. 6(b). Payments conditional upon soil-building and soil- and water-conserving practices_ Public Law 85–278. Two county committees established in one county in Sec. 16(a). Limitation on obligations incurred.. Sec. 16(b). Great Plains Conservation Program_ Sec. 16(c). Feed grain program for 1961- Sec. 16(d). Feed grain program for 1962. Sec. 16(e). Land use adjustment program_ Sec. 16(f). Disbursements to producers.. Sec. 16(g). Feed grain program for 1963.. Sec. 16(h). Feed grain program for 1964 and 1965. Sec. 16(i). Feed grain program for 1966 through 1970_ Sec. 16A. Payment limitation as to wetlands in States of North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota____. Sec. 17. Scope of Act and definition of "State" PART II. AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938 Sec. 1. Short title_. Sec. 2. Declaration of policy. TITLE II. ADJUSTMENTS IN FREIGHT RATES, NEW USES AND MARKETS, AND DISPOSITION OF SURPLUSES Sec. 201. Adjustments in freight rates for farm products... Sec. 202. New uses and new markets for farm commodities (regional TITLE III. LOANS, PARITY PAYMENTS, CONSUMER SAFE- GUARDS, MARKETING QUOTAS, AND MARKETING CERTIFICATES Joint resolution of December 31, 1970. Deferred proclamation of burley Sec. 313. Apportionment of marketing quota and acreage allotments.. Act of July 12, 1952. Minimum farm acreage allotment, for 1956 and PART II. ACREAGE ALLOTMENTS-CORN PART III. MARKETING QUOTAS-WHEAT Sec. 334. Apportionment of national acreage allotment_ Food and Agriculture Act of 1962. Sec. 327_ PART II. AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938-Continued Pub. L. 74, 77th Cong., Marketing quotas and farm marketing excess_ Sec. 337. Adjustment and suspension of quotas.. Sec. 338. Transfer of quotas. - Sec. 339. Land use__ Sec. 344. National, State, county, and farm acreage allotments__ Sec. 344a. Sale, lease, and transfer of upland cotton acreage allotments__ |