Amendments
2018—Subsec. (f)(8). Pub. L. 115–334 inserted “subchapter A of” before “chapter 4”.
1996—Subsec. (f)(8). Pub. L. 104–127 substituted “environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985” for “Great Plains program”.
1964—Subsec. (f)(8). Pub. L. 88–297, § 106(3), inserted “or, in the case of a farm which qualified for price support on the crop produced in such year under section 1444(b) of this title, 75 per centum of the farm domestic allotment established under section 1350 of this title for such year, whichever is smaller” after “75 per centum of the farm allotment for such year” to protect the farm base of any farm participating in the domestic allotment choice program if the acreage planted on the farm was at least 75 per centum of the farm domestic allotment.
Subsec. (n). Pub. L. 88–297, § 106(8), extended the transfer provisions to natural disasters occurring in any year instead of only during 1963.
1963—Subsec. (n). Pub. L. 88–12 substituted “portion of the 1963” for “substantial portion of the 1962”, and inserted proviso “that notwithstanding subsection (m)(2) of this section, transfers under this subsection for 1963 makes the farm from which the allotment was transferred eligible for an allotment as having cotton during the three-year period”.
1962—Subsec. (n). Pub. L. 87–466 substituted “1962” for “1961”.
1961—Subsec. (n). Pub. L. 87–37 substituted “1961” for “1958”, and “Any farm allotment transferred under this paragraph shall be deemed to be released acreage for purposes of acreage history credits under subsections (f)(8) and (m)(2) of this section, and section 1377 of this title” for “Acreage history credits for transferred acreage shall be governed by the provisions of subsection (m)(2) of this section pertaining to the release and reapportionment of acreage allotments. No transfer hereunder shall be made to a farm covered by a 1958 acreage reserve contract for cotton.”
1959—Subsec. (f)(8). Pub. L. 86–172, § 2(1), inserted proviso for determination of base beginning with allotments established for the 1961 crop of cotton, and inserted provisions prohibiting the adjustment of the base for a farm where the county committee determines that failure to plant at least 75 per centum of the farm allotment was due to conditions beyond control of producers on the farm, and requiring the Secretary to establish limitations to prevent allocations of allotment to farms not affected by proviso.
Subsec. (g)(3). Pub. L. 86–172, § 2(2), repealed par. (3) which provided that for any farm on which the acreage planted to cotton in any year was less than the farm acreage allotment for such year by not more than the larger of 10 per centum of the allotment or one acre, an acreage equal to the farm acreage allotment should be deemed to be the acreage planted to cotton on such farm, and the additional acreage added to the cotton acreage history for the farm should be added to the cotton acreage history for the county and State.
Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 86–172, § 2(3), inserted provisions respecting eligibility for old and new farm allotment.
Subsec. (m)(2). Pub. L. 86–172, § 2(4), struck out “; but no such acreage shall be surrendered to the State committee so long as any farmer receiving a cotton acreage allotment in such county desires additional cotton acreage” after “subsection (e) of this section” and substituted “Any allotment released under this provision shall be regarded for the purpose of establishing future allotments as having been planted on the farm and in the county where the release was made rather than on the farm and in the county to which the allotment was transferred” for “Any allotment transferred under this provision shall be regarded for the purposes of subsection (f) of this section as having been planted on the farm from which transferred rather than on the farm to which transferred” and “Acreage released under this paragraph shall be credited to the State in determining future allotments” for “Acreage surrendered, reapportioned under this paragraph, and planted shall be credited to the State and county in determining future acreage allotments”.
1958—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85–835, § 103(4), substituted “four” for “five” in second sentence.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85–835, § 104(a), established a national acreage reserve of 310,000 acres in addition to the national acreage allotment, provided that apportionments of additional acreage shall not be taken into account in establishing future State allotments, and inserted provisions for determination of needs for additional acreage.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 85–835, § 104(b), inserted proviso relating to additional acreage allocated to a State.
Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 85–835, § 104(c), substituted “(A) ten acres; or (B) the acreage allotment established for the farm for the 1958 crop” for “(A) four acres; or (B) the highest number of acres planted to cotton in any year of such three-year period”.
Subsec. (f)(6). Pub. L. 85–835, § 104(d), substituted “provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection” for “foregoing provisions of this subsection except paragraph (3) of this subsection”, “remainder of the county acreage allotment (after making allotments as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection) shall be allotted” for “county acreage allotment, less the acreage reserved under paragraph (3) of this subsection, shall be apportioned”, and inserted provisions requiring the allotments to be a prescribed percentage of the average acreage planted to cotton on the farm during the three years immediately preceding the year for which such allotment is determined.
Subsec. (f)(7). Pub. L. 85–835, § 105, added par. (7).
Subsec. (f)(8). Pub. L. 85–835, § 106, added par. (8).
Subsec. (h). Act Feb. 16, 1938, § 378(d), as added by Pub. L. 85–835, § 501, repealed subsec. (h) which related to apportionment by county committee and reallocation of flood lands.
Subsec. (m)(2). Pub. L. 85–835, § 107, provided that any cotton acreage which is surrendered shall be retained in the county and not surrendered to the State committee so long as any farmer in the county desires additional cotton acreage.
Subsec. (n). Pub. L. 85–456 added subsec. (n).
1956—Subsec. (b). Act May 28, 1956, § 303(a), temporarily inserted “Provided, That there is hereby established a national acreage reserve consisting of one hundred thousand acres which shall be in addition to the national acreage allotment; and such reserve shall be apportioned to the States on the basis of their needs for additional acreage for establishing minimum farm allotments under subsection (f)(1) of this section, as determined by the Secretary without regard to State and county acreage reserves (except that the amount apportioned to Nevada shall be one thousand acres), and the additional acreage so apportioned to the State shall be apportioned to the counties on the same basis and added to the county acreage allotment for apportionment to farms pursuant to subsection (f) of this section (except that no part of such additional acreage shall be used to increase the county reserve above 15 per centum of the county allotment determined without regard to such additional acreage). Additional acreage apportioned to a State for any year under the foregoing proviso shall not be taken into account in establishing future State acreage allotments. Needs for additional acreage under the foregoing proviso and under the last proviso in subsection (e) of this section shall be determined as though allotments were first computed without regard to subsection (f)(1) of this section.” See Effective and Termination Dates of 1956 Amendment note below.
Subsec. (e). Act May 28, 1956, § 303(b), temporarily inserted “Provided further, That if the additional acreage allocated to a State under the proviso in subsection (b) of this section is less than the requirements as determined by the Secretary for establishing minimum farm allotments for the State under subsection (f)(1) of this section, the acreage reserved by the State committee under this subsection shall not be less than the smaller of (1) the remaining acreage so determined to be required for establishing minimum farm allotments or (2) 3 per centum of the State acreage allotment; and the acreage which the State committee is required to reserve under this proviso shall be allocated to counties on the basis of their needs for additional acreage for establishing minimum farm allotments under subsection (f)(1) of this section, and added to the county acreage allotment for apportionment to farms pursuant to subsection (f) of this section (except that no part of such additional acreage shall be used to increase the county reserve above 15 per centum of the county allotment determined without regard to such additional acreages).” See Effective and Termination Dates of 1956 Amendment note below.
Subsec. (f)(1). Act May 28, 1956, § 303(c), temporarily inserted “Insofar as such acreage is available,”, substituted “four acres” for “five acres”, and struck out “(or regarded as planted under Public Law 12, Seventy-ninth Congress)” after “planted”. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1956 Amendment note below.
Subsec. (f)(6). Act May 28, 1956, § 303(d), temporarily substituted “provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection” for “foregoing provisions of this subsection except paragraph (3) of this subsection” and “the remainder of the county acreage allotment (after making allotments as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection) shall be allotted to farms other than farms to which an allotment has been made under paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection so that the allotment to each farm under this paragraph together with the amount of the allotment of such farm under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection shall be a prescribed percentage (which percentage shall be the same for all such farms in the county) of the average acreage planted to cotton on the farm during the three years immediately preceding the year for which such allotment is determined,” for “the county acreage allotment, less the acreage reserved under paragraph (3) of this subsection, shall be apportioned to farms on which cotton has been planted in any one of the three years immediately preceding the year for which such allotment is determined, on the basis of the acreage planted to cotton on the farm during such three-year period,” and struck out “(A) apportion such county allotment by first establishing minimum allotments in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection and by allotting the remaining acreage to farms other than those receiving an allotment under paragraph (1)(B) in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph and (B)” after “committee may in its discretion”. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1956 Amendment note below.
1954—Subsec. (e). Act Jan. 30, 1954, § 3(a), inserted at end “or to correct inequities in farm allotments and to prevent hardship”.
Subsec. (f)(3). Act Jan. 30, 1954, § 3(b), inserted “, or in making adjustments in farm acreage allotments to correct inequities and to prevent hardship”.
Subsec. (f)(6). Act Aug. 28, 1954, § 310(a), inserted proviso to first sentence.
Act Jan. 30, 1954, § 3(c), added par. (6).
Subsec. (h). Act Jan. 30, 1954, § 2, inserted sentence relating to reallocation of flood lands.
Subsec. (m). Act Jan. 30, 1954, § 1, added subsec. (m).
Subsec. (m)(2). Act Aug. 28, 1954, § 310(b), struck out “1954 or 1955” wherever appearing.
1950—Subsec. (f)(4), (5). Act Mar. 31, 1950, added pars. (4) and (5).
1949—Subsec. (f)(3). Act Oct. 31, 1949, increased reserve percentage of county allotment from 10 to 15 in first sentence and decreased percentage of acreage reserved from 30 to 20 in proviso.
Act Aug. 29, 1949, amended section generally to provide for a national acreage base to be used in apportioning to the States the actual national acreage allotment, and to make the national acreage allotment base and the outlined division among the States such as will complement the minimum national marketing quota provisions and thus permit a gradual reduction of any excessive carryover.
1942—Subsec. (j). Act Feb. 6, 1942, added subsec. (j).
1939—Subsec. (e)(1). Act June 22, 1939, § 1, substituted “For 1938, 1939, and any subsequent year” for “For 1938 and 1939”.
Subsec. (g). Act June 22, 1939, § 2, substituted “For 1938, 1939, and each subsequent year” for “For each of the years 1938 and 1939”.
Subsec. (h). Act June 22, 1939, § 3, substituted “for 1938, 1939, and each subsequent year” for “For each of the years 1938 and 1939”.
Act Mar. 13, 1939, substituted “for any crop year” for “for the crop year 1938” and struck out “for 1938” from first proviso.
1938—Subsec. (b). Act Apr. 7, 1938, § 9(a), amended second sentence.
Subsec. (d)(3). Act Apr. 7, 1938, § 9(b), inserted “sugarcane for sugar,” after “excluding from such acreage the acres devoted to the production of” in second sentence, and “wheat or rice” after “rice for market or,”.
Subsec. (e). Act Apr. 7, 1938, § 9(c), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).
Subsec. (g). Act Apr. 7, 1938, § 9(d), added subsec. (g).
Subsec. (h). Act May 31, 1938, among other changes, inserted “and for the crop year 1938 any part of the acreage allotted to individual farms in the State which it is determined, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, will not be planted to cotton in the year for which the allotment is made, shall be deducted from the allotments to such farms and may be apportioned, in amounts determined by the Secretary to be fair and reasonable, preference being given to farms in the same county receiving allotments which the Secretary determines are inadequate and not representative in view of the past production of cotton and the acreage diverted from the production of cotton on such farms under the agricultural conservation program in the immediately preceding year: Provided, That any such transfer of allotment for 1938 shall not affect apportionment for any subsequent year” after “Secretary”.
Act Apr. 7, 1938, § 9(d), added subsec. (h).
Subsec. (i). Act Apr. 7, 1938, § 9(d), added subsec. (i).
Inapplicability of Section
Section inapplicable to 1984 and subsequent crops of extra long staple cotton, see section 3 of Pub. L. 98–88, set out as a note under section 1342 of this title.
Section inapplicable to 2014 through 2018 crops of covered commodities, cotton, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning Feb. 7, 2014, through Dec. 31, 2018, see section 9092(a)(1) of this title.
Section inapplicable to 2008 through 2012 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning June 18, 2008, through Dec. 31, 2012, see section 8782(a)(1) of this title.
Section inapplicable to 2002 through 2007 crops of covered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning May 13, 2002, through Dec. 31, 2007, see section 7992(a)(1) of this title.
Section inapplicable to 1996 through 2001 crops of loan commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning Apr. 4, 1996, and ending Dec. 31, 2002, see section 7301(a)(1)(A) of this title.
Section inapplicable to 1991 through 1995 crops of upland cotton, see section 502 of Pub. L. 101–624, set out as a note under section 1342 of this title.
Section inapplicable to 1986 through 1990 crops of upland cotton, see section 502 of Pub. L. 99–198, set out as a note under section 1342 of this title.
Section inapplicable to 1982 through 1985 crops of upland cotton, see section 501 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as a note under section 1342 of this title.
Section inapplicable to 1978 through 1981 crops of upland cotton, see section 601 of Pub. L. 95–113, set out as a note under section 1342 of this title.
Pub. L. 91–524, title VI, § 601(1), Nov. 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 1371, as amended by Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(19)(A), Aug. 10, 1973, 87 Stat. 233, provided that this section is inapplicable to 1971 through 1977 crops of upland cotton.
