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7 U.S.C. 1344: Apportionment of national acreage allotments
Created in 1958 by Public Law 85-456. Changed by 8 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.
5 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 7 U.S.C. 1346, 7 U.S.C. 1349, 7 U.S.C. 1377, 7 U.S.C. 1428, 7 U.S.C. 1444.
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No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.
How it got here
2018
- Pub. L. 115–334 inserted "subchapter A of" before "chapter 4". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (f)
1996
- 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". (Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996) Law text · (f)
1964
- 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… · (f)
- Pub. L. 88–297, §106(8), extended the transfer provisions to natural disasters occurring in any year instead of only during 1963. · (n)
1963
- 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 allotmen… · (n)
1962
- Pub. L. 87–466 substituted "1962" for "1961". · (n)
1961
- 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… · (n)
1959
- 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 … · (f)
- 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 L. 86–172, §2(2), repealed par.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… · (g)
- Pub. L. 86–172, §2(3), inserted provisions respecting eligibility for old and new farm allotment. · (i)
- 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 rel… · (m)
1958
- Pub. L. 85–835, §103(4), substituted "four" for "five" in second sentence. · (a)
- 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 determ… · (b)
- Pub. L. 85–835, §104(b), inserted proviso relating to additional acreage allocated to a State. · (e)
- 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". · (f)
- 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 subse… · (f)
- Pub. L. 85–835, §105, added par. (7). · (f)
- Pub. L. 85–835, §106, added par. (8). · (f)
- 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. · (h)
- 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. · (m)
- Pub. L. 85–456 added subsec. (n). · (n)
Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.