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7 U.S.C. 1377: Preservation of unused acreage allotments

Created in 1957 by Public Law 85-266. Changed by 5 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. 1344, 7 U.S.C. 7301, 7 U.S.C. 7992, 7 U.S.C. 8782, 7 U.S.C. 9092.

This Congress

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

    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

    1977

    • Pub. L. 95–113 temporarily inserted "or, in the case of peanuts, an acreage sufficient to produce 75 per centum of the farm poundage quota" after "of the farm acreage allotment for such year". See Effective and Termination Dates of 1977 Amendment note below.

    1964

    • Pub. L. 88–297 inserted "or, in the case of upland cotton on a farm which qualified for price support on the crop produced in any 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 any such year, whichever is …

    1959

    • Pub. L. 86–172 excluded any allotment provided for a farm under section 1344(f)(7)(A) of this title from the entire acreage allotment for the farm which is considered as planted in the year for the purpose of establishing future acreage allotments and provided for the preservation of the current fa…

    1957

    • Pub. L. 85–266 struck out, for 1957, 1958, and 1959, requirement of filing notice of intention not to plant full acreage allotment and provided that acreage history credits for released or reapportioned acreage shall be governed by the applicable provisions of this subchapter pertaining to the rele…

    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.