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[CITE: 16USC3836]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
 CHAPTER 58--ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION AND RESERVE PROGRAM
 
       SUBCHAPTER IV--AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION PROGRAM
 
       Part I--Environmental Conservation Acreage Reserve Program
 
                     subpart b--conservation reserve
 
Sec. 3836. Base history


(a) Reductions

    A reduction, based on a ratio between the total cropland acreage on 
the farm and the acreage placed in the conservation reserve authorized 
by this subpart, as determined by the Secretary, shall be made during 
the period of the contract, in the aggregate, in crop bases, quotas, and 
allotments on the farm with respect to crops for which there is a 
production adjustment program.

(b) Basis for participation in other Federal programs

    Notwithstanding sections 3811 and 3821 of this title, the Secretary, 
by appropriate regulation, may provide for preservation of cropland base 
and allotment history applicable to acreage converted from the 
production of agricultural commodities under this section, for the 
purpose of any Federal program under which the history is used as a 
basis for participation in the program or for an allotment or other 
limitation in the program, unless the owner and operator agree under the 
contract to retire permanently that cropland base and allotment history.

(c) Extension of preservation of cropland base and allotment history

    The Secretary shall offer the owner or operator of a farm or ranch 
an opportunity to extend the preservation of cropland base and allotment 
history pursuant to subsection (b) of this section for such time as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate after the expiration date of a 
contract under this subpart at the request of such owner or operator. In 
return for such extension, the owner or operator shall agree to continue 
to abide by the terms and conditions of the original contract, except 
that--
        (1) such owner or operator shall receive no additional cost 
    share, annual rental, or bonus payment; and
        (2) the Secretary may permit, subject to such terms and 
    conditions as the Secretary may impose, haying and grazing of 
    acreage subject to such agreement, except during any consecutive 5 
    month period that is established by the State committee. Each 5 
    month period shall be established during the period beginning April 
    1 and ending October 31 of a year. In the case of a natural 
    disaster, the Secretary may permit unlimited haying and grazing on 
    such acreage.

(d) Additional remedy for violations

    In addition to any other remedy prescribed by law, the Secretary may 
reduce or terminate the amount of cropland base and allotment history 
preserved pursuant to subsection (c) of this section for acreage with 
respect to which a violation of a term or condition occurs.

(Pub. L. 99-198, title XII, Sec. 1236, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1514; 
Pub. L. 101-624, title XIV, Secs. 1436, 1447(a), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 
Stat. 3583, 3605.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1447(a), substituted 
reference to this subpart for reference to this subchapter.
    Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1436, added subsecs. (c) 
and (d).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3832 of this title.
