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[CITE: 7USC1339a]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
             CHAPTER 35--AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938
 
 SUBCHAPTER II--LOANS, PARITY PAYMENTS, CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS, MARKETING 
                   QUOTAS, AND MARKETING CERTIFICATES
 
                        Part B--Marketing Quotas
 
                  subpart iii--marketing quotas--wheat
 
Sec. 1339a. Good faith reliance

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to the extent the 
Secretary of Agriculture considers it desirable in order to provide fair 
and equitable treatment, the Secretary may make price support or other 
payments available to farmers who have, in attempting to comply with the 
requirements of any price support or other program administered by the 
Secretary or any other requirements in law affecting such person's 
eligibility under such programs, taken actions in good faith in reliance 
on the action or advice of an authorized representative of the 
Secretary. The Secretary may provide such price support or other 
payments to the extent the Secretary determines such farmer has been 
injured by such good faith reliance and may require such farmer to take 
necessary actions designed to remedy any failure to comply with such 
programs. The authority provided in this section shall be in addition to 
any other authority provided to the Secretary under any other Act. This 
section shall be applicable to an action taken by a representative of 
the Secretary that occurs before, on, or after November 28, 1990. This 
section shall not apply to a pattern of conduct where authorized 
representatives of the Secretary take actions or provide advice with 
respect to producers that the representatives and producers know are 
inconsistent with applicable laws and regulations.

(Pub. L. 87-703, title III, Sec. 326, Sept. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 631; Pub. 
L. 88-26, Sec. 4, May 20, 1963, 77 Stat. 47; Pub. L. 89-321, title III, 
Sec. 303, Nov. 3, 1965, 79 Stat. 1192; Pub. L. 101-624, title XI, 
Sec. 1132(c), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3515; Pub. L. 102-237, title I, 
Sec. 118(d), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1842.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1962, 
and not as part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 which 
comprises this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-237 inserted at end ``The authority provided in 
this section shall be in addition to any other authority provided to the 
Secretary under any other Act. This section shall be applicable to an 
action taken by a representative of the Secretary that occurs before, 
on, or after November 28, 1990. This section shall not apply to a 
pattern of conduct where authorized representatives of the Secretary 
take actions or provide advice with respect to producers that the 
representatives and producers know are inconsistent with applicable laws 
and regulations.''
    1990--Pub. L. 101-624 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows: ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
performance rendered in good faith in reliance upon action or advice of 
an authorized representative of the Secretary may be accepted as meeting 
the requirements of any program under which price support is extended or 
payments are made to farmers, and price support may be extended or 
payments may be made therefor in accordance with such action or advice 
to the extent the Secretary deems it desirable in order to provide fair 
and equitable treatment.''
    1965--Pub. L. 89-321 substituted ``the requirements of any program 
under which price support is extended or payments are made to farmers, 
and price support may be extended or'' for ``the requirements of 
subsections (c), (d), (g), and (h) of section 590p of title 16, or of 
section 307 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1962, section 1339 of 
this title, or of section 124 of the Agriculture Act of 1961''.
    1963--Pub. L. 88-26 inserted reference to subsection (h) of section 
590p of title 16.


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 101-624 effective beginning with 1991 crop of 
an agricultural commodity, with provision for prior crops, see section 
1171 of Pub. L. 101-624, set out as a note under section 1421 of this 
title.


                      Short Title of 1963 Amendment

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 88-26 provided: ``That this Act [amending this 
section and section 590p of Title 16 and provisions set out as note 
under section 1441 of this title] may be cited as the `Feed Grain Act of 
1963'.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6998 of this title.
