
From the U.S. Code Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC1339d]

 
                          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. 1339d. Hay production on set-aside or diverted acreage; 
        storage; emergency use; loans
        
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall 
permit any producer who is participating in the wheat program under 
title IV of this Act, in the feed grain program under title V of this 
Act, or in the cotton program under title VI of this Act, in any year in 
which an acreage diversion or set-aside program is in effect, under any 
such program in which such producer is participating, subject to the 
conditions prescribed in subsection (b) of this section, to plant and 
harvest hay from 25 per centum of the acreage on the farm diverted from 
production under such programs or twenty-five acres, whichever is 
greater.
    (b) Any producer who elects to plant and harvest hay on diverted or 
set aside acreage pursuant to this section shall first agree not to use 
any such hay harvested from such acreage unless authorized to do so by 
the Secretary.
    (c) When any diverted or set aside acreage has been planted and 
harvested under authority of this section, the hay harvested therefrom 
shall be baled and stored in sealed storage on the farm in accordance 
with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe and shall be 
available only for use during periods of emergency declared by the 
Secretary. In order to avoid deterioration of such hay stored on the 
farm for emergency purposes pursuant to this section, the Secretary may 
permit such hay to be removed and used or sold from time to time so long 
as an amount of hay equal to the amount removed is previously placed in 
storage and sealed.
    (d) Any farmer who has hay stored on his farm for emergency purposes 
pursuant to this section may remove such hay from storage and use it 
whenever the Secretary has (1) designated as an emergency area the area 
in which such farm is located, and (2) specifically authorized the use 
of emergency hay by farmers in the area.
    (e) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make or guarantee 
loans to farmers, both tenants and landowners, to assist such farmers in 
the construction of storage facilities on the farm for the storage of 
emergency hay pursuant to the provisions of this section if such farmers 
are unable to obtain loans from commercial sources at reasonable rates 
and on reasonable terms and conditions. Loans made by the Secretary 
under this subsection shall be made at the current rate of interest for 
periods not exceeding ten years, and on such other terms and conditions 
as the Secretary may prescribe.

(Pub. L. 91-524, title VIII, Sec. 805, Nov. 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 1382.)

                       References in Text

    The wheat program under title IV of this Act, the feed grain program 
under title V of this Act, and the cotton program under title VI of this 
Act, referred to in subsec. (a), mean the programs for such crops as set 
out in the Agricultural Act of 1970, Pub. L. 91-524, Nov. 30, 1970, 84 
Stat. 1358, as amended. Title IV of that Act enacted section 1334a-1 of 
this title, amended sections 1301, 1305, 1306, 1378, 1379, 1379b, 1379c, 
1379d, 1379e, 1379g, 1385, 1427, 1428, and 1445a of this title, and 
enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 1301, 1305, 1306, 
1330 to 1334, 1335, 1336, 1338, 1339, and 1379c of this title. Title V 
of that Act amended section 1444b of this title and provisions set out 
as a note under section 1444b of this title. Title VI of that Act 
enacted sections 1342a, 1350a, and 2119 of this title, amended sections 
1305, 1344b, 1350, 1374, 1378, 1379, 1385, 1427, 1428, 1444, and 1444a 
of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 
1305, 1342, 1342a, 1343, 1344, 1344b, 1345, 1346, 1377, 1378, 1379, 
1385, 1427, 1428, 1444, and 1446d of this title. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1970 
Amendment note set out under section 1281 of this title and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Agricultural Act of 1970, and not 
as part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 which comprises this 
chapter.
