Pub. L. 83-690, tit. V, sec. 502

Sec. 502. Section 15 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 U. S. C. 590o), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section and the provisions of section 7 (g), programs of soil building practices and soil-and water-conserving practices shall be based on a distribution of the funds available for payments and grants among the several States in accordance with their conservation needs, as determined by the Secretary, except that the proportion allocated to any State shall not be reduced by more than 15 per centum from the distribution of such funds for the next preceding program year. In carrying out such programs, the Secretary shall give particular consideration to conservation problems on farm lands diverted from crops under acreage allotment programs and to the maintenance of a proper balance between soil conserving and soil depleting crops on the farm.”