program for 1959 and 1960

program for 1959 and 1960 Sec. 101. The Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is amended by adding the following new section: “Sec. 102. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law— “(a) for each of the 1959 and 1960 crops of upland cotton the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to offer the operator of each farm for which an allotment is established under section 344 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, a choice of (A) the farm acreage allotment determined pursuant to section 344 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and price support determined pursuant to section 101 of this Act (the amount of cotton estimated to be produced on the additional acres allotted to producers selecting choice (B) for such year being taken into account in computing such support), except that for the 1959 crop the level of support shall be not less than 80 per centum of parity, or (B) the farm acreage allotment determined pursuant to section 344 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, increased by not to exceed 40 per centum (such increased acreage allotment to be the acreage allotment for the farm for all purposes) and price support at a level which is 15 per centum of parity below the level of support established for producers who elect choice (A). Any person operating more than one farm, in order to be eligible for choice (B), must elect choice (B) for all farms for which he is operator. Not later than January 31 the Secretary shall determine and announce on the basis of his estimate of the supply percentage and the parity price as of the following August 1, the price support level for producers who elect choice (A) and choice (B) respectively, and such price support levels shall be final. As soon as practicable after such announcement, the Secretary shall cause the operator (as shown on the records of the county committee) of each farm for which an allotment is established under section 344 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, to be notified of the alternative levels of price support and the alternative acreage allotments available for his farm. The operator of each farm shall, within the time prescribed by the Secretary, notify the county committee in writing whether he desires the increased acreage allotment and the level of price support prescribed in choice (B) to be effective for the farm. If the operator fails to so notify the county committee within the time prescribed, he shall be deemed to have chosen the acreage allotment and the price support level prescribed in choice (A). The choice elected by the operator shall apply to all the producers on the farm. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the Secretary may permit the operator of a farm for which choice (B) is in effect to change to choice (A) where conditions beyond the control of 72 Stat. 989the farm operator, such as excessive rain, flood, or drought, prevented the planting of acreage to cotton or having cotton acreage available for harvest on the farm in accordance with the plans of such operator in selecting choice (B). The additional acreage required to be allotted to farms under this section shall be in addition to the county, State, and national acreage allotments and the production from such acreage shall be in addition to the national marketing quota. The additional acreage authorized by this section shall not be taken into account in establishing future State, county, and farm acreage allotments. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no farm participating in any cotton acreage reserve program established for 1959 under the Soil Bank Act shall receive an increased acreage allotment under the provisions of this section for 1959. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 344 (m) (2) any farm cotton acreage allotment increased as the result of the selection of choice (B) may not be released and reapportioned to any other farm. Price support shall be made available under this paragraph only to cooperators and only if producers have not disapproved marketing quotas for the crop. “(b) for each of the 1959 and I960 crops of upland cotton, price support shall be made available to producers who elect choice (A) through a purchase program. Price support shall be made available to producers who elect choice (B) through loans, purchases, or other operations. “(c) the Commodity Credit Corporation is directed, during the period beginning August 1, 1959, and ending July 31, 1961, to offer any upland cotton owned by it for sale for unrestricted use at not less than 10 per centum above the current level of price support prescribed in choice (B).”