Pub. L. 88-297, tit. I, sec. 105

Sec. 105. The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by adding a new section as follows: “Sec. 350. In order to provide producers with a choice program of reduced acreage and higher price support, the Secretary shall establish for each farm for the 1964 and 1965 crops of upland cotton a farm domestic allotment in acres. The farm domestic allotment shall be the percentage which the national domestic allotment is of the national acreage allotment established under section 344(a) applied as a percentage of the smaller of (1) the farm acreage allotment established under section 344, or (2) the higher acreage actually planted or regarded as planted on the farm (excluding acreage regarded as planted under sections 344 (m)(2) and 377) in the two years preceding the year for which such allotment is established: Provided, That any farm planting 90 per centum or more of the allotment shall, for the purpose of (2) above, be considered as having planted the entire farm allotment: Provided further, That, except for farms the acreage allotments of which are reduced under section 344(m), the farm domestic allotment shall not be less than the smaller of 15 acres or the farm acreage allotment established under section 344, but this proviso shall be applicable to the 1964 crop without regard to the exception stated herein. The national domestic acreage allotment for any crop shall be that acreage, based upon the national average yield per acre of cotton for the four years immediately preceding the calendar year in which the national acreage allotment is proclaimed, required to make available from such crop an amount of upland cotton equal to the estimated domestic consumption for the marketing year for such crop. The Secretary shall proclaim the national domestic acreage allotment for the 1964 crop not later than April 1, 1964, and for each subsequent crop not later than December 15 of the calendar year preceding the year in which the crop is to be produced.”