Pub. L. 102-237, tit. I, sec. 112
CROP ACREAGE BASE.
SEC. 112. CROP ACREAGE BASE. (a) Acreage Considered Planted.— Section 503(c) (7 U.S.C. 1463(c)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (7) and (8) respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph: “(6) acreage in an amount not to exceed 20 percent of the crop acreage base for a crop of feed grains or wheat if— “(A) the acreage is planted to dry peas, (limited to Austrian peas, wrinkled, seed, green, yellow, and umatilla) and lentils; and “(B) payments are not received by producers under sections 105B(c)(l)(E) and 107B(c)(l)(E), as the case may be;”. (b) Adjustment of Bases.— Section 503(h) (7 U.S.C. 1463(h)) is amended— (1) by striking “Bases.—The county” and inserting the following: “Bases.— “(1) In general.— The county”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) Restoration of crop acreage base.— “(A) In general.— For the 1992 through 1995 crop years, the county committee shall allow an eligible producer to increase individual crop acreage bases on the farm, subject to subsection105 STAT. 1837 (a)(2), above the levels of base that would otherwise be established under this section, in order to restore the total of crop acreage bases on the farm for the 1992 through 1995 crop years to the same level as the total of crop acreage bases on the farm for the 1990 crop year. “(B) Eligible producer defined.— For the purposes of this paragraph, the term ’eligible producer’ means a producer of upland cotton or rice who, the appropriate county committee determines— “(i) was required to reduce one or more individual crop acreage bases on the farm during the 1991 crop year in order to comply with subsection (a)(2) and the change in the calculation of cotton and rice crop acreage bases to a 3-year formula as provided in this section; and “(ii) has participated in the price support program during the 1991 crop year and each subsequent crop year through the current crop year. “(C) Regulations.— The Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out this paragraph.”. (c) Planting Flexibility.— Section 504(b)(1) (7 U.S.C. 1464(b)(1)) is amended— (1) by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (C); (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting “; and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(E) mung beans.”.