CONSERVATION REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 384. CONSERVATION REQUIREMENTS (a) Temporary Waiver Authority.— The Secretary may provide for a temporary waiver or modification of the application of subtitles A through E of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.) with respect to producers on a farm who are activated reservists if— (1) the temporary waiver or modification is only for the period during which the producer is an activated reservist; (2) the Secretary determines that the temporary waiver or modification is necessary to prevent undue hardship caused as a result of the producer’s service on active duty during the Persian Gulf Conflict or to provide equitable treatment for the activated reservist; and 105 STAT. 97 (3) the temporary waiver or modification will not significantly detract from the purposes and objectives of subtitles A through E of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985. (b) Report.— The Secretary shall, not later than March 31, 1992, submit a report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate regarding the temporary waivers and modifications granted under subsection (a). Such report shall include— (1) a summary of the types of waivers and modifications granted under subsection (a); (2) a summary of the number and the geographical breakdown of the waivers and modifications granted under subsection (a); and (3) an assessment of the effect of the waivers and modifications granted under subsection (a) on the ability of the programs established under subtitles A through E of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 to accomplish the purposes and objectives of such subtitles.