miscellaneous cotton provisions

miscellaneous cotton provisions Sec. 604. (a) Section 408(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end of the first sentence the following: “: Provided further, That for the 1978 through 1981 crops of upland cotton, a cooperator shall be a producer on a farm who has set aside the acreage required under section 103(f)”. (b) Section 408(1) of the Agricultural Act of 1949. as added by the Agricultural Act of 1970, as amended, to be effective for the 1971 through 1977 crops, shall be effective for the 1978 through 1981 crops, and shall read as follows: “references to terms made applicable to upland cotton “(1) References made in sections 402, 403. 406, and 416 to the terms ‘support price’, ‘level of support’, and ‘level of price support’ shall be considered to apply as well to the level of loans and purchases for upland cotton under this Act; and references made to the terms ‘price support’, ‘price support operations’, and ‘price support program’ in such sections and in section 401(a) shall be considered as applying as well to the loan and purchase operations for upland cotton under this Act.”. (c) Sections 103(a) and 203 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, shall not be applicable to the 1978 through 1981 crops.