§ 1860. — Federal irrigation, drainage, and floodcontrol projects.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 7USC1860]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 46--SURPLUS DISPOSAL OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
Sec. 1860. Federal irrigation, drainage, and flood-control
projects
(a) Restriction on crop loans or farm payments or benefits
For a period of three years from May 28, 1956, no agricultural
commodity determined by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with
subsection (c) of this section to be in surplus supply shall receive any
crop loans or Federal farm payments or benefits if grown on any newly
irrigated or drained lands within any Federal irrigation or drainage
project hereafter authorized unless such lands were used for the
production of such commodity prior to May 28, 1956.
(b) Contract provisions; ineligibility for benefits
The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall
cause to be included, in all irrigation, drainage, or flood-control
contracts entered into with respect to Federal irrigation, drainage, or
flood-control projects hereafter authorized, such provisions as they may
deem necessary to provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this
section. For a period of three years from May 28, 1956, surplus crops
grown on lands reclaimed by flood-control projects hereafter authorized
and the lands so reclaimed shall be ineligible for any benefits under
the soil-bank provisions of this Act and under price support
legislation.
(c) Determination and proclamation of surplus agricultural commodities
On or before October 1 of each year, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall determine and proclaim the agricultural commodities the supplies
of which are in excess of estimated requirements for domestic
consumption and export plus adequate reserves for emergencies. The
commodities so proclaimed shall be considered to be in surplus supply
for the purposes of this section during the succeeding crop year.
(d) ``Federal irrigation or drainage project'' defined
For the purposes of this section the term ``Federal irrigation or
drainage project'' means any irrigation or drainage project subject to
the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and
Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) in effect at the date
of the adoption of this amendment and any irrigation or drainage project
subject to the laws relating to irrigation and drainage administered by
the Department of Agriculture or the Secretary of Agriculture.
(May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title II, Sec. 211, 70 Stat. 202.)
References in Text
The soil-bank provisions of this Act, referred to in subsec. (c),
probably means those provisions of act May 28, 1956, ch. 327, known as
the Agricultural Act of 1956, which enacted the Soil Bank Act, and which
were classified to subchapters I to III (Sec. 1801 et seq.) of chapter
45 of this title. The Soil Bank Act was repealed by Pub. L. 89-321,
title VI, Sec. 601, Nov. 3, 1965, 79 Stat. 1206. For complete
classification of the Soil Bank Act to the Code prior to repeal, see
Tables.
The Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388,
and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto), referred to in
subsec. (d), are classified generally to chapter 12 (Sec. 371 et seq.)
of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of Title 43 and
Tables.
The date of the adoption of this amendment, referred to in subsec.
(d), probably means the date of enactment of the Agricultural Act of
1956, which was May 28, 1956.
