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107 STAT. 316 PUBLIC LAW 103-66—AUG. 10, 1998 (as calculated under subparagraph (C)(ii)) equal to more than 8 percent oi the feed grain acreage, to alternative crops as provided in subparagraph (F).". SEC. 1104. RICE PROGRAM. Section lOlB(cXlXD) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441-2(cXl)(D)) is amended— (1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking "50/92 PRO- GRAM" and inserting "50/85 PROGRAM ; (2) in clause (i), by inserting after "8 percent" both places it appears the following: "for each of the 1991 through 1993 crops, and 15 percent for each of the 1994 through 1997 crops (except as provided in clause (vXII)),"; and (3) in clause (v)— (A) by striking "(v) PREVENTED PLANTING.—ir and inserting the following: "(v) PREVENTED PLANTING AND REDUCED YIELDS.— "(I) 1991 THROUGH 1993 CROPS.—In the case of each of the 1991 through 1993 crops of rice, ir;and (B) by adding at the end the following new subclause: "(II) 1994 THROUGH 1997 CROPS.—In the case of each of the 1994 through 1997 crops of rice, producers on a farm shall be eligible to receive deficiency pa3nnents as provided in clause (iii) if an acreage limitation program under subsection (e) is in enect for the crop and— "(aa) the producers have been determined by the Secretary (in accordance with section 503(c)) to be prevented from planting the crop or have incurred a reduced jdeld for the crop (due to a natural disaster) and the producers elect to devote a portion of the maximum pay- ment acres for rice (as calculated under subparagraph (CXii)) equal to more than 8 percent of the rice acreage, to conservation uses; or "(bb) the producers elect to devote a por- tion of the maximum pajonent acres for rice (as calculated under subparagraph (CXii)) equal to more than 8 percent of the rice acre- age, to alternative crops as provided in subparagraph (E).". SEC. 1105. DAIRY PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446e) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking "1996" and inserting (2) in subsections (a), (b), (dXl)(A), (dX2XA), (d)(3), (gXD, and (k), by striking "1995" each place it appears and inserting "1996"; (3) in subsection (c)(3)— (A) in the first sentence of subparagraph (A), by strik- ing "The Secretary" and inserting "Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary*;