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PUBLIC LAW 103-66—AUG. 10, 1993 107 STAT. 317 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subpara- graph (C); and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph: "(B) GUIDELINES.—^In the case of purchases of butter and nonfat dry milk that are made by the Secretary under this section on or after the date of enactment of the Omni- bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, in allocating title rate of price support between the purchase prices of butter and nonfat dry milk iinder this paragraph, the Secretary may not— "(i) offer to purchase butter for more than $0.65 per pound; or "(ii) offer to purchase nonfat dry milk for less than $1,034 per pound."; (4) in subsection (hX2)— (A) by striking ''and" at the end of subparagraph (A); (B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting "; and"; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subpara- graph: "(C) during each of calendar years 1996 and 1997, 10 cents per hundredweight of milk marketed, which rate shall be adjusted on or before May 1 of the respective calendar year in the msuiner provided in subparagraph (B)."; and (5) in subsection (gX2), by striking "1994" and inserting "1996". (b) PROVISIONS NECESSARY TO THE OPERATION OF THE PRO- GRAM.—Section 101(b) of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (7 U.S.C. 608c note) is amended by striking "1995" and inserting "1996". (c) REDUCTION IN PRICE RECEIVED.— '^ use i446e (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this subsection: "°'*- (A) BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE.—^The term "bovine growth hormone" means a synthetic growth hormone pro- duced through the process of recombinant DNA techniques that is intended for use in bovine animals. (B) DATE OF APPROVAL.—The term "date of approval" means the date the Food and Drug Administration, pursu- ant to authority under section 512 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360b), first approves an application with respect to the use of bovine growth hormone. (2) REDUCTION IN PRICE RECEIVED.—In order to offset the economic effects of the sale of bovine growth hormone, the Secret£ury of Agriculture shall decrease the amount of the reduc- tion in price received by producers specified in subparagraph (B) or (C) (as appropriate) of section 204(hX2) of the Agricul- tural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446e(hX2)) by 10 percent during the period beginning on the date of approval and ending 90 days after the date of approval and, during the period, it shall be unlawful for a person to sell bovine growth hormone for commercial agricultural purposes.