§390vv Excess crop restrictions

Summary

Within one year after October 12, 1982, the Secretary of Agriculture, with help from the Secretary of the Interior, must send Congress a report about surplus crops grown on land that gets irrigation water. The report must show data on surplus production; how much irrigated acreage and farms take part in set‑aside programs by crop and State; whether making irrigated farms join set‑asides is practical and what it would cost; and recommendations to align reclamation and farm policies to reduce surpluses and low prices. Also, for any federal reclamation project authorized before October 12, 1982, any rule that stops irrigation water being delivered to grow excess basic agricultural commodities can last no more than ten years from the project’s original authorization, even if other laws say otherwise.