Section text and notes
act May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title I, § 108 70 Stat. 194 Section 1832, , , required Secretary to make and announce determination of a national conservation reserve goal, set out considerations to be used in distributing goal among States and major crop production regions, and provided for a report to Congress.
act May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title I, § 109 70 Stat. 194 Section 1833, , , authorized Secretary to enter into conservation reserve program contracts, set term for such contracts, and placed a limit of $450,000,000 annually upon payments made to producers.
act May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title I, § 110 70 Stat. 194 Section 1834, , , authorized Secretary to terminate or modify contracts by mutual agreement with producers.
act May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title I, § 111 70 Stat. 195 Section 1835, , , authorized Secretary to purchase or produce conservation materials and services and make them available to producers under conservation reserve program.
May 28, 1956, ch. 327 70 Stat. 195 Pub. L. 86–793, § 274 Stat. 1030 Section 1836, acts , title I, § 112, ; , , , prohibited reduction of cropland acreage by reason of any action taken in carrying out a conservation reserve program contract and required inclusion of acreage changed from cultivated cropland to permanent vegetation as acreage devoted to commodity for purpose of determining future acreage allotments.
May 28, 1956, ch. 327 70 Stat. 195 Pub. L. 86–70, § 573 Stat. 142 Pub. L. 86–624, § 374 Stat. 411 Section 1837, acts , title I, § 113, ; , , ; , , , authorized Secretary to apply Soil Bank Program to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands in addition to several States if such application would be in national interest.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Savings Provision
Pub. L. 89–321, title VI, § 60179 Stat. 1206 section 601 of Pub. L. 89–321, , , provided that the Soil Bank Act of 1956 [former subchapters I to III of this chapter] shall remain in effect with respect to contracts entered into thereunder prior to its repeal by .