Special rule for long grain and medium grain rice

Subject to subsections (b) and (c), for the purposes of determining the amount of the counter-cyclical payments to be paid to the producers on a farm for long grain rice and medium grain rice under section 8714  1 1

See References in Text note below. of this title, the base acres of rice on the farm shall be apportioned using the 4-year average of the percentages of acreage planted in the applicable State to long grain rice and medium grain rice during the 2003 through 2006 crop years, as determined by the Secretary.

( Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1108 , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 952 ; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title I, § 1108, June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 1681.)