§ 1471c. — Eligible producers.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC1471c]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 35A--PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
SUBCHAPTER V--EMERGENCY LIVESTOCK FEED ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1988
Sec. 1471c. Eligible producers
(a) Qualifying livestock producers
(1) If the Secretary determines that a livestock emergency exists in
a State, county, or area, qualifying livestock producers located in such
State, county, or area, or in a contiguous county as provided for in
section 1471a(b) of this title, shall be eligible (under application
procedures established by the Secretary) for emergency feed assistance
under this subchapter in accordance with this subsection.
(2) For the purposes of this subsection, a ``qualifying livestock
producer'' is a livestock producer who has suffered a substantial loss
in feed normally produced on the farm for such producer's livestock as a
result of the livestock emergency and, as a result, does not have
sufficient feed that has adequate nutritive value and is suitable for
each of such producer's particular types of livestock (as of the date of
the request, or initiation of consideration, for a determination of a
livestock emergency under section 1471b of this title) for the estimated
duration of the emergency.
(3) Each qualifying livestock producer shall be eligible for
emergency feed assistance under the programs specified in section
1471d(a) of this title that is made available where the producer is
located in quantities sufficient to meet such feed deficiency with
respect to the producer's livestock normally fed with feed produced by
the producer.
(b) Availability of additional assistance
Each livestock producer in such State, county, or area, or in a
contiguous county as provided for in section 1471a(b) of this title,
regardless of whether the producer qualifies for assistance under
subsection (a) of this section, shall be eligible for emergency
assistance under the programs specified in section 1471e of this title
that are made available where the producer is located.
(c) Program participation option
Any livestock producer, located in a county or area in which
benefits under the emergency feed program or the emergency feed
assistance program were made available due to the drought or related
condition in 1988 prior to the effective date of this subchapter, who
qualifies for assistance under such pre-existing programs shall be
eligible for assistance for such drought or related conditions as
prescribed in subsection (a) of this section or, at the producer's
option, for assistance under such pre-existing programs.
(Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title VI, Sec. 605, as added Pub. L. 100-387,
title I, Sec. 101(a), Aug. 11, 1988, 102 Stat. 928.)
References in Text
The effective date of this subchapter, referred to in subsec. (c),
is 15 days after Aug. 11, 1988, the effective date of section 101(a) of
Pub. L. 100-387. See section 101(c) of Pub. L. 100-387, set out as a
note under section 1427 of this title.
Effective Date
Section effective 15 days after Aug. 11, 1988, with subsec. (c) of
this section applicable only with respect to any livestock emergency in
1988, see section 101(c) of Pub. L. 100-387, set out as an Effective and
Termination Dates of 1988 Amendment note under section 1427 of this
title.
Inapplicability of Section
Section inapplicable to 2002 through 2007 crops of covered
commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period
beginning May 13, 2002, through Dec. 31, 2007, see section 7992(b)(12)
of this title.
Section inapplicable to 1996 through 2002 crops of loan commodities,
peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning Apr.
4, 1996, and ending Dec. 31, 2002, see section 7301(b)(1)(L) of this
title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1471d, 1471i of this title.
