§ 1471g. — Benefits limitation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC1471g]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 35A--PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
SUBCHAPTER V--EMERGENCY LIVESTOCK FEED ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1988
Sec. 1471g. Benefits limitation
(a) Total amount of benefits
The total amount of benefits that a person shall be entitled to
receive annually under one or more of the programs established under
this subchapter may not exceed $50,000.
(b) Issuance of regulations
The Secretary shall issue regulations--
(1) defining the term ``person'', which shall conform, to the
extent practicable, to the regulations defining the term ``person''
issued under section 1308 of this title, or successor statute;
(2) prescribing such rules as the Secretary determines necessary
to ensure a fair and reasonable application of the limitation
established under this section; and
(3) providing that the term ``person'' shall include, in the
case of any cooperative association of producers, each member of the
association with respect to benefits due to such member of the
association.
(c) Receipt of other disaster payments
No person may receive benefits under this subchapter attributable to
lost production of a feed commodity due to a natural disaster in 1988 to
the extent that such person receives a disaster payment under the
Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 on such lost production.
(d) Total combined payment and benefits limitation
Each person otherwise eligible for a livestock emergency benefit
under this subchapter in 1988 shall be subject to the combined payment
and benefits limitation established under section 211(c) of the Disaster
Assistance Act of 1988.
(Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title VI, Sec. 609, as added Pub. L. 100-387,
title I, Sec. 101(a), Aug. 11, 1988, 102 Stat. 930.)
References in Text
The Disaster Assistance Act of 1988, referred to in subsecs. (c) and
(d), is Pub. L. 100-387, Aug. 11, 1988, 102 Stat. 924. Section 211(c) of
that act is set out as a note under section 1421 of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1988
Amendment note set out under section 1421 of this title and Tables.
Effective Date
Section effective 15 days after Aug. 11, 1988, with subsecs. (c) and
(d) 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.
