7-U.S.C.-1471G
§1471G – Benefits Limitation
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Title 7 > Chapter 35A > Subchapter V > Section 1471g
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- Reference: Section 1471g
- Legend: §1471G – Benefits Limitation
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(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 (before the amendment made by section 1703(a) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008), 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, §609, as added Pub. L. 100–387, title I, §101(a), Aug. 11, 1988, 102 Stat. 930; amended Pub. L. 110–234, title I, §1603(g)(2), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1011; Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title I, §1603(g)(2), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1739.)
References in Text
Section 1703(a) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), probably means section 1603 of Pub. L. 110–246, because Pub. L. 110–246 does not contain a section 1703 and subsec. (b)(3) of section 1603 of Pub. L. 110–246 amended section 1308 of this title by striking out provisions relating to issuance of regulations defining person”.
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.
Codification
Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.
Amendments
2008—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 110–246, §1603(g)(2), inserted (before the amendment made by section 1703(a) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008)” after section 1308 of this title”.
Effective Date of 2008 Amendment
Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title.
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.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
7-U.S.C.-1471D in the Legal Encyclopedia: Agriculture
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7-U.S.C.-1471E in the Legal Encyclopedia: Price Support of Agricultural Commodities
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