§ 1471a. — Emergency livestock assistance.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC1471a]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 35A--PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
SUBCHAPTER V--EMERGENCY LIVESTOCK FEED ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1988
Sec. 1471a. Emergency livestock assistance
(a) The Secretary shall provide emergency feed assistance under this
subchapter for the preservation and maintenance of livestock in any
State or area of a State where, because of disease, insect infestation,
flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, hot weather, or
other natural disaster, the Secretary determines that a livestock
emergency exists.
(b)(1) The Secretary shall provide emergency feed assistance under
this subchapter for the preservation and maintenance of livestock, to
livestock producers that--
(A) conduct farming, ranching, or aquaculture operations in any
county contiguous to a county where the Secretary has determined,
under subsection (a) of this section, that a livestock emergency
exists, and
(B) are otherwise eligible for assistance under this subchapter.
(2) The Secretary shall accept applications for assistance under
this subsection from producers that are affected by the livestock
emergency at any time during the eight-month period beginning on the
date on which the Secretary determines that such emergency exists in the
other county.
(Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title VI, Sec. 603, as added Pub. L. 100-387,
title I, Sec. 101(a), Aug. 11, 1988, 102 Stat. 927.)
Effective Date
Section effective 15 days after Aug. 11, 1988, see section 101(c)(1)
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 section 1471c of this title.
