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7 U.S.C. § 1472 — Assistance for livestock producers
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**(a) Definition of livestock** In this section, the term “livestock” includes elk, reindeer, bison, horses, and deer.
**(b) Availability of assistance** In such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts, the Secretary of Agriculture may provide assistance to dairy and other livestock producers to cover economic losses incurred by such producers in connection with the production of livestock.
**(c) Types of assistance** The assistance provided to livestock producers may be in the following forms:
(1) Indemnity payments to livestock producers who incur livestock mortality losses.
(2) Livestock feed assistance to livestock producers affected by shortages of feed.
(3) Compensation for sudden increases in production costs.
(4) Such other assistance, and for such other economic losses, as the Secretary considers appropriate.
**(d) Limitations** The Secretary may not use the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance under this section.
**(e) Authorization of appropriations** There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
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**(a) Definition of livestock** In this section, the term “livestock” includes elk, reindeer, bison, horses, and deer.
**(b) Availability of assistance** In such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts, the Secretary of Agriculture may provide assistance to dairy and other livestock producers to cover economic losses incurred by such producers in connection with the production of livestock.
**(c) Types of assistance** The assistance provided to livestock producers may be in the following forms:
(1) Indemnity payments to livestock producers who incur livestock mortality losses.
(2) Livestock feed assistance to livestock producers affected by shortages of feed.
(3) Compensation for sudden increases in production costs.
(4) Such other assistance, and for such other economic losses, as the Secretary considers appropriate.
**(d) Limitations** The Secretary may not use the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance under this section.
**(e) Authorization of appropriations** There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
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**(a) Source** The Secretary shall provide the price support authorized or required herein through the Commodity Credit Corporation and other means available to him.
**(b) Authority of Secretary; factors considered** Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the amounts, terms, and conditions of price support operations and the extent to which such operations are carried out, shall be determined or approved by the Secretary. The following factors shall be taken into consideration in determining, in the case of any commodity for which price support is discretionary, whether a price-support operation shall be undertaken and the level of such support and, in the case of any commodity for which price support is mandatory, the level of support in excess of the minimum level prescribed for such commodity: (1) the supply of the commodity in relation to the demand therefor, (2) the price levels at which other commodities are being supported and, in the case of feed grains, the feed values of such grains in relation to corn, (3) the availability of funds, (4) the perishability of the commodity, (5) the importance of the commodity to agriculture and the national economy, (6) the ability to dispose of stocks acquired through a price-support operation, (7) the need for offsetting temporary losses of export markets, (8) the ability and willingness of producers to keep supplies in line with demand and (9), in the case of upland cotton, changes in the cost of producing such cotton.
**(c) Compliance by producer; program for diverted acres** Compliance by the producer with acreage allotments, production goals and marketing practices (including marketing quotas when authorized by law), prescribed by the Secretary, may be required as a condition of eligibility for price support. In admi
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As used in this subchapter:
(1) The term “livestock producer” means—
(A) a person that is actively engaged in farming and that receives a substantial amount of total income from the production of grain or livestock, as determined by the Secretary, that is—
(i) an established producer or husbander of livestock or a dairy producer who is a citizen of, or legal resident alien in, the United States; or
(ii) a farm cooperative, private domestic corporation, partnership, or joint operation in which a majority interest is held by members, stockholders, or partners who are citizens of, or legal resident aliens in, the United States, if such cooperative, corporation, partnership, or joint operation is engaged in livestock production or husbandry, or dairy production; or
(B) Any 11 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized. of the following entities that is actively engaged in livestock production or husbandry, or dairy production—
(i) any Indian tribe (as defined in [section 5304(b) of title 25](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5304/b&num=0&edition=prelim)); 22 See References in Text note below.
(ii) any Indian organization or entity chartered under the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984, chapter 576; [25 U.S.C. 461](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section461&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.),2 commonly known as the “Indian Reorganization Act”;
(iii) any tribal organization (as defined in [section 5304(c) of title 25](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5304/c&num=0&edition=prelim)); 2 or
(iv) any economic enterprise (as defined in [section 1452(e) of title 25](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prel
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 1472
brought for that purpose, and (2) guilty of a mis-
demeanor and, on conviction thereof, subject to
a fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment
for not more than one year, or both.
(Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title VI, § 612, as added
Pub. L. 100–387, title I, § 101(a), Aug. 11, 1988, 102
Stat. 931.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective 15 days after Aug. 11, 1988, see sec-
tion 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 2014 through 2018 crops of cov-
ered commodities, cotton, and sugar and inapplicable
to milk during period beginning Feb. 7, 2014, through
Dec. 31, 2018, see section 9092(b)(12) of this title.
Section inapplicable to 2008 through 2012 crops of cov-
ered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable
to milk during period beginning June 18, 2008, through
Dec. 31, 2012, see section 8782(b)(12) of this title.
Section inapplicable to 2002 through 2007 crops of cov-
ered 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.
§ 1472. Assistance for livestock producers
(a) Definition of livestock
In this section, the term ‘‘livestock’’ includes
elk, reindeer, bison, horses, and deer.
(b) Availability of assistance
In such amounts as are provided in advance in
appropriation Acts, the Secretary of Agricultu
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