2013 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 35A - PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES (§§ 1421 - 1472)
Subchapter V - EMERGENCY LIVESTOCK FEED ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1988 (§§ 1471 - 1472)
Section 1471a - Emergency livestock assistance

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 35A - PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
SUBCHAPTER V - EMERGENCY LIVESTOCK FEED ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1988
Sec. 1471a - Emergency livestock assistance
Containssection 1471a
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditOct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title VI, §603, as added Pub. L. 100-387, title I, §101(a), Aug. 11, 1988, 102 Stat. 927.
Statutes at Large Reference102 Stat. 927
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 100-387

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Emergency livestock assistance - 7 U.S.C. § 1471a (2013)
§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, §603, as added Pub. L. 100–387, title I, §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.

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