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Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§3839aa–7 Limitation on payments

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 58— - ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION AND RESERVE PROGRAM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION PROGRAM › Part Part IV— - Environmental Quality Incentives Program and Conservation Stewardship Program › Subpart subpart a— - environmental quality incentives program › § 3839aa–7

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Except for payments excluded by another rule, a person or business may not get more than $450,000 in total cost-share or incentive payments under this program for contracts in fiscal years 2014–2018, or for contracts in fiscal years 2019–2023, whether received directly or through others and no matter how many contracts they sign.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §3839aa–7

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Not including payments made under section 3839aa–2(j) of this title, a person or legal entity may not receive, directly or indirectly, cost-share or incentive payments under this subpart that, in aggregate, exceed $450,000 for all contracts entered into under this subpart by the person or legal entity during the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, or the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, regardless of the number of contracts entered into under this subpart by the person or legal entity.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

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 L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub.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.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 3839aa–7, Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1240G, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title III, § 334, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1001, related to limitation on payments, prior to the general amendment of this part by Pub. L. 107–171.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–334, § 2306, substituted “Not including payments made under section 3839aa–2(j) of this title, a person” for “A person” and inserted “or the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023,” after “2018,”. Pub. L. 115–334, § 2301(d)(1)(I), substituted “this subpart” for “this part” wherever appearing. 2014—Pub. L. 113–79 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to limitation on payments and included waiver authority in the case of contracts for projects of special environmental significance as determined by the Secretary. 2008—Pub. L. 110–246, § 2508, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, substituted “Subject to subsection (b), a person or legal entity” for “An individual or entity” and “$300,000” for “$450,000”, substituted “the person” for “the individual” in two places, and added subsec. (b). 2006—Pub. L. 109–171 substituted “any six-year period” for “the period of fiscal years 2002 through 2007”. 2004—Pub. L. 108–447 inserted “(excluding funding arrangements with federally recognized Native American Indian Tribes or Alaska Native Corporations under section 3839aa–2(h) of this title)” after “2007,”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2008 AmendmentAmendment 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 Title 7, Agriculture.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 3839aa–7

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73