§8792 — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary may pay geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers back for some transportation costs for moving farm products or the things used to grow them. Agricultural commodity means a farm product. Geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher means the people described in the 2002 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act. Payments can be made only if the farmer shows the transport was over more than 30 miles and only if money is available. The payment amount equals the farmer’s transportation costs for the year multiplied by the percentage of the cost‑of‑living allowance used for Federal employees in Alaska and Hawaii for that year, or a similar percentage for insular areas as the Secretary decides. Total payments cannot exceed $15,000,000 in any fiscal year. Congress may appropriate such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year.

Title 7, §8792

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(a)In this section:

(1)The term “agricultural commodity” has the meaning given the term in section 5602 of this title.

(2)The term “geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher” has the meaning given the term in section 10906(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2204 note; Public Law 107–171).

(b)Subject to the availability of funds under subsection (d), the Secretary may provide geographically disadvantaged farmers or ranchers direct reimbursement payments for activities described in subsection (c).

(c)(1)Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary may provide direct reimbursement payments to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher to transport an agricultural commodity, or inputs used to produce an agricultural commodity, during a fiscal year.

(2)To be eligible to receive assistance under paragraph (1), a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher shall demonstrate to the Secretary that transportation of the agricultural commodity or inputs occurred over a distance of more than 30 miles, as determined by the Secretary.

(3)(A)Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of direct reimbursement payments made to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher under this section for a fiscal year shall equal the product obtained by multiplying—

(i)the amount of costs incurred by the geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher for transportation of the agricultural commodity or inputs during the fiscal year; and

(ii)(I)the percentage of the allowance for that fiscal year under section 5941 of title 5 for Federal employees stationed in Alaska and Hawaii; or

(II)in the case of an insular area (as defined in section 3103 of this title), a comparable percentage of the allowance for the fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary.

(B)The total amount of direct reimbursement payments provided by the Secretary under this section shall not exceed $15,000,000 for a fiscal year.

(d)There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Amendments

2014—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 113–79 substituted “fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year” for “each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Enactment 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 a note under section 8701 of this title.

§8792 Geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers