Title 21 › Chapter 13— DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter I— CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT › Part E— Administrative and Enforcement Provisions › § 889
It bars anyone who is convicted under federal or state law of planting, growing, producing, harvesting, or storing a controlled substance during any crop year from getting federal farm help for that crop year and the four succeeding crop years. The types of help covered include price supports and payments under the Agricultural Act of 1949, Commodity Credit Corporation programs, farm storage facility loans, crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act, disaster payments, loans under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and Commodity Credit Corporation storage payments for commodities produced in that period and acquired by the CCC. Definitions: Controlled substance — same meaning as in section 802(6) of this title. Secretary — the Secretary of Agriculture. State — the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. The Secretary must issue rules to carry out this law within 180 days after December 23, 1985, including rules that define “person,” set who is ineligible, and protect tenants and sharecroppers.
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21 U.S.C. § 889
Title 21 — Food and Drugs
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Apr 5, 2026
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