7 U.S.C. § 1471e: Additional assistance

Summary

If the Secretary finds that a livestock emergency needs more help than the basic aid already given, the Secretary must start one or more extra help programs described here. The extra help can include: giving feed owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation for stranded or unclaimed animals and paying to move that feed for the time the Secretary sets; paying up to 50% of costs to put in pipelines or other water facilities (if cheapest), dig or deepen wells or ponds, or develop springs in drought areas (not for wildlife, recreational animals, dry lot feeding, barns/corrals, or buying pumps); paying up to 50% to burn prickly pear cactus so animals can eat it; and making CCC commodities available to small producers through a catalog with lot sizes they can get by certificate exchange. The Secretary may set aside at least $25,000,000 for water projects for emergencies in 1988 and 1989.

Title 7, §1471e

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(a)Determination by Secretary

In addition to the assistance provided under section 1471d of this title, if the Secretary determines that the livestock emergency also requires the implementation of one or more of the assistance programs described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall implement such programs.

(b)Programs authorized

Special assistance under this section includes—

(1)the donation of feed owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation for use in feeding livestock stranded and unidentified as to its owner, including the cost of transporting feed to the affected area, during such period as the Secretary, by regulation, may prescribe;

(2)reimbursement of not to exceed 50 percent of the cost of—

(A)installing pipelines (if that is the least expensive method) or other facilities, including tanks or troughs, for livestock water;

(B)construction or deepening of wells or ponds for livestock water; or

(C)developing springs or seeps for livestock water,

as appropriate in drought areas to facilitate more efficient and better-distributed grazing on land normally used for grazing. Such cost-share assistance may not be made available to provide water for wildlife or recreational livestock, dry lot feeding, or barns or corrals, or to acquire pumping equipment;

(3)reimbursement of not to exceed 50 percent of the cost of burning prickly pear cactus to make it suitable for animal feed; and

(4)making commodities owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation available to livestock producers through the use of a catalog that specifies lots of a size that are economically feasible for a small producer to obtain by means of certificate exchanges.

(c)Water development projects for 1988 and 1989 emergencies

The Secretary may make available at least $25,000,000 to provide special assistance under subsection (b)(2) for livestock emergencies in 1988 and 1989.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1989—Subsec. (b)(2)(B). Pub. L. 101–82, § 142, inserted “or ponds”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–82, § 203, added subsec. (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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 2014 through 2018 crops of covered 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 covered 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 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.

§1471e Additional Assistance