Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§1471h Ineligibility
Title 7 › CHAPTER 35A — PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES › SUBCHAPTER V — EMERGENCY LIVESTOCK FEED ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1988 › § 1471h
Summary
Anyone with qualifying gross revenue over $2,500,000 per year, as the Secretary decides, cannot get livestock emergency benefits. Qualifying gross revenue means farm or ranch revenue if most income comes from farming; if not, it means total revenue from all sources.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §1471h
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(a)Any person that has qualifying gross revenues in excess of $2,500,000 annually, as determined by the Secretary, shall not be eligible to receive any livestock emergency benefits under this subchapter.
(b)For purposes of this section, the term “qualifying gross revenue” means—
(1)if a majority of the person’s annual income is received from farming and ranching operations, the gross revenue from the person’s farming and ranching operations; and
(2)if less than a majority of the person’s annual income is received from farming and ranching operations, the person’s gross revenue from all sources.
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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.
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7 U.S.C. § 1471h
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102