Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110
§7917 Relation to Remaining Payment Authority Under Production Flexibility Contracts
Title 7 › CHAPTER 106 — COMMODITY PROGRAMS › SUBCHAPTER I — DIRECT PAYMENTS AND COUNTER-CYCLICAL PAYMENTS › § 7917
Summary
The Secretary must stop making fiscal year 2002 payments under production flexibility contracts after May 13, 2002, unless the producer asks to get the payment. If a producer already got any part of the fiscal year 2002 payment under such a contract, the Secretary must subtract that amount from the direct payment the producer would get for the 2002 crop year.
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Title 7, §7917
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(a)Termination of superseded payment authority
Notwithstanding section 7213(a)(7) of this title or any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not make payments for fiscal year 2002 after May 13, 2002, under a production flexibility contract entered into under section 7211 of this title unless requested by the producer that is a party to the contract.
(b)Contract payments made before enactment
If a producer receives all or any portion of the payment authorized for fiscal year 2002 under a production flexibility contract, the Secretary shall reduce the amount of the direct payment otherwise due the producer for the 2002 crop year under section 7913 of this title by the amount of the fiscal year 2002 payment received by the producer under the production flexibility contract.
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7 U.S.C. § 7917
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110