Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60
§8788 Durum Wheat Quality Program
Title 7 › Chapter 113— AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS › Subchapter V— ADMINISTRATION › § 8788
Summary
The Secretary must pay durum wheat producers up to 50% of the actual fungicide costs to fight Fusarium head blight on acres certified as planted to durum in that crop year, if funds exist. If funds run out, payments will be prorated. Congress authorized $10,000,000 for each fiscal year 2009–2012.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §8788
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(a)Subject to the availability of funds under subsection (c), the Secretary shall provide compensation to producers of durum wheat in an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the actual cost of fungicides applied to a crop of durum wheat of the producers to control Fusarium head blight (wheat scab) on acres certified to have been planted to Durum wheat in a crop year.
(b)If the total amount of funds appropriated for a fiscal year under subsection (c) are insufficient to fulfill all eligible requests for compensation under this section, the Secretary shall prorate the compensation payments in a manner determined by the Secretary to be equitable.
(c)There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012.
Legislative History
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 L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub.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.
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.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 8788
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60