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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Agricultural Act of 1949 · Sec. 609

Sec. 609. BENEFITS LIMITATION

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## Sec. 609 BENEFITS LIMITATION **[**[7 U.S.C. 1471g](/us/usc/t7/s1471g)**]** ###
(a)The total amount of benefits that a person shall be entitled to receive annually under one or more of the programs established under this title may not exceed $50,000. ###
(b)The Secretary shall issue regulations— ####
(1)defining the term “**person**”, which shall conform, to the extent practicable, to the regulations defining the term “**person**” issued under section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 **[**[7 U.S.C. 1308](/us/usc/t7/s1308)**]** (before the amendment made by section 1703(a) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008), or successor statute; ####
(2)prescribing such rules as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure a fair and reasonable application of the limitation established under this section; and ####
(3)providing that the term “**person**” shall include, in the case of any cooperative association of producers, each member of the association with respect to benefits due to such member of the association. ###
(c)No person may receive benefits under this title attributable to lost production of a feed commodity due to a natural disaster in 1988 to the extent that such person receives a disaster payment under the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 **[**P.L. 100–387**]** on such lost production. ###
(d)Each person otherwise eligible for a livestock emergency benefit under this title in 1988 shall be subject to the combined payment and benefits limitation established under section 211(c) of the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 **[**([7 U.S.C. 1421 note](/us/usc/t7/s1421)).**]**
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