Sec. 203. LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE
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## SEC. 203 LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE ###
(a)Livestock Compensation Program ####
(1)Use of commodity credit corporation funds Effective beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the 2002 Livestock Compensation Program announced by the Secretary on October 10, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 63070). ####
(2)Eligible applicants Subject to subsection (c), in carrying out the Program, the Secretary shall— #####
(A)provide assistance to any applicant that— ######
(i)conducts a livestock operation that is physically located in a disaster county; and ######
(ii)meets all other eligibility requirements established by the Secretary for the Program; and #####
(B)provide assistance to any applicant that— ######
(i)produces an animal described in section 10806(a)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (21 U.S.C. 321d(a)(1)); and ######
(ii)meets all other eligibility requirements established by the Secretary for the Program. ####
(3)Grants #####
(A)In general To provide assistance to eligible applicants under paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary shall provide grants to appropriate State departments of agriculture (or other appropriate State agencies) that agree to provide assistance to eligible applicants. #####
(B)Amount The total amount of grants provided under subparagraph
(A)shall be equal to the total amount of assistance that the Secretary determines all eligible applicants are eligible to receive under paragraph (2)(B). ###
(b)Livestock Assistance Program ####
(1)Assistance available Subject to paragraph
(2)and subsection (c), the Secretary shall use $250,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to establish a program under which payments are made to livestock producers for losses in a disaster county. To carry out the program, the Secretary shall use the criteria established to carry out the 1999 Livestock Assistance Program, except that, in lieu of the gross revenue criteria used for the 1999 Livestock Assistance Program, the Secretary shall use the adjusted gross income limitation contained in section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a). ####
(2)Choice of payments If the livestock operation of the producers is located in a county that was declared to be a disaster county for both calendar year 2001 and calendar year 2002, the producers shall elect to receive payments under this subsection for losses in either calendar year 2001 or calendar year 2002, but not both. If the livestock operation is located in a county that was declared to be a disaster county in just one of those calendar years, the producers may still elect to receive payments under this subsection for losses in either calendar year, but not both. ###
(c)Relationship of Livestock Assistance Programs ####
(1)Reduction in payments The amount of assistance that the producers would otherwise receive for a loss under a livestock assistance program described in paragraph
(2)shall be reduced by the amount of the assistance that the producers receive under any other livestock assistance program described in such paragraph. ####
(2)Covered livestock assistance programs Paragraph
(1)applies to the following livestock assistance programs: #####
(A)The 2002 Cattle Feed Program announced by the Secretary on September 3, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 56260). #####
(B)The 2002 Livestock Compensation Program, as announced by the Secretary on October 10, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 63070), and modified in accordance with subsection (a). #####
(C)The livestock assistance program established under subsection (b). #####
(D)Any other livestock assistance program, as determined by the Secretary. ###
(d)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)Disaster county The term “**disaster county**” means a county included in the geographic area covered by a qualifying natural disaster declaration for calendar year 2001 or calendar year 2002 for which the request for such declaration was submitted during the period beginning on January 1, 2001, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act. However, the term does not include a contiguous county. ####
(2)Livestock The term “**livestock**” includes elk, reindeer, bison, horses, and deer. ####
(3)Qualifying natural disaster declaration The term “**qualifying natural disaster declaration**” means— #####
(A)a natural disaster declared by the Secretary under section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)); or #####
(B)a major disaster or emergency designated by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
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- 67 FR 63070
- 7 USC 1308–3a
- 67 FR 56260
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Sec. 203
LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE
Fed. Reg.67 FR 63070
Cite7 USC 1308–3a
Fed. Reg.67 FR 56260
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