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19 U.S.C. 2497: Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance

Created in 2008 by Public Law 93-618. Changed by 4 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

1 other section of the Code cite this one, including 19 U.S.C. 2497a.

2 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture (1), Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of Agriculture (1).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2014

    • Pub. L. 113–79 struck out cl. (i) designation and heading, redesignated subcls. (I) and (II) as cls. (i) and (ii), respectively, and struck out former cl. (ii). Text read as follows: "An eligible livestock producer may not receive assistance under this subsection for grazing loss… (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (d)

    2009

    • Pub. L. 111–5 added par. (7). (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 111–80, §745(b)(1), inserted "(including multiyear assistance)" after "assistance" in introductory provisions. Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 111–80, §745(b)(2), inserted "or multiyear production losses" after "a production loss". Law text · (g)

    2008

    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(1)(F), added par. (2). Former par. (2) redesignated (3). Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(1)(E), redesignated par. (2) as (3). Former par. (3) redesignated (4). Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(1)(A), inserted "has" after "on a farm that". Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(1)(E), redesignated par. (3) as (4). Former par. (4) redesignated (5). Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(1)(B), substituted "under—" for "section 7912 of title 7, section 1102 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, or a successor section." and added cls. (i) to (iii). Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(1)(E), redesignated par. (4) as (5). Former par. (5) redesignated (7). Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(1)(C), substituted "the actual production on the farm is less than 50 percent of the normal production on the farm." for ", the total loss of production of the farm relating to weather is greater than 50 percent of the normal production of the farm, as … Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(1)(G), added par. (6). Former par. (6) redesignated (8). Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(1)(E), redesignated par. (5) as (7). Former par. (7) redesignated (9). Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(1)(D)(i), inserted "for sale or on-farm livestock feeding (including native grassland intended for haying)" after "harvest". Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(1)(D)(ii), inserted "for sale" after "crop". Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(1)(E), redesignated pars. (6) to (12) as (8) to (14), respectively. Former pars. (13) and (14) redesignated (16) and (17), respectively. Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(1)(H), added par. (15). Former par. (15) redesignated (18). Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(1)(E), redesignated pars. (13) to (18) as (16) to (21), respectively. Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(2)(A), substituted "Payments" for "In general" as par. heading, inserted subpar. (A) designation and heading, and added subpar. (B). Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(2)(B), added subpar. (C). Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(2)(C)(i), inserted "50 percent of" before "the higher of" in introductory provisions. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(2)(C)(ii), struck out "guarantee" after "yield". Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(2)(D)(i)(I), added subcl. (I) and struck out former subcl. (I) which read as follows: "the actual crop acreage harvested by an eligible producer on a farm;". Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(2)(D)(i), redesignated subcl. (III) as (II) and struck out former subcl. (II) which read as follows: "the estimated actual yield of the crop production; and". Law text · (b), (III)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(2)(D)(ii), (iii), added cl. (iii). Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(2)(E)(i), struck out "the sum obtained by adding" after "equal" in introductory provisions. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(2)(E)(ii)(I), substituted "for each insurable commodity, the product" for "the product" in introductory provisions. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(2)(E)(ii)(II), substituted "greater" for "greatest". Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(2)(E)(ii)(III), substituted "of the price election for the commodity used to calculate an indemnity for an applicable policy of insurance if an indemnity is triggered; and" for "of the insurance price guarantee; and". Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(2)(E)(iii)(I), substituted "for each noninsurable crop, the product" for "the product" in introductory provisions. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(2)(E)(iii)(II)–(IV), added cl. (ii) and redesignated former cl. (ii) as (iii). Law text · (b), (iii)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(2)(F), added par. (6). Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(3), substituted "subsection" for "section". Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(4), substituted "the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary from the Trust Fund to provide" for "the Secretary shall provide" in introductory provisions. Law text · (f)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(6)(A)(i), substituted "(other than subsections (c) and (d))" for "(other than subsection (c))" in introductory provisions. Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(6)(A)(ii), inserted ", excluding grazing land" after "producers on the farm". Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(6)(B), substituted "planted or" for "grazed, planted, or". Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(6)(C), (D), substituted "Waivers for certain crop years" for "Waiver for 2008 crop year" in par. heading, designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted subpar. heading, and added subpar. (B). Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(5), added par. (6). Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 110–398, §2(b)(7), added par. (5). Law text · (h)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.