Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 1.djvu/967

 PUBLIC LAW 100-387—AUG. 11, 1988

102 STAT. 929

"(A) with respect to such assistance provided for any livestock emergency determined to exist prior to January 1, 1989, 75 percent of the current basic county loan rate for such feed grain in effect under this Act (or at a comparable price if there is no such current basic county loan rate), or "(B) with respect to such assistance provided for any other livestock emergency, 50 percent of the average market price in the county or area involved, as determined by the Secretary. "(3) Reimbursement of any transportation and handling ex- Transportation. penses incurred, not to exceed 50 percent of such expenses, by a producer in connection with feed grain donations or sales under paragraphs (1) and (2). "(4) Reimbursement of not to exceed 50 percent of the cost of feed purchased by a producer for the producer's livestock during the duration of the livestock emergency. "(5) Hay and forage transportation assistance to producers of Transportation. not to exceed 50 percent of the cost of transporting hay or forage purchased from a point of origin beyond a producer's normal trade area to the livestock, subject to the following limitations: "(A) The transportation assistance may not exceed $50 per ton of eligible hay or forage ($12.50 for silage). "(B) The quantity of eligible hay and forage for each producer may not exceed the lesser of— "(i) 20 pounds per day per eligible animal unit; or "(ii) the quantity of additional feed needed by the producer for the duration of the livestock emergency. "(6) Livestock transportation assistsuice to producers of not to Transportation. exceed 50 percent of the cost of transporting livestock to and from available grazing locations, except that such assistance may not exceed the lesser of— "(A) $24 per head of a producer's eligible livestock; or "(B) the local cost of the quantity of additional feed needed by the producer for the eligible livestock for duration of the livestock emergency. "(b) If assistance is made available through the furnishing of feed grain under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), the Secretary may provide for the furnishing of the feed grain through a dealer or manufacturer and the replacing of the feed grain so furnished from feed grain owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation. "(c) In providing assistance under paragraph (2) or (4) of subsection (a), the Secretary may make in-kind pa3anents or reimbursements through the issuance of negotiable certificates that the Commodity Credit (Dorporation shall exchange for a commodity in accordance with rules prescribed by the Secretary. "(d) No payment or benefit provided under this section shall be payable or due until such time as a completed application therefor has been approved. "(e) A person eligible to receive a payment or benefit under this section with respect to a livestock emergency determined to exist prior to January 1, 1989, shall make application for such payment or benefit not later than March 31, 1989, or such later date that the Secretary, by r^ulation, may prescribe.

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