Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 1.djvu/968

 102 STAT. 930

PUBLIC LAW 100-387—AUG. 11, 1988 ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE

7 USC I47le.

Transportation.

Water.

"SEC. 607, (a) In addition to the assistance provided under section 606, if the Secretary determines that the livestock emergency also requires the implementation of one or more of the assistance programs described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall implement such programs. "(b) Special assistance under this section includes— "(1) the donation of feed owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation for use in feeding livestock stranded and unidentified as to its owner, including the cost of transporting feed to the affected area, during such period as the Secretary, by regulation, may prescribe; "(2) reimbursement of not to exceed 50 percent of the cost of— "(A) installing pipelines (if that is the least expensive method) or other facilities, including tanks or troughs, for livestock water; "(B) construction or deepening of wells for livestock water; or "(C) developing springs or seeps for livestock water, as appropriate in drought areas to facilitate more efficient and better-distributed grazing on land normally used for grazing. Such cost-share assistance may not be made available to provide water for wildlife or recreational livestock, dry lot feeding, or bams or corrals, or to acquire pumping equipment; "(3) reimbursement of not to exceed 50 percent of the cost of burning prickly pear cactus to make it suitable for animal feed; and "(4) making commodities owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation available to livestock producers through the use of a catalog that specifies lots of a size that are economically feasible for a small producer to obtain by means of certificate exchanges. "USE OF THE COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION

7 USC I47if.

"SEC. 608. The Secretary shall carry out this title through the use of the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation. "BENEFITS LIMITATION

7 USC I47lg. Regulations.

"SEC. 609. (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, or successor statute; "(2) prescribing such rules as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure a fair and resisonable application of the limitation established under this section; and "(3) providing that the term 'person' sheill 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.

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