16 USC 2202: Payments to agricultural producers for carrying out water conservation or water enhancing measures; criteria

16 USC 2202: Payments to agricultural producers for carrying out water conservation or water enhancing measures; criteria Text contains those laws in effect on January 15, 2013

From Title 16-CONSERVATIONCHAPTER 42-EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM

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§2202. Payments to agricultural producers for carrying out water conservation or water enhancing measures; criteria

The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make payments to agricultural producers who carry out emergency water conservation or water enhancing measures (including measures carried out to assist confined livestock) during periods of severe drought as determined by the Secretary.

( Pub. L. 95–334, title IV, §402, Aug. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 434 ; Pub. L. 101–82, title V, §502, Aug. 14, 1989, 103 Stat. 586 .)

Amendments

1989-Pub. L. 101–82, §502(1), inserted "(including measures carried out to assist confined livestock)".

Pub. L. 101–82, §502(2), temporarily substituted "any fiscal year in which there is a period of severe drought" for "periods of severe drought". See Effective and Termination Dates of 1989 Amendment note below.

Effective and Termination Dates of 1989 Amendment

Pub. L. 101–82, title V, §502(2), Aug. 14, 1989, 103 Stat. 586 , provided in part that amendment by section 502(2) of Pub. L. 101–82 is effective only for fiscal year 1989.