§ 2201. Emergency conservation program

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1978

   Agricultural Credit Act of 1978

   Pub. L. 95–334 title IV § 401 · 92 Stat. 420

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 2201

   Pub. L. 95–334, title IV, § 401, Aug. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 433

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 95–334, title IV, § 401, Aug. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 433

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 401. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make payments 16 USC 2201. to agricultural producers who carry out emergency measures to control wind erosion on farmlands or to rehabilitate farmlands damaged by wind erosion, floods, hurricanes, or other natural disasters when, as a result of the foregoing, new conservation problems have been created that (1) if not treated, will impair or endanger the land, (2) materially affect the productive capacity of the land, (3) represent damage that is unusual in character and, except for wind erosion, is not the type that would recur frequently in the same area, and (4) will be so costly to rehabilitate that Federal assistance is or will be required to return the land to productive agricultural use.

2. 2018

   Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

   Pub. L. 115–334 title II § 2403(a)(1) · 132 Stat. 4490

   1. Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 2201

      Pub. L. 115–334 inserted section catchline

   2. Amended · 16 U.S.C. § 2201

      Pub. L. 115–334 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   3. Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 2201

      Pub. L. 115–334 inserted heading

   4. Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 2201

      Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this chapter as the ‘Secretary’)” for “The Secretary of Agriculture”

   5. Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 2201

      Pub. L. 115–334 inserted “wildfires,” after “hurricanes,”

   6. Added · 16 U.S.C. § 2201

      Pub. L. 115–334 added subsec. (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 115–334 inserted section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, substituted “The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this chapter as the ‘Secretary’)” for “The Secretary of Agriculture”, inserted “wildfires,” after “hurricanes,”, and added subsec. (b).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) In general.— Section 401 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201) is amended— (A) by inserting “wildfires,” after “hurricanes,”; (B) by striking the section designation and all that follows through “The Secretary of Agriculture” and inserting the following: “SEC. 401. EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM. “(a) In General.— The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this title as the ‘Secretary’)” ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: “(b) Repair or Replacement of Fencing.— “(1) In general.— With respect to a payment to an agricultural producer under subsection (a) for the repair or replacement of fencing, the Secretary shall give the agricultural producer the option of receiving not more than 25 percent of the payment, determined by the Secretary based on the applicable percentage of the fair market value of the cost of the repair or replacement, before the agricultural producer carries out the repair or replacement. “(2) Return of funds.— If the funds provided under paragraph (1) are not expended by the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date on which the agricultural producer receives those funds, the funds shall be returned within a reasonable timeframe, as determined by the Secretary.” .

3. 2026

   Pub. L. 119–102 § 2(1)(A) · 140 Stat. 985

   Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 2201(b)

   Pub. L. 119–102, § 2(1)(A), inserted “and other emergency conservation measures” after “fencing” in heading

   Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–102 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 119–102, § 2(1)(A), inserted “and other emergency conservation measures” after “fencing” in heading.

4. 2026

   Pub. L. 119–102 § 2(1)(B) · 140 Stat. 985

   1. Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 2201(b)(1)

      Pub. L. 119–102, § 2(1)(B), inserted “or for other emergency measures to replace or restore farmland or conservation structures requiring an immediate response (as determined by the Secretary),” after “replacement of fencing,”

   2. Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 2201(b)(1)

      Pub. L. 119–102, § 2(1)(B), substituted “option of receiving, before the agricultural producer carries out the repair, replacement, or restoration—” and subpars. (A) and (B) for “option of receiving not more than 25 percent of the payment, determined by the Secretary based on the applicable percentage of the fair market value of the cost of the repair or replacement, before the agricultural producer carries out the repair or replacement.”

   Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–102 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 119–102, § 2(1)(B), inserted “or for other emergency measures to replace or restore farmland or conservation structures requiring an immediate response (as determined by the Secretary),” after “replacement of fencing,” and substituted “option of receiving, before the agricultural producer carries out the repair, replacement, or restoration—” and subpars. (A) and (B) for “option of receiving not more than 25 percent of the payment, determined by the Secretary based on the applicable percentage of the fair market value of the cost of the repair or replacement, before the agricultural producer carries out the repair or replacement.”

5. 2026

   Pub. L. 119–102 § 2(1)(C) · 140 Stat. 985

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 2201(b)(2)

   Pub. L. 119–102, § 2(1)(C), substituted “180-day” for “60-day”

   Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–102 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 119–102, § 2(1)(C), substituted “180-day” for “60-day”.

6. 2026

   Pub. L. 119–102 § 2(2) · 140 Stat. 985

   Added · 16 U.S.C. § 2201(c)

   Pub. L. 119–102, § 2(2), added subsec. (c)

   Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–102 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 119–102, § 2(2), added subsec. (c).

7 of 12 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 5 unresolved