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

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 § 402 · 92 Stat. 420

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 2202

   Pub. L. 95–334, title IV, § 402, Aug. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 434

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 95–334, title IV, § 402, Aug. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 434

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 402. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make payments 16 USC 2202. to agricultural producers who carry out emergency water conservation or water enhancing measures during periods of severe drought as determined by the Secretary.

2. 1989

   Disaster Assistance Act of 1989

   Pub. L. 101–82 § 502(1) · 103 Stat. 564

   Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 2202

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

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 101–82, § 502(1), inserted “(including measures carried out to assist confined livestock)”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) by inserting after “measures” the following: “(including measures carried out to assist confined livestock)”; and

   Effective date note
   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.

3. 1989

   Disaster Assistance Act of 1989

   Pub. L. 101–82 § 502(2) · 103 Stat. 564

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 2202

   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

   Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   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.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) effective only for fiscal year 1989, by striking “periods” and inserting “any fiscal year in which there is a period”.

   Effective date note
   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.

4. 2018

   Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

   Pub. L. 115–334 title II § 2403(a)(2)(A) · 132 Stat. 4490

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 2202

   Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “The Secretary is” for “The Secretary of Agriculture is”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “The Secretary is” for “The Secretary of Agriculture is”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (A) Sections 402, 403, 404, and 405 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205) are amended by striking “Secretary of Agriculture” each place it appears and inserting “Secretary”.

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