§ 8751. Definitions

Footnotes

1. 1 See References in Text note below.

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. 2008

   Pub. L. 110–234 title I § 1301 · 122 Stat. 923

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 8751

   Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1301, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 966

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1301, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 966

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 1301. DEFINITIONS.   In this subtitle: (1) Base acres for peanuts.— (A) In general.— The term “base acres for peanuts” means the number of acres assigned to a farm pursuant to section 1302 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7952), as in effect on September 30, 2007, subject to any adjustment under section 1302 of this Act. (B) Covered commodities.— The term “base acres”, with respect to a covered commodity, has the meaning given the term in section 1101. (2) Counter-cyclical payment.— The term “counter-cyclical payment” means a payment made to producers on a farm under section 1304. (3) Direct payment.— The term “direct payment” means a direct payment made to producers on a farm under section 1303. (4) Effective price.— The term “effective price” means the price calculated by the Secretary under section 1304 for peanuts to determine whether counter-cyclical payments are required to be made under that section for a crop year. (5) Payment acres.— The term “payment acres” means, in the case of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments— (A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), 85 percent of the base acres of peanuts on a farm on which direct payments or counter-cyclical payments are made; and (B) in the case of direct payments for each of the 2009 through 2011 crop years, 83.3 percent of the base acres for peanuts on a farm on which direct payments are made. (6) Payment yield.— The term “payment yield” means the yield established for direct payments and the yield established for counter-cyclical payments under section 1302 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7952), as in effect on September 30, 2007, for a farm for peanuts. (7) Producer.— (A) In general.— The term “producer” means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper that shares in the risk of producing a crop on a farm and is entitled to share in the crop available for marketing from the farm, or would have shared had the crop been produced. (B) Hybrid seed.— In determining whether a grower of hybrid seed is a producer, the Secretary shall— (i) not take into consideration the existence of a hybrid seed contract; and (ii) ensure that program requirements do not adversely affect the ability of the grower to receive a payment under this subtitle. (8) State.— The term “State” means— (A) a State; (B) the District of Columbia; (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and (D) any other territory or possession of the United States. (9) Target price.— The term “target price” means the price per ton of peanuts used to determine the payment rate for counter-cyclical payments. (10) United states.— The term “United States”, when used in a geographical sense, means all of the States.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision