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[CITE: 7USC1471b]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
         CHAPTER 35A--PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
 
      SUBCHAPTER V--EMERGENCY LIVESTOCK FEED ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1988
 
Sec. 1471b. Determination of need for assistance


(a) Determination and request by Governor or county committee

    (1) Whenever the Governor of a State determines that a livestock 
emergency due to a natural disaster exists in the State, or a county 
committee established under section 590h(b) of title 16 determines that 
such an emergency exists in the county, the Governor or county committee 
may submit a request for a determination by the Secretary of a livestock 
emergency in such State or county and for emergency livestock feed 
assistance under this subchapter.
    (2) The request of a Governor or county committee for a livestock 
emergency determination and for emergency livestock feed assistance 
shall include, to the extent feasible, recommendations to the Secretary 
of those options that will most fully use feed available through local 
sources.

(b) Consideration for assistance without request

    The Secretary may consider a State, county, or area in a State for a 
livestock emergency determination and emergency livestock feed 
assistance under this subchapter whether or not a request for assistance 
is submitted, as described in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Prompt action by Secretary

    The Secretary shall act on requests for determinations under 
subsection (a) of this section and make final determinations on whether 
a livestock emergency exists in any State, county, or area, under 
regulations that ensure thorough and prompt action (not later than 30 
days after receipt of any such request) and provide for appropriate 
notification procedures.

(d) Eligibility under prior programs; availability of other programs

    Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, any State, 
county, or area determined eligible, due to drought or related 
conditions in 1988, for the emergency feed program or emergency feed 
assistance program conducted prior to the effective date of this 
subchapter shall continue to be eligible for such programs and may be 
eligible for other programs under this subchapter for such drought or 
related condition. As soon as practicable after the effective date of 
this subchapter, the Secretary shall determine whether any of the 
programs described in section 1471d of this title, other than the 
emergency feed program under section 1471d(a)(4) of this title and the 
emergency feed assistance program under section 1471d(a)(2) of this 
title, or in section 1471e of this title should be made available in 
such State, county, or area. If the Secretary makes such determination, 
the Secretary shall make such programs immediately available to 
livestock producers in the State, county, or area.

(Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title VI, Sec. 604, as added Pub. L. 100-387, 
title I, Sec. 101(a), Aug. 11, 1988, 102 Stat. 927.)

                       References in Text

    The effective date of this subchapter, referred to in subsec. (d), 
is 15 days after Aug. 11, 1988, the effective date of section 101(a) of 
Pub. L. 100-387. See section 101(c) of Pub. L. 100-387, set out as a 
note under section 1427 of this title.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective 15 days after Aug. 11, 1988, with subsec. (d) of 
this section applicable only with respect to any livestock emergency in 
1988, see section 101(c) of Pub. L. 100-387, set out as an Effective and 
Termination Dates of 1988 Amendment note under section 1427 of this 
title.


                       Inapplicability of Section

    Section inapplicable to 1996 through 2002 crops of loan commodities, 
peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning Apr. 
4, 1996, and ending Dec. 31, 2002, see section 7301(b)(1)(L) of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1471c, 1471i of this title.
