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7 U.S.C. § 1472

Assistance for livestock producers

United States · Title 7 — AGRICULTURE · Status: effective

Agriculture & Food
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7 U.S.C. § 1472, Assistance for livestock producers, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/429536
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In this section, the term “livestock” includes elk, reindeer, bison, horses, and deer. In such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts, the Secretary of Agriculture may provide assistance to dairy and other livestock producers to cover economic losses incurred by such producers in connection with the production of livestock. The assistance provided to livestock producers may be in the following forms: The Secretary may not use the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance under this section. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

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The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.