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[USC03] 16 USC 590h: Payments and grants of aid
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16 USC 590h: Payments and grants of aid Text contains those laws in effect on May 19, 2019
From Title 16-CONSERVATIONCHAPTER 3B-SOIL CONSERVATION
Except as provided in subclause (II), a committee established under clause (i) shall consist of not fewer than 3 nor more than 5 members that-
A committee established by combining or consolidating 2 or more county or area committees shall consist of not fewer than 3 nor more than 11 members that-
Not later than 20 days after the date on which an election is held, a county, area, or local committee shall file an election report with the Secretary and the State office of the Farm Service Agency that includes-
The Secretary may not terminate a county or area committee or combine or consolidate two or more county or area committees unless-
(4) Repealed. Apr. 10, 1939, ch. 48, 53 Stat. 573 .
(Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85, §8, as added Feb. 29, 1936, ch. 104, §1, 49 Stat. 1149 ; amended June 28, 1937, ch. 395, §1, 50 Stat. 329 ; Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title I, §§101, 102, 103, 52 Stat. 31 , 34, 35; Apr. 7, 1938, ch. 107, §§16–18, 52 Stat. 204 , 205; Apr. 10, 1939, ch. 48, 53 Stat. 573 ; May 14, 1940, ch. 200, 54 Stat. 216 ; July 2, 1940, ch. 521, §2, 54 Stat. 727 ; June 21, 1941, ch. 217, 55 Stat. 257 ; Dec. 26, 1941, ch. 626, §1, 55 Stat. 860 ; Feb. 6, 1942, ch. 44, §4, 56 Stat. 53 ; Sept. 29, 1942, ch. 568, 56 Stat. 761 ; Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title III, §301, 58 Stat. 737 ; July 25, 1946, ch. 642, 60 Stat. 663 ; July 3, 1948, ch. 827, title I, §4, 62 Stat. 1250 ; Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 997, 64 Stat. 978 ; May 26, 1952, ch. 335, 66 Stat. 95 ; Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title V, §501, 68 Stat. 907 ; Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 624, 69 Stat. 545 ; Apr. 6, 1956, ch. 186, 70 Stat. 105 ; July 24, 1956, ch. 668, 70 Stat. 597 ; Pub. L. 85–553, July 25, 1958, 72 Stat. 414 ; Pub. L. 86–70, §13(a), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 143 ; Pub. L. 86–624, §8(a), July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 412 ; Pub. L. 87–703, title I, §101(2), (3), Sept. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 605 , 606; Pub. L. 88–534, §1, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 743 ; Pub. L. 89–742, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1167 ; Pub. L. 92–419, title VI, §§605, 606(2)–(5), Aug. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 676 , 677; Pub. L. 95–113, title XV, §1501(a), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1019 ; Pub. L. 96–294, title II, §259, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 709 ; Pub. L. 99–198, title XVII, §§1711(a), 1712, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1635 , 1636; Pub. L. 99–253, §3, Feb. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 36 ; Pub. L. 99–500, §101(a) [title VI, §645], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783 , 1783-36, and Pub. L. 99–591, §101(a) [title VI, §645], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341 , 3341-36; Pub. L. 99–641, title II, §204, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3563 ; Pub. L. 101–624, title XI, §1146, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3516 ; Pub. L. 102–237, title II, §202, Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1848 ; Pub. L. 103–354, title II, §227(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3216 ; Pub. L. 104–127, title III, §336(a)(1)(A), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1004 ; Pub. L. 107–171, title X, §10708(b), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 522 ; Pub. L. 110–234, title I, §1615, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1021 ; Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title I, §1615, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664 , 1749; Pub. L. 115–334, title II, §2301(d)(2)(D), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4554 .)
The Food Security Act of 1985, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is Pub. L. 99–198, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1354 . Subchapter A of chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Act is classified generally to subpart A (§3839aa et seq.) of part IV of subchapter IV of chapter 58 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1985 Amendment note set out under section 1281 of Title 7, Agriculture, and Tables.
The Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(5)(D), is title III of Pub. L. 87–128, Aug. 8, 1961, 75 Stat. 307 , as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 50 (§1921 et seq.) of Title 7. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1921 of Title 7 and Tables.
2018-Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–334 inserted "subchapter A of" before "chapter 4".
2008-Subsec. (b)(5)(B)(ii). Pub. L. 110–246, §1615, designated existing provisions as subcl. (I), inserted heading, substituted "Except as provided in subclause (II), a committee established" for "A committee established" in introductory provisions, redesignated former subcls. (I) and (II) as items (aa) and (bb), respectively, and added subcls. (II) to (IV).
2002-Subsec. (b)(5)(B). Pub. L. 107–171 added subpar. (B) and struck out former subpar. (B) which read as follows:
"(B) Establishment of county, area, or local committees.-(i) In each county or area in which activities are carried out under this section, the Secretary shall establish a county or area committee.
1996-Subsec. (b)(1) to (4). Pub. L. 104–127, §336(a)(1)(A)(i)(I), added par. (1) and struck out former pars. (1) to (4), which related to authorization to provide and eligibility for financial assistance in par. (1), description of purposes of assistance in par. (2), amount of assistance in par. (3), and factors to be considered in formulating national program in par. (4).
1994-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–354 designated first through eighth undesignated pars. as pars. (1) to (8), respectively, added par. (5), and struck out former par. (5) which related to State and local committees.
1991-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–237, in fourteenth sentence of fifth par., inserted before period ", except that, in the case of a person elected to be a national officer or State president of the National Association of Farmer Elected Committeemen, the limitation shall be four consecutive terms".
1990-Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 101–624 amended subsec. (g) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (g) read as follows: "A payment which may be made to a farmer under this section, may be assigned, without discount, by him in writing as security for cash or advances to finance making a crop, handling or marketing an agricultural commodity, or performing a conservation practice. Such assignment shall be signed by the farmer and witnessed by a member of the county committee or by an employee of such committee, except that where the assignee is a bank whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Farmers Home Administration, or a production credit association supervised by the Farm Credit Administration, such assignment may be witnessed by a bonded officer of the lending institution. Such assignment shall be filed with the county committee. Such assignment shall not be made to pay or secure any preexisting indebtedness. This provision shall not authorize any suit against or impose any liability upon the Secretary or any disbursing agent if payment to the farmer is made without regard to the existence of any such assignment. The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as he determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection."
1986-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–500, Pub. L. 99–591, Pub. L. 99–641, made substantially identical amendments to fifth par. of subsec. (b), inserting provisions which related to one local administrative area in any county for which there had been established less than three local administrative areas as of Dec. 23, 1985, and striking out ": Provided, That the foregoing requirement of this sentence shall not apply to any county that, on December 23, 1985, had less than three local administrative areas" after "committee for that area".
1985-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–198, §1712, in first sentence of fifth par., substituted "In carrying out the provisions of this section in the States of the Union, except Alaska, and as otherwise directed by law with respect to other programs and functions, the Secretary is directed to utilize the services of local and State committees selected as hereinafter provided; and the Secretary may use the services of such committees in carrying out other programs and functions of the Department of Agriculture" for "In carrying out the provisions of this section in the States of the Union, except Alaska, the Secretary is directed to utilize the services of local and State committees selected as hereinafter provided".
1980-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–294 added applicability to energy conservation as an area of conservation subject to financial assistance, and provisions setting forth authority for financial assistance to agricultural producers for encouraging energy conservation through cost sharing and technical assistance for shelter belts, etc.
1977-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–113, §1501(a)(1), (2), specified that financial assistance be provided to agricultural producers for carrying out enduring conservation and environmental enhancement measures, that eligibility for financial assistance be determined by the existence of conservation or environmental problems that reduce the productive capacity of the land and water or that cause environmental degradation, that financial assistance be a portion of the cost of the installation of conservation and environmental enhancement measures, that the Secretary of Agriculture be given discretion to set the level of payment based on a number of considerations relating to the level and distribution of benefits and costs accruing from the conservation problem and the applied remedy including the level of expected benefits to society, the total cost of the conservation practice, the degree to which the farmer benefits from other conservation programs, and the degree to which conservation would be applied in the absence of financial assistance, and that the Secretary be required to consider national and local needs and priorities in developing a national cost-share assistance program.
1972-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92–419, §§605, 606(2), (3), added par. respecting long-term rural environmental protection contracts; included in first sentence reference to cl. (6) of section 590g of this title and in item (2) provided as a measure for amount of payments and grants the treatment or use of the land for the prevention or abatement of agriculture-related pollution; and included in the second paragraph provisions respecting making available pollution prevention or abatement aids and orders covering pollution prevention or abatement aids and carrying out by the producers or pollution prevention or abatement practices, respectfully.
1966-Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 89–742 permitted assignments for handling or marketing an agricultural commodity, or performing a conservation practice, broadened the qualifications as to who may witness the signature of a farmer assigning such payments, and directed the Secretary to promulgate such regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
1964-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 88–534 provided that members of local committees and not delegates from local areas shall nominate and elect a county committee of three farmers in the county, substituted three year staggered terms of office for county committeemen in place of one year terms, limited committeemen to a maximum of three consecutive terms, and eliminated provisions for the annual election of delegates to a county convention for the election of a county committee.
1962-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87–703, §101(2), repealed subsec. (a) which related to duration of authority of Secretary of Agriculture in the operation of a Federal program on a temporary basis.
1960-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86–624 substituted "in the States of the Union, except Alaska" for "in the continental United States, except in Alaska".
1959-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86–70 inserted ", except in Alaska" after "continental United States".
1958-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85–553 substituted "January 1, 1963" and "December 31, 1962" for "January 1, 1959" and "December 31, 1958", respectively, whenever appearing.
1956-Subsec. (a). Act July 24, 1956, substituted "January 1, 1959" and "December 31, 1958" for "January 1, 1957" and "December 31, 1956", respectively, wherever appearing.
1955-Subsec. (e). Act Aug. 9, 1955, authorized payments to persons carrying out conservation practices on federally owned noncropland.
1954-Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 28, 1954, §501(a), (b), substituted "January 1, 1957" and "December 31, 1956" for "January 1, 1955" and "December 31, 1954" wherever appearing, and inserted last two sentences.
1952-Subsec. (a). Act May 26, 1952, substituted "January 1, 1955" for "January 1, 1953" wherever appearing and "December 31, 1954" for "December 31, 1952".
1950-Subsec. (a). Act Sept. 23, 1950, substituted "January 1, 1953" for "January 1, 1951" wherever appearing and "December 31, 1952" for "December 31, 1950".
1948-Subsec. (a). Act July 3, 1948, substituted "January 1, 1951" for "January 1, 1949" wherever appearing and "December 31, 1950" for "December 31, 1948".
1946-Subsec. (a). Act July 25, 1946, substituted "January 1, 1949" for "January 1, 1947" wherever appearing and "December 31, 1948" for "December 31, 1946".
1944-Subsec. (b). Act Sept. 21, 1944, inserted par. beginning "Appropriations are hereby".
1942-Subsec. (c)(2). Act Feb. 6, 1942, inserted last two sentences.
1941-Subsec. (a). Act Dec. 26, 1941, substituted "January 1, 1947" for "January 1, 1942" wherever appearing and "December 31, 1946" for "December 31, 1941".
1940-Subsec. (c)(5). Act July 2, 1940, inserted last sentence.
1939-Subsec. (c)(4). Act Apr. 10, 1939, repealed par. (4) which provided "Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, if, for any reason other than flood or drought, the acreage of wheat, cotton, corn, or rice planted on the farm is less than 80 per centum of the farm acreage allotment for such commodity for the purpose of payment, such farm acreage allotment shall be 25 per centum in excess of such planted acreage".
1938-Subsecs. (b) and (c) amended generally by act Feb. 16, 1938.
1937-Subsec. (a). Act June 28, 1937, substituted "January 1, 1942" for "January 1, 1938" wherever appearing, and "December 31, 1941" for "December 31, 1937".
Pub. L. 99–198, title XVII, §1711(b)(1), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1636 , provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall become effective on January 1, 1986, except that the amendments made by clauses (2) and (3) of subsection (a) [amending this section] shall not apply with respect to the term of office of any member of a local committee elected before January 1, 1986."
Pub. L. 88–534, §3, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 743 , provided that: "Section 1 of this Act [amending this section] shall become effective for elections of committeemen held on or after January 1, 1965."
Act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title I, §105, 52 Stat. 36 , as amended by section 1 of act Apr. 7, 1938, provided that the amendments by that act, amending this section, "shall first be effective with respect to farming operations carried out in the calendar year 1938. Notwithstanding such amendments, payments with respect to farming operations carried out in the calendar year 1938 and based upon any soil-depleting crop for which special acreage allotments are established shall be made at not less than 90 per centum of the rates announced by the Secretary prior to the enactment of this act. Nothing contained herein shall require reconstituting, for 1938, any county or other local committee which has been constituted prior to February 1, 1938."
Pub. L. 106–78, title VII, §740, Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1166 , provided that: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, permanent employees of county committees employed on or after October 1, 1998, pursuant to [section] 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall be considered as having Federal Civil Service status only for the purpose of applying for United States Department of Agriculture Civil Service vacancies."
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation act: Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, §101(a) [title VII, §765], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681 , 2681-37.
Pub. L. 99–198, title XVII, §1711(b)(2), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1636 , provided that: "If the number of local administrative areas and local committees in a county increases as a result of a change in the number of local administrative areas in the county under section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act [subsec. (b) of this section] (as amended by subsection (a)(1)), any member of a local committee in such county elected before January 1, 1986, shall serve the unexpired portion of any term commenced before the date of such increase as a member of the local committee for the administrative area in which such member resides."
Pub. L. 97–218, title IV, §401, July 20, 1982, 96 Stat. 216 , provided that: "Congress finds that agricultural stabilization and conservation county and community committees have served, and should continue to serve, a vital function in implementing, at the local level, farm commodity, soil conservation, and related programs; and that, by assisting the United States Department of Agriculture to conduct such programs effectively, such committees provide substantial benefits to agriculture and the Nation. Congress further finds that the agricultural stabilization and conservation county and community committee system has developed, over the years, into a highly efficient mechanism for implementing such programs at the local level. Therefore, it is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should ensure that the structure and operations of the agricultural stabilization and conservation county and community committees, as heretofore developed to enable such committees to meet the responsibilities assigned them under section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act [subsection (b) of this section], and related statutes and regulations, be preserved and strengthened."
Pub. L. 90–206, title II, §210, Dec. 16, 1967, 81 Stat. 633 , provided that: "The rates of pay of persons employed by the county committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall be increased by amounts equal, as nearly as may be practicable, to the increases provided by section 202(a) of this title [see section 5332(a) of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees] for corresponding rates of basic pay."
Pub. L. 89–504, title I, §107, July 18, 1966, 80 Stat. 293 , provided that: "The rates of compensation of persons employed by the county committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall be increased by amounts equal, as nearly as may be practicable, to the increases provided by section 102(a) of this title [amending section 1113(b) of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees] for corresponding rates of compensation."
Pub. L. 89–301, §10, Oct. 29, 1965, 79 Stat. 1120 , provided that: "The rates of compensation of persons employed by the county committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall be increased by amounts equal, as nearly as may be practicable, to the increases provided by section 2(a) of this Act [amending section 1113(b) of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees] for corresponding rates of compensation."
Pub. L. 88–426, title I, §122, Aug. 14, 1964, 78 Stat. 412 , provided that: "The rates of compensation of persons employed by the county committees establish pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall be increased by amounts equal, as nearly as may be practicable to the increases provided by section 102 of this Act [amending section 1113(b) of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees] for corresponding rates of compensation in the appropriate schedule or scale of pay."
Pub. L. 87–793, §1002, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 865 , provided that: "The rates of compensation of persons employed by the county committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall be increased by amounts equal, as nearly as may be practicable, to the increases provided by title II of this part [amending section 1113(b) of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees] for corresponding rates of compensation in the appropriate schedule or scale of pay."
Pub. L. 86–568, title I, §115(a), July 1, 1960, 74 Stat. 302 , provided that: "The rates of compensation of persons employed by the county committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall be increased by amounts equal, as nearly as may be practicable, to the increases provided by this title [amending section 1113(b) of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees] for corresponding rates of compensation in the appropriate schedule or scale of pay."
Pub. L. 85–278, Sept. 2, 1957, 71 Stat. 601 , provided: "That, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of section 8 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act [subsec. (b) of this section], two county committees shall be elected annually under such subsection for the counties of Otter Tail, Polk, and Saint Louis, in the State of Minnesota, and for the county of Pottawattamie, in the State of Iowa, and that the actions heretofore or hereafter taken by each of such committees shall be given the same effect in the area served by it as is given to the actions of the county committee in a county served by a single county committee."