Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 1.djvu/248

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116 STAT. 222 PUBLIC LAW 107-171—MAY 13, 2002 7 USC 7997. SEC. 1614. TRACKING OF BENEFITS. As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish procedures to track the benefits provided, directly or indirectly, to individuals and entities under titles I and II and the amendments made by those titles. 7 USC 7998. SEC. 1615. ESTIMATES OF NET FARM INCOME. In each issuance of projections of net farm income, the Secretary shall include (as determined by the Secretary)— (1) an estimate of the net farm income earned by commercial producers in the United States; and (2) an estimate of the net farm income attributable to commercial producers of each of the following: (A) Livestock. (B) Loan commodities. (C) Agricultural commodities other than loan commodities. 7 USC 7999. SEC. 1616. AVAILABILITY OF INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN PRO- DUCERS. (a) INCENTIVE PAYMENTS REQUIRED. — Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall make available a total of $20,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation during the 2003 through 2005 crop years to provide incentive payments to producers of hard white wheat. (b) CONDITIONS ON IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall implement subsection (a)— (1) only with regard to production that meets minimum quality criteria; and (2) on not more than 2,000,000 acres or the equivalent volume of production. (c) DEMAND FOR WHEAT. — To be eligible to obtain an incentive payment under subsection (a), a producer shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that buyers and end-users are available for the wheat to be covered by the incentive payment. 7 USC 8000. SEC. 1617. RENEWED AVAILABILITY OF MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS THAT FAILED TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE UNDER EARLIER AUTHORITIES. (a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.— The Secretary of Agriculture may use such funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation as are necessary to provide market loss assistance and other emergency assistance under a provision of law specified in subsection (c) to persons that, as determined by the Secretary)— (1) were eligible to receive the assistance under the provision of law; but (2) did not receive the assistance before October 1, 2001. (b) LIMITATION.— The amount of assistance provided under a provision of law specified in subsection (c) and this section to a person shall not exceed the amount of assistance the person would have been eligible to receive under the provision had the claim of the producer under the provision been timely resolved. (c) COVERED MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE AUTHORITIES.—The following provisions of law are covered by this section: (1) Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Public Law 107-25 (115 Stat. 201).