Editorial Notes
Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “The Secretary is” for “The Secretary of Agriculture is”.

1989—Pub. L. 101–82, § 502(1), inserted “(including measures carried out to assist confined livestock)”.

Pub. L. 101–82, § 502(2), temporarily substituted “any fiscal year in which there is a period of severe drought” for “periods of severe drought”. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1989 Amendment note below.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective and Termination Dates of 1989 Amendment

Pub. L. 101–82, title V, § 502(2), Aug. 14, 1989, 103 Stat. 586, provided in part that amendment by section 502(2) of Pub. L. 101–82 is effective only for fiscal year 1989.

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 406 of Pub. L. 95–334, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.