The Food Security Act of 1985, referred to in subsec. (c)(3)(A)(ii), is Pub. L. 99–198, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1354. Subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII is classified generally to subpart B (§ 3831 et seq.) of part I of subchapter IV of chapter 58 of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1985 Amendment note set out under section 1281 of this title and Tables.

2025—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 119–21, § 10401(a)(1), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2) which related to rates for indemnity payments to an eligible producer.

Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 119–21, § 10401(a)(2), added par. (5).

Subsec. (c)(3)(D)(ii)(I). Pub. L. 119–21, § 10401(b), substituted “county for not less than—” and item (aa) for “county for at least”, “(bb) 7 of the previous 8 consecutive” for “8 consecutive”, and “2 monthly payments” for “1 monthly payment” .

Subsec. (d)(5). Pub. L. 119–21, § 10401(c)(1), added par. (5).

Subsec. (e)(2)(B). Pub. L. 119–21, § 10401(d)(1), substituted “normal mortality” for “15 percent (adjusted for normal mortality)”.

Subsec. (e)(3)(A)(i). Pub. L. 119–21, § 10401(d)(2)(A), substituted “normal mortality” for “15 percent mortality (adjusted for normal mortality)”.

Subsec. (e)(3)(B). Pub. L. 119–21, § 10401(d)(2)(B), substituted “65” for “50” and “normal tree damage or mortality” for “15 percent damage or mortality (adjusted for normal tree damage and mortality)”.

2018—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 115–334, § 12306(h)(1)(B), added par. (1). Former par. (1) redesignated (2).

Subsec. (a)(1)(B)(iii) to (v). Pub. L. 115–334, § 1501(a), added cl. (iii) and redesignated former cls. (iii) and (iv) as (iv) and (v), respectively.

Subsec. (a)(2) to (5). Pub. L. 115–334, § 12306(h)(1)(A), redesignated pars. (1) to (4) as (2) to (5), respectively.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–123, § 20101(a)(1), inserted “sold livestock for a reduced sale price, or both” after “normal mortality,” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 115–334, § 1501(b)(1)(B), substituted “cold, on the condition that in the case of the death loss of unweaned livestock due to that adverse weather, the Secretary may disregard any management practice, vaccination protocol, or lack of vaccination by the eligible producer on a farm; or” for “cold.”

Subsec. (b)(1)(C). Pub. L. 115–334, § 1501(b)(1)(A), (C), added subpar. (C).

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 115–123, § 20101(a)(2), substituted “affected livestock, as determined by the Secretary, on, as applicable—” for “applicable livestock on the day before the date of death of the livestock, as determined by the Secretary.” and added subpars. (A) and (B).

Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 115–334, § 1501(b)(2), inserted heading.

Pub. L. 115–123, § 20101(a)(3), added par. (4).

Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 115–123, § 20101(b), struck out “not more than $20,000,000 of” before “the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation”.

Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 115–334, § 1501(c)(1), inserted “, including inspections of cattle tick fever” before period at end.

Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 115–334, § 12306(h)(2), added par. (4).

Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 115–334, § 1501(d)(1), substituted “paragraphs (4) and (5)” for “paragraph (4)” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (e)(4)(B), (C). Pub. L. 115–123, § 20101(c), (d)(1), substituted “1,000 acres” for “500 acres” in subpar. (C), redesignated subpar. (C) as (B), and struck out former subpar. (B). Prior to amendment, text of subpar. (B) read as follows: “The total amount of payments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or legal entity (excluding a joint venture or general partnership) under this subsection may not exceed $125,000 for any crop year, or an equivalent value in tree seedlings.”

Subsec. (e)(5). Pub. L. 115–334, § 1501(d)(2), added par. (5).

Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 115–334, § 1501(e), substituted “subsection (c)” for “this section (excluding payments received under subsections (b) and (e))”.

Pub. L. 115–123, § 20101(d)(2), substituted “subsections (b) and (e)” for “subsection (e)”.

Pub. L. 115–334, title I, § 1501(c)(2), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4522, provided that: “The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall apply to inspections of cattle tick fever conducted on or after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 20, 2018].”

Pub. L. 115–123, div. B, title I, § 20101(e), Feb. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 69, provided that: “Section 1501 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081), as amended by this section, shall apply with respect to losses described in such section 1501 incurred on or after January 1, 2017.”

Pub. L. 119–21, title I, § 10401(c)(2), July 4, 2025, 139 Stat. 103, provided that: “In determining honeybee colony losses eligible for assistance under section 1501(d) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(d)), the Secretary shall utilize a normal mortality rate of 15 percent.”