7 USC § 7917 - Relation to remaining payment authority under production flexibility contracts

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title: "7 USC § 7917 - Relation to remaining payment authority under production flexibility contracts"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "7917"
section_name: "Relation to remaining payment authority under production flexibility contracts"
chapter_number: 106
chapter_name: "COMMODITY PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "DIRECT PAYMENTS AND COUNTER-CYCLICAL PAYMENTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1107, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 154.)"
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# § 7917. Relation to remaining payment authority under production flexibility contracts

**(a)** **Termination of superseded payment authority** section 7213(a)(7) of this titleMay 13, 2002section 7211 of this title

Notwithstanding  or any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not make payments for fiscal year 2002 after , under a production flexibility contract entered into under  unless requested by the producer that is a party to the contract.

**(b)** **Contract payments made before enactment** section 7913 of this title

If a producer receives all or any portion of the payment authorized for fiscal year 2002 under a production flexibility contract, the Secretary shall reduce the amount of the direct payment otherwise due the producer for the 2002 crop year under  by the amount of the fiscal year 2002 payment received by the producer under the production flexibility contract.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1107, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 154.)