7 USC § 8001 - Producer retention of erroneously paid loan deficiency payments and marketing loan gains

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title: "7 USC § 8001 - Producer retention of erroneously paid loan deficiency payments and marketing loan gains"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "8001"
section_name: "Producer retention of erroneously paid loan deficiency payments and marketing loan gains"
chapter_number: 106
chapter_name: "COMMODITY PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1618, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 223.)"
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# § 8001. Producer retention of erroneously paid loan deficiency payments and marketing loan gains

7 U.S.C. 7231May 13, 2002

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall not require producers in Erie County, Pennsylvania, to repay loan deficiency payments and marketing loan gains erroneously paid or determined to have been earned by the Commodity Credit Corporation for certain 1998 and 1999 crops under subtitle C of title I of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 ( et seq.). In the case of a producer who has already made the repayment on or before , the Commodity Credit Corporation shall reimburse the producer for the full amount of the repayment.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1618, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 223.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, referred to in text, is , , . Subtitle C of title I of the Act is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 7231 et seq.) of chapter 100 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.