7 USC § 8202 - Eligibility

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s8202"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 8202 - Eligibility"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "8202"
section_name: "Eligibility"
chapter_number: 108
chapter_name: "TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10202, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 490.)"
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# § 8202. Eligibility

**(a)** **Loss** section 8203 of this title

Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall provide assistance under  to eligible orchardists that planted trees for commercial purposes but lost the trees as a result of a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary.

**(b)** **Limitation** An eligible orchardist shall qualify for assistance under subsection (a) only if the tree mortality of the eligible orchardist, as a result of damaging weather or related condition, exceeds 15 percent (adjusted for normal mortality).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10202, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 490.)