7 USC § 8203 - Assistance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s8203"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 8203 - Assistance"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "8203"
section_name: "Assistance"
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, § 10203, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 491.)"
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# § 8203. Assistance

Subject to section 8204 of this title, the assistance provided by the Secretary to eligible orchardists for losses described in section 8202 of this title shall consist of—

**(1)** reimbursement of 75 percent of the cost of replanting trees lost due to a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, in excess of 15 percent mortality (adjusted for normal mortality); or

**(2)** at the option of the Secretary, sufficient seedlings to reestablish a stand.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10203, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 491.)