7 USC § 8204 - Limitations on assistance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s8204"
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title: "7 USC § 8204 - Limitations on assistance"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "8204"
section_name: "Limitations on assistance"
chapter_number: 108
chapter_name: "TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10204, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 491; Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1603(g)(4), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1011; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title I, § 1603(g)(4), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1740; Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1609(b)(1), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 709.)"
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# § 8204. Limitations on assistance

**(a)** **Amount** The total amount of payments that a person shall be entitled to receive under this chapter may not exceed $75,000, or an equivalent value in tree seedlings.

**(b)** **Acres** The total quantity of acres planted to trees or tree seedlings for which a person shall be entitled to receive payments under this chapter may not exceed 500 acres.

**(c)** **Regulations** The Secretary shall promulgate regulations—

**1** defining the term “person” for the purposes of this chapter, which shall conform, to the maximum extent practicable, to the regulations defining the term “person” promulgated under section 1308 of this title (before the amendment made by section 1603(a) [^1] of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008); and

See References in Text note below.

**(2)** promulgating such regulations as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure a fair and reasonable application of the limitation established under this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10204, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 491; Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1603(g)(4), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1011; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title I, § 1603(g)(4), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1740; Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1609(b)(1), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 709.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

(before the amendment made by section 1603(a) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008), referred to in subsec. (c)(1), means  before the amendment by , which amended the definition of “covered commodity” in section 1308(a)(1).  amended section 1308 by, among other things, adding subsec. (a)(4) which defined “person” and striking out subsec. (e) which related to issuance of regulations defining “person”. The amendments by  to section 1308 were effective .

### Codification

and  made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by  were repealed by .

### Amendments

2014—Subsec. (c)(1).  amended language inserted by . See 2008 Amendment note below.

2008—Subsec. (c)(1). , as amended by , inserted “(before the amendment made by section 1603(a) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008)” after “”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2014 Amendment

Amendment by  effective as if included in , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 2008 Amendment

Amendment of this section and repeal of  by  effective , the date of enactment of , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .