16 USC § 2202 - Payments to agricultural producers for carrying out water conservation or water enhancing measures; criteria

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s2202"
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title: "16 USC § 2202 - Payments to agricultural producers for carrying out water conservation or water enhancing measures; criteria"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "2202"
section_name: "Payments to agricultural producers for carrying out water conservation or water enhancing measures; criteria"
chapter_number: 42
chapter_name: "EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–334, title IV, § 402, Aug. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 434; Pub. L. 101–82, title V, § 502, Aug. 14, 1989, 103 Stat. 586; Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2403(a)(2)(A), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4571.)"
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# § 2202. Payments to agricultural producers for carrying out water conservation or water enhancing measures; criteria

The Secretary is authorized to make payments to agricultural producers who carry out emergency water conservation or water enhancing measures (including measures carried out to assist confined livestock) during periods of severe drought as determined by the Secretary.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–334, title IV, § 402, Aug. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 434; Pub. L. 101–82, title V, § 502, Aug. 14, 1989, 103 Stat. 586; Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2403(a)(2)(A), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4571.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— substituted “The Secretary is” for “The Secretary of Agriculture is”.

1989—, inserted “(including measures carried out to assist confined livestock)”.

, temporarily substituted “any fiscal year in which there is a period of severe drought” for “periods of severe drought”. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1989 Amendment note below.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective and Termination Dates of 1989 Amendment

, , , provided in part that amendment by  is effective only for fiscal year 1989.

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as a note under .