16 USC § 2202a - Cost-share requirement

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s2202a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 2202a - Cost-share requirement"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "2202a"
section_name: "Cost-share requirement"
chapter_number: 42
chapter_name: "EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–334, title IV, § 402A, as added Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2403(b), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4571.)"
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# § 2202a. Cost-share requirement

**(a)** **Cost-share rate** Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the maximum cost-share payment under sections 2201 and 2202 of this title shall not exceed 75 percent of the total allowable cost, as determined by the Secretary.

**(b)** **Exception** section 2279 of title 7

Notwithstanding subsection (a), a payment to a limited resource farmer or rancher, a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher (as defined in subsection (a) of ), or a beginning farmer or rancher under section 2201 or 2202 of this title shall not exceed 90 percent of the total allowable cost, as determined by the Secretary.

**(c)** **Limitation** The total payment under sections 2201 and 2202 of this title for a single event may not exceed 50 percent of the agriculture value of the land, as determined by the Secretary.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–334, title IV, § 402A, as added Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2403(b), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4571.)