[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7, Parts 700 to 899]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR784.3]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 784--LAMB MEAT ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 784.3  Definitions.

    The definitions set forth in this section shall be applicable for 
all purposes of administering the Lamb Meat Adjustment Assistance 
Program established by this part.
    Agricultural Marketing Service or AMS means the Agricultural 
Marketing Service of the Department.
    Application means the Lamb Meat Adjustment Assistance Program 
Application, Forms FSA-382 and FSA-383.
    Department means the United States Department of Agriculture.
    Eligible lambs means feeder lambs and slaughter lambs.
    Farm Service Agency or FSA means the Farm Service Agency of the 
Department.
    Feeder lamb means a ewe or wether of less than 1 year of age that 
when sold is intended to be further fed a grain concentrate diet to 
reach an acceptable slaughter market weight.
    Muscling confirmation score of ``Average Choice'' means a muscling 
confirmation score of that designation assigned in accordance with 
official USDA standards and procedures.
    Person means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, 
corporation, estate, trust, association, cooperative, or other business 
enterprise or other legal entity who is, or whose members are, a citizen 
or citizens of, or legal resident alien or aliens in the United States.
    Secretary means the Secretary of the United States Department of 
Agriculture or any other officer or employee of the Department who has 
been delegated the authority to act in the Secretary's stead with 
respect to the program established in this part.
    Sheep and lamb operation means any self-contained, separate 
enterprise operated as an independent unit exclusively within the United 
States in which a person or group of persons raise sheep and/or lambs.
    Sheep improvement program means the ``National Sheep Improvement 
Program'' operated by the American Sheep Industry Association or other 
similar program for herd improvement approved by the FSA with respect to 
payments under this part.
    Slaughter lamb means a lamb that is sold for immediate slaughter.
    United States means the 50 States of the United States of America, 
the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    USDA Choice, USDA Prime, USDA Yield Grade 2 means, respectively, the 
classifications so designated under the Official United States Standards 
for Grades of Lamb, Yearling, Mutton, and Mutton Carcasses promulgated 
by the Secretary of Agriculture under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
1946, as amended (60 Stat. 1087; 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and related 
authorities.

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    Year 1 means the period of time beginning July 22, 1999, and ending 
September 30, 2000.
    Year 2 means the period of time beginning August 1, 2000, and ending 
July 31, 2001.
    Year 3 means the period of time beginning August 1, 2001, and ending 
July 31, 2002.