[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR50.3]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 50_ANIMALS DESTROYED BECAUSE OF TUBERCULOSIS--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart A_General Indemnity
 
Sec. 50.3  Payment to owners for animals destroyed.

    (a) The Administrator is authorized to agree on the part of the 
Department to pay indemnity to owners of the following animals:

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    (1) Cattle, bison, or captive cervids destroyed because the animals 
are infected with or exposed to tuberculosis;
    (2) Cattle, bison, or captive cervids that have been classified as 
suspect for tuberculosis, except that the payment of indemnity for the 
destruction of suspect cattle, bison, and captive cervids will be 
withheld until the tuberculosis status of the suspect animal has been 
determined and, if the cattle, bison, or captive cervid is found to be 
infected with tuberculosis, until all cattle, bison, and captive cervids 
12 months of age or older in the claimant's herd have been tested for 
tuberculosis under APHIS or State supervision; and
    (3) Other livestock destroyed because they are classified as exposed 
to tuberculosis by the designated tuberculosis epidemiologist by reason 
of an association with an affected herd of cattle, bison, or captive 
cervids.
    (b) In each case, the joint State-Federal indemnity paid, together 
with the amount for net salvage the owner receives, may not exceed the 
appraised value of the animal, as determined in accordance with Sec. 
50.9. Additionally, the Department will in no case pay more than $3,000 
for an animal that is destroyed.

[67 FR 7591, Feb. 20, 2002]