[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1400.1]

[Page 323-324]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1400_PAYMENT LIMITATION AND PAYMENT ELIGIBILITY--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  1400.1  Applicability.


    (a) Together with any additional coverage as may apply with respect 
to Subpart G of this part or other subpart of this part as provided in 
such subpart, this part is applicable to the following programs 
(together with any other programs which adopt this part by reference):
    (1) The program governed by part 1413 of this chapter;
    (2) All programs governed by parts 1421 and 1427 of this chapter 
under which a producer realizes a gain from repaying a marketing 
assistance loan at a lower rate than the commodity's original loan rate, 
and any program that authorizes a loan deficiency payment for a 
commodity;
    (3) The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) as governed by part 1410 
of this chapter.
    (b) This part does not apply to:
    (1) CRP rental payments if they are made to a State, including a 
political subdivision or agency thereof, under a special conservation 
reserve enhancement program the Secretary approves.

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    (2) CRP rental payments made to an individual heir who succeeded to 
a contract on inherited land, if the land was subject to the CRP 
contract at the time it was inherited.
    (c) This part applies to the programs specified in paragraph (a)(1) 
and (2) of this section on a crop year basis, and those in paragraph 
(a)(3) of this section based on each fiscal year.
    (d) This part is used to determine whether individuals and entities 
are to be treated as one person or as separate persons regarding the 
application of statutory provisions that limit the amount of payments a 
specific person may receive.
    (e) Where more than one provision of this part may apply, the 
provision most restrictive on the program participant shall apply.
    (f) Payments made to the following are not subject to payment 
limitations under this part:
    (1) Public schools for land a public school district owns; and
    (2) A State for land a State owns that is used to maintain a public 
school.
    (g) Unless otherwise noted, the following amounts are the payment 
limitations per person per applicable period for each payment or 
benefit:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Limitation
                                                             per person,
                                                              per crop,
                     Payment or benefit                        program
                                                               year or
                                                             fiscal year
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Direct Payments for covered commodities.................      $40,000
2. Direct Payment for peanuts..............................       40,000
3. Counter-Cyclical Payments for covered commodities.......       65,000
4. Counter-Cyclical Payment for peanuts....................       65,000
5. Loan Deficiency Payments and Marketing Loan Gains for          75,000
 loan commodities..........................................
6. Total Loan Deficiency Payments and Marketing Loan Gains        75,000
 for peanuts, wool, mohair and honey.......................
7. Conservation Reserve Program............................       50,000
8. Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)            100,000
 payments..................................................
9. Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) payments  \1\ 450,000
10. Agricultural Management Assistance Program.............       50,000
11. Conservation Security Program (CSP):
  Tier 1...................................................   \2\ 20,000
  Tier 2...................................................   \2\ 35,000
  Tier 3...................................................   \2\ 45,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ This statutory limit is applied on a ``direct attribution'' method
  with respect to the individual or entity.
\2\ This limitation is attributed to an individual or entity covered by
  a Conservation Security Program contract.

    (h) As provided in Subpart G of this part, additional requirements 
are applicable to certain of the payments specified in paragraph (g) of 
this section.

[67 FR 61469, Oct. 1, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 33346, June 4, 2003]