[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: 7CFR1400.100]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1400_PAYMENT LIMITATION AND PAYMENT ELIGIBILITY--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B_Person Determinations
 
Sec.  1400.100  Timing for determining status of persons.


    (a) Except as otherwise set forth in this part, for the 1996 program 
or fiscal year, the status of an individual or entity on July 12, 1996, 
shall be the basis on which determinations are made in accordance with 
this part. Except as otherwise set forth in this part, for 1997 and 
subsequent years, the status of an individual or entity on April 1 of 
the applicable program or fiscal year, shall be the basis on which 
determinations are made in accordance with this part.
    (b) Actions taken by an individual or entity after the applicable 
status date set forth in paragraph (a) of this section, but on or before 
the final harvest date of the last contract commodity in the area, as 
determined by the Deputy Administrator, shall not be used to determine 
whether there has been an increase in the number of persons for the 
applicable program or fiscal year. Actions taken by a person after the 
status date set forth in paragraph (a) of this section, but on or before 
the harvest of the last contract commodity in the area, shall be used to 
determine whether there has been a decrease in the number of persons for 
the applicable program or fiscal year.