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title: "16 U.S.C. § 2202b"
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title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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chapter_name: "EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 2202b - Payment limitation

## Text

The maximum payment made under the emergency conservation program to an agricultural producer under sections 2201 and 2202 of this title shall not exceed $500,000.

(Pub. L. 95–334, title IV, § 402B, as added Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2403(c), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4572.)