Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 103 Part 1.djvu/608

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103 STAT. 580 PUBLIC LAW 101-82—AUG. 14, 1989 (1) if a majority of the person's annual income is received from farming, ranching, and forestry operations, the gross reve- nue from the person's farming, ranching, and forestry oper- ations; and (2) if less than a majority of the person's annual income is received from farming, ranching, and forestry operations, the person's gross revenue from all sources. SEC. 152. TIMING AND MANNER OF ASSISTANCE. (a) TIMING OF ASSISTANCE. — (1) IN GENERAL. — (A) ASSISTANCE MADE AVAILABLE AS SOON AS PRAC- TICABLE. —Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary of Agriculture shall make full disaster assistance available under this title as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act. (B) COMPLETED APPLICATION.— Subject to subparagraph (C), no payment or benefit provided under this title shall be payable or due until such time as a completed application for a crop of a commodity therefor has been approved. (C) APPLICATIONS PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1989.—I f an application for a disaster payment under this title is re- ceived by the Secretary prior to September 30, 1989, by producers who have harvested their 1989 crop, the Sec- retary shall make full or advance disaster payments to such producers within 15 days after the application is received or by September 15, 1989, whichever is later. (D) ADVANCE PAYMENTS.— If advance payments are made to producers under subparagraph (C), such payments shall not be less than 80 percent of the payments that will be made available to such producers under this title. (2) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION. — To be eligible to receive pay- ments under subtitle A, a person shall make application for such payments not later than March 31, 1990, or such later date that the Secretary, by regulation, may prescribe. 0?) MANNER. — The Secretary may make payments available under subtitle A in the form of cash, commodities, or commodity certifi- cates, as determined by the Secretary. SEC. 153. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION. (a) USE.— The Secretary of Agriculture shall use the funds, facili- ties, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation in carry- ing out this title. (b) EXISTING AUTHORITY.— The authority provided by this title shall be in addition to, and not in place of, any authority granted to the Secretary or the Commodity Credit Corporation under any other provision of law. SEC. 154. LIMITATION ON OUTLAYS. (a) MAXIMUM AMOUNT. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the acreage planted in the United States to the 1989 crop of corn is greater than 73,250,000 acres, the total amount expended for deficiency payments for the 1989 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice under the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) shall not exceed $6,700,000,000. Ob) PRORATION.—The Secretary shall make any reduction required under subsection (a) on a pro rata basis.