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103 STAT. 2108 PUBLIC LAW 101-239—DEC. 19, 1989 7 USC 1433d. Disaster assistance. graph (2)) under which the acreage planted to feed grains for harvest on a farm would be limited to the feed grain crop acreage base for the farm for the crop reduced by not less than 12 y2 percent nor more than 20 percent; "(II) less than 2,000,000,000 bushels but more than 1,800,000,000 bushels, the Secretary shall provide for an acreage limitation program (as described in paragraph (2)) under which the acreage planted to feed grains for harvest on a farm would be limited to the feed grain crop acreage base for the farm for the crop reduced by not less than 10 percent nor more than 12 y2 percent; or "(III) 1,800,000,000 bushels or less, the Secretary may provide ^- for an acreage limitation program (as described in paragraph (2)) under which the acreage planted to feed grains for harvest on a farm would be limited to the feed grain crop acreage base for the farm for the crop reduced by not more than 10 percent.". SEC. 1003. REDUCTION OF DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS FOR 1990 CROPS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Effective only for the 1990 crops, title IV of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "SEC. 425. REDUCTION OF DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS FOR 1990 CROPS. "(a) IN GENERAL. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount of deficiency payments made available to producers of the 1990 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice under sections 107D(c), 105(Xc), 103A(c), and lOlA(c), respectively, shall be reduced by— "(1) in the case of wheat, 2.33 cents per bushel; "(2) in the case of corn, 2.33 cents per bushel (and a com- parable amount for other feed grains, as determined by the Secretary); "(3) in the case of upland cotton,.515 cents per pound; and "(4) in the case of rice, 5.15 cents per hundredweight. "(b) APPLICATION TO AnvANCif DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS.—To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall apply the reduction required under subsection (a) to any advance deficiency payment made avail- able to producers of the 1990 crops under section 107C.". (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. — (1) Effective only for the 1990 crpps of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice, section 107(XaX2XG) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1445b-2(a)(2)(G)) is amended— (A) by inserting after "subsection" the following: "(taking into consideration any reduction in the payment made under section 425)"; and (B) by striking "finalUy" and inserting "finally". (2) Effective only for the 1986 through 1990 crops of feed grains, section 105acXlXDXi) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1444e(c)(l)(D)(i)) is amended by striking "subsection (a)(4)" and inserting "subsection (a)(3)". SEC. 1004. REPAYMENT OF ADVANCE DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS. (a) DELAY IN REFUND.— Paragraph (4) of section 201(b) of the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note) (as amended by section 602 of the Disaster Assistance Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-82; 103 Stat. 587)) is amended to read as follows: