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 102 STAT. 944 7 USC 1421 note.

PUBLIC LAW 100-387—AUG. 11, 1988 Subtitlc C—Administrative Provisions

SEC. 231. INELIGIBILITY.

(a) GENERAL RULE.—A person that has qualifying gross revenues in excess of $2,000,000 annually, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, shall not be eligible to receive any disaster payment or other benefits under this title. (b) QuAUFYiNG GROSS REVENUES.—For purposes of this section, the term "qualifying gross revenues" means— (1) if a majority of the person's annual income is received from farming, ranching, and forestry operations, the gross revenue from the person's farming, ranching, and forestry operations; 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. 232. TIMING AND MANNER OF ASSISTANCE.

(a) TIMING OF ASSISTANCE.—(1)(A) 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 the enactment of this Act. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this Act, no payment or benefit provided under this title shall be payable or due until such time as a completed application therefor has been approved. (2) A person eligible to receive payments under subtitle A shall make application for such payments not later than March 31, 1989, or such later date that the Secretary, by regulation, may prescribe. (b) MANNER.—The Secretary may make payments available under subtitle A in the form of cash, commodities, or commodity certificates, as determined by the Secretary. SEC. 233. USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.

The Secretary of Agriculture shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation in carrying out this title. SEC. 234. REGULATIONS.

The Secretary of Agriculture or the Commodity Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall issue regulations to implement the provisions of this title as soon as practicable, without regard to the requirement for notice and public participation in rulemaking prescribed in section 553 of title 5, United States Code, or in any directive of the Secretary.

Subtitle D—Sense of Congress Rural areas.

SEC. 241. PURPOSES OF DISASTER PAYMENTS.

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^^ ^^ *^® sense of Congress that disaster pa3mients made to producers under subtitle A are intended to preserve each producer's livelihood and farming operation, to enable the producer to meet preexisting commitments and obligations, to protect the infrastructure of the United States agricultural production input, supply,

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