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 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3961 proved by, the State forester or equivalent State official. Such management plan shall— (A) include provision for the replacement of the timber stand through reforestation by tree plantings or other means; and (B) be the basis for an agreement between the holder and the Secretary under paragraph (5). (5) COST SHARE.— The Secretary shall enter into agreements to Government share the cost of implementing eligible practices set forth in the contracts. agreement with holders who agree to implement those eligible practices. The amount of the Federal cost-share (including labor) for an eligible practice shall be 75 percent of the total cost of implementing eligible practices. The Secretary may consider, in determining the total cost of implementing eligible practices, any revenues from the sale of timber from private timber stands. (6) DEADLINE.—Requests for assistance under this subsection must be filed with the Secretary not later than December 31, 1993. (7) PAYMENT LIMITATION. —The total amount of pa3anents that a person shall be entitled to receive under this subsection may not exceed $50,000. The Secretary shall issue regulations defin- Regulations. ing the term "person" which shall conform, to the extent practicable, to the regulations defining the term "person" issued under section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308). (8) REGULATIONS. —The Secretary shall issue regulations to implement the provisions of this subsection as soon as practicable after the date on which appropriations are made available to carry out this subsection, without regard to the requirement for notice and public participation in rulemaking prescribed in section 553 of title 5, United States Code. (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — Any benefits or assist- 7 USC 1421 note. ance provided under this section, or under the amendments made by this section to the Disaster Assistance Act of 1989, shall be provided only to the extent provided for in advance by appropriation acts. To carry out this section, and the amendments made by this section to the Disaster Assistance Act of 1989, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 1991 through 1995 such sums as are necessary. SEC. 2236. SUGARCANE. (a) 1990 CROP. —Effective only for the 1990 crop of sugarcane, section 201(k)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446(k)(2)) is amended— (1) by inserting "(A)" after the paragraph designation; and (2) by adding at the end the following paragraph: "(B)(i) If, because of frost, freeze, or related condition in 1989 Louisiana. constituting a major disaster or emergency declared by the President in the State of Louisiana under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the total quantity of the 1990 crop of sugarcane that the producers are able to harvest on any farm is less than— "(I) 60 percent of the county average jdeld, as determined by the Secretary, for the crop, multiplied by "(II) the acreage planted for harvest to the crop, the Secretary shall make a reduced jdeld disaster payment to

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