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 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3977 ter as soon as practicable after the date on which appropriations are made available to carry out this chapter, without regsird to the requirement for notice and public participation in rule making prescribed in section 553 of title 5, United States Code, or in any directive of the Secretary. Subchapter E—Appropriations SEC. 2271. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Any benefits or assistance (including the foregiveness of unearned advanced deficiency payments of any emergency loans) made available under this chapter shall be provided only to the extent provided for in advance in appropriations Acts. To carry out this chapter there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary in each of the fiscal years 1991 and 1992. SEC. 2272. PRORATION OF BENEFITS. Any funds made available for carrying out this chapter in appropriations Acts shall be prorated to £dl producers eligible for assistance under this chapter. CHAPTER 4—ASSISTANCE FOR BIG HORN RIVER DRAINAGE SYSTEM SEC. 2275. DISASTER ASSISTANCE TO PRODUCERS ON THE BIG HORN Wyoming. RIVER DRAINAGE SYSTEM LOCATED ON THE WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION. (a) IN GENERAL. — Effective only for providers on a farm who suffered losses due to drought induced by a lack of water as a result of Indian Tribal water rights adjudication affecting producers on that portion of the Big Horn River drainage system located on the Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming, for the 1990 crop of wheat, barley, oats, grass hay, and alfalfa hay, subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall make disaster assistance available to such producers under similar terms and conditions as are prescribed under titles I and III of the Disaster Assistance Act of 1989 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note, 1961 note, and 1941 note) for providing disaster assistance to producers for the 1989 crop of the commodity, except that the assistance shall be limited to a total amount of $250,000. (b) ADMINISTRATION. —Titles I and III of the Disaster Assistance Act of 1989 shall apply to assistance provided under this section, except that for purposes of providing assistance under this section— (1) terms and conditions of programs established for a crop referred to in subsection (a) shall apply to such assistance, including crop years, production adjustment programs, yields, acreage bases, established prices, advance deficiency payments, loan rates, crop insurance indemnities, and livestock emergency benefits; (2) producers shall not be required to obtain multiperil crop insurance, as a condition of obtaining assistance under this section; (3) in section 1010)X4), for purposes of this section only— (A) "1990 crops" shall be substituted for "1989 crops"; and

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