REPAYMENT OF ADVANCE DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS.

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: 103 STAT. 2109 “(4) Effective only for the 1988 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice, if the Secretary determines that any portion of the advance deficiency payment made to producers for the crop under section 107C of such Act must be refunded, such refund shall not be required— “(A) prior to December 31, 1989, if such producers suffered losses of 1988 or 1989 crops due to a natural disaster in 1988 or 1989; or “(B) prior to July 31, 1990, for that portion of the crop for which a disaster payment is made under subsection (a).”. (b) Rationale.—For purposes of section 202 of Public Law 100–119 (2 U.S.C. 909), the amendment made by subsection (a) is a necessary (but secondary) result of a significant policy change.