DISASTER ASSISTANCE TO PRODUCERS ON THE BIG HORN RIVER DRAINAGE SYSTEM LOCATED ON THE WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION.

SEC. 2275. DISASTER ASSISTANCE TO PRODUCERS ON THE BIG HORN 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 101(b)(4), for purposes of this section only— (A) “1990 crops” shall be substituted for “1989 crops”; and 104 STAT. 3978 (B) “July 31, 1991” shall be substituted for “July 31, 1990”; (4) in section 102(b)(2)(A), for purposes of this section only “1989 minus acreage actually planted to the commodity for harvest in 1990” shall be substituted for “1988 minus acreage actually planted to the commodity for harvest in 1989”; (5) in section 102(b)(2)(B), for purposes of this section “1987, 1988, and 1989, minus acreage actually planted to the commodity for harvest 1989” shall be substituted for “1986, 1987, and 1988 minus acreage actually planted to the commodity for harvest in 1989”; and (6) in section 152(a)(2), for purposes of this section “180 days after the date of enactment of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990” shall be substituted for “March 31, 1990”. (c) Deferral on Repayments.— The producers on a farm as specified in subsection (a) may elect, at the producer’s option, to request and receive a 12-month deferral on payments of principal and interest due on (farm loans) insured or underwritten by the appropriate agency of the United States. The request for deferral shall be made in writing to the administrator of the applicable farm loan program and must be sent by certified mail to the nearest regional office. Written requests for deferral under subsection (c) shall be made within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act.