CROP QUALITY REDUCTION DISASTER PAYMENTS.

SEC. 205. CROP QUALITY REDUCTION DISASTER PAYMENTS. (a) In General.—To ensure that all producers of 1988 crops covered under the provisions of sections 201 through 203, and producers of soybeans, are treated equitably, the Secretary of Agriculture may make additional disaster payments to producers of such crops that suffer losses resulting from the reduced quality of such crops caused by drought, hail, excessive moisture, or related conditions in 1988, as determined by the Secretary. 102 STAT. 939 (b) Eligible Producers.—If the Secretary determines to make crop quality disaster payments available to producers under subsection (a), producers on a farm of a crop described in subsection (a) shall be eligible to receive reduced quality disaster payments only if such producers incur a deficiency in production of not less than 35 percent and not more than 75 percent for such crop (as determined under section 201, 202, 203, or 204, as appropriate). (c) Maximum Payment Rate.—The Secretary shall establish the reduced quality disaster payment rate, but such rate shall not exceed 10 percent, as determined by the Secretary, of— (1) the established price for the crop, for commodities covered under section 201; (2) the basic county loan rate for the crop (or a comparable price if there is no current basic county loan rate), for commodities covered under section 202; (3) the payment level under section 203(a)(2), for commodities covered by section 203; and (4) the payment level under section 204(a)(2), for commodities covered under section 204. (d) Determination of Payment.—The amount of payment to a producer under this section shall be determined by multiplying the payment rate established under subsection (c) by the portion of the actual harvested crop on the producer’s farm that is reduced in quality by such natural disaster in 1988, as determined by the Secretary.