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PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3449 "(i) the number of acres so affected but not to exceed the acreage planted to rice for harvest (including any acreage that the producers were prevented from planting to rice or other nonconserving crops in lieu of rice because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers) in the immediately preceding year; by "(ii) 75 percent of the farm program payment)deld established for the farm by the Secretary; by "(iii) a payment rate equal to 33 Vs percent of the established price for the crop. "(B) REDUCED YIELDS. — Except as provided in subparagraph (C), if the Secretary determines that because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, the total quantity of rice that the producers are able to harvest on any farm is less than the result of multiplying 75 percent of the farm program payment jdeld established by the Secretary for the crop by the acreage planted for harvest for the crop, the Secretary shall make a reduced jdeld disaster payment to the producers at a rate equal to 33 Vs percent of the established price for the crop for the deficiency in production below 75 percent for the crop. "(C) CROP INSURANCE.—Producers on a farm shall not be eligible for— "(i) prevented planting disaster payments under subparagraph (A), if prevented planting crop insurance is available to the producers under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) with respect to the rice acreage of the producers; or "(ii) reduced jdeld disaster payments under subparagraph (B), if reduced yield crop insurance is available to the producers under such Act with respect to the rice acreage of the producers. "(D) ADMINISTRATION. — " (i) ECONOMIC EMERGENCIES. —Notwithstanding subparagraph (C), the Secretary may make a disaster payment to the producers on a farm under this paragraph if the Secretary determines that— "(I) as the result of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, the producers have suffered substantial losses of production either from being prevented from planting rice or other nonconserving crops or from reduced 3aelds; "(II) the losses have created an economic emergency for the producers; "(III) crop insurance indemnity payments under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) and other forms of assistance made available by the Federal Government to the producers for the losses are insufficient to alleviate the economic emergency; and "(IV) additional assistance must be made available to the producers to alleviate the economic emergency.