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104 STAT. 3978 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 (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 actusdly planted to the commodity for harvest in 1989"; (5) in section 10205X2XB), 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. Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions 42 USC 5177a. SEC. 2281. EMERGENCY GRANTS TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKERS. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of Agriculture may make grants, not to exceed $20,000,000 annually, to public agencies or private organizations with tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that have experience in providing emergency services to low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers where the Secretary determines that a local. State or national emergency or disaster has caused low-income migrant or seasonal farmworkers to lose income, to be unable to work, or to stay home or return home in anticipation of work shortages. Emergency services to be provided with assistance received under this section may include such types of assistance as the Secretary of Agriculture determines to be necessary and appropriate. (b) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, the term "lowincome migrant or seasonal farmworker" means an individual— (1) who has, during any consecutive 12 month period within the preceding 24 month period, performed farm work for wages; (2) who has received not less than one-half of such individual's total income, or been employed at least one-half of total work time in farm work; and (3) whose annual family income within the 12 month period referred to in paragraph (1) does not exceed the higher of the poverty level or 70 percent of the lower living standard income level. (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—T here are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.