A bill to amend the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 to extend disaster assistance to losses due to adverse weather conditions of 1988 or 1989 for crops planted in 1988 for harvest in 1989, and for other purposes.
Disaster Assistance Act of 1989 - Title I: Emergency Crop Loss Assistance - Amends the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 to extend disaster assistance to winter wheat and other winter crops planted in 1988 for harvest in 1989.
Title II: Emergency Livestock Assistance - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to make funds available for emergency livestock transportation and water assistance in 1989.
Title III: Businesses - Amends the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 to extend Federal principal and interest guarantees on rural business loans based on 1989 winter crop losses.
Title IV: Planting of Alternate Crops on Permitted Acreage - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend alternate crop authority through 1990.
Title V: Implementation - Offsets disaster payments made under this Act by deficiency payment reductions.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
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