A bill to amend the Disaster Assistance Act of 1989 to avoid penalizing producers who planted a replacement crop on disaster-affected acreage, and for other purposes.
Public Law 101-134 · S. 1792 · 101st Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Oct 30, 1989 · Agriculture and Food
Sponsor: Sen. Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS)
Cosponsors (9): Sen. Robert Dole, Sen. David Boren,
Passage votes
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateVoice vote
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends the Disaster Assistance Act of 1989 to specify that the "net value" rather than the "value" of a replacement crop shall be considered when making specified disaster payment reductions.
Applies such reductions only to replanted acreage.
Requires separate consideration of planted and replanted acreage in determining emergency crop loss assistance under such Act.
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture in determining replacement crop value to: (1) consider only the amount of replacement crop production that is in excess of 50 percent of the county average yield for such crop; (2) base the value of the excess replacement crop production on average market prices for such crop over a representative period; (3) reduce such crop's value by 25 percent; and (4) consider historical cropping patterns.
Authorizes the Secretary to make crop acreage base adjustments to reflect crop rotation practices due to natural disasters.
Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to: (1) revise the formula for determining farm poundage quotas for dark air-cured tobacco and fire-cured tobacco; and (2) revise the definition of "preliminary farm yield" for other than flue-cured tobacco.
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit the Secretary to waive the principal due on agricultural regular or producer reserve loans in order to avoid loan collateral forfeiture.
Committees
The record shows no committee referral for this bill.
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 10 actions.
- Oct 30, 1989Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 101-134.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Oct 27, 1989PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Oct 26, 1989Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to the House amendment. By Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On passage Passed without objection.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Glickman asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
- FloorFloor · Considered by unanimous consent.
- Oct 25, 1989FloorFloor · Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.