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 112 STAT. 2681-43 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 (D) crop insurance indemnities provided for the 1998 crop under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.); and (E) emergency loans made available for the 1998 crop under subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.). 7 USC 1421 note. SEC. 1102. CROP LOSS ASSISTANCE. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary shall administer a program ». under which emergency financial assistance is made available to producers on a farm who have incurred losses associated with crops due to disasters (as determined by the Secretary). (b) LOSSES INCURRED FOR 1998 CROP. — Subject to section 1132, the Secretary shall use not more than $1,500,000,000 to make available assistance to producers on a farm who have incurred losses in the 1998 crop due to disasters. (c) MULTIYEAR LOSSES. —Subject to section 1132, the Secretary shall use not more than $875,000,000 to make available assistance to producers on a farm who have incurred multiyear losses (as defmed by the Secretary) in the 1998 and preceding crops of a commodity due to disasters (including, but not limited to, diseases such as scab). (d) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall make assistance available to producers on a farm under either subsection (b) or (c). (e) QUALIFYING LOSSES.— Assistance under this section may be made for losses associated with crops that are due to, as determined by the Secretary— (1) quantity losses; (2) qusdity (including, but not limited to, aflatoxin) losses; or (3) severe economic losses due to damaging weather or related condition. (f) CROPS COVERED. —Assistance under this section shall be applicable to losses for all crops (including losses of trees from which a crop is harvested), as determined by the Secretary, due to disasters. (g) CROP INSURANCE.— (1) ADMINISTRATION.— In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall not discriminate against or penalize producers on a farm who have purchased crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.). (2) ENCOURAGING FUTURE CROP INSURANCE PARTICIPA- TiON.Subject to section 1132, the Secretary, acting through the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, may use the funds made available under subsections (b) and (c), and only those funds, to provide premium refunds or other assistance to purchasers of crop insurance for their 1998 insured crops, or their preceding (including 1998) insured crops. (3) PRODUCERS WHO HAVE NOT PURCHASED CROP INSURANCE FOR 1998 CROP. — As a condition of receiving assistance under this section, producers on a farm who have not purchased crop insurance for the 1998 crop under that Act shall agree by contract to purchase crop insurance for the 1999 and 2000 crops produced by the producers. (4) LIQUIDATED DAMAGES. —

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