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 PUBLIC LAW 106-78—OCT. 22, 1999 113 STAT, 1175 "(iv) no wetland, or acreage of any type enrolled in a partial field conservation practice (including riparian forest buffers, filter strips, and buffer strips), is harvested; "(v) the owner or operator agrees to a payment reduction under this section in an amount determined by the Secretary. "(C) the total acres for all of the projects shall not exceed 250,000 acres.". TITLE VIII—EMERGENCY AND DIS- ASTER ASSISTANCE FOR PRODUCERS Subtitle A—Crop and Market Loss Assistance SEC. 801. CROP LOSS ASSISTANCE. 7 USC 1421 note. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this title as the "Secretary") shall use $1,200,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make emergency financial assistance available to producers on a farm that have incurred losses in a 1999 crop due to a disaster, as determined by the Secretary. (b) ADMINISTRATION. — The Secretary shall make assistance available under this section in the same manner as provided under section 1102 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 105-277), including using the same loss thresholds as were used in administering that section. (c) QUALIFYING LOSSES.—Assistance under this section may be made for losses associated with crops that are, as determined by the Secretary— (1) quantity losses; (2) quality losses; or (3) severe economic losses due to damaging weather or related condition. (d) CROPS COVERED.—Assistance under this section shall be applicable to losses for all crops (including losses of trees from which a crop is harvested, livestock, and fisheries), as determined by the Secretary, due to disasters. (e) CROP INSURANCE.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall not discriminate against or penalize producers on a farm that have purchased crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.). (f) RICE LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS. —In the case of producers of the 1999 crop of rice that harvested such rice on or before August 4, 1999, the Secretary may use funds made available under this section to— (1) make loan deficiency payments to producers that received, or that were eligible to receive, such payments under section 135 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7235) in a manner that results in the same total payment that would have been made if the payment had been requested by the producers on August 5, 1999; and

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