[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1212 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1212

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine


                                 An Act


 
To protect producers of agricultural commodities who applied for a Crop 
 Revenue Coverage PLUS supplemental endorsement for the 1999 crop year.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CROP INSURANCE OPTIONS FOR PRODUCERS WHO APPLIED FOR CROP 
              REVENUE COVERAGE PLUS.

    (a) Eligible Producers.--This section applies with respect to a 
producer eligible for insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) who applied for the supplemental crop insurance 
endorsement known as Crop Revenue Coverage PLUS (referred to in this 
section as ``CRCPLUS'') for the 1999 crop year for a spring-planted 
agricultural commodity.
    (b) Additional Period for Obtaining or Transferring 
Coverage.--Notwithstanding the sales closing date for obtaining crop 
insurance coverage established under section 508(f)(2) of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(f)(2)) and notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation shall provide 
a 14-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, but not 
to extend beyond April 12, 1999, during which a producer described in 
subsection (a) may--
        (1) obtain from any approved insurance provider a level of 
    coverage for the agricultural commodity for which the producer 
    applied for the CRCPLUS endorsement that is equivalent to or less 
    than the level of federally reinsured coverage that the producer 
    applied for from the insurance provider that offered the CRCPLUS 
    endorsement; and
        (2) transfer to any approved insurance provider any 
    federally reinsured coverage provided for other agricultural 
    commodities of the producer by the same insurance provider that 
    offered the CRCPLUS endorsement, as determined by the Corporation.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.