[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 756 Referred in House (RFH)]

  1st Session
                                 S. 756


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 1999

                Referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To provide adversely affected crop producers with additional time to 
 make fully informed risk management decisions 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) with respect to a federally reinsured policy, 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.

            Passed the Senate March 25, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.