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113 STAT. 12 PUBLIC LAW 106-7 —APR. 1, 1999 Public Law 106-7 106th Congress An Act Apr. 1, 1999 To protect producers of agricultural commodities who applied for a Crop Revenue fH R 12121 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. Approved April 1, 1999. LEGISLATIVE mSTORY—HR. 1212: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 145 (1999): Mar. 23, considered and passed House. Mar. 25, considered and passed Senate.