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113 STAT. 1176 PUBLIC LAW 106-78—OCT. 22, 1999 (2) recalculate any repayment made for a marketing assistance loan for the 1999 crop of rice on or before August 4, 1999, as if the repayment had been made on August 5, 1999. (g) HONEY RECOURSE LOANS. — (1) IN GENERAL. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to assist producers of honey to market their honey in an orderly manner during a period of disastrously low prices, the Secretary may use funds made available under this section to make available recourse loans to producers of the 1999 crop of honey on fair and reasonable terms and conditions, as determined by the Secretary. (2) LOAN RATE.— The loan rate of the loans shall be 85 percent of the average price of honey during the 5-crop year period preceding the 1999 crop year, excluding the crop year in which the average price of honey was the highest and the crop year in which the average price of honey was the lowest in the period. (h) RECOURSE LOANS FOR MOHAIR.— (1) IN GENERAL.— Subject to paragraph (2) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal year 2000, the Secretary may use funds made available under this section to make recourse loans available in accordance with section 137(c) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7237(c)) to producers of mohair produced during or before that fiscal year. (2) INTEREST.—Section 137(c)(4) of that Act shall not apply to a loan made under paragraph (1). 7 USC 1421 note. SEC. 802. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE. (a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED. — The Secretary shall use not more than $5,544,453,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance to owners and producers on a farm that are eligible for final pa3anents for fiscal year 1999 under a production flexibility contract for the farm under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.). (b) AMOUNT. —The amount of assistance made available to owners and producers on a farm under this section shall be proportionate to the amount of the contract payment received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 1999 under a production flexibility contract for the farm under the Agricultural Market Transition Act. (c) PROTECTION OF TENANTS AND SHARECROPPERS; SHARING OF PAYMENTS.—Sections 111(c) and 114(g) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7211(c), 7214(g)) shall apply to the pay- ments made under subsection (a). 7 USC 1421 note. SEC. 803. SPECIALTY CROPS. (a) PEANUTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall use such amounts as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide payments to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts to partially compensate the producers for continuing low commodity prices, and increasing costs of production, for the 1999 crop year. (2) AMOUNT. —The amount of a payment made to producers on a farm of quota peanuts or additional peanuts under paragraph (1) shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying—