114 STAT. 1549A-56 PUBLIC LAW 106-387—APPENDIX loss thresholds for quantity and economic losses as were used in administering that section. (2) Loss THRESHOLDS FOR QUALITY LOSSES.—In the case of a payment for quality loss for a crop under subsection (c)(2), the loss thresholds for quality loss for the crop shall be determined under subsection (d). (c) QUALIFYING LOSSES.— Assistance under this section may be made available for losses due to damaging weather or related condition (including losses due to crop diseases and insects) associated with crops that are, as determined by the Secretary— (1) quantity losses for the 2000 crop; (2) quality losses for the 2000 crop; or (3) severe economic losses for the 2000 crop. (d) QUALITY LOSSES. — (1) AMOUNT OF QUALITY LOSS.—The amount of a quality loss for a crop of producers on a farm under subsection (c)(2) shall be equal to the difference between— (A) the per unit market value of the units of the crop affected by the quality loss would have had if the crop had not suffered a quality loss; and (B) the per unit market value of the units of the crop affected by the quality loss. (2) AMOUNT OF QUALITY LOSS PAYMENT.—Subject to paragraph (3), the amount of a payment made to producers on a farm for a quality loss for a crop under subsection (c)(2) shall be equal to the amount obtained by multiplying— (A) 65 percent of the quantity of the crop affected by the quality loss that was produced on the farm; by (B) 65 percent of the per unit quality loss for the crop determined under paragraph (1). (3) ELIGIBILITY.— For producers on a farm to be eligible to obtain a payment for a quality loss for a crop under subsection (c)(2), the amount obtained by multiplying the per unit loss determined under paragraph (1) by the number of units affected by the quality loss shall be at least 20 percent of the value that all production of the crop would have had if the crop had not suffered a quality loss. (e) CROPS COVERED. — Assistance under this section shall be applicable to losses for all crops, as determined by the Secretary, due to disasters, including— (1) irrigated crops that, due to lack of water or contamination by saltwater intrusion of an irrigation supply resulting from drought conditions, were planted and suffered a loss or were prevented from being planted; (2) pecans; and (3) nursery losses in the State of Florida that occur, because of disaster, during the period beginning on October 1, 2000, and ending on December 31, 2000. Calculations of the amount of such losses shall be made independently of other losses of the producer, and such losses shall be subject to a separate limit on payment amounts as may otherwise apply. Any pay- ment under this section for such losses shall for all purposes, present and future, be considered to be a 2000 crop payment, and such compensated losses shall be ineligible for any assistance that may become available for 2001 crop losses. (f) CROP INSURANCE.— In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall not discriminate against or penalize producers on a
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