Loan deficiency payments
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(a) Availability of loan deficiency paymentsExcept as provided in subsection (d), the Secretary may make loan deficiency payments available to—
(1)
producers who, although eligible to obtain a marketing assistance loan under section 7231 of this title with respect to a loan commodity, agree to forgo obtaining the loan for the commodity in return for payments under this section; and
(2)
effective only for the 2000 and 2001 crop years, producers that, although not eligible to obtain such a marketing assistance loan under section 7231 of this title, produce a contract commodity.