Sec. 816. Of the amounts made available to the Secretary for the purchase of specialty crops under sections 203(d) and 261(a)(2) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106–224), the Secretary shall use not less than $30,000,000 to purchase cranberry juice concentrate and frozen cranberry fruit: *Provided*, That section 203(d)(1) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106–224) is amended by inserting “or cranberry products (including cranberry juice concentrate and frozen cranberry fruit)” after “cranberries”: *Provided further*, That in this section, the term “**farm unit**” means a separate and distinct farming operation that reports independent production information to the Cranberry Marketing Committee: *Provided further*, That to provide assistance for loss of markets for cranberries, the Secretary shall use $20,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to cranberry producers: *Provided further*, That subject to this section and such other terms and conditions as are determined by the Secretary, a payment under this section shall be made on the basis of the quantity of the 1999 crop of cranberries that was produced on each farm unit: *Provided further*, That the maximum quantity of the 1999 crop of cranberries for which producers are eligible for a payment for a farm unit under this section shall be 1,600,000 pounds: *Provided further*, That subject to this section, the Secretary shall take such actions as are necessary to ensure that payments made under this section do not duplicate payments provided under other Federal programs for the same loss: *Provided further*, That this shall not apply to an indemnity provided under a policy or plan of insurance offered under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.): *Provided further*, That the entire amount necessary to carry out this section shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for the entire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: *Provided further*, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.

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