SECTION 1. INDEMNITY MANDATED FOR CERTAIN SUGAR 
BEET PRODUCERS FOR 2000 CROP YEAR 
LOSSES. 
(a) AVAILABILITY
OF INDEMNITY.—The Federal 
Crop Insurance Corporation shall administer the sugar 
beet crop insurance provisions contained in section 
457.109 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to guar-
antee the payment of an indemnity to sugar beet pro-
ducers in certain counties in the State of Minnesota that 
suffered late season freeze damage to their 2000 sugar 
beet crop, as described in Bulletin No. MGR–01–010 of 
the Risk management Agency, dated March 2, 2001. 
(b) CALCULATION OF INDEMNITY.—Producers cov-
ered by the bulletin shall receive an indemnity under this 
section that is calculated in the manner prescribed by sec-
tion 13(e) of the sugar beet crop insurance provisions, 
subject to the following: 
(1) The indemnity shall be calculated on all 
beets damaged in the freeze, without regard to 
whether the sugar beets were discarded or processed 
by the processor. 
(2) All sugar beets of the 2000 crop received by 
that processor after October 6, 2000, shall be 
deemed to have failed to meet the minimum accept-
able standards of the applicable sugar beet processor 
contract. 
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(3) The ‘‘gross dollar value of all damaged 
sugar beets on the unit’’ (as used in section 13(e)(1) 
of the sugar beet crop insurance provisions) shall be 
deemed to mean the value of the payment owed to 
the producer for such sugar beets from that coopera-
tive. 
(c) WAIVER OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.—The in-
demnity required to be paid pursuant to this section shall 
be paid without regard to the requirement for timely no-
tice of damage or loss under the crop insurance policy and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
(d) PROTECTION FOR INSURANCE PROVIDERS.—Not-
withstanding the terms of the Standard Reinsurance 
Agreement in effect for the 2000 crop year between the 
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and participating in-
surance companies, the Corporation shall compensate each 
private insurance provider for any indemnities the pro-
vider pays, and associated loss adjustment and other ex-
penses the provider incurs, as a result of implementation 
of this section. Claims paid by the Corporation under this 
section shall not be considered as part of any reinsurance 
pool for purposes of the annual settlement under the 
Standard Reinsurance Agreement. 
(e) REVIEW TO AVOID REPETITION
OF SITUA-
TION.—The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation shall 
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enter into a contract for a review of the operation of the 
sugar beet policy to recommend changes to the policy to 
ensure that sugar beet producers are effectively covered 
from the peril of late season freezes as occurred with the 
2000 crop in Minnesota. The Corporation shall amend the 
policy in time for the 2003 crop year to implement the 
recommendations developed in the review. 
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