Sec. 2203. Stewardship contracts

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Section 1238F of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3838f ) is amended— in subsection (b), by striking paragraph

(1)and inserting the following: In evaluating contract offers submitted under subsection (a), the Secretary shall rank applications based on— the natural resource conservation and environmental benefits that result from the conservation treatment on all applicable priority resource concerns at the time of submission of the application; the degree to which the proposed conservation activities increase natural resource conservation and environmental benefits; and other consistent criteria, as determined by the Secretary. If 2 or more applications receive the same ranking under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall rank those contracts based on the extent to which the actual and anticipated conservation benefits from each contract are provided at the lowest cost relative to other similarly beneficial contract offers. ; and in subsection (e)— in paragraph (2)— by inserting new or improved after integrate ; and by inserting demonstrating continued improvement during the additional 5-year period, after operation, ; and in paragraph (3)(B), by striking to exceed the stewardship threshold of and inserting to adopt or improve conservation activities, as determined by the Secretary, to achieve higher levels of performance with respect to not less than .

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