Sec. 2302. Establishment and administration

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Section 1240B(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(a) ) is amended by striking 2019 and inserting 2023 . Section 1240B(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(f) ) is amended to read as follows: For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023, at least 5 percent of the funds made available for payments under the program shall be targeted at practices benefitting wildlife habitat under subsection (g). . Section 1240B(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(h) ) is amended— by amending paragraph

(1)to read as follows: The Secretary may provide water conservation and system efficiency payments under this subsection to a producer for— a water conservation scheduling technology or water conservation scheduling management; irrigation-related structural practices; or a transition to water-conserving crops or water-conserving crop rotations. ; by redesignating paragraph

(2)as paragraph

(3)and inserting after paragraph

(1)the following: Notwithstanding section 1001(f)(6), the Secretary may enter into a contract under this subsection with an irrigation district, irrigation association, or acequia to implement water conservation or irrigation practices pursuant to a watershed-wide project that will effectively conserve water, as determined by the Secretary. Water conservation or irrigation practices that are the subject of a contract entered into under this paragraph shall be implemented on— eligible land of a producer; or land that is under the control of the irrigation district, irrigation association, or acequia, and adjacent to such eligible land, as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary may waive the applicability of the limitations in section 1001D(b)(2) or section 1240G of this Act for a payment made under a contract entered into under this paragraph if the Secretary determines that such a waiver is necessary to fulfill the objectives of the project. If the Secretary grants a waiver under subparagraph (C), the Secretary may impose a separate payment limitation for the contract with respect to which the waiver applies. ; and in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking to a producer and inserting under this subsection ; in subparagraph (A), by striking the eligible land of the producer is located, there is a reduction in water use in the operation of the producer and inserting the land on which the practices will be implemented is located, there is a reduction in water use in the operation on such land ; and in subparagraph (B), by inserting with respect to an application under paragraph (1), before the producer agrees . Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary, in consultation with the State technical committee, shall identify priority resource concerns within a State that are eligible to be the subject of a stewardship contract under this subsection. The Secretary shall identify not more than 3 eligible priority resource concerns under subparagraph

(A)within each area of a State. The Secretary shall enter into contracts with producers under this subsection that— provide incentives, through annual payments, to producers to attain increased conservation stewardship on eligible land; adopt and install a stewardship practice to effectively address a priority resource concern identified as eligible under paragraph (1); and require management and maintenance of such stewardship practice for the term of the contract. A contract under this subsection shall have a term of not less than 5, nor more than 10, years. Section 1240C(b) shall not apply to applications for contracts under this subsection. The Secretary shall provide payments to producers through contracts entered into under paragraph

(2)for— adopting and installing stewardship practices; and managing, maintaining, and improving the stewardship practices for the duration of the contract, as determined appropriate by the Secretary. In determining the amount of payments under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consider, to the extent practicable— the level and extent of the stewardship practice to be installed, adopted, completed, maintained, managed, or improved; the cost of the installation, adoption, completion, management, maintenance, or improvement of the stewardship practice; income foregone by the producer; and the extent to which compensation would ensure long-term continued maintenance, management, and improvement of the stewardship practice. The total amount of payments a person or legal entity receives pursuant to subparagraph

(A)shall not exceed $50,000 for any fiscal year. The Secretary may use not more than 50 percent of the funds made available under section 1241 to carry out this chapter for payments made pursuant to this subsection. .

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16 USC 3839aa–2(a)
16 USC 3839aa–2(f)
16 USC 3839aa–2(h)
16 USC 3839aa–2

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Sec. 2302

Establishment and administration

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