Sec. 6. Funding
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Section 1271D of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3871d ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 and inserting for each fiscal year ; in subsection (c), by striking paragraphs
(1)and
(2)and inserting the following: To ensure that additional resources are available to carry out the program, in addition to the funds made available under subsection (a), for each fiscal year the Secretary shall reserve 20 percent of the funds and acres made available for the following programs: The conservation stewardship program established under subchapter B of chapter 2 of subtitle D. The environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D. The agricultural conservation easement program established under subtitle H. Any funds or acres reserved under paragraph
(1)shall remain available for obligation only for the purposes of carrying out the program until expended. To the maximum extent practicable, of projects receiving funds or acres reserved under paragraph
(1)from a program described in subparagraph (A), (B), or
(C)of that paragraph, the percentage of projects that shall have purposes similar to the purposes of the applicable program from which funds or acres were reserved shall be approximately equal to the percentage of funds or acres reserved from the applicable program. ; in subsection (d)— in paragraph (1), by striking 25 percent of the funds and acres to projects based on a State competitive process administered by the State Conservationist, with the advice of the State technical committee and inserting the following: 40 percent of the funds and acres to projects based on a State or multistate competitive process administered, as applicable, by the State Conservationist or jointly by the State Conservationists of each State participating in the multistate process, with the advice of the applicable State technical committees ; by striking paragraph (2); by redesignating paragraph
(3)as paragraph (2); and in paragraph
(2)(as so redesignated), by striking 35 percent and inserting 60 percent ; in subsection (e)— by striking None of the funds and inserting the following: Except as provided in paragraph (2), none of the funds ; and by adding at the end the following: Under a partnership agreement, the Secretary may advance reasonable amounts of funding for technical assistance to eligible partners to conduct project development and outreach activities in a project area (including activities conducted during the period beginning on the date on which the Secretary announces the approval of an application under section 1271B(e) and ending on the day before the effective date of the partnership agreement), including— providing outreach and education to eligible producers for potential participation in the project; developing a watershed or habitat plan; establishing baseline metrics to support the development of the assessment required under section 1271B(c)(1)(E); or providing technical assistance to eligible producers. ; and by adding at the end the following: At the time of project selection, the Secretary shall identify and make publically available the amount that the Secretary shall use to provide technical assistance under the terms of the partnership agreement. The Secretary shall limit costs of the Secretary for technical assistance to costs specific and necessary to carry out the objectives of the partnership agreement. The Secretary shall develop and implement strategies to encourage third-party technical service providers to provide technical assistance to eligible partners pursuant to a partnership agreement. . Section 1271F(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3871f(a) ) is amended by striking 1271D(d)(3) and inserting 1271D(d)(2) .
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