Sec. 2101. Definitions
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Subchapter B of chapter 1 of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq. ) is amended by inserting before section 1231 the following: In this subchapter: The term conservation buffer means a practice that, once established, provides a benefit to water quality or another resource concern, including— a grass sod waterway; a contour grass sod strip; a prairie strip; a filterstrip; a field border; a living snow fence; a riparian buffer; a shelterbelt or windbreak; a wetland or a wetland buffer (including a buffer for prairie potholes, a playa, or a pocosin); a saturated buffer; a bioreactor; a wellhead protection area; and other similar practices, as determined by the Secretary.
The term conservation reserve plan means a plan for land enrolled in the conservation reserve under a contract entered into under this subchapter that— covers the full term of the contract; details the practices to be implemented under the contract and a schedule for establishment, evaluation, and monitoring of the applicable vegetative cover; prescribes and schedules management to be conducted on the established cover throughout the term of the contract; sets forth the commercial use, if any, to be permitted on the land during the term of the contract; and may be modified, with the approval of the Secretary, when necessary to achieve the purposes of the program.
The term conservation reserve program means the conservation reserve program established under this subchapter. The term continuous enrollment option means the continuous enrollment option offered under section 1231(d)(1)(B). The term eligible land means land that is authorized to be included in the conservation reserve program under section 1231(b). The term eligible partner means— a State; a political subdivision of a State; an Indian Tribe; or a nongovernmental organization.
The term general enrollment option means the general enrollment option offered under section 1231(d)(1)(A). The term grasslands enrollment option means the grasslands enrollment option offered under section 1231(d)(1)(C). The term land capability class means a soil classification assigned using the land capability classification system in effect on December 23, 1985. The term partnership initiatives enrollment option means the partnership initiatives enrollment option offered under section 1231(d)(1)(D). .
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