Sec. 306. Conservation compliance
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Section 1201(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3801(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (3)— by striking highly erodible each place it appears; and in subparagraph (B), by striking and conservation treatment measures and inserting crop rotation and cover crop systems, and other relevant soil conservation and soil health management treatment measures ; in paragraph (4)— in subparagraph (A), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (B)— by striking or a substantial improvement in soil conditions on a field or group of fields containing highly erodible cropland and inserting and a substantial improvement in soil health conditions (including soil carbon levels) on a field or group of fields containing cropland ; and by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: are designed to achieve, within 5 years of actively applying a conservation plan, a level of erosion not to exceed twice the soil loss tolerance level; and are designed to effectively prevent the formation of new, or treat all existing, ephemeral gullies. ; and in paragraph (11)(A)(ii), by striking excessive average annual rate of erosion in relation to and inserting average annual rate of erosion exceeding twice .
Section 1211 of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3811 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking produces an agricultural commodity and all that follows through as determined by the Secretary and inserting carries out an activity described in subsection (b), as determined by the Secretary, ; and in paragraph (1)(D), by inserting cropland or before highly erodible land ; by redesignating subsection
(b)as subsection (c); by inserting after subsection
(a)the following: Activities referred to in subsection
(a)are— the production of an agricultural commodity on a field on which cropland is predominant; the designation of land on which cropland is predominant to be set aside, diverted, devoted to conservation uses, or otherwise not cultivated under a program administered by the Secretary to reduce production of an agricultural commodity; and the production of an agricultural commodity without having in place a conservation plan. ; and in subsection
(c)(as so redesignated), by striking the heading and inserting . Authority of Secretary .— Section 1212 of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3812 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(3)— in the first sentence, by striking highly erodible land and inserting cropland ; and in the first and second sentences, by striking only be required to apply a conservation plan established under this subtitle. The person shall not be required to meet a higher conservation standard than the standard applied to other highly erodible and inserting be required to apply a conservation plan established under this subtitle consistent with the standard applied to other ; in subsection (c)(1), by striking highly erodible land each place it appears and inserting cropland ; and in subsection (f)(4)(A)— in clause (i), by striking highly erodible ; and in clause (ii)(II), by inserting and soil health after erosion control . Subtitle B of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3811 et seq. ) is amended in the subtitle heading by striking and inserting Highly Erodible Land . Cropland
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