Sec. 2202. Conservation reserve enhancement program
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Section 1231A of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3831a ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (3)— by redesignating subparagraph
(D)as subparagraph (E); and by striking subparagraph
(C)and inserting the following: an Indian Tribe or a Tribal organization; a Native Hawaiian organization; or ; in paragraph (4), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting (other than an agreement described in subsection (e)) after this subchapter ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (2)(A)(vi), by inserting or other appropriate practices, such as dryland agricultural uses and grazing, after conservation practices ; and in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall provide an option to signatories to an agreement under this subsection to update the agreement, without renegotiating other provisions of the agreement, to include new incentives made available under this subchapter beginning on January 1, 2018, such as riparian forest buffer management payments. Requirements for matching funds described in paragraph (2)(B) shall not apply to the updates to an agreement described in clause (i). ; in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following: In the case of an agreement described in subsection
(e)that includes a permanent retirement of water rights, the payment rates for annual payments shall be equal to the irrigated acre payment rates determined by the Secretary. In the case of an agreement described in subsection
(e)that permits dryland agricultural uses pursuant to paragraph
(2)of that subsection, the payment rates for annual payments shall be equal to the difference between— the irrigated acre payment rates determined by the Secretary; and the dryland acre payment rates determined by the Secretary. ; in subsection (e)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— by inserting through the long-term reduction of consumptive water use, as measured by an evapotranspiration data program or other monitoring tools after regional drought concerns ; and by striking may and inserting shall ; in paragraph (1), by inserting (including agricultural land on which a continuous crop or crop rotation is maintained) after agricultural land ; in paragraph (2)— by striking with the adoption of best management practices on and inserting in accordance with a conservation plan adopted with respect to ; and by striking and at the end; in paragraph (3)— by inserting subject to subsection (c)(5), before calculate ; and by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: provide financial support for an eligible partner to develop and deploy monitoring tools for measuring the reduction in consumptive water use, at the discretion of the Secretary; notwithstanding section 1234(b)(5), consider funds contributed by another Federal agency as part of a matching contribution required from an eligible partner under subsection (b)(2)(B) and described in subsection (c)(1); accept, in lieu of the conservation plan of the Secretary, the conservation plan of an eligible partner with an owner or operator with respect to land enrolled under a CREP, at the discretion of the Secretary; and limit the number of acres added as enrolled under this subsection to not more than 100,000 acres for the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2029. ; and in subsection (f)— in paragraph (3), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: any activity under subsection (e), including— any obstacles to finalizing an agreement in accordance with that subsection and any recommendations to address those obstacles; and any innovations from a CREP that advance the purposes of subsection (e). .
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Conservation reserve enhancement program
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