Sec. 2208. Contracts
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Section 1235 of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3835 ) is amended— in subsection (c)(1)(B)(iii), by inserting , including agroforestry and other productive perennial systems after methods ; in subsection (f)(1)(A)(i), by inserting or establishing agroforestry and other productive perennial systems after crop ; and by adding at the end the following: In this subsection, the term covered contract means a contract entered into under this subchapter— during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on September 30, 2029; and that covers land enrolled in the conservation reserve program— under the Clean Lakes, Estuaries, and Rivers (CLEAR) Initiative established under section 1231(d)(3); or that is located in a State acres for wildlife enhancement area established by the Secretary.
On the expiration of a covered contract, an owner or operator party to the covered contract shall elect— not to reenroll the land under the contract; to reenroll the land under the contract, subject to the conditions that— the annual rental payment shall be decreased by 40 percent; and no incentive payments shall be provided under the contract; or not to reenroll the land under the contract and to enroll the land under the contract in a conservation reserve easement under section 1231D.
On the expiration of a covered contract, if land enrolled in the conservation reserve program under that contract is determined by the Secretary to not be suitable for permanent protection through a conservation reserve easement under section 1231D, notwithstanding paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary shall allow the land to be reenrolled under the terms of the conservation reserve program in effect on the date of expiration. Subject to paragraph (2), an owner or operator party to a contract entered into under this subchapter may— subject to section 1240B(d)(6), enroll the land enrolled under the contract in the environmental quality incentives program established under subchapter A of chapter 4; subject to section 1271B(g), receive cost-share assistance under the regional conservation partnership program established under subtitle I with respect to the land enrolled under the contract; or both enroll land in accordance with subparagraph
(A)and receive cost-share assistance in accordance with subparagraph (B). Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent an owner or operator party to a contract entered into under this subchapter from simultaneously receiving a rental payment under the terms of that contract and cost-share assistance under the environmental quality incentives program established under subchapter A of chapter 4 or the regional conservation partnership program established under subtitle I. An owner or operator party to a contract entered into under this subchapter shall not be eligible to receive a cost-share payment under more than 1 program established under this title for the same activity carried out on the same land. .
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