Sec. 2. Emergency conservation program
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Title IV of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 is amended by inserting after section 402B ( 16 U.S.C. 2202b ) the following: An agricultural producer eligible to receive payments under sections 401 and 402 includes a person that— holds a permit from the Federal Government to conduct agricultural production or grazing on Federal land; or leases land from a State or unit of local government to conduct agricultural production or grazing on that land. Nothing in this subsection authorizes the Secretary to make a payment under section 401 or 402 to a State or unit of local government.
Emergency measures eligible for payments under sections 401 and 402 include— new permanent measures, including permanent water wells and pipelines; and replacement or restoration of existing emergency measures with permanent measures, including permanent water wells and pipelines. During a drought emergency, as determined by the Secretary, the 30-day public comment period required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) shall be waived with respect to an application to carry out emergency measures under section 401 or 402 on land administered by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (referred to in this subsection as the Secretary of the Interior ).
With respect to an application to carry out emergency measures under section 401 or 402 on land administered by the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior may accept— during a drought emergency, as determined by the Secretary, an archeological review conducted by the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, for purposes of an archeological review required to be conducted; an environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) conducted by the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, for purposes of such an environmental review required to be conducted; and a review under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ) conducted by the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, for purposes of such a review required to be conducted. .
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