Sec. 306. Conservation compliance
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Section 1201 of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3801 ) is amended— by striking the section heading and designation and all that follows through
(a)For purposes of in subsection
(a)and inserting the following: In ; in subsection (a)— in each of paragraphs (1), (5), (6), (10), (12), (13), (15), (20), (21), (22), (24), and (26), by inserting a paragraph heading, the text of which comprises the term defined in that paragraph; 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. ; in paragraph (7)— by striking (7)(A) The term and inserting the following: The term ; in subparagraph (A), by indenting clauses
(i)and (ii), and subclauses
(I)and
(II)of clause (ii), appropriately; and in subparagraph (B)— by striking
(B)Wetland shall not be considered and inserting the following: For purposes of this paragraph, a wetland shall not be considered to be ; and by indenting clauses
(i)and
(ii)appropriately; in paragraph (11)— by striking (11)(A) The term and inserting the following: The term ; in subparagraph (A)— by indenting clauses
(i)and
(ii)appropriately; and in clause (ii), by striking excessive average annual rate of erosion in relation to and inserting average annual rate of erosion exceeding twice ; and in subparagraph (B), by striking
(B)For purposes and inserting the following: For purposes ; by striking paragraph
(14)and inserting the following: The terms Indian tribe and Indian Tribe have the meanings given those terms in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ). ; in paragraph (23), by striking (e)(2) each place it appears and inserting
(a); and in paragraph (27)— by redesignating subparagraphs
(A)through
(C)as clauses
(i)through (iii), respectively, and indenting the clauses appropriately; in clause
(iii)(as so redesignated), in the second sentence, by striking For purposes of this Act, and any other Act, this term shall not include lands in and inserting the following: In this Act, the term wetland does not include any land in the State of ; and by striking the paragraph designation and all that follows through The term in the matter preceding clause
(i)(as so redesignated) and inserting the following: The term ; and in subsection (b), by striking
(b)The and inserting the following: The . 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 ; in subsection (b), by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through The Secretary and inserting the following: The Secretary ; and by inserting after subsection
(a)the following: The 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. . Section 1212 of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3812 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (3)— in the third sentence, by striking If the person’s conservation plan and inserting the following: If the conservation plan of a person under this paragraph ; and by striking the paragraph designation and all that follows through other highly erodible in the second sentence of the matter preceding subparagraph
(B)(as so designated) and inserting the following: A person that owns or operates cropland that was the subject of a contract entered into under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D shall be required to apply a conservation plan established under this subtitle consistent with the standard applied to other ; and in paragraph (4), by striking
(4)On the and inserting the following: On the ; in subsection (c)— by striking Soil Conservation each place it appears and inserting Natural Resources Conservation ; in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— by striking
(c)No and inserting the following: No ; and by striking hereafter in this subsection referred to and inserting referred to in this subsection ; and in paragraph (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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