Sec. 2712. TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATION OF CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

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## SEC. 2712 TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATION OF CONSERVATION PROGRAMS ###

(a)Applicability This section is applicable to activities under— ####

(1)the wetlands reserve program, the farmland protection program, and the farm viability program being merged into the agricultural conservation easement program under the amendment made by section 2301; ####

(2)the wildlife habitat incentive program being merged into the environmental quality incentives program under the amendments made by subtitle C; ####

(3)the agricultural water enhancement program, the Chesapeake Bay watershed program, the cooperative conservation partnership initiative, and the Great Lakes basin program being merged into the regional conservation partnership program under the amendment made by section 2401; and ####

(4)the grassland reserve program being merged into the conservation reserve program under the amendments made by subtitle A and into the agricultural conservation easement program under the amendment made by section 2301. ###

(b)Interim Administration Subject to subsection (d), with respect to the implementation of the agricultural conservation easement program under subtitle H of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as added by section 2301, the amendments to the environmental quality incentives program made by subtitle C, the regional conservation partnership program under subtitle I of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as added by section 2401, and the amendments to the conservation reserve program made by subtitle A, the Secretary shall use the regulations in existence as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act that are applicable to the wetlands reserve program, the grassland reserve program, the farmland protection program, the farm viability program, the wildlife habitat incentive program, the agricultural water enhancement program, the Chesapeake Bay watershed program, the cooperative conservation partnership initiative, and the Great Lakes basin program repealed by this subtitle, to the extent that the terms and conditions of such regulations are consistent with— ####

(1)the provisions of the agricultural conservation easement program and the regional conservation partnership program; and ####

(2)the amendments to the environmental quality incentives program and the conservation reserve program made by this title. ###

(c)Funding The Secretary may only use funds authorized in this title or in the amendments made by this title for the specific programs listed in subsection (b), including any restrictions on the use of those funds, for the purposes identified in paragraphs

(1)and

(2)of subsection (b). ###

(d)Termination of Authority The authority of the Secretary to carry out subsection

(b)shall terminate on the date that is 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act. ###

(e)Permanent Administration Effective beginning on the termination date described in subsection (d), the Secretary shall provide technical assistance, financial assistance, and easement enrollment in accordance with any final regulations that the Secretary considers necessary to carry out this title and the amendments made by this title.