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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2611 

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal the environmental quality 

incentives program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 22, 2018 

Mr. LEE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal the 

environmental quality incentives program. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. REPEAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCEN4 TIVES PROGRAM. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of subtitle D of title 

6 XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa 

7 et seq.) is repealed. 

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

9 (1) Section 1211(a)(3) of the Food Security 

10 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811(a)(3)) is amended— 


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1 (A) by striking subparagraph (A); 

2 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

3 through (D) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), 

4 respectively; and 

5 (C) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesig6 nated), by striking ‘‘any other provision of’’. 

7 (2) Section 1221(b)(3) of the Food Security 

8 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3821(b)(3)) is amended— 

9 (A) by striking subparagraph (A); 

10 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

11 through (D) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), 

12 respectively; and 

13 (C) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesig14 nated), by striking ‘‘any other provision of’’. 

15 (3) Section 1235(f)(1)(D) of the Food Security 

16 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835(f)(1)(D)) is amended 

17 by striking ‘‘or the environmental quality incentives 

18 program’’. 

19 (4) Section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 

20 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended— 

21 (A) in subsection (a)— 

22 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

23 (1), by striking ‘‘(and fiscal year 2019 in 

24 the case of the program specified in para25 graph (5))’’; and 


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1 (ii) by striking paragraph (5); 

2 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘(and 

3 fiscal year 2019 in the case of the program 

4 specified in subsection (a)(5))’’; 

5 (C) in subsection (h)— 

6 (i) in paragraph (1), in the matter 

7 preceding subparagraph (A)— 

8 (I) by striking ‘‘funds’’ and in9 serting ‘‘acres’’; and 

10 (II) by striking ‘‘to carry out the 

11 environmental quality incentives pro12 gram and the acres made available for 

13 each of such fiscal years’’; 

14 (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and 

15 (iii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 

16 and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respec17 tively; and 

18 (D) in subsection (i)— 

19 (i) by striking paragraph (2); and 

20 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 

21 through (6) as paragraphs (2) through (5), 

22 respectively. 

23 (5) Section 1244 of the Food Security Act of 

24 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3844) is amended— 

25 (A) in subsection (c)— 


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1 (i) in paragraph (1)(B), by adding 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

3 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; 

4 and’’ and inserting a period; and 

5 (iii) by striking paragraph (3); and 

6 (B) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘D and 

7 the environmental quality incentives program 

8 under chapter 4 of subtitle’’. 

9 (6) Section 1271A(1) of the Food Security Act 

10 of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3871a(1)) is amended— 

11 (A) by striking subparagraph (B); and 

12 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 

13 and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec14 tively. 

15 (7) Section 344(f)(8) of the Agricultural Ad16 justment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1344(f)(8)) is 

17 amended in the proviso of the first sentence by strik18 ing ‘‘Act, the environmental quality incentives pro19 gram established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of 

20 title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985,’’ and in21 serting ‘‘Act’’. 

22 (8) Section 377 of the Agricultural Adjustment 

23 Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1377) is amended in the first 

24 proviso by striking ‘‘Act or the environmental qual25 ity incentives program established under chapter 4 


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1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act 

2 of 1985):’’ and inserting ‘‘Act):’’. 

3 (9) The last proviso of the matter under the 

4 heading ‘‘CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM’’ under 

5 the heading ‘‘SOIL BANK PROGRAMS’’ of title I of 

6 the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Ad7 ministration Appropriation Act, 1959 (7 U.S.C. 

8 1831a), is amended by striking ‘‘(1) payments’’ and 

9 all that follows through ‘‘or (2)’’. 

10 (10) Section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and 

11 Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) is 

12 amended by striking paragraph (1). 

13 (11) Section 1271(c)(3)(C) of the Food, Agri14 culture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (16 

15 U.S.C. 2106a(c)(3)(C)) is amended— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘section, the’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘section and the’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.)’’ 

19 and all that follows through ‘‘or other’’ and in20 serting ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.) or any other 

21 applicable’’. 

22 (12) Section 304 of the Lake Champlain Spe23 cial Designation Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 1270 note; 

24 Public Law 101–596) is amended— 

25 (A) by striking subsection (a); 


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1 (B) by redesignating subsections (b) 

2 through (d) as subsections (a) through (c), re3 spectively; and 

4 (C) in subsection (c) (as so redesig5 nated)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘(1) There’’ in para7 graph (1) and all that follows through ‘‘(2) 

8 There’’ in paragraph (2) and inserting 

9 ‘‘There’’; and 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘(b) and (c)’’ and in11 serting ‘‘(a) and (b)’’. 

12 (13) Section 202 of the Colorado River Basin 

13 Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1592) is amended 

14 by striking subsection (c). 

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