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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5188 

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 with respect to land stewardship, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 6, 2018 

Mr. WALZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 with respect to 

land stewardship, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Our In5 vestment in Land Stewardship Act’’ or the ‘‘SOIL Stew6 ardship Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMMON PROVISIONS AND PROGRAM COORDINA2 TION. 

3 Subchapter A of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII 

4 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.) 

5 is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘Subchapter A—Common Provisions and 

7 Program Coordination 

8 ‘‘SEC. 1238. COMMON PROVISIONS AND PROGRAM COORDI9 NATION. 

10 ‘‘(a) COMMON PROVISIONS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) STREAMLINING AND COORDINATION.—To 

12 the maximum extent feasible, the Secretary shall 

13 provide for streamlined and coordinated procedures 

14 for the conservation stewardship program and the 

15 environmental quality incentives program, including 

16 applications, contracting, conservation planning, con17 servation practices, and related administrative proce18 dures. 

19 ‘‘(2) SOIL HEALTH.—To the maximum extent 

20 feasible, the Secretary shall manage the conservation 

21 stewardship program and the environmental quality 

22 incentives program to enhance soil health and build 

23 soil carbon. 

24 ‘‘(3) WILDLIFE HABITAT.—To the maximum 

25 extent feasible, the Secretary shall allocate at least 

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1 ship program and environmental quality incentives 

2 program to support conservation activities benefit3 ting wildlife habitat. 

4 ‘‘(4) ORGANIC SYSTEMS.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

6 provide for a funding allocation for both the 

7 conservation stewardship program and the envi8 ronmental quality incentives program to sup9 port organic production and transition to or10 ganic production. 

11 ‘‘(B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining 

12 the funding allocation described in paragraph 

13 (A), the Secretary shall take into consideration 

14 each State’s certified organic acres and 

15 transitioning organic acres and the State trend 

16 line for each. 

17 ‘‘(5) BALANCE.—To the maximum extent fea18 sible, the Secretary shall provide balanced treatment 

19 for crop and livestock production systems in the allo20 cation of contracts for the conservation stewardship 

21 program and the environmental quality incentives 

22 program. 

23 ‘‘(6) ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT.—The Secretary 

24 shall promulgate regulations that require partici25 pants in the conservation stewardship program and 


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1 the environmental quality incentives program to be 

2 actively engaged in farming or ranching. 

3 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall 

4 coordinate management of the conservation stewardship 

5 program and environmental quality incentives program in 

6 a manner to facilitate the opportunity for a participant 

7 enrolled in the environmental quality incentives program 

8 but not yet qualified to enroll in the conservation steward9 ship program to subsequently enroll in the conservation 

10 stewardship program once they have met the stewardship 

11 threshold for at least two priority resource concerns. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 1239. DEFINITIONS. 

13 ‘‘For purposes of the conservation stewardship pro14 gram subchapter B of chapter 2 and the environmental 

15 quality incentives program under chapter 4: 

16 ‘‘(1) AGRICULTURAL OPERATION.—The term 

17 ‘agricultural operation’ means all eligible land, 

18 whether or not it is contiguous, that is— 

19 ‘‘(A) under the effective control of a pro20 ducer at the time the producer enters into a 

21 contract under the program; and 

22 ‘‘(B) operated with equipment, labor, man23 agement, and production or cultivation prac24 tices that are substantially separate from other 


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1 agricultural operations, as determined by the 

2 Secretary. 

3 ‘‘(2) COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION PLAN.— 

4 The term ‘comprehensive conservation plan’ means a 

5 plan that— 

6 ‘‘(A) identifies resources of concern, inven7 tories resources, and establishes benchmark 

8 data and stewardship objectives; 

9 ‘‘(B) formulates and evaluates alternative 

10 approaches to meeting stewardship objectives 

11 for all resources of concern; 

12 ‘‘(C) selects among the alternatives and de13 tails the particular conservation systems, prac14 tices, activities, and management measures to 

15 be implemented, maintained, or improved that 

16 will enable the producer to meet stewardship 

17 objectives for all resources of concern; 

18 ‘‘(D) contains a schedule for the planning, 

19 installing, maintaining, improving, and man20 aging the selected conservation systems, prac21 tices, activities, and management measures; and 

22 ‘‘(E) contains a description and schedule 

23 for on-farm activities to assess and evaluate the 

24 conservation systems, practices, activities, and 


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1 management measures described in the com2 prehensive conservation plan. 

3 ‘‘(3) CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘conserva5 tion activities’ means conservation practices, en6 hancements, bundles, and plans. 

7 ‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘conserva8 tion activities’ includes— 

9 ‘‘(i) structural measures, vegetative 

10 measures, and land management measures, 

11 as determined by the Secretary; 

12 ‘‘(ii) planning needed to address a pri13 ority resource concern; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) development of a comprehensive 

15 conservation plan. 

16 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE LAND.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 

18 land’ means— 

19 ‘‘(i) private or tribal land on which 

20 agricultural commodities, livestock, or for21 est-related products are produced; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) lands associated with the land 

23 described in clause (i) on which priority re24 source concerns could be addressed 

25 through a contract under the program. 


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1 ‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘eligible 

2 land’ includes— 

3 ‘‘(i) cropland; 

4 ‘‘(ii) grassland; 

5 ‘‘(iii) rangeland; 

6 ‘‘(iv) pasture land; 

7 ‘‘(v) nonindustrial private forest land; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(vi) other land in agricultural areas 

10 (including cropped woodland, marshes, and 

11 agricultural land used or capable of being 

12 used for the production of livestock), on 

13 which resource concerns related to agricul14 tural production could be addressed 

15 through a contract under the program, as 

16 determined by the Secretary. 

17 ‘‘(5) PRIORITY RESOURCE CONCERN.—The 

18 term ‘priority resource concern’ means a natural re19 source concern or problem, as determined by the 

20 Secretary, that— 

21 ‘‘(A) is identified at the national, State, or 

22 local level as a priority for a particular area of 

23 a State; 

24 ‘‘(B) represents a significant concern in a 

25 State or region; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) is likely to be addressed successfully 

2 through the implementation of conservation ac3 tivities under this program. 

4 ‘‘(6) STEWARDSHIP THRESHOLD.—The term 

5 ‘stewardship threshold’ means the level of manage6 ment required, as determined by the Secretary, to 

7 conserve and improve the quality and condition of a 

8 priority resource concern using— 

9 ‘‘(A) the resource management system 

10 quality criteria; 

11 ‘‘(B) predictive tools; 

12 ‘‘(C) data from past and current program 

13 enrollments; and 

14 ‘‘(D) other similar means to measure con15 servation and improvement of the priority re16 source concern.’’. 

17 SEC. 3. CSP DEFINITIONS. 

18 Section 1238D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

19 U.S.C. 3838d) is amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 1238D. DEFINITIONS. 

21 ‘‘In this subchapter: 

22 ‘‘(1) CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PLAN.— 

23 The term ‘conservation stewardship plan’ means a 

24 plan that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) identifies and inventories priority re2 source concerns; 

3 ‘‘(B) establishes benchmark data and con4 servation objectives; 

5 ‘‘(C) describes conservation activities to be 

6 implemented, managed, or improved; and 

7 ‘‘(D) includes a schedule and evaluation 

8 plan for the planning and installation of new 

9 conservation activities and the active manage10 ment of new and existing conservation activi11 ties. 

12 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means 

13 the conservation stewardship program established by 

14 this subchapter.’’. 

15 SEC. 4. CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. 

16 Section 1238E of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

17 U.S.C. 3838e) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘2023’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘the Agri21 cultural Act of 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘the SOIL 

22 Stewardship Act’’. 

23 SEC. 5. STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTS. 

24 Section 1238F of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

25 U.S.C. 3838f) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph 

2 (1) to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(1) RANKING OF APPLICATIONS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In evaluating contract 

5 offers submitted under subsection (a), the Sec6 retary shall rank applications based on— 

7 ‘‘(i) the level of natural resource and 

8 environmental benefits resulting from ex9 isting conservation treatment on all appli10 cable priority resource concerns at the time 

11 of application; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) the degree to which the proposed 

13 conservation activities effectively increase 

14 natural resource and environmental bene15 fits. 

16 ‘‘(B) TIE BREAKER.—In the event of a tie 

17 in ranking scores between two or more applica18 tions, the Secretary shall rank applications 

19 based on the extent to which the actual and an20 ticipated conservation natural resource and en21 vironmental benefits from the contract are pro22 vided at the least cost relative to other similarly 

23 beneficial contract offers.’’; and 

24 (2) in subsection (d)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(C) NEW ACREAGE.—If, after entering 

4 into a contract, a producer adds new acreage to 

5 the agricultural operation, the producer may 

6 elect to add the acreage to the stewardship con7 tract during the term of the current steward8 ship contract, if the Secretary determines the 

9 additional acreage and conservation treatment 

10 of those acres increases the natural resource 

11 and environmental benefits of the contract.’’; 

12 and 

13 (B) by amending paragraph (6) to read as 

14 follows: 

15 ‘‘(6) CONTRACT RENEWAL.—At the end of each 

16 5-year contract period, the Secretary may allow the 

17 producer to renew the contract for additional 5-year 

18 periods if the producer— 

19 ‘‘(A) demonstrates compliance with the 

20 terms of the previous contract; 

21 ‘‘(B) agrees to adopt new or improved con22 servation activities across the entire agricultural 

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1 ‘‘(C) agrees, by the end of the contract pe2 riod— 

3 ‘‘(i) to plan, install, maintain, and ac4 tively manage such conservation activities 

5 that allow the producer to meet or exceed 

6 the stewardship threshold of at least 2 ad7 ditional priority resource concerns; or 

8 ‘‘(ii) to adopt or improve such con9 servation activities as the Secretary deter10 mines to be necessary to achieve higher 

11 levels of performance with respect to at 

12 least 2 existing priority resource concerns 

13 specified by the Secretary in the initial 

14 contract.’’. 

15 SEC. 6. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. 

16 Section 1238G of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

17 U.S.C. 3838g) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘not less 

19 than 5’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (c)(2)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘$18’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘$23’’; and 

23 (B) by inserting ‘‘, including supplemental 

24 payments under subsection (e), payments for 

25 cover crop activities under subsection (d), and 


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1 payments for comprehensive conservation plan2 ning under subsection (f)’’ after ‘‘financial as3 sistance’’; 

4 (3) in subsection (d)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (2), in the matter pre6 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, to the 

7 maximum extent practicable,’’; 

8 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 

9 (4) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; 

10 (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(3) PAYMENTS FOR COVER CROP ACTIVI13 TIES.—Any annual payment provided by the Sec14 retary under this subchapter that is for a cover crop 

15 activity, as determined by the Secretary, shall be in 

16 an amount that is at least 125 percent of the 

17 amount that would have been paid under paragraph 

18 (2). 

19 ‘‘(4) MINIMUM PAYMENT.—A payment to a pro20 ducer under this subsection shall not be less than 

21 $1,500 per year.’’; and 

22 (D) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by 

23 subparagraph (B), by amending subparagraph 

24 (A) to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(A) calculate and provide payments for 

2 existing activities, additional activities, and sup3 plemental payments, as described under sub4 section (e);’’; 

5 (4) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol6 lows: 

7 ‘‘(e) SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS FOR RESOURCE8 CONSERVING CROP ROTATIONS, AND MANAGED INTEN9 SIVE ROTATIONAL GRAZING.— 

10 ‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY OF PAYMENTS.—The Sec11 retary shall provide additional payments to pro12 ducers that, in participating in the program, agree 

13 to adopt, manage, and maintain, or improve, man14 age, and maintain— 

15 ‘‘(A) resource-conserving crop rotations; or 

16 ‘‘(B) managed intensive rotational grazing. 

17 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a 

18 payment described in paragraph (1), a producer 

19 shall agree to adopt, manage, and maintain or im20 prove, maintain, and manage, resource-conserving 

21 crop rotations, or managed intensive rotational graz22 ing for the term of the contract. 

23 ‘‘(3) MINIMUM PAYMENT.—Supplemental pay24 ments shall not be less than $20 per acre. 

25 ‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(A) MANAGED INTENSIVE ROTATIONAL

2 GRAZING.—The term ‘managed intensive rota3 tional grazing’ means a grazing system in which 

4 animals are regularly and systematically moved 

5 to fresh pasture in such a way as to— 

6 ‘‘(i) maximize the quantity and qual7 ity of forage growth; 

8 ‘‘(ii) improve manure distribution and 

9 nutrient cycling; 

10 ‘‘(iii) increase carbon sequestration 

11 from greater forage harvest; 

12 ‘‘(iv) improve the quality and quantity 

13 of cover for wildlife; 

14 ‘‘(v) provide permanent cover to pro15 tect the soil from erosion; and 

16 ‘‘(vi) improve water quality. 

17 ‘‘(B) RESOURCE-CONSERVING CROP ROTA18 TION.—The term ‘resource-conserving crop ro19 tation’ means a crop rotation that— 

20 ‘‘(i) includes at least 1 resource-con21 serving crop (as defined by the Secretary); 

22 ‘‘(ii) reduces erosion; 

23 ‘‘(iii) improves soil fertility and tilt; 

24 ‘‘(iv) interrupts pest cycles; 

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1 ‘‘(vi) in applicable areas, reduces de2 pletion of soil moisture or otherwise re3 duces the need for irrigation.’’; 

4 (5) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h), 

5 and (i) as subsections (g), (h), (i), and (j), respec6 tively; 

7 (6) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(f) PAYMENT FOR COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION

10 PLANNING.—In the case of a producer who develops and 

11 implements a comprehensive conservation plan to address 

12 all priority resource concerns in a manner that meets or 

13 exceeds the stewardship thresholds, a payment for plan14 ning shall be between $1,000 and $3,000 per year. The 

15 payment shall be set on a sliding scale, determined by the 

16 following factors: 

17 ‘‘(1) The number of resource concerns ad18 dressed in the comprehensive conservation plan. 

19 ‘‘(2) The number of eligible land use types in20 cluded in the operation.’’; 

21 (7) in subsection (g), as redesignated by para22 graph (5)— 

23 (A) by inserting ‘‘, including joint oper24 ations,’’ after ‘‘legal entity’’; 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘in the aggregate’’ and in2 serting ‘‘when combined with payments for 

3 management practices under the environmental 

4 quality incentives program’’; and 

5 (C) by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘2023’’; 

7 (8) by amending subsection (i), as redesignated 

8 by paragraph (5), to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(i) ORGANIC CERTIFICATION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall es11 tablish a coordinated, user-friendly, and transparent 

12 means by which producers may initiate or maintain 

13 organic certification under the Organic Foods Pro14 duction Act of 1900 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) while 

15 participating in a contract under the program. 

16 ‘‘(2) TRANSITION.—The Secretary shall estab17 lish suites of organic transition conservation activi18 ties to be available through the program.’’; and 

19 (9) in subsection (j), as redesignated by para20 graph (5)— 

21 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 

22 (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 

23 (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 

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1 ‘‘(1) require participants in the program to be 

2 actively engaged in farming or ranching;’’; and 

3 (C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by 

4 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘subsection (f)’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’. 

6 SEC. 7. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM. 

7 Section 1240(4) of the Food Security Act of 1985 

8 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘livestock, 

9 pest or irrigation management’’ and inserting ‘‘crops and 

10 livestock, pest management, or irrigation management’’. 

11 SEC. 8. EQIP DEFINITIONS. 

12 Section 1240A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

13 U.S.C. 3839aa–1) is amended to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 1240A. DEFINITIONS. 

15 ‘‘In this chapter: 

16 ‘‘(1) PAYMENT.—The term ‘payment’ means fi17 nancial assistance provided to the producer for per18 forming practices under this chapter, including com19 pensation for— 

20 ‘‘(A) incurred costs associated with plan21 ning, design, materials, equipment, installation, 

22 labor, management, maintenance, or training; 

23 ‘‘(B) income forgone by the producer; and 

24 ‘‘(C) expected conservation benefit. 


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1 ‘‘(2) MANAGEMENT PRACTICE.—The term 

2 ‘practice’ means one or more conservation activities 

3 that are consistent with the purposes of the program 

4 under this chapter as determined by the Secretary, 

5 including— 

6 ‘‘(A) improvements to eligible land of the 

7 producer, including— 

8 ‘‘(i) land management practices; 

9 ‘‘(ii) vegetative practices; 

10 ‘‘(iii) forest management; and 

11 ‘‘(iv) other practices that the Sec12 retary determines would further the pur13 poses of the program; and 

14 ‘‘(B) the development of plans appropriate 

15 for the eligible land of the producer, includ16 ing— 

17 ‘‘(i) comprehensive nutrient manage18 ment planning; 

19 ‘‘(ii) comprehensive conservation plan20 ning; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) other plans that the Secretary 

22 determines would further the purposes of 

23 the program under this chapter. 

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1 lation of structures, facilities, equipment, or other 

2 related activities that are consistent with the pur3 poses of the program under this chapter, as deter4 mined by the Secretary. 

5 ‘‘(4) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means 

6 the environmental quality incentives program estab7 lished by this chapter.’’. 

8 SEC. 9. ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. 

9 Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

10 U.S.C. 3839aa–2) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2019’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘2023’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘10 years’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘5 years’’; 

15 (3) in subsection (d)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (2), by amending sub17 paragraph (A) to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(A)(i) for practices that are not develop19 ment practices, 75 percent of the costs associ20 ated with planning, design, materials, equip21 ment, installation, labor, management, mainte22 nance, or training; or 

23 ‘‘(ii) for development practices, except as 

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1 rials, installation, management, maintenance, or 

2 training;’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

4 (i) by amending subparagraph (A) to 

5 read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(A)(i) for practices that are not develop7 ment practices, to not more than 90 percent of 

8 the costs associated with planning, design, ma9 terials, equipment, installation, labor, manage10 ment, maintenance, or training; or 

11 ‘‘(ii) for development practices, to not 

12 more than 75 percent of the costs associated 

13 with the planning, design, materials, equipment, 

14 installation, labor management, maintenance, or 

15 training;’’; and 

16 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by strik17 ing ‘‘may be provided’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 

18 be provided’’; and 

19 (4) in subsection (h)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘water 

21 conservation or irrigation practice’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘water-conserving irrigation practice’’; and 

23 (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

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1 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In providing payments to a 

2 producer for a development practice that is a water 

3 conservation or irrigation practice, the Secretary 

4 shall give priority to applications in which— 

5 ‘‘(A) consistent with the law of the State 

6 in which the eligible land of the producer is lo7 cated, the producer agrees to reduce water use 

8 in its operations; or 

9 ‘‘(B) the producer agrees not to use any 

10 associated water savings to bring new land, 

11 other than incidental land needed for efficient 

12 operations, under irrigated production, unless 

13 the producer is participating in a watershed14 wide project that will effectively conserve water, 

15 as determined by the Secretary. 

16 ‘‘(3) PAYMENT RATE.—Applications given pri17 ority under paragraph (2) shall be subject to the 

18 payment rate described in paragraph (2)(A)(i).’’; 

19 and 

20 (5) in subsection (i)— 

21 (A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

22 follows: 

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1 servation practices for certified organic production 

2 that are consistent with the regulations promulgated 

3 under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 

4 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) and the purposes of this chap5 ter.’’; and 

6 (B) by striking paragraph (3) and redesig7 nating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs 

8 (3) and (4), respectively. 

9 SEC. 10. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS. 

10 Section 1240G of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

11 U.S.C. 3839aa–7) is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 1240G. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS. 

13 ‘‘(a) TOTAL PAYMENTS.—A person or legal entity 

14 may not receive, directly or indirectly, payments under 

15 this chapter and chapter 2 that, in the aggregate, exceed 

16 $450,000 for all contracts entered into under this chapter 

17 and chapter 2 by the person or entity during the period 

18 of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, regardless of the num19 ber of contracts entered into under this chapter by the 

20 person or entity. 

21 ‘‘(b) MANAGEMENT PAYMENTS.—A person or legal 

22 entity may not receive, directly or indirectly, payments 

23 under the management component of this chapter and 

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1 this chapter and chapter 2 by the person or entity during 

2 the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, regardless 

3 of the number of contracts entered into under this chapter 

4 by the person or entity.’’. 

5 SEC. 11. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION. 

6 Section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

7 U.S.C. 3841) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)(5), by striking ‘‘prac9 ticable—’’ and inserting ‘‘practicable, 

10 $1,750,000,000 for each fiscal year through fiscal 

11 year 2023, including not less than $500,000,000 

12 each fiscal year for management activities that assist 

13 producers protecting sources of drinking water.’’ 

14 (2) in subsection (h)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (i) in the matter preceding subpara17 graph (A), by striking ‘‘2009 through 

18 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 through 

19 2023’’; 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

21 ‘‘5 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘15 percent’’; 

22 and 

23 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

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1 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), 

2 and (4), as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), re3 spectively; 

4 (C) after paragraph (1), by inserting the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(2) WILDLIFE.—Of the funds made available 

7 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 to carry 

8 out the environmental quality incentives program 

9 and the acres made available for each of such fiscal 

10 years to carry out the conservation stewardship pro11 gram, the Secretary shall use at least 10 percent for 

12 conservation activities that support the restoration, 

13 development, protection, and improvement of wildlife 

14 habitat on eligible land, including— 

15 ‘‘(A) upland wildlife habitat; 

16 ‘‘(B) wetland wildlife habitat; 

17 ‘‘(C) habitat for threatened and endan18 gered species; 

19 ‘‘(D) fish habitat; 

20 ‘‘(E) wildlife habitat on pivot corners and 

21 other irregular areas of a field; and 

22 ‘‘(F) other types of wildlife habitat, as de23 termined by the Secretary. 

24 ‘‘(3) ORGANIC.—Of the funds made available 

25 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 to carry 


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1 out the environmental quality incentives program 

2 and the acres made available for each of such fiscal 

3 years to carry out the conservation stewardship pro4 gram, the Secretary shall allocate funding to the 

5 States to support organic production and the transi6 tion to organic production, to be determined by each 

7 State’s— 

8 ‘‘(A) certified and transitioning organic op9 erations; 

10 ‘‘(B) organic acreage; and 

11 ‘‘(C) 2016 organic and transitioning par12 ticipation within the environmental quality in13 centives program.’’; 

14 (D) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by 

15 subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)’’; 

17 and 

18 (E) in paragraph (5) (as redesignated by 

19 subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)’’. 

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