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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3892 

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to improve the conservation reserve 

program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 22, 2022 

Mr. THUNE (for himself and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) 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 improve the 

conservation reserve program, 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 ‘‘Conservation Reserve 

5 Program Improvement Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM IMPROVE7 MENTS. 

8 (a) STATE ACRES FOR WILDLIFE ENHANCEMENT

9 CONTINUOUS ENROLLMENT.—Section 1231(d)(6)(A)(i) of 


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1 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

2 3831(d)(6)(A)(i)) is amended— 

3 (1) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

4 end; and 

5 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(IV) land that will be enrolled 

7 under the State acres for wildlife en8 hancement practice established by the 

9 Secretary; and’’. 

10 (b) COST SHARING PAYMENTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT

11 OF GRAZING INFRASTRUCTURE.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1234(b)(1) of the 

13 Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(b)(1)) 

14 is amended— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘establishing water’’ and 

16 inserting the following: ‘‘establishing— 

17 ‘‘(A) water’’; 

18 (B) in subparagraph (A) (as so des19 ignated), by striking the period at the end and 

20 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

21 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(B) grazing infrastructure, including inte23 rior cross fencing, perimeter fencing, and water 

24 infrastructure (such as rural water connections, 

25 water wells, pipelines, and water tanks), under 


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1 each contract, for all practices, if grazing is in2 cluded in the conservation plan and addresses a 

3 resource concern.’’. 

4 (2) REENROLLMENT OF LAND WITH GRAZING

5 INFRASTRUCTURE.—Section 1231(h) of the Food 

6 Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(h)) is amend7 ed by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(3) LAND WITH GRAZING INFRASTRUCTURE.— 

9 On the expiration of a contract entered into under 

10 this subchapter that covers land that includes graz11 ing infrastructure established with cost sharing as12 sistance under section 1234(b)(1)(B)— 

13 ‘‘(A) the Secretary shall consider that land 

14 to be planted for purposes of subsection 

15 (b)(1)(B); and 

16 ‘‘(B) that land shall be eligible for reenroll17 ment in the conservation reserve, subject to the 

18 requirements of this subchapter.’’. 

19 (c) MID-CONTRACT MANAGEMENT FOR ACTIVITIES

20 NOT RELATING TO HAYING OR GRAZING.— 

21 (1) DEFINITION OF MANAGEMENT.—Section 

22 1232(a)(5) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

23 U.S.C. 3832(a)(5)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(as de24 fined in section 1231A(a))’’ after ‘‘management’’. 


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1 (2) MANAGEMENT PAYMENTS.—Section 

2 1234(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

3 U.S.C. 3834(b)(2)) is amended by striking subpara4 graph (B) and inserting the following: 

5 ‘‘(B) MANAGEMENT PAYMENTS.—The Sec6 retary shall make cost sharing payments to an 

7 owner or operator under this subchapter for 

8 any management activity described in section 

9 1232(a)(5), except for those management ac10 tivities relating to haying or grazing.’’. 

11 (d) PAYMENT LIMITATION FOR RENTAL PAY12 MENTS.—Section 1234(g)(1) of the Food Security Act of 

13 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(g)(1)) is amended by striking 

14 ‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$125,000’’. 

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