A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal the environmental quality incentives program.

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal the environmental quality incentives program. 1. Repeal of environmental quality incentives program (a) In general Chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3839aa (b) Conforming amendments (1) Section 1211(a)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3811(a)(3) (A) by striking subparagraph (A); (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively; and (C) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking any other provision of (2) Section 1221(b)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3821(b)(3) (A) by striking subparagraph (A); (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively; and (C) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking any other provision of (3) Section 1235(f)(1)(D) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3835(f)(1)(D) or the environmental quality incentives program (4) Section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3841 (A) in subsection (a)— (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking (and fiscal year 2019 in the case of the program specified in paragraph (5)) (ii) by striking paragraph (5); (B) in subsection (b), by striking (and fiscal year 2019 in the case of the program specified in subsection (a)(5)) (C) in subsection (h)— (i) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (I) by striking funds acres (II) by striking to carry out the environmental quality incentives program and the acres made available for each of such fiscal years (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and (iii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and (D) in subsection (i)— (i) by striking paragraph (2); and (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively. (5) Section 1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3844 (A) in subsection (c)— (i) in paragraph (1)(B), by adding and (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ; and (iii) by striking paragraph (3); and (B) in subsection (l), by striking D and the environmental quality incentives program under chapter 4 of subtitle (6) Section 1271A(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3871a(1) (A) by striking subparagraph (B); and (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively. (7) Section 344(f)(8) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 ( 7 U.S.C. 1344(f)(8) Act, the environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, Act (8) Section 377 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 ( 7 U.S.C. 1377 Act or the environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985): Act): (9) The last proviso of the matter under the heading conservation reserve program Soil Bank Programs 7 U.S.C. 1831a (1) payments or (2) (10) Section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ( 16 U.S.C. 590h(b) (11) Section 1271(c)(3)(C) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 16 U.S.C. 2106a(c)(3)(C) (A) by striking section, the section and the (B) by striking ( 16 U.S.C. 2101 or other ( 16 U.S.C. 2101 (12) Section 304 of the Lake Champlain Special Designation Act of 1990 ( 33 U.S.C. 1270 Public Law 101–596 (A) by striking subsection (a); (B) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as subsections (a) through (c), respectively; and (C) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)— (i) by striking (1) There (2) There There (ii) by striking (b) and (c) (a) and (b) (13) Section 202 of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1592

Summary: This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal the Department of Agriculture Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). (EQIP provides financial and technical assistance for agricultural producers and land owners to implement certain conservation practices.)