rials, installation, management, maintenance, or 
training;’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by amending subparagraph (A) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(A)(i) for practices that are not develop-
ment practices, to not more than 90 percent of 
the costs associated with planning, design, ma-
terials, equipment, installation, labor, manage-
ment, maintenance, or training; or 
‘‘(ii) for development practices, to not 
more than 75 percent of the costs associated 
with the planning, design, materials, equipment, 
installation, labor management, maintenance, or 
training;’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by strik-
ing ‘‘may be provided’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 
be provided’’; and 
(4) in subsection (h)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘water 
conservation or irrigation practice’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘water-conserving irrigation practice’’; and 
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
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‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In providing payments to a 
producer for a development practice that is a water 
conservation or irrigation practice, the Secretary 
shall give priority to applications in which— 
‘‘(A) consistent with the law of the State 
in which the eligible land of the producer is lo-
cated, the producer agrees to reduce water use 
in its operations; or 
‘‘(B) the producer agrees not to use any 
associated water savings to bring new land, 
other than incidental land needed for efficient 
operations, under irrigated production, unless 
the producer is participating in a watershed- 
wide project that will effectively conserve water, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) PAYMENT RATE.—Applications given pri-
ority under paragraph (2) shall be subject to the 
payment rate described in paragraph (2)(A)(i).’’; 
and 
(5) in subsection (i)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—As a condi-
tion for receiving payments under this subsection, a 
producer shall agree to develop and implement con-
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servation practices for certified organic production 
that are consistent with the regulations promulgated 
under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 
U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) and the purposes of this chap-
ter.’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and redesig-
nating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs 
(3) and (4), respectively. 
SEC. 10. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS. 
Section 1240G of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3839aa–7) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1240G. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS. 
‘‘(a) TOTAL PAYMENTS.—A person or legal entity 
may not receive, directly or indirectly, payments under 
this chapter and chapter 2 that, in the aggregate, exceed 
$450,000 for all contracts entered into under this chapter 
and chapter 2 by the person or entity during the period 
of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, regardless of the num-
ber of contracts entered into under this chapter by the 
person or entity. 
‘‘(b) MANAGEMENT PAYMENTS.—A person or legal 
entity may not receive, directly or indirectly, payments 
under the management component of this chapter and 
chapter 2 that, in aggregate, exceed $200,000 for all con-
tracts entered into under the management component of 
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this chapter and chapter 2 by the person or entity during 
the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, regardless 
of the number of contracts entered into under this chapter 
by the person or entity.’’. 
SEC. 11. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION. 
Section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3841) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(5), by striking ‘‘prac-
ticable—’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘practicable, 
$1,750,000,000 for each fiscal year through fiscal 
year 2023, including not less than $500,000,000 
each fiscal year for management activities that assist 
producers protecting sources of drinking water.’’ 
(2) in subsection (h)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘2009 through 
2018’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘2019 
through 
2023’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘5 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘15 percent’’; 
and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘5 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘15 percent’’; 
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(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), 
and (4), as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), re-
spectively; 
(C) after paragraph (1), by inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) WILDLIFE.—Of the funds made available 
for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 to carry 
out the environmental quality incentives program 
and the acres made available for each of such fiscal 
years to carry out the conservation stewardship pro-
gram, the Secretary shall use at least 10 percent for 
conservation activities that support the restoration, 
development, protection, and improvement of wildlife 
habitat on eligible land, including— 
‘‘(A) upland wildlife habitat; 
‘‘(B) wetland wildlife habitat; 
‘‘(C) habitat for threatened and endan-
gered species; 
‘‘(D) fish habitat; 
‘‘(E) wildlife habitat on pivot corners and 
other irregular areas of a field; and 
‘‘(F) other types of wildlife habitat, as de-
termined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) ORGANIC.—Of the funds made available 
for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 to carry 
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out the environmental quality incentives program 
and the acres made available for each of such fiscal 
years to carry out the conservation stewardship pro-
gram, the Secretary shall allocate funding to the 
States to support organic production and the transi-
tion to organic production, to be determined by each 
State’s— 
‘‘(A) certified and transitioning organic op-
erations; 
‘‘(B) organic acreage; and 
‘‘(C) 2016 organic and transitioning par-
ticipation within the environmental quality in-
centives program.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)’’; 
and 
(E) in paragraph (5) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)’’. 
Æ 
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