‘‘(4) 
MINIMUM
PAYMENT.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision in this subsection, a producer 
participating in the conservation security program 
shall be entitled to an annual payment of not less 
than $1,500 under a conservation security con-
tract.’’. 
(g) ENROLLMENT PROCEDURES.—Subsection (f) of 
section 1238C of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3838c) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) ENROLLMENT PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(1) NO USE OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING.—In 
entering into conservation security contracts with 
producers under this subchapter, the Secretary shall 
not use competitive bidding or any similar proce-
dure. 
‘‘(2) CONTINUOUS ENROLLMENT FOR TIER III 
CONTRACTS.—The Secretary shall enroll lands that 
meet Tier III enrollment criteria on a continuous 
basis. 
‘‘(3) PERIODIC
ENROLLMENT
OPPORTUNITIES 
FOR TIER I AND II CONTRACTS.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that producers whose land meets the eligi-
bility criteria for enrollment under a Tier I or Tier 
II conservation security contract have the oppor-
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tunity to enroll the land in the conservation security 
program once every three years.’’. 
(h) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Subsection (f) of sec-
tion 1238C of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3838c) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
For each of fiscal years 2003 through 2013, the 
Secretary shall provide appropriate technical assist-
ance to producers for the development and imple-
mentation of conservation security contracts. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount expended to 
provide technical assistance with respect to a con-
servation security contract over the life of the con-
tract may not exceed 15 percent of the total amount 
expended over the life of the contract.’’. 
SEC. 104. REAUTHORIZATION OF AND INCREASED ENROLL-
MENT AUTHORITY FOR GRASSLAND RESERVE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION AND FUNDING.—Section 1241(a) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) is 
amended by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
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‘‘(5) For each of fiscal years 2002 through 
2013, the grassland reserve program under sub-
chapter C of chapter 2.’’. 
(b) MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT AND LIMITATION ON 
USE OF RENTAL AGREEMENTS.—Subsection (b) of sec-
tion 1238N of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3838N) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2,000,000 
acres’’ and inserting ‘‘5,000,000 acres’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON USE OF RENTAL AGREE-
MENTS.—Of the total number of acres enrolled in 
the program at any one time through the methods 
described in paragraph (2)(A), not more than 30 
percent of the acres shall be enrolled through the 
use of rental agreements described in clause (i) of 
such paragraph.’’. 
(c) ENROLLMENT GOAL.—Subsection (b) of such sec-
tion is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) ENROLLMENT GOAL.—For the period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this para-
graph and ending on December 31, 2013, the Sec-
retary shall establish a goal to enroll not less than 
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1,000,000 acres of native grasslands in the pro-
gram.’’. 
(d) EQUITY FOR PASTURE-BASED OPERATIONS.— 
Such section is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) EQUITY FOR PASTURE-BASED OPERATIONS.— 
Consistent with the other requirements of the program, 
the Secretary shall implement the program in a manner 
that ensures that, to the greatest extent practicable, land-
owners operating pasture-based systems have an equal op-
portunity to enroll in the program.’’. 
SEC. 105. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION.— 
(1) FUNDING
EXTENSION
AND
INCREASE.— 
Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) is amended by striking para-
graph (6) and inserting the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(6) The environmental quality incentives pro-
gram under chapter 4, using, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable, $2,000,000,000 in each of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2013.’’. 
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