(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) to undertake appropriate management ac-
tivities on the land as needed throughout the term 
of the contract to achieve the purposes of the con-
servation reserve program;’’; and 
(4) in subparagraph (A)(i)(II) of paragraph (8), 
as so redesignated, by inserting after ‘‘may be con-
ducted’’ the following: ‘‘, taking into account grass-
land types and species, location, weather conditions, 
and other factors that determine to what extent har-
vesting and grazing activities will advance the con-
servation purposes of the program’’. 
(f) CONSERVATION PLAN.—Section 1232(b)(1) of 
such Act (16 U.S.C. 3832(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, including appropriate management 
activities required by subsection (a)(5);’’ and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) criteria for conducting any commer-
cial use to be permitted, including criteria for 
managed harvesting and grazing specifying fre-
quency, timing, number of animal units, per-
centage of field, and other criteria to ensure 
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that managed harvesting and grazing advances 
the conservation purposes of the program; 
and’’. 
(g) COST-SHARE AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE.— 
Section 1234(b) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3834(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘, except that the Sec-
retary shall pay 75 percent of the cost of estab-
lishing bottomland hardwood trees and longleaf 
pine’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) MANAGEMENT
COSTS.—The Secretary 
shall pay 75 percent of the cost of management ac-
tivities, including control of invasive species, re-
quired under a contract entered into under this sub-
chapter, subject to such limits as the Secretary may 
establish.’’. 
(h) ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRACT OFFERS.—Section 
1234(c)(3) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3834(c)(3)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘In determining’’ and inserting 
the following: 
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‘‘(A) MAXIMIZING ENVIRONMENTAL BENE-
FITS.—In determining’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘may’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘take into consideration’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall take into consideration’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘benefits; and’’ and inserting 
‘‘benefits. The Secretary shall establish criteria for 
the acceptance of contract offers that will maximize 
environmental benefits, including criteria related to 
the characteristics of the land that is the subject of 
the contract offer, its location, proposed cover and 
proposed management practices.’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘(B) establish’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B) FLEXIBILITY.—The Secretary may 
establish’’; 
(5) by striking ‘‘abated.’’ and inserting ‘‘abated, 
in order to more effectively address specific State or 
regional resource concerns and conservation prior-
ities.’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER CONSERVA-
TION PROGRAMS.—In the enrollment of land in 
the conservation reserve established under this 
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subchapter, the Secretary shall give a priority 
to land that cannot produce comparable envi-
ronmental benefits if maintained in agricultural 
production and enrolled in the environmental 
quality incentives program or other program de-
signed to assist producers in improving the en-
vironmental performance of working agricul-
tural land.’’. 
(i) CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PRO-
GRAM.—Section 1234(f)(1) of such Act is (16 U.S.C. 
3834(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary may waive this payment 
limitation for persons participating in a conservation re-
serve enhancement program if the Secretary determines 
such a waiver is necessary to achieve the objectives of the 
conservation reserve enhancement program.’’. 
SEC. 102. WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION.— 
(1) FUNDING EXTENSION.—Section 1241(a)(2) 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3841(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘The’’ and in-
serting ‘‘For each of fiscal years 2002 through 
2013, the’’. 
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(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1237(c) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3837(c)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 
(b) MAXIMUM AND YEARLY ENROLLMENT.—Section 
1237(b)(1) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3837(b)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘2,275,000 acres’’ and inserting 
‘‘5,000,000 acres’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘250,000 acres in each calendar 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘350,000 acres in each of cal-
endar years 2008 and 2009 and 250,000 acres in 
each of calendar years 2010 through 2013’’. 
(c) WETLAND EASEMENT CONSERVATION PLAN.— 
Section 1237A(b)(3) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3837a(b)(3)) 
is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end 
the following: ‘‘and management activities necessary to 
maintain the functional values of the wetlands’’. 
(d) COST-SHARE AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE.— 
Section 1237C of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3837c) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘including 
management activities,’’ after ‘‘values,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
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