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contract described in paragraph (1), the Secretary 
may provide incentive payments to landowners under 
the agreement or contract, including the cost of 
management activities needed during the term of the 
agreement or contract.’’. 
(d) FISH HABITAT.—Section 1240N of such Act (16 
U.S.C. 3839bb–1) is further amended by inserting after 
subsection (d), as added by subsection (c), the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(e) DEVELOPMENT OF FISH HABITAT.— 
‘‘(1) PURPOSES OF COST-SHARE PAYMENTS.— 
Subsection (b)(1)(D) authorizes the Secretary to 
make cost-share payments to landowners to develop 
fish habitat. The development of fish habitat using 
such cost-share payments may include activities— 
‘‘(A) to protect streamside areas, including 
through the installation of riparian fencing and 
improved stream crossings; 
‘‘(B) to repair in-stream habitat; 
‘‘(C) to improve water flows and water 
quality, including through channel restoration; 
‘‘(D) to initiate watershed management 
and planning in areas in which streams are in 
a degraded condition due to past agricultural or 
forestry practices; and 
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‘‘(E) to undertake other types of stream 
habitat improvement approved by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY
PROJECTS.—When considering 
applications describing projects to protect or restore 
fish habitat, the Secretary shall give priority to ap-
plicants who will use the cost-share payments to 
carry out a project— 
‘‘(A) to remove a small dam or in-stream 
structure; 
‘‘(B) to improve fish passage, including 
through culvert repair and maintenance; 
‘‘(C) to protect streamside areas; 
‘‘(D) to improve water flows, including 
through irrigation efficiency improvements; or 
‘‘(E) to improve in-stream flow quality or 
timing or temperature regimes. 
‘‘(3) PRIORITY FOR PROJECTS INCLUDING UP-
LAND IMPROVEMENTS.—In addition to the priority 
projects described in paragraph (2), to ensure that 
projects intended to protect or restore fish habitat 
also address the causes of stream habitat degrada-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority among applica-
tions describing such projects to applicants who 
demonstrate that upland improvements associated 
with the stream habitat improvement, including ero-
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sion and nutrient management have been, or will be, 
carried out.’’. 
SEC. 507. INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE. 
(a) INITIATIVE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall implement an integrated pest management 
initiative in priority areas identified by the Secretary pur-
suant to subsection (b) for the purpose of assisting agri-
cultural producers operating in a priority area to comply 
with pest management regulations and alleviate the need 
for additional regulations regarding pest management ac-
tivities. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITY AREAS.— 
(1) IDENTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall identify priority areas where the adop-
tion by agricultural producers of integrated pest 
management practices and approaches offers the 
greatest potential benefit to producers seeking to 
comply with pest management regulations and allevi-
ate the need for additional regulations regarding 
pest management activities. At a minimum, priority 
areas shall include agricultural lands dominated by 
the production of specialty crops and agricultural 
lands where agricultural pest management activities 
are regulated for the purpose of mitigating specific 
impacts to human health or the environment, such 
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as an area in which pollutants exceed authorized 
total maximum daily load or an air quality non-at-
tainment area. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall iden-
tify priority areas in consultation with the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, the United States Geo-
logical Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, agricultural producers, appropriated State 
agencies, and other interested persons. 
(c) ACTIVITIES IN PRIORITY AREAS.— 
(1) EXPEDITED
APPROVAL
OF
MANAGEMENT 
PRACTICES.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall de-
velop the best-available integrated pest management 
practices for the primary agricultural commodities 
and significant pests in each priority area identified 
under subsection (b) and expedite approval of these 
practices for implementation by agricultural pro-
ducers. 
(2) IMPROVED EVALUATION OF MANAGEMENT 
PLANS.—The Secretary shall develop and make 
available criteria to enable staff of the Natural Re-
sources Conservation Service and agricultural pro-
ducers operating in priority areas identified under 
subsection (b) to effectively compare pest manage-
ment plans, considering relative risks and potential 
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benefits to multiple resources of concern, including 
air, surface water, ground water, bees and other pol-
linators, wildlife, and worker safety. 
(3) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
may enter in cooperative agreements, memorandums 
of understanding, and contracts for services with 
technical service providers, other agencies, and non- 
Federal organizations, as necessary, to assist in pro-
viding technical assistance regarding integrated pest 
management planning and implementation to pro-
ducers operating in priority areas identified under 
subsection (b). 
(4) MARKETING.—The Secretary may market 
the availability of integrated pest management tools 
and training to agricultural producers in the priority 
areas identified under subsection (b). 
(5) PROGRAM
INTEGRATION.—The Secretary 
shall set goals for integrating the integrated pest 
management initiative with the environmental qual-
ity incentives program established under chapter 4 
of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) and other con-
servation programs in each priority area identified 
under subsection (b), including indicators of the ex-
tent to which these programs fund integrated pest 
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