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tions prescribed under this section, specify the dura-
tion of the contract.’’. 
(f) 
CONSERVATION
PRIORITY
AREAS.—Section 
1231(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3831(f)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘watershed 
areas of the Chesapeake Bay Region, the Great 
Lakes Region, the Long Island Sound Region, and 
other’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘WATER-
SHEDS.—Watersheds’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘AREAS.— 
Areas’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘a watershed’s 
designation—’’ and all that follows through the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘an area’s designation 
if the Secretary finds that the area no longer con-
tains actual and significant adverse water quality or 
habitat impacts related to agricultural production 
activities.’’. 
SEC. 2002. FARMABLE WETLAND PROGRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 1231B(a)(1) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831b(a)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’; 
and 
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(2) by striking ‘‘a program’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
farmable wetland program’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ACREAGE.—Section 1231B(b)(1)(B) of 
the 
Food 
Security 
Act 
of 
1985 
(16 
U.S.C. 
3831b(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘flow from a row 
crop agriculture drainage system’’ and inserting ‘‘surface 
and subsurface flow from row crop agricultural produc-
tion’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 1231B of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831b) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking the heading and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 1231B. FARMABLE WETLAND PROGRAM.’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘section 
1234(c)(2)(B)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
1234(c)(2)(A)(ii)’’. 
SEC. 2003. DUTIES OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS. 
(a) LIMITATION ON HARVESTING, GRAZING OR COM-
MERCIAL USE OF FORAGE.—Section 1232(a)(8) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(8)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘except that’’ and all that follows 
through the semicolon at the end of the paragraph and 
inserting ‘‘except as provided in section 1233(b);’’. 
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(b) CONSERVATION PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
1232 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832) 
is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) CONSERVATION PLANS.—The plan referred to 
in subsection (a)(1) shall set forth— 
‘‘(1) the conservation measures and practices to 
be carried out by the owner or operator during the 
term of the contract; and 
‘‘(2) the commercial use, if any, to be permitted 
on the land during the term.’’. 
(c) RENTAL PAYMENT REDUCTION.—Section 1232 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832) is 
amended by striking subsection (d). 
SEC. 2004. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. 
Section 1233 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3833) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1233. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. 
‘‘(a) COST-SHARE AND RENTAL PAYMENTS.—In re-
turn for a contract entered into by an owner or operator, 
the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) share the cost of carrying out the con-
servation measures and practices set forth in the 
contract for which the Secretary determines that 
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