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(3) take advantage of new technologies to en-
hance efficiency and effectiveness of program deliv-
ery to producers. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—On October 1, 2013, the 
Secretary shall make available to the Farm Service Agency 
to carry out this title $97,000,000. 
TITLE II—CONSERVATION 
Subtitle A—Conservation Reserve 
Program 
SEC. 2001. EXTENSION AND ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS 
OF CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 1231(a) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(a)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE LAND.—Section 1231(b) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘the date 
of enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘the date of enactment 
of the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 
2013’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating 
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); 
(3) by inserting before paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(3) grassland that— 
‘‘(A) contains forbs or shrubland (includ-
ing improved rangeland and pastureland) for 
which grazing is the predominant use; 
‘‘(B) is located in an area historically 
dominated by grassland; and 
‘‘(C) could provide habitat for animal and 
plant populations of significant ecological value 
if the land is retained in its current use or re-
stored to a natural condition;’’; 
(4) 
in 
paragraph 
(4)(C), 
by 
striking 
‘‘filterstrips devoted to trees or shrubs’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘filterstrips and riparian buffers devoted to 
trees, shrubs, or grasses’’; and 
(5) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(5) the portion of land in a field not enrolled 
in the conservation reserve in a case in which— 
‘‘(A) more than 50 percent of the land in 
the field is enrolled as a buffer or filterstrip or 
more than 75 percent of the land in the field 
is enrolled in a practice other than as a buffer 
or filterstrip; and 
‘‘(B) the remainder of the field is— 
‘‘(i) infeasible to farm; and 
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‘‘(ii) enrolled at regular rental rates.’’. 
(c) PLANTING STATUS OF CERTAIN LAND.—Section 
1231(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3831(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘if’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘if, during 
the crop year, the land was devoted to a conserving use.’’. 
(d) ENROLLMENT.—Section 1231 of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831) is amended by striking 
subsection (d) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) ENROLLMENT.— 
‘‘(1) MAXIMUM
ACREAGE
ENROLLED.—The 
Secretary may maintain in the conservation reserve 
at any 1 time during— 
‘‘(A) fiscal year 2014, no more than 
30,000,000 acres; 
‘‘(B) fiscal year 2015, no more than 
27,500,000 acres; 
‘‘(C) fiscal year 2016, no more than 
26,500,000 acres; 
‘‘(D) fiscal year 2017, no more than 
25,500,000 acres; and 
‘‘(E) fiscal year 2018, no more than 
25,000,000 acres. 
‘‘(2) GRASSLAND.— 
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‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—For purposes of apply-
ing the limitations in paragraph (1), no more 
than 1,500,000 acres of the land described in 
subsection (b)(3) may be enrolled in the pro-
gram at any 1 time during the 2014 through 
2018 fiscal years. 
‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In enrolling acres under 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary may give pri-
ority to land with expiring conservation reserve 
program contracts. 
‘‘(C) METHOD OF ENROLLMENT.—In en-
rolling acres under subparagraph (A), the Sec-
retary shall make the program available to own-
ers or operators of eligible land at least once 
during each fiscal year.’’. 
(e) DURATION OF CONTRACT.—Section 1231(e) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(e)) is 
amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN LAND.—In 
the case of land devoted to hardwood trees, 
shelterbelts, windbreaks, or wildlife corridors under 
a contract entered into under this subchapter, the 
owner or operator of the land may, within the limita-
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