‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, if an owner or
operator has land enrolled in another con-
servation program administered by the
Secretary and has applied to enroll the
same land in the conservation program, the
owner or operator may elect to—
‘‘(I) convert the contract under
the other conservation program to a
conservation security contract, with-
out penalty, except that this subclause
shall not apply to a long-term or per-
manent conservation or easement; or
‘‘(II) have each annual payment
to the owner or operator under this
paragraph reduced to reflect payment
for practices the owner or operator re-
ceives under the other conservation
program, except that the annual pay-
ment under this paragraph may in-
clude incentives for qualified practices
that enhance or extend the conserva-
tion benefit achieved under the other
conservation program.
‘‘(ii) PAYMENT
LIMITATIONS.—If an
owner or operator has land enrolled in the
conservation security program and one or
more other conservation programs adminis-
tered by the Secretary, the Secretary shall
include all payments, other than easement
or rental payments, from the conservation
security program and the other conserva-
tion programs in applying the annual pay-
ment limitations under subparagraph (A).
‘‘(E) WASTE STORAGE OR TREATMENT FA-
CILITIES.—An annual payment to an owner or
operator under this paragraph shall not be pro-
vided for the purpose of construction or mainte-
nance of animal waste storage or treatment fa-
cilities or associated waste transport or transfer
devices for animal feeding operations.
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
issue regulations—
‘‘(i) defining the term ‘person’ for the
purposes of this chapter—
‘‘(I) which regulations shall con-
form, to the extent practicable, to the
regulations defining the term ‘person’
issued under section 1001; and
‘‘(II) which term shall be defined
so that no individual directly or indi-
rectly may receive payments exceeding
the applicable amount specified in
paragraph (1) or (2);
‘‘(ii) providing adequate safeguards to
protect the interests of tenants and share-
croppers, including provision for sharing,
on a fair and equitable basis; and
‘‘(iii) prescribing such other rules as
the Secretary determines to be necessary
to ensure a fair and reasonable application
of the limitations established under para-
graphs (1) and (2).
‘‘(B) PENALTIES
FOR
SCHEMES
OR
DE-
VICES.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—If the Secretary
determines that a person has adopted a
scheme or device to evade, or that has the
purpose of evading, the regulations issued
under subparagraph (A), the person shall
be ineligible to participate in the conserva-
tion security program for the year for
which the scheme or device was adopted
and each of the following five years.
‘‘(ii) FRAUD.—If the Secretary deter-
mines that fraud was committed in connec-
tion with the scheme or device, the person
shall be ineligible to participate in the con-
servation security program for the year for
which the scheme or device was adopted
and each of the following 10 years.
‘‘(4) TERMINATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection
(g), the Secretary shall allow an owner or oper-
ator to terminate the conservation security con-
tract.
‘‘(B) PAYMENTS.—The owner or operator
may retain any or all payments received under
a terminated conservation security contract if—
‘‘(i) the owner or operator is in full
compliance with the terms and conditions,
including any maintenance requirements,
of the conservation security contract; and
‘‘(ii) the Secretary determines that re-
tention of payment will not defeat the
goals enumerated in the conservation secu-
rity plan of the owner or operator.
‘‘(5) TRANSFER OR CHANGE OF INTEREST IN
LAND SUBJECT TO CONSERVATION SECURITY CON-
TRACT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the transfer, or change in
the interest, of an owner or operator in land
subject to a conservation security contract shall
result in the termination of the conservation se-
curity contract.
‘‘(B) 
TRANSFER
OF
DUTIES
AND
RIGHTS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply if,
not later than 60 days after the date of the
transfer or change in the interest in land, the
transferee of the land provides written notice to
the Secretary that all duties and rights under
the conservation security contract have been
transferred to the transferee.
‘‘(6) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year,
the Secretary shall use such sums as are nec-
essary from funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to provide technical assistance to
owners and operators for the development and
implementation of conservation security con-
tracts.