SEC. 108. REGIONAL EQUITY IN FUNDING OF CERTAIN DE-
PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CONSERVA-
TION PROGRAMS. 
Subsection (d) of section 1241 of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) MINIMUM BASE ALLOCATION TO STATES FOR 
CERTAIN CONSERVATION PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) MINIMUM
ALLOCATION.—In allocating 
funds to States to implement the conservation pro-
grams under this subtitle D, other than the pro-
grams excluded by paragraph (2), the Secretary 
shall ensure that each State receives, at a minimum, 
$15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 
through 2013.
Funds provided as part of a cooper-
ative conservation partnership initiative under chap-
ter 6 to a project in a State or in a State adjacent 
to that State shall not be counted as part of the 
minimum base allocation to that State under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(2) CERTAIN
PROGRAMS
EXCLUDED.—Para-
graph (1) does not apply to the following programs: 
‘‘(A) The conservation reserve program 
under subchapter B of chapter 1. 
‘‘(B) The wetlands reserve program under 
subchapter C of chapter 1. 
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‘‘(C) The conservation security program 
under subchapter A of chapter 2. 
‘‘(D) The grassland reserve program under 
subchapter C of chapter 2.’’. 
SEC. 109. EXCLUSION OF PAYMENTS UNDER DEPARTMENT 
OF 
AGRICULTURE 
CONSERVATION 
PRO-
GRAMS FROM ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME 
LIMITATION. 
(a) EXCLUSION.—Subsection (b)(2) of section 1001D 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a) is 
amended by striking subparagraph (C). 
(b) DURATION OF ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME LIMI-
TATION.—Such section is further amended by striking 
subsection (e). 
SEC. 110. REAUTHORIZATION OF AND ADDITIONAL FUND-
ING FOR AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Subsection (b)(4)(B) of 
section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
1524) is amended— 
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2003 
through 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2008 
through 2013’’; and 
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(2) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2004 
through 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2008 
through 2013’’. 
(b) FUNDING LEVELS.—Such subsection is further 
amended— 
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘$20,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$40,000,000’’; and 
(2) in clause (iii)— 
(A) 
in 
subclause 
(I), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$14,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$28,000,000’’; 
(B) 
in 
subclause 
(II), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000’’; and 
(C) 
in 
subclause 
(III), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’. 
SEC. 111. COMMUNITY FORESTS AND OPEN SPACE CON-
SERVATION PROGRAM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The United States Forest Service projects 
that 44 million acres of privately owned forested 
land will be developed in the United States by 2030, 
including many of the most important remaining 
forested parcels within and adjacent to communities. 
(2) There is an urgent need to assist local gov-
ernments in raising the funds necessary to purchase 
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the most important of these parcels of privately 
owned forested land as they come up for sale. 
(3) The breakup of forested land into smaller 
parcels has resulted in an increasing number of own-
ers of privately owned forested land, but many of 
these owners have little or no experience in forest 
stewardship. 
(4) In fast growing communities of all sizes 
across the United States, the remaining parcels of 
privately owned forested land play an essential role 
in protecting public water supplies, which has lead 
many local governments to purchase these lands for 
municipal or county ownership. 
(5) Rising rates of obesity and other public 
health problems related to inactivity have been 
shown to be ameliorated by improving public access 
to safe and pleasing areas for outdoor recreation, 
which has lead many local governments to purchase 
lands for recreational purposes under municipal or 
county ownership. 
(6) Across the United States, many commu-
nities of diverse types and sizes are deriving signifi-
cant financial benefit from owning and managing 
municipal or county forestlands as a source of local 
revenue that also contributes significantly to the 
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health of the forest products economy at the local 
and national levels. 
(7) The access to privately owned forested land 
for hunting, fishing, and trapping has declined, and 
the number of persons participating in these activi-
ties has likewise declined, as these lands are divided 
into smaller parcels and more owners of privately 
owned forested land post their land against public 
use, which has lead many local governments to pur-
chase forestlands to guarantee access for hunting, 
fishing, and trapping. 
(8) There is a national interest and an urgent 
need to assist local governments in raising the funds 
necessary to purchase important privately owned for-
ested land that will maintain the diverse public bene-
fits of forestlands close to or within all manner of 
communities nationwide, from close-knit rural com-
munities to fast growing suburban and exurban 
areas. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Coopera-
tive Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
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