(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CHESAPEAKE
BAY
STATE; STATE.—The 
terms ‘Chesapeake Bay State’ and ‘State’ means 
any of— 
‘‘(A) the States of Delaware, Maryland, 
New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West 
Virginia; and 
‘‘(B) the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(2) CHESAPEAKE
BAY
WATERSHED.—The 
term ‘Chesapeake Bay watershed’ means all tribu-
taries, backwaters, and side channels, including their 
watersheds, draining into the Chesapeake Bay in a 
Chesapeake Bay State. 
‘‘(3) OWNER.—The term ‘owner’ means an 
owner of nonindustrial private forest land. 
‘‘(4) TECHNICAL
SERVICE
PROVIDER.—The 
term ‘technical service provider’ means a third-party 
provider who is eligible to be approved pursuant to 
section 1242(e).’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘and owners’’ after ‘‘pro-
ducers’’ each place it appears in subsections (b), (c), 
(d)(1)(A), (d)(2), and (e)(1); 
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(3) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and nonindustrial pri-
vate forest lands’’ after ‘‘agricultural lands’’; 
(4) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-
serting 
‘‘Except 
as 
provided 
in 
subsection 
(d)(1)(B)(ii), the Secretary’’; 
(5) in subsection (d)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion to cover the costs of the program involved 
with each agreement.’’ and inserting ‘‘section— 
’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) to cover the costs of the program 
involved with each agreement; or 
‘‘(ii) to provide technical assistance di-
rectly or through technical service pro-
viders.’’; 
(6) by redesignating subsections (e) through (h) 
as subsections (f) through (i), respectively; 
(7) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO CHESAPEAKE 
BAY STATES.— 
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‘‘(A) STATE WATER QUALITY GOALS.—The 
Secretary may provide technical assistance to a 
Chesapeake Bay State to assist in developing 
the water quality goals of the State to result in 
reductions in losses of nitrogen, phosphorus, 
and sediment from agricultural or nonindustrial 
private forest land in the Chesapeake Bay wa-
tershed to improve water quality in the Chesa-
peake Bay watershed. 
‘‘(B) TARGETED ASSISTANCE TO CHESA-
PEAKE BAY STATES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
may enter into an agreement with a Chesa-
peake Bay State (including any political 
subdivision or agency of the Chesapeake 
Bay State) to provide financial and tech-
nical assistance to the Chesapeake Bay 
State. 
‘‘(ii) PURPOSE OF ASSISTANCE.—As-
sistance provided by the Secretary under 
this subparagraph shall be used by the 
Chesapeake Bay State to provide, through 
a technical service provider, the technical 
assistance needed by an agricultural pro-
ducer or owner in the Chesapeake Bay wa-
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tershed to promote water quality goals of 
the Chesapeake Bay State. 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
TO
AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCERS AND OWNERS OF CERTAIN NON-
INDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FOREST LAND.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
provide technical assistance to producers and 
owners in the Chesapeake Bay watershed di-
rectly or through— 
‘‘(i) a technical service provider; 
‘‘(ii) an agricultural or silvicultural 
producer association; 
‘‘(iii) a State or unit of local govern-
ment; 
‘‘(iv) an Indian tribe; 
‘‘(v) a farmer cooperative; 
‘‘(vi) an institution of higher edu-
cation; or 
‘‘(vii) an organization with an estab-
lished history of working with producers on 
agricultural land, as determined by the 
Secretary, to address— 
‘‘(I) local conservation priorities 
related to agricultural production, 
wildlife habitat development, and non-
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industrial private forest land manage-
ment; or 
‘‘(II) critical watershed-scale soil 
erosion, water quality, sediment re-
duction, or other natural resource 
concerns. 
‘‘(B) PURPOSE
OF
ASSISTANCE.—Tech-
nical assistance may be provided under this 
paragraph for— 
‘‘(i) conservation services to reduce 
losses of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sedi-
ment from agricultural and nonindustrial 
private forest land in the Chesapeake Bay 
watershed, including— 
‘‘(I) education regarding activi-
ties such producers and owners can 
undertake to reduce such losses; or 
‘‘(II) conservation planning, im-
plementation, and maintenance to re-
duce such losses; 
‘‘(ii) identifying best management 
practices and assessing practices required 
to achieve compliance with State and Fed-
eral 
water 
quality 
laws, 
including 
through— 
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‘‘(I) outreach to, and education 
of, producers and owners regarding 
available assistance; or 
‘‘(II) adoption and use of tools 
and technology capable of assessing 
practices that may be used to achieve 
compliance with State and Federal 
water quality laws; or 
‘‘(iii) other purposes as the Secretary 
may determine appropriate.’’; and 
(8) in paragraph (2) of subsection (f) (as redes-
ignated by paragraph (6)), by inserting ‘‘or owner’’ 
after ‘‘producer’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Subsection (i) of section 1240Q of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–4) (as 
redesignated by subsection (a)(6)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon at the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2013 through 2018.’’. 
Æ 
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