II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2611 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 22, 2018 Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal the environmental quality incentives program.

1. Repeal of environmental quality incentives program (a) In general Chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) is repealed. (b) Conforming amendments (1) Section 1211(a)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3811(a)(3) ) is amended— (A) by striking subparagraph (A); (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively; and (C) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking any other provision of . (2) Section 1221(b)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3821(b)(3) ) is amended— (A) by striking subparagraph (A); (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively; and (C) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking any other provision of . (3) Section 1235(f)(1)(D) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3835(f)(1)(D) ) is amended by striking or the environmental quality incentives program . (4) Section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3841 ) is amended— (A) in subsection (a)— (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking (and fiscal year 2019 in the case of the program specified in paragraph (5)) ; and (ii) by striking paragraph (5); (B) in subsection (b), by striking (and fiscal year 2019 in the case of the program specified in subsection (a)(5)) ; (C) in subsection (h)— (i) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (I) by striking funds and inserting acres ; and (II) by striking to carry out the environmental quality incentives program and the acres made available for each of such fiscal years ; (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and (iii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and (D) in subsection (i)— (i) by striking paragraph (2); and (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively. (5) Section 1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3844 ) is amended— (A) in subsection (c)— (i) in paragraph (1)(B), by adding and at the end; (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ; and and inserting a period; and (iii) by striking paragraph (3); and (B) in subsection (l), by striking D and the environmental quality incentives program under chapter 4 of subtitle . (6) Section 1271A(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3871a(1) ) is amended— (A) by striking subparagraph (B); and (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively. (7) Section 344(f)(8) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 ( 7 U.S.C. 1344(f)(8) ) is amended in the proviso of the first sentence by striking Act, the environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, and inserting Act . (8) Section 377 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 ( 7 U.S.C. 1377 ) is amended in the first proviso by striking Act or the environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985): and inserting Act): . (9) The last proviso of the matter under the heading conservation reserve program under the heading Soil Bank Programs of title I of the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1959 ( 7 U.S.C. 1831a ), is amended by striking (1) payments and all that follows through or (2) . (10) Section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ( 16 U.S.C. 590h(b) ) is amended by striking paragraph (1). (11) Section 1271(c)(3)(C) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 16 U.S.C. 2106a(c)(3)(C) ) is amended— (A) by striking section, the and inserting section and the ; and (B) by striking ( 16 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.) and all that follows through or other and inserting ( 16 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.) or any other applicable . (12) Section 304 of the Lake Champlain Special Designation Act of 1990 ( 33 U.S.C. 1270 note; Public Law 101–596 ) is amended— (A) by striking subsection (a); (B) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as subsections (a) through (c), respectively; and (C) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)— (i) by striking (1) There in paragraph (1) and all that follows through (2) There in paragraph (2) and inserting There ; and (ii) by striking (b) and (c) and inserting (a) and (b) . (13) Section 202 of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1592 ) is amended by striking subsection (c).