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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Major Regulation Cost Review Act of 
2004''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR PERIODIC REVIEW OF ALL MAJOR RULES.

    (a) Requirement.--Chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 610 the following new section:
``Sec. 610a. Periodic review of major rules
    ``(a)  Requirement for Review of Major Rules.--Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of the Major Regulation Cost 
Review Act of 2004, each agency shall publish in the Federal Register a 
plan for the periodic review of all the major rules issued by the 
agency. Such plan may be amended by the agency at any time by 
publishing the revision in the Federal Register.
    ``(b) Purpose of Review.--The purpose of the review shall be to 
determine whether such rules should be continued without change, or 
should be amended or rescinded, consistent with the stated objectives 
of applicable statutes.
    ``(c) Review Within Five Years.--The plan shall provide for the 
review of all such agency rules existing on the effective date of the 
Major Regulation Cost Review Act of 2004 within five years after that 
date and for the review of such rules adopted after such effective date 
within five years after the publication of such rules as the final 
rule. If the head of the agency determines that completion of the 
review of existing rules is not feasible by the established date, the 
head of the agency shall so certify in a statement published in the 
Federal Register and may extend the completion date by one year at a 
time for a total of not more than five years.
    ``(d) Factors to Consider.--In reviewing major rules in a manner 
consistent with the stated objectives of applicable statutes, the 
agency shall consider the following factors:
            ``(1) The continued need for the rule.
            ``(2) The nature of complaints or comments received 
        concerning the rule from the public.
            ``(3) The complexity of the rule.
            ``(4) The extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates, or 
        conflicts with other Federal rules, and, to the extent 
        feasible, with State and local governmental rules.
            ``(5) The length of time since the rule has been evaluated 
        or the degree to which technology, economic conditions, or 
        other factors have changed in the area affected by the rule.
    ``(e) Cost-Benefit Analysis.--The review shall include a cost-
benefit analysis of the rule, using the standard cost-benefit 
methodology included in Office of Management and Budget Circular A-4 
(relating to regulatory analysis and issued September 17, 2003). The 
cost-benefit analysis shall include an identification and consideration 
of a range of less costly regulatory alternatives.
    ``(f) Publication of List of Rules to Be Reviewed.--Each year, each 
agency shall publish in the Federal Register a list of the major rules 
which are to be reviewed pursuant to this section during the succeeding 
12 months and which are to be included in the accounting statement and 
associated report submitted to Congress by the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget under paragraph (4) of section 624(a) of the 
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 (as added by 
section 3 of the Major Regulation Cost Review Act of 2004). The list 
shall include a brief description of each such major rule and the need 
for and legal basis of such rule, and shall invite public comment upon 
the rule.
    ``(g) Major Rule Defined.--In this section, the term `major rule' 
has the meaning provided by section 804 of this title.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 6 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 610 the following new item:

``610a. Periodic review of major rules.''.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS FOR OMB RELATING TO ANNUAL ACCOUNTING STATEMENT.

    (a) Requirement to Include List of Rules to Be Reviewed in Annual 
Accounting Statement.--Section 624(a) of the Treasury and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 
106-554; 114 Stat. 2763A-161), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) a list of the major rules which are to be reviewed by 
        each agency, during the year following the year in which the 
        statement and report are submitted, pursuant to section 610a of 
        title 5, United States Code.''.
    (b) Requirement to Use Agency Cost-Benefit Estimates in Annual 
Accounting Statement.--Section 624 of the Treasury and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 
106-554; 114 Stat. 2763A-161), is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as 
        subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(b) Use of Agency Cost-Benefit Analyses Required.--To carry out 
subsection (a), the Director of the Office of Manage

SOLUTION: Major Regulation Cost Review Act of 2004 - Amends Federal civil service law to require each Federal agency to publish in the Federal Register a plan, which may be amended at any time by publishing a revision, for the periodic review of all the major rules issued by the agency. Requires that the plan provide for review within five years after publication as a final rule, with a five year extension permitted.

Directs the agency, in reviewing major rules, to consider: (1) the continued need for the rule; (2) the nature of complaints or comments received from the public concerning the rule; (3) the complexity of the rule; (4) the extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other Federal rules, and with State and local governmental rules; and (5) the length of time since the rule has been evaluated or the degree to which technology, economic conditions, or other factors have changed in the area affected by the rule.

Requires that: (1) the review include a cost-benefit analysis of the rule, including an identification and consideration of a range of less costly regulatory alternatives; and (2) each year each agency publish a list of the major rules which are to be reviewed and which are to be included in the accounting statement and associated report submitted to Congress by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Makes conforming changes to the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The People's Liberation Army is the principal 
        instrument of repression within the People's Republic of China, 
        responsible for occupying Tibet since 1950, massacring hundreds 
        of students and demonstrators for democracy in Tiananmen Square 
        on June 4, 1989, and running the Laogai (``reform through 
        labor'') slave labor camps.
            (2) The People's Liberation Army is engaged in a massive 
        military buildup, which has involved a doubling since 1992 of 
        announced official figures for military spending by the 
        People's Republic of China.
            (3) The People's Liberation Army is engaging in a major 
        ballistic missile modernization program which could undermine 
        peace and stability in East Asia, including 2 new 
        intercontinental missile programs, 1 submarine-launched missile 
        program, a new class of compact but long-range cruise missiles, 
        and an upgrading of medium- and short-range ballistic missiles.
            (4) The People's Liberation Army is working to coproduce 
        the SU-27 fighter with Russia, and is in the process of 
        purchasing several substantial weapons systems from Russia, 
        including the 633 model of the Kilo-class submarine and the SS-
        N-22 Sunburn missile system specifically designed to 
        incapacitate United States aircraft carriers and Aegis 
        cruisers.
            (5) The People's Liberation Army has carried out acts of 
        aggression in the South China Sea, including the February 1995 
        seizure of the Mischief Reef in the Spratley Islands, which is 
        claimed by the Philippines.
            (6) In July 1995 and in March 1996, the People's Liberation 
        Army conducted missile tests to intimidate Taiwan when Taiwan 
        held historic free elections, and those tests effectively 
        blockaded Taiwan's 2 principal ports of Keelung and Kaohsiung.
            (7) The People's Liberation Army has contributed to the 
        proliferation of technologies relevant to the refinement of 
        weapons-grade nuclear material, including transferring ring 
        magnets to Pakistan.
            (8) The People's Liberation Army and associated defense 
        companies have provided ballistic missile components, cruise 
        missiles, and chemical weapons ingredients to Iran, a country 
        that the executive branch has repeatedly reported to Congress 
        is the greatest sponsor of terrorism in the world.
            (9) In May 1996, United States authorities caught the 
        People's Liberation Army enterprise Poly Technologies and the 
        civilian defense industrial company Norinco attempting to 
        smuggle 2,000 AK-47s into Oakland, California, and offering to 
        sell urban gangs shoulder-held missile launchers capable of 
        ``taking out a 747'' (which the affidavit of the United States 
        Customs Service of May 21, 1996, indicated that the 
        representative of Poly Technologies and Norinco claimed), and 
        Communist Chinese authorities punished only 4 low-level arms 
        merchants by sentencing them on May 17, 1997, to brief prison 
        terms.
            (10) The People's Liberation Army contributes to the 
        People's Republic of China's failure to meet the standards of 
        the 1995 Memorandum of Understanding with the United States on 
        intellectual property rights by running factories which pirate 
        videos, compact discs, and computer software that are products 
        of the United States.
            (11) The People's Liberation Army contributes to the 
        People's Republic of China's failing to meet the standards of 
        the February 1997 Memorandum of Understanding with the United 
        States on textiles by operating enterprises engaged in the 
        transshipment of textile products to the United States through 
        third countries.
            (12) The estimated $2 billion to $3 billion in annual 
        earnings of People's Liberation Army enterprises subsidize the 
        expansion and activities of the People's Liberation Army 
        described in this subsection.
            (13) The commercial activities of the People's Liberation 
        Army are frequently conducted on noncommercial terms, or for 
        noncommercial purposes such as military or foreign policy 
        considerations.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF AUTHORITIES UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY 
              ECONOMIC POWERS ACT TO CHINESE MILITARY COMPANIES.

    (a) Determination of Communist Chinese Military Companies.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), not 
        later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
        the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Attorney 
        General, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Director 
        of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall compile a list of 
        persons who are Communist Chinese military companies and who 
        are operating directly or indirectly in the United States or 
        any of its territories and possessions, and shall publish the 
        list of such persons in the Federal Register. On an ongoing 
        basis, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
        Attorney General, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the 
        Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall make 
        additions or deletions to the list based on the latest 
        information available.
            (2) Communist chinese military company.--For purposes of 
        making the determination required by paragraph (1), the term 
        ``Communist Chinese military company''--
                    (A) means a person that is--
                            (i) engaged in providing commercial 
                        services, manufacturing, producing, or 
                        exporting, and
                            (ii) owned or controlled by the People's 
                        Liberation Army, and
                    (B) includes, but is not limited to, any person 
                identified in the United States Defense Intelligence 
                Agency publication numbered VP-1920-271-90, dated 
                September 1990, or PC-1921-57-95, dated October 1995, 
                and any update of such reports for the purposes of this 
                Act.
    (b) Presidential Authority.--
            (1) Authority.--The President may exercise the authorities 
        set forth in section 203(a) of the International Emergency 
        Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(a)) with respect to any 
        commercial activity in the United States by a Communist Chinese 
        military company (except with respect to authorities relating 
        to importation), without regard to section 202 of that Act.
            (2) Penalties.--The penalties set forth in section 206 of 
        the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
        1705) shall apply to violations of any license, order, or 
        regulation issued under paragraph (1).

SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

    For purposes of this Act, the term ``People's Liberation Army'' 
means the land, naval, and air military services, the police, and the 
intelligence services of the Communist Government of the People's 
Republic of China, and any member of any such service or of such 
police.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 7, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.

SOLUTION: Directs the Secretary of Defense to list, and publish in the Federal Register, persons who are Communist Chinese military companies operating directly or indirectly in the United States or any of its territories and possessions.  Authorizes the President to exercise authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (except those relating to importation) to regulate, prohibit, or penalize certain transactions involving foreign currency, transfers of credit, or property with respect to any activities of such companies in the United States.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Agricultural Water 
Quality Policy Oversight Act of 1999''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and definitions.
Sec. 3. Interagency Agricultural Water Quality Policy Working Group.
Sec. 4. Advisory committee to address agriculture-related water quality 
                            issues.
Sec. 5. Other aspects of leadership role of Department of Agriculture.
Sec. 6. Maintaining privacy of personal data received by Department of 
                            Agriculture and data gathering locations.
Sec. 7. Agricultural water quality programs.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Secretary of Agriculture must provide the 
        leadership necessary to ensure that sound science is used to 
        develop Federal policy decisions and rules regarding private 
        agricultural lands and other rural lands.
            (2) Public attention has gradually turned from the 
        manufacturing industry toward agriculture as a source of water 
        pollution.
            (3) Various studies allege that agricultural production is 
        a source of nutrients and other forms of non-point source 
        pollution.
            (4) Although many of these studies are based on erroneous 
        or incomplete data, Federal agencies are continuing to increase 
        the paperwork and financial burden on farmers and ranchers 
        through regulatory requirements based on these studies.
            (5) Any Federal policy recommendations that may be issued 
        by any Federal agency to address water pollution problems 
        related to agricultural lands should be based on sound science, 
        subject to adequate peer review, and should take into account 
        the economic feasibility of implementing such recommendations 
        at the farm level.
            (6) The majority of farmers and ranchers voluntarily manage 
        their land in ways that protect the productivity and quality of 
        their soil.
            (7) Federal, State, and local technical assistance efforts 
        are ongoing to assist farmers and ranchers in implementing 
        voluntary conservation measures to assess and reduce the risk 
        of non-point source water pollution contributions from 
        agricultural production.
            (8) Farmers and ranchers seeking technical assistance from 
        the Department of Agriculture share detailed data and 
        information about their operations and trust that this 
        information will be kept confidential.
    (b) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Interagency working group.--The term ``Interagency 
        Working Group'' means the Interagency Agricultural Water 
        Quality Policy Working Group established pursuant to section 3.
            (2) Advisory committee.--The term ``advisory committee'' 
        means the advisory committee to address agriculture-related 
        water quality issues established pursuant to section 4.
            (3) Sound science.--The term ``sound science'' means 
        technical or scientific information or techniques that have 
        been subjected to independent peer review, publication in one 
        or more scientific journals, or subjected to some other 
        unbiased process which assures independent scholarly critique 
        of research or field trial results and conclusions, including 
        consideration of the accuracy of collection and analysis for 
        all underlying data. In addition, in all cases where 
        replication of research results is feasible, the term can be 
        applied only to information or techniques that have 
        demonstrated repeatable results in similar trials at other 
        times or at multiple locations.

SEC. 3. INTERAGENCY AGRICULTURAL WATER QUALITY POLICY WORKING GROUP.

    (a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section to establish an 
executive branch working group, to be chaired by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, to--
            (1) ensure that sound science is used to develop 
        agricultural water quality policy; and
            (2) provide advice and recommendations on the integration 
        and coordination of Federal water quality policy affecting 
        private agricultural lands and other rural lands.
    (b) Establishment.--There is established in the executive branch a 
working group, to be known as the Interagency Agricultural Water 
Quality Policy Working Group. The Interagency Working Group shall 
include the following members:
            (1) The Secretary of Agriculture, or the designee of the 
        Secretary, who shall chair the Interagency Working Group.
            (2) The Secretary of the Interior, or the designee of the 
        Secretary of the Interior. The designee of the Secretary of the 
        Interior shall be an officer or employee of the Geological 
        Survey.
            (3) The Secretary of the Army, or the designee of the 
        Secretary of the Army.
            (4) The Secretary of Commerce, or the designee of the 
        Secretary of Commerce. The designee of the Secretary of 
        Commerce shall be an officer or employee of the National 
        Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
            (5) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency or the designee of the Administrator.
            (6) The heads of such other Federal agencies or other 
        Executive Offices as the Secretary of Agriculture considers 
        appropriate or their designees.
    (c) Meetings.--
            (1) Initial meeting.--Not later than 120 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Interagency Working 
        Group shall hold its first meeting.
            (2) Time for meetings.--The Interagency Working Group shall 
        meet at the call of the chair, but at least annually.
            (3) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Interagency 
        Working Group shall constitute a quorum to conduct business 
        pursuant to this Act, but a lesser number of members may hold 
        hearings to receive testimony.
    (d) Agriculture-Related Water Quality Policy Clearance.--After the 
establishment of the Interagency Working Group, all new Federal water 
quality policy affecting agricultural lands and other rural lands shall 
be subject to approval by the Interagency Working Group.
    (e) Analysis of Current Policies.--The Interagency Working Group 
shall conduct a thorough analysis of national water quality policy in 
effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act and affecting 
agricultural and rural lands. In conducting the study, the Interagency 
Working Group shall--
            (1) review all existing Federal laws and programs relating 
        to agricultural water quality policy;
            (2) review State, local, and tribal laws and programs 
        relating to agricultural water quality policy that the 
        Interagency Working Group finds pertinent;
            (3) review recent agricultural water quality policy 
        activities by Federal agencies and determine if these policies 
        are backed by research and sound science;
            (4) prepare recommendations on mechanisms to ensure that 
        sound science is the foundation of agricultural water quality 
        policy adopted after the date of the enactment of this Act;
            (5) consult with State Governors and prepare 
        recommendations on how Federal agricultural water quality 
        policies and programs can be better integrated with ongoing 
        State, local, and tribal programs into a comprehensive national 
        policy.
    (f) Submission of Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Interagency Working Group shall 
        submit a report to the President and Congress containing a 
        detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the 
        Interagency Working Group derived from the study conducted by 
        the Interagency Working Group under subsection (e), together 
        with recommendations for such legislation and administrative 
        actions as the Interagency Working Group considers appropriate.
            (2) Approval of report.--Before submission of the report, 
        the contents of the report shall be approved by majority vote 
        of the Interagency Working Group. Members voting not to approve 
        the contents shall be given the opportunity to submit 
        dissenting views with the report.
    (g) Miscellaneous Powers.--
            (1) Hearings.--The Interagency Working Group may hold such 
        hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take such 
        testimony, and receive such evidence as the Interagency Working 
        Group considers necessary to carry out the duties of the 
        Interagency Working Group.
            (2) Information from federal agencies.--The Interagency 
        Working Group may secure directly from any Federal agency such 
        information as the Interagency Working Group considers 
        necessary to carry out its duties. Upon request of the chair of 
        the Interagency Working Group, the head of such agency shall 
        furnish such information to the Interagency Working Group.

SEC. 4. ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS AGRICULTURE-RELATED WATER QUALITY 
              ISSUES.

    (a) Establishment of Advisory Committee.--The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall establish an advisory committee to address 
agriculture-related water quality issues, including research and 
modeling, agricultural water quality inventorying and monitoring 
activities, and the availability of conservation technical assistance 
for implementing agriculture-related water quality programs.
    (b) Composition.--The advisory committee shall be comprised of 
representatives of the agriculture industry, agricultural producers, 
employees of the Department of Agriculture, research scientists from 
colleges and universities, and other experts in the fields of 
agriculture and water quality.
    (c) Duties.--The advisory committee shall advise the Secretary of 
Agriculture on all major agriculture-related water quality issues. The 
advisory committee shall initially report on--
            (1) the role of the Department of Agriculture for providing 
        oversight and coordination related to agricultural water 
        quality and this Act;
            (2) mechanisms to ensure sound science is utilized in 
        agricultural water quality policy;
            (3) options to ensure the financial burden of agriculture-
        related water quality regulations on individual farmers and 
        ranchers is considered; and
            (4) how best to provide assistance to priority watersheds 
        as designated by States in the Unified Watershed Assessments 
        completed as a part of the Clean Water Action Plan mandate.
    (d) Meetings.--The advisory committee shall meet at such times as 
the Secretary of Agriculture may require in order to provide 
recommendations to the Secretary on all major agriculture-related water 
quality issues as policy is developed.

SEC. 5. OTHER ASPECTS OF LEADERSHIP ROLE OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

    (a) Promotion of Research Cooperation.--The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall ensure cooperation between the Department of 
Agriculture and other Federal agencies in research activities regarding 
agriculture-related water quality in order to coordinate the activities 
and avoid duplication.
    (b) Oversight of Research Results.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall ensure, to the maximum extent possible, that the results of any 
agriculture-related water quality research conducted by Federal 
agencies be based on sound science and not report any erroneous data 
with respect to agriculture-related water quality. The Secretary shall 
ensure that sound science is available to all Federal agencies during 
the promulgation or revision of rules after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
    (c) Paperwork Burden.--To the maximum extent practicable, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall review efforts by other Federal agencies 
to issue rules regarding agriculture-related water quality and make 
recommendations designed to ensure that any required paperwork is 
minimized and does not impede the flow of normal agricultural 
activities.

SEC. 6. MAINTAINING PRIVACY OF PERSONAL DATA RECEIVED BY DEPARTMENT OF 
              AGRICULTURE AND DATA GATHERING LOCATIONS.

    (a) Personal Data.--Information or data provided to the Department 
of Agriculture by a person for the purpose of receiving technical 
advice or other assistance shall remain confidential to the agency 
providing the advice or assistance, including any local, State, or 
Federal agency cooperating with the Department of Agriculture in 
providing such advice or assistance. Natural resource conservation 
plans developed by or for a landowner or operator under an education or 
natural resource conservation program or authority administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall not be released by any person or agency 
to any other person, organization, or agency, except for local, State, 
or Federal agencies cooperating with the Department of Agriculture in 
providing technical advice or other assistance. This information and 
data are deemed to be commercial or financial information that is 
privileged or confidential.
    (b) Inventory, Monitoring and Site Specific Data.--In order to 
maintain the personal privacy, confidentiality, and cooperation of 
land-owners and operators, and to maintain the integrity of sample 
sites, the geographic locations of Natural Resources Inventory of the 
Department of Agriculture data gathering sites are not public 
information. Natural Resources Inventory and other inventory and 
monitoring site specific data are not to be released to the public 
unless they have been transformed into a statistical or aggregate form 
that does not allow identification of the individual landowner, 
operator or specific data gathering site.
    (c) Third Party Data Collection.--Any data collected by a third 
party on private lands as a result of an agreement with the Department 
of Agriculture or using Department funds to collect information, 
produce a plan, or monitor sites is considered private and covered 
under subsection (a) and (b).

SEC. 7. AGRICULTURAL WATER QUALITY PROGRAMS.

    Section 208(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1288) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``Soil Conservation Service'' and 
                inserting ``Natural Resources Conservation Service'';
                    (B) by striking ``Such contracts may be entered 
                into during the period ending not later than September 
                31, 1988.''; and
            (2) by striking paragraphs (8) and (9) and inserting the 
        following new paragraph:
    ``(8) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Agriculture such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
this subsection for fiscal years 2000 through 2010. Such sums shall 
remain available until expended.''.

SOLUTION:
Agricultural Water Quality Policy Oversight Act of 1999 - Establishes in the executive branch the Interagency Water Quality Policy Working Group, to be chaired by the Secretary of Agriculture. Directs the Group to conduct an analysis of national water quality policy, including consideration of Federal, State, local, and tribal laws. 
Subjects all new Federal water policy affecting agricultural and rural lands to Group approval. 
(Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a related advisory committee, which shall consider: (1) the oversight and coordinating role of the Department of Agriculture; (2) mechanisms to ensure the use of sound science in policy development; (3) the financial considerations of farmers and ranchers; and (4) priority watersheds. 
(Sec. 5) Directs te Secretary to ensure: (1) cooperation between the Department and other Federal entities; and (2) oversight of research results. 
(Sec. 6) Provides for personal data confidentiality. 
(Sec. 7) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to certain contracts for nonpoint source water pollution control management to: (1) replace the Soil Conservation Service with the Natural Resources Conservation Service as a coordinating entity; (2) reopen contract authority; and (3) authorize appropriations.