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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving Marginal Lands and 
Protecting Farming Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT.

    Section 1231(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3831(d)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) Maximum Enrollment.--The Secretary may maintain in the 
conservation reserve at any 1 time, not more than--
            ``(1) during fiscal year 2013, 29,000,000 acres;
            ``(2) during fiscal year 2014, 26,000,000 acres; and
            ``(3) during each of fiscal years 2015 through 2018, 
        24,000,000 acres.''.

SEC. 3. INELIGIBLE LAND.

    Section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) Ineligible Land.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section, after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 
may not enroll land in the conservation reserve that is classified as 
class I or class II land under the land capability classification 
system published in the National Soil Survey Handbook of the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service, unless such land is enrolled as a 
buffer, filterstrip, or strip adjacent to a riparian area.''.

SEC. 4. CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Early Termination by Owner or Operator.--Section 1235(e) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835(e)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A)--
                    (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting 
                ``During fiscal year 2014, the Secretary''; and
                    (B) by striking ``before January 1, 1995,'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (C) and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(C) Land devoted to hardwood trees.
                    ``(D) Wildlife habitat, duck nesting habitat, 
                pollinator habitat, upland bird habitat buffer, 
                wildlife food plots, State acres for wildlife 
                enhancement, shallow water areas for wildlife, and rare 
                and declining habitat.
                    ``(E) Farmable wetland and restored wetland.
                    ``(F) Land that contains diversions, erosion 
                control structures, flood control structures, contour 
                grass strips, living snow fences, salinity reducing 
                vegetation, cross wind trap strips, and sediment 
                retention structures.
                    ``(G) Land located within a federally-designated 
                wellhead protection area.
                    ``(H) Land that is covered by an easement under the 
                conservation reserve program.
                    ``(I) Land located within an average width, 
                according to the applicable Natural Resources 
                Conservation Service field office technical guide, of a 
                perennial stream or permanent water body.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``60 days after the date 
        on which the owner or operator submits the notice required 
        under paragraph (1)(C)'' and inserting ``upon approval by the 
        Secretary''.
    (b) Transition Option for Certain Farmers or Ranchers.--Section 
1235(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835(f)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``Duties'' and all that follows through ``a 
                beginning farmer'' and inserting ``Transition to 
                covered farmer or rancher.--In the case of a contract 
                modification approved in order to facilitate the 
                transfer of land subject to a contract from a retired 
                farmer or rancher to a beginning farmer'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting ``, 
                including preparing to plant an agricultural crop'' 
                after ``improvements'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``the farmer 
                or rancher'' and inserting ``the covered farmer or 
                rancher''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``section 
                1001A(b)(3)(B)'' and inserting ``section 1001(a)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``requirement of section 
        1231(h)(4)(B)'' and inserting ``option pursuant to section 
        1231(h)''.
    (c) Final Year Contract.--Section 1235 of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(g) Final Year of Contract.--The Secretary shall not consider an 
owner or operator to be in violation of a term or condition of the 
conservation reserve contract if--
            ``(1) during the year prior to expiration of the contract, 
        the land is enrolled in the conservation stewardship program; 
        and
            ``(2) the activity required under the conservation 
        stewardship program pursuant to such enrollment is consistent 
        with this subchapter.''.
[A]: Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2013 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to set the maximum number of acres that may be enrolled at any one time in the conservation reserve program (CRP) at: (1) 29 million acres for FY2013, (2) 26 million acres for FY2014, and (3) 26 million acres for each of FY2015 through FY2018. Prohibits the enrollment of land in the conservation reserve that is classified as class I or class II land under the National Soil Survey Handbook's land capability classification system unless such land is enrolled as a buffer, filterstrip, or strip adjacent to a riparian area. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), during FY2014, to permit a participant that entered into a CRP contract to terminate the contract at any time if the contract has been in effect for at least five years.  Revises the types of land that are not subject to early contract termination.


[Q]: SECTION 1. YELLOWSTONE BUFFALO PRESERVATION.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Yellowstone 
Buffalo Preservation Act''.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) More than any other animal, the American buffalo (Bison 
        bison) is a wildlife icon of the United States. The American 
        buffalo is the symbol that represents the Department of the 
        Interior. The American buffalo is profoundly significant to 
        Native American cultures and, perhaps more than any other 
        wildlife species, has influenced our history.
            (2) The American buffalo is still under assault, as it was 
        in the late 19th Century when it was nearly exterminated. At 
        the end of the great slaughter, in which tens of millions of 
        buffalo were killed, only a few hundred wild buffalo remained 
        in the Nation and all were located in Yellowstone National 
        Park. Due to poaching, their numbers were reduced to 25 by the 
        year 1900.
            (3) The offspring of the 25 survivors comprise the 
        Yellowstone buffalo herd and are the only wild, free-roaming 
        American buffalo to continuously occupy their native habitat in 
        the United States.
            (4) The Yellowstone buffalo herd is genetically unique. 
        Unlike captive ranched buffalo, which are now relatively 
        common, the Yellowstone buffalo herd has never interbred with 
        cattle and has retained its wild character.
            (5) Because the Park lacks extensive low-elevation winter 
        habitat that provides bison and elk with access to winter 
        forage, wildlife migrate from the high elevation plateau of 
        Yellowstone National Park to lower elevation habitat adjacent 
        to the Park in winter and spring.
            (6) The Yellowstone buffalo herd was exposed to the 
        bacterium Brucella abortus, which can cause the disease 
        brucellosis, in 1917. Brucellosis is only transmitted through 
        animal ingestion of contaminated reproductive products. 
        Brucellosis can cause abortions in infected animals, but only 
        infectious females who have the bacteria in their reproductive 
        system represent any potential threat of transmission. The risk 
        of transmission between wild buffalo and cattle was deemed low 
        in a 1992 General Accounting Office report, and again in a 1998 
        National Research Council study. In fact, there has never been 
        a confirmed incidence of brucellosis transmission in the wild 
        from buffalo to cattle. Buffalo with brucellosis and cattle 
        have grazed together for over 50 years in the Jackson Hole area 
        south of Yellowstone without any incident of disease 
        transmission. Despite these facts, the National Park Service, 
        the United States Forest Service, and the State of Montana 
        Department of Livestock haze, capture, and kill members of the 
        Yellowstone buffalo herd in an attempt to keep them unnaturally 
        confined within Yellowstone National Park. At the same time, 
        approximately 13,000 Yellowstone elk, some of which also harbor 
        brucellosis, are allowed unfettered access to Federal land 
        outside the Park. Since 1984, nearly 3,700 American buffalo 
        have been killed in Montana as a result of this policy. In the 
        winter of 2002-2003, 244 buffalo were killed by the Federal and 
        State agencies, including 231 buffalo which were captured and 
        slaughtered by the National Park Service.
            (7) The key lower elevation habitat needed by American 
        buffalo is primarily on Gallatin National Forest lands adjacent 
        to the north and west sides of the Park. On the north side, 
        taxpayers spent $13,000,000 in 1999 for a private-Federal land 
        exchange intended to make low elevation habitat adjacent to the 
        Yellowstone River accessible to the Yellowstone buffalo herd 
        and other wildlife. The land exchange has not yet been 
        finalized by Federal agencies and therefore key habitat is not 
        available to the Yellowstone buffalo herd.
            (8) On the west side of the Park, the Horse Butte peninsula 
        provides prime wildlife habitat for grizzly bears, trumpeter 
        swans, bald eagles, wolves, and buffalo. The peninsula 
        comprises approximately 10,000 acres of primarily Gallatin 
        National Forest Federal lands extending into Hebgen Lake.
            (9) National Park Service lands have been set aside for the 
        conservation of resources and values and for the enjoyment and 
        use of all citizens. The Federal lands adjacent to the Park 
        represent some of the most valuable and important wildlife 
        habitat in the lower forty-eight states. They are integrally 
        connected to the health of wildlife residing seasonally in our 
        Nation's oldest national park. Together, the Park and the 
        adjacent Federal lands provide some of our Nation's richest 
        opportunities for recreation, wildlife viewing, family camping, 
        wildlife conservation, fishing, and other recreational and 
        sporting activities. These Federal lands should be 
        preferentially managed to sustain this rich and diverse 
        wildlife resource and to provide the public with enjoyment of 
        this National treasure.
    (c) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to provide for the 
protection of the Yellowstone buffalo herd by allowing the Yellowstone 
buffalo herd to freely roam Federal lands outside of the Park. The 
Federal lands that are affected by this Act are those within the Park 
and adjacent to it on the north and west boundaries as indicated by 
zones 2 and 3 on the Modified Preferred Alternative Map on page 181 of 
the 2000 Bison Management Plan for the State of Montana and Yellowstone 
National Park Final Environmental Impact Statement.
    (d) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section, the following 
definitions apply:
            (1) Hazing.--The term ``hazing'' means any individual 
        effort to drive away, obstruct, chase, scare, or deter natural 
        movements of wildlife, including hazing efforts carried out on 
        foot or horseback or efforts aided by machinery, aircraft, or 
        any type of noise-making device.
            (2) Individual.--The term ``individual'' means any person 
        representing a State or Federal Government.
            (3) Park.--The term ``Park'' means Yellowstone National 
        Park.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (5) Yellowstone buffalo herd.--The term ``Yellowstone 
        buffalo herd'' means the wild, free roaming, unfenced buffalo 
        living primarily within Yellowstone National Park.
    (e) Prohibited Acts; Criminal Penalties.--
            (1) Prohibited acts.--No individual may kill, haze, or 
        capture any buffalo on Federal land or land held under Federal 
        conservation easements or use any form of bait to lure buffalo 
        from any Federal land onto private land until the duties under 
        subsection (f) are carried out.
            (2) Penalties.--
                    (A) Initial violation.--Any individual found to be 
                in violation of paragraph (1) for the first time shall 
                be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more 
                than 1 year or both.
                    (B) Subsequent violations.--Any individual found to 
                be in violation of paragraph (1) after the first such 
                finding shall be fined not more than $10,000 or 
                imprisoned not more than 2 years or both.
                    (C) Reward.--One half of any fine collected under 
                this subsection or $2,500, whichever is less, shall be 
                paid to any person or persons giving information which 
                leads to conviction of a violation of this subsection.
                    (D) Exception.--This subsection shall not apply to 
                a person that is found to have been hazing a buffalo if 
                the person is physically endangered or private property 
                was damaged by a buffalo.
    (f) Duties.--The Secretary and other appropriate Federal agencies 
shall ensure that the following is accomplished not later than 3 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act:
            (1) The Yellowstone buffalo herd is allowed to freely roam 
        the Park and the Federal lands adjacent to Yellowstone National 
        Park on the north and west boundaries as indicated by zones 2 
        and 3 on the Modified Preferred Alternative Map on page 181 of 
        the 2000 Bison Management Plan for the State of Montana and 
        Yellowstone National Park Final Environmental Impact Statement 
        without being hazed. These lands shall be made available 
        preferentially for buffalo and wildlife use.
            (2) Management authority of the Yellowstone buffalo herd 
        within the Park is under the sole jurisdiction of the National 
        Park Service.
            (3) The land exchange described in section 1(b)(7) with the 
        private property owner has been finalized, as set forth in the 
        agreement executed in 1999, so that the Yellowstone buffalo 
        herd may freely roam the lands described in paragraph (1).
            (4) The National Park Service has disassembled the Stephens 
        Creek Buffalo Capture Facility.
            (5) The Secretary has made every effort practicable to 
        allow the Yellowstone buffalo herd to freely roam Federal lands 
        through incentives and cooperative efforts with adjacent 
        private landowners, including through acquisition, easement, 
        cattle vaccination, and landowner agreement pertaining to 
        temporal and spatial separation of livestock from the 
        Yellowstone buffalo herd.
[A]: Yellowstone Buffalo Preservation Act - Prohibits an individual from killing, hazing, or capturing any buffalo on Federal lands or land held under Federal conservation easements or using any form of bait to lure buffalo from any Federal land onto private land until the Secretary of the Interior and other appropriate Federal agencies carry out specified duties.

Establishes fines and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs 
Nurses Appreciation Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. REVISED AUTHORITY FOR ADJUSTMENT OF BASIC PAY FOR NURSES AND 
              CERTAIN OTHER HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS OF THE DEPARTMENT 
              OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Revision of Covered Positions.--Effective October 1, 1999, 
section 7451 of title 38, United States Code, is amended in subsection 
(a)(2) by striking ``are the following:'' and all that follows and 
inserting ``are registered nurses and each additional position referred 
to in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 7401 of this title (other 
than the positions of physician and dentist).''.
    (b) Annual Adjustments Under Title 5.--Effective October 1, 1999, 
such section is further amended by striking subsections (d), (e), (f), 
and (g) and inserting the following:
    ``(d) The rates of basic pay for each grade in a covered position 
shall (notwithstanding subsection (a)(3)(A)) be adjusted in accordance 
with sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5.''.
    (c) Revised Title 38 Locality Pay Authority.--Effective October 1, 
2002, such section is further amended by inserting after subsection 
(d), as added by subsection (b) of this section, the following new 
subsection:
    ``(e)(1) Whenever the Secretary determines that the rates of basic 
pay in effect for any grade of a covered position, as most recently 
adjusted under subsection (d), are inadequate in any area to recruit or 
retain high quality personnel at a Department health-care facility in 
that area for service in that position, the Secretary shall in 
accordance with this subsection adjust the rates of pay for employees 
at that facility in that grade of that position.
    ``(2) An adjustment in rates of basic pay under this subsection for 
a grade shall be carried out by adjusting the minimum rate of basic pay 
for that grade in accordance with paragraph (3) and then adjusting the 
other rates for that grade to conform to the requirements of subsection 
(c). Such an adjustment in the minimum rate of basic pay for a grade 
shall be made by the Secretary for employees of a Department health-
care facility so as to achieve consistency with the rate of 
compensation for corresponding health-care professionals with respect 
to that grade in the Bureau of Labor Statistics labor-market area of 
that facility.
    ``(3)(A) In the case of a Department health-care facility located 
in an area for which there is current information, based upon 
appropriate Bureau of Labor Statistics data for that survey area, on 
rates of compensation for corresponding health-care professionals for 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics survey or data area of that facility, 
the Secretary shall use that information as the basis for making 
adjustments in rates of pay under this subsection for that facility. 
Whenever the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the results of a new 
appropriate wage survey for that labor market that includes information 
on rates of compensation for corresponding health-care professionals, 
the Secretary shall determine, not later than 30 days after the results 
of the survey are released, the amount of an adjustment in rates of pay 
for employees at that facility for any covered position necessary in 
order to meet the purposes of this section.
    ``(B) If the Secretary determines under subparagraph (A) that an 
adjustment described in that subparagraph is necessary, such 
adjustment, based upon the information determined in the survey under 
that subparagraph, shall take effect on the first day of the first pay 
period beginning after that determination.
    ``(4) An adjustment under this subsection may not reduce any rate 
of pay.
    ``(5) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations providing for the 
adjustment of the rates of basic pay for Regional and Central Office 
employees in covered positions in order to assure that those rates are 
sufficient and competitive.
    ``(6) In this subsection--
            ``(A) The term `rate of compensation', with respect to 
        health-care personnel positions in non-Department health-care 
        facilities corresponding to a grade of a covered position, 
        means the sum of--
                    ``(i) the rate of pay established for personnel in 
                such positions who have education, training, and 
                experience equivalent or similar to the education, 
                training, and experience required for health-care 
                personnel employed in the same category of Department 
                covered positions; and
                    ``(ii) other employees benefits for those positions 
                to the extent that those benefits are reasonably 
                quantifiable.
            ``(B) The term `corresponding', with respect to health care 
        personnel in a specified grade of a covered position in a 
        Department health-care facility, means health-care personnel 
        positions in non-Department health-care facilities for which 
        the education, training, and experience requirements are 
        equivalent or similar to the education, training, and 
        experience requirements for Department health care personnel in 
        that grade of that covered position.''.

SEC. 3. SAVINGS PROVISION.

    In the case of an employee of the Veterans Health Administration 
who on the day before the effective date for the amendment made by 
section 2(b) is receiving a rate of pay by reason of the second 
sentence of section 7451(e) of title 38, United States Code, as in 
effect on that day, the provisions of the second and third sentences of 
that section, as in effect on that day, shall continue to apply to that 
employee, notwithstanding the amendment made by section 2(b).
[A]:
Department of Veterans Affairs Nurses Appreciation Act of 1999 - Amends Federal provisions relating to the pay of health care personnel within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide that, effective October 1, 1999, pay adjustments for registered nurses and certain other positions within the VHA shall be made in the same manner as those generally applicable to Federal employees.  Provides that, effective October 1, 2002, whenever the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines that such rates of pay are inadequate to recruit or retain high-quality health care personnel at such a facility, the Secretary shall adjust such pay to achieve consistency with the rate of compensation for corresponding health-care professionals in the Bureau of Labor Statistics labor market area of that facility.