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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Acequia Communities Empowered by Qualifying Upgrades for Infrastructure Act&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This bill specifies that agricultural producers who rely on acequia systems are eligible to receive assistance under the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program for all losses suffered as a result of drought, flood, or other natural disasters. Acequias, or community ditches, are community-operated and -organized water irrigation systems.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The bill also provides that a special use permit shall not be required on Department of Agriculture (USDA) or Department of the Interior land for the (1) presence or use of water from an acequia,&amp;nbsp;or (2) routine maintenance and minor improvements conducted by a community user or governing body of an&amp;nbsp;acequia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Further, USDA must submit a report to Congress on agricultural producers who&amp;nbsp;rely on&amp;nbsp;acequia systems.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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--&gt;</text>
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