[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1815 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1815

To amend the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to require the Secretary 
  of Agriculture to conduct a pilot program under which the Secretary 
   shall make grants to local units of government or local nonprofit 
 organizations in the State of Arkansas to employ non-Federal resource 
               conservation and development coordinators.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 13, 2001

 Mrs. Lincoln introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to require the Secretary 
  of Agriculture to conduct a pilot program under which the Secretary 
   shall make grants to local units of government or local nonprofit 
 organizations in the State of Arkansas to employ non-Federal resource 
               conservation and development coordinators.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM FOR RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
              COORDINATORS.

    Subtitle H of title XV of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 
U.S.C. 3451 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 1538 (16 U.S.C. 3461) as 
        section 1538a; and
            (2) by inserting after section 1537 (16 U.S.C. 3460) the 
        following:

``SEC. 1538. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATORS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary (acting through the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service) shall carry out a pilot program under 
which the Secretary shall make grants to local units of government or 
local nonprofit organizations in the State of Arkansas to employ, and 
provide the necessary support for, a non-Federal resource conservation 
and development coordinator (referred to in this section as a ``non-
Federal coordinator'') to assist in carrying out this subtitle in the 
State.
    ``(b) Voluntary Participation.--The participation of a local unit 
of government or local nonprofit organization in the pilot program 
shall be voluntary.
    ``(c) Annual Report.--A local unit of government or local nonprofit 
organization receiving a grant under this section shall submit to the 
Secretary an annual report that describes the activities of the non-
Federal coordinator.
    ``(d) Amount of Grant.--The total amount of a grant provided under 
this section to a local unit of government or local nonprofit 
organization for a fiscal year shall be at least $75,000.
    ``(e) Funding.--From funds made available under section 1538a, the 
Secretary shall use to carry out this section, $__________ for each of 
fiscal years 2001 through 2003.''.
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