Farmable wetlands pilot program

(a)

Expansion of program to include playas

Paragraph (2)(A) of subsection (h) of section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831) is amended— (1)by striking and at the end of clause (i); (2)by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); (3)by inserting after clause (i) the following new clause:

(ii) a playa (regardless of whether the playa is listed on a map described in subparagraph (B)) that was cropped during at least 3 of the immediately preceding 10 crop years; and

; and

(4)in clause (iii), as so redesignated— (A)in subclause (I), by inserting or playa described in clause (ii) before the semicolon at the end; and (B)in subclauses (II) and (III), by inserting or playa after wetland each place it appears. (b)

Maximum size

Paragraph (2)(D)(i)(I) of such subsection is amended— (1)by striking described in subparagraph (A)(i) and inserting or playa described in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A); (2)by striking 10 contiguous acres and inserting 40 contiguous acres; and (3)by striking 5 acres and inserting 20 acres. (c)

Conforming amendments

Such subsection is further amended— (1)in the subsection heading, by inserting

, playa, and

after

wetland

; (2)in paragraph (2)— (A)in the heading of subparagraph (D)(i), by inserting

or playa

after

Wetland

; and (B)in subparagraph (D)(ii)— (i)in subclause (I), by striking described in subparagraph (A)(i) and inserting or playa described in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A); and (ii)in subclause (II), by inserting or playa after wetland; and (3)in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting or playa after wetland.