[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2049 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2049

 To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to increase support for 
 conservation practices under the emergency conservation program, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 1, 2017

   Mr. Moran 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 Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to increase support for 
 conservation practices under the emergency conservation program, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PAYMENTS FOR EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 is amended by 
inserting after section 403 (16 U.S.C. 2203) the following:

``SEC. 403A. PAYMENTS FOR EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM.

    ``The maximum cost-share payment under section 701.127 of title 7, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), shall be equal 
to the maximum amount under section 701.226(b) of title 7, Code of 
Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
section).''.
    (b) Administration.--Until the date on which any regulations 
necessary to carry out section 403A of the Agricultural Credit Act of 
1978 (as added by subsection (a)) are fully implemented, the Secretary 
shall continue to carry out sections 401, 402, and 403 of that Act (16 
U.S.C. 2201, 2202, 2203) in the same manner as on the day before the 
date of enactment of this Act, except that payments made under those 
sections shall be consistent with section 403A of that Act (as added by 
subsection (a)).
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