[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2696 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2696

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify the water conservation 
          or irrigation efficiency practice waiver authority.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2023

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Lujan, Mr. 
   Padilla, Mr. Kelly, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. Heinrich) 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 Food Security Act of 1985 to modify the water conservation 
          or irrigation efficiency practice waiver authority.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``EQIP Water Conservation Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. WATER CONSERVATION OR IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY PRACTICE WAIVER 
              AUTHORITY.

    Section 1240B(h)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3839aa-2(h)(2)) is amended by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D) and 
inserting the following:
                    ``(C) Waiver authority.--The Secretary shall waive 
                the applicability of the limitations in sections 
                1001D(b) and 1240G for a payment made under a contract 
                entered into under this paragraph if the payment does 
                not exceed--
                            ``(i) the product obtained by multiplying--
                                    ``(I) the maximum payment under 
                                section 1240G; and
                                    ``(II) the number of producers 
                                served by the contract through the 
                                entity that is party to the contract; 
                                less
                            ``(ii) the sum of any other payments 
                        received under the program during the period of 
                        fiscal years 2024 through 2028 by--
                                    ``(I) producers served by the 
                                contract; and
                                    ``(II) the entity that is party to 
                                the contract, limited to the proportion 
                                of those payments that benefit the 
                                producers served by the contract.''.
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