[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 757 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 757

     To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 with respect to 
preagreement costs of emergency watershed protection measures, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 9, 2023

Mr. Romney (for himself and Mr. Bennet) 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 with respect to 
preagreement costs of emergency watershed protection measures, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Making Access To Cleanup Happen Act 
of 2023'' or the ``MATCH Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROGRAM.

    Section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Preagreement Costs.--
            ``(1) Definition of sponsor.--In this subsection, the term 
        `sponsor' means--
                    ``(A) a State or local government; and
                    ``(B) an Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of 
                the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
                Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)).
            ``(2) Preagreement project costs.--Not later than 180 days 
        after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 
        shall--
                    ``(A) identify a list of emergency watershed 
                protection measures the cost of which may be incurred 
                by a sponsor prior to entering into an agreement with 
                the Secretary under this section; and
                    ``(B) develop a procedure, including appropriate 
                deadlines, to be implemented at the State level, 
                through which a sponsor may request, for a specified 
                natural disaster, additional emergency watershed 
                protection measures the cost of which may be incurred 
                by a sponsor prior to entering into an agreement with 
                the Secretary under this section.
            ``(3) Agreement contribution.--If the Secretary and a 
        sponsor enter into an agreement under this section, the 
        Secretary shall consider any applicable preagreement costs 
        incurred by the sponsor for undertaking emergency watershed 
        protection measures identified under paragraph (2) as meeting 
        part of the contribution of the sponsor toward the cost of the 
        project.
            ``(4) Assumption of risk.--A sponsor that undertakes 
        emergency watershed protection measures prior to entering into 
        an agreement with the Secretary under this section shall assume 
        the risk of incurring any cost of undertaking those measures.
            ``(5) Effect.--Nothing in this subsection requires the 
        Secretary to enter into an agreement with a sponsor.''.
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