[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 18 (Monday, February 1, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S450]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3182. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to 
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United 
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 50__. CONSERVATION INCENTIVES LANDOWNER EDUCATION 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the 
     Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a conservation 
     incentives landowner education program (referred to in this 
     section as the ``program'').
       (b) Purpose of Program.--The program shall provide 
     information on Federal conservation programs available to 
     landowners interested in undertaking conservation actions on 
     the land of the landowners, including options under each 
     conservation program available to achieve the conservation 
     goals of the program, such as--
       (1) fee title land acquisition;
       (2) donation; and
       (3) perpetual and term conservation easements or 
     agreements.
       (c) Availability.--The Secretary of the Interior and the 
     Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that the information 
     provided under the program is made available to--
       (1) interested landowners; and
       (2) the public.
       (d) Notification.--In any case in which the Secretary of 
     the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture contacts a 
     landowner directly about participation in a Federal 
     conservation program, that Secretary shall, in writing--
       (1) notify the landowner of the program; and
       (2) make available information on the conservation program 
     options that may be available to the landowner.
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