[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 27, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4644-S4645]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3241. Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. Daines) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3224 proposed by Mr. 
Roberts (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) to the bill H.R. 2, to provide 
for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of 
the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       In section 2503, add at the end the following:
       (g) Administration of Conservation Programs on Publicly 
     Owned Land.--Section 1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 
     (16 U.S.C. 3844) (as amended by subsection (f)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(q) Administration of Conservation Programs on Federal 
     Land.--
       ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Federal land.--
       ``(i) In general.--The term `Federal land' means land owned 
     by the Federal Government.
       ``(ii) Exclusion.--The term `Federal land' does not include 
     land held in trust for an Indian tribe.
       ``(B) Publicly owned land.--The term `publicly owned land' 
     means land owned by the Federal Government, a State, or a 
     unit of local government.
       ``(2) Eligible land for conservation programs.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following 
     land shall be eligible for enrollment in any conservation 
     program administered by the Secretary:
       ``(A) Privately owned land.
       ``(B) Publicly owned land, if--
       ``(i) the land is a working component of an agricultural or 
     forestry operation of a producer under the applicable 
     conservation program;
       ``(ii) a producer under the applicable conservation program 
     has control of the land for the term of the contract under 
     that program; and
       ``(iii) the conservation practices to be implemented on the 
     publicly owned land are necessary and will contribute to an 
     improvement in an identified resource concern, as determined 
     by the Secretary.
       ``(C) Tribal land.
       ``(3) Contracts.--The Secretary may enter into a contract 
     with a soil and water conservation district or another local 
     partner, as determined by the Secretary, to coordinate 
     projects under conservation programs administered by the 
     Secretary on publicly owned land, in accordance with 
     paragraph (2)(B).
       ``(4) Federal land management agency collaboration.--

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       ``(A) In general.--The Federal agency that manages Federal 
     land enrolled in a conservation program administered by the 
     Secretary may contribute matching funds or other in-kind 
     contributions to the conservation project carried out on that 
     land.
       ``(B) Use of matching funds.--Matching funds provided by a 
     Federal agency under subparagraph (A) may be used by the 
     Secretary or a local partner, including a soil and water 
     conservation district, for costs relating to planning or 
     technical assistance.''.
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