To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a conservation incentives landowner education program.

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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