S.Amdt. 3251

SA 3251. Mr. LEE 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:

Strike subtitle C of title II and insert the following:

Subtitle C--Repeal of Environmental Quality Incentives Program

SEC. 2301. REPEAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES
PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) is
repealed.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 1211(a)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3811(a)(3)) is amended--
(A) by striking subparagraph (A);
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as
subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively; and
(C) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking
``any other provision of''.
(2) Section 1221(b)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3821(b)(3)) is amended--
(A) by striking subparagraph (A);
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as
subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively; and
(C) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking
``any other provision of''.
(3) Section 1235(e)(1)(D) of the Food Security Act of 1985
(16 U.S.C. 3835(e)(1)(D)) (as amended by section 2106(a)(2))
is amended by striking ``or the environmental quality
incentives program''.
(4) Section 1241(i) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3841(i)) is amended--
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as
paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively.
(5) Section 1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3844) is amended--
(A) in subsection (c)--
(i) in paragraph (1)(B), by adding ``and'' at the end;
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``; and'' and inserting
a period; and
(iii) by striking paragraph (3); and
(B) in subsection (l), by striking ``D and the
environmental quality incentives program under chapter 4 of
subtitle''.
(6) Section 1271A(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3871a(1)) is amended--
(A) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as
subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.
(7) Section 344(f)(8) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of
1938 (7 U.S.C. 1344(f)(8)) is amended in the proviso of the
first sentence by striking ``Act, the environmental quality
incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D
of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985,'' and
inserting ``Act''.
(8) Section 377 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938
(7 U.S.C. 1377) is amended in the first proviso by striking
``Act or the environmental quality incentives program
established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the
Food Security Act of 1985):'' and inserting ``Act):''.
(9) The last proviso of the matter under the heading
``conservation reserve program'' under the heading ``Soil
Bank Programs'' of title I of the Department of Agriculture
and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1959 (7
U.S.C. 1831a), is amended by striking ``(1) payments'' and
all that follows through ``or (2)''.
(10) Section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic
Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) is amended by striking
paragraph (1).
(11) Section 1271(c)(3)(C) of the Food, Agriculture,
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C.
2106a(c)(3)(C)) is amended--
(A) by striking ``section, the'' and inserting ``section
and the''; and
(B) by striking ``(16 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.)'' and all that
follows through ``or other'' and inserting ``(16 U.S.C. 2101
et seq.) or any other applicable''.
(12) Section 304 of the Lake Champlain Special Designation
Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 1270 note; Public Law 101-596) is
amended--
(A) by striking subsection (a);
(B) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as
subsections (a) through (c), respectively; and
(C) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)--
(i) by striking ``(1) There'' in paragraph (1) and all that
follows through ``(2) There'' in paragraph (2) and inserting
``There''; and
(ii) by striking ``(b) and (c)'' and inserting ``(a) and
(b)''.
(13) Section 202 of the Colorado River Basin Salinity
Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1592) is amended by striking
subsection (c).
In section 1271A(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3871a(1)), redesignate subparagraphs (E) and (F) (as
added by section 2411(b)(1)(B)) as subparagraphs (D) and (E),
respectively.
In section 2501(a), strike paragraph (4) and insert the
following:
(4) by striking paragraph (5).
In section 2501, strike subsection (d) and insert the
following:
(d) Assistance to Certain Farmers or Ranchers for
Conservation Access.--Section 1241(h) of the Food Security
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(h)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking ``2018'' and inserting ``2023'';
(ii) by striking ``funds'' and inserting ``acres''; and
(iii) by striking ``to carry out the environmental quality
incentives program and the acres made available for each of
such fiscal years''; and
(B) by striking ``5 percent'' each place it appears and
inserting ``15 percent'';
(2) by striking paragraph (2); and
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs
(2) and (3), respectively.
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