Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 58 — Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation and Reserve Program
§ 3871. Establishment and purposes
Statutory text
Establishment
The Secretary shall establish a regional conservation partnership program to implement eligible activities on eligible land through—
partnership agreements, including partnership agreements funded through alternative funding arrangements or grant agreements under section 3871c(d) of this title, with eligible partners; and
program contracts with producers.
Purposes
The purposes of the program are as follows:
To carry out eligible activities to accomplish purposes and functions similar to those of the following programs, as in effect on the day before :
The agricultural water enhancement program established under section 3839aa–9 1 of this title.
The Chesapeake Bay watershed program established under section 3839bb–4 1 of this title.
The cooperative conservation partnership initiative established under section 3843 1 of this title.
The Great Lakes basin program for soil erosion and sediment control established under section 3839bb–3 1 of this title.
To further the conservation, protection, restoration, and sustainable use of soil, water (including sources of drinking water and groundwater), wildlife, agricultural land, and related natural resources on eligible land on a regional or watershed scale.
To encourage eligible partners to cooperate with producers in—
meeting or avoiding the need for national, State, and local natural resource regulatory requirements related to production on eligible land, including through alignment of partnership projects with other national, State, and local agencies and programs addressing similar natural resource or environmental concerns; and
implementing projects that will result in the adoption, installation, and maintenance of eligible activities that affect multiple agricultural or nonindustrial private forest operations on a local, regional, State, or multistate basis.
To encourage the flexible and streamlined delivery of conservation assistance to producers through partnership agreements.
To engage producers and eligible partners in conservation projects to achieve greater conservation outcomes and benefits for producers than would otherwise be achieved.
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Food Security Act of 1985
Pub. L. 99–198 title XII § 1271 · 99 Stat. 1354
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 3871
Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1271, as added Pub. L. 113–79, title II, § 2401, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 744
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1271, as added Pub. L. 113–79, title II, § 2401, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 744Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–334 § 2701(1)(A) · 132 Stat. 4490
Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 3871(a)(1)
Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(1)(A), inserted “, including partnership agreements funded through alternative funding arrangements or grant agreements under section 3871c(d) of this title,” after “partnership agreements”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(1)(A), inserted “, including partnership agreements funded through alternative funding arrangements or grant agreements under section 3871c(d) of this title,” after “partnership agreements”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “, including partnership agreements funded through alternative funding arrangements or grant agreements under section 1271C(d),” after “partnership agreements”; andAgriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–334 § 2701(1)(B) · 132 Stat. 4490
Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 3871(a)(2)
Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(1)(B), substituted “program contracts with producers” for “contracts with producers”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(1)(B), substituted “program contracts with producers” for “contracts with producers”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking “contracts with producers” and inserting “program contracts with producers”; andAgriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–334 § 2701(2)(A) · 132 Stat. 4490
Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 3871(b)(1)
Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(2)(A), substituted “To carry out eligible activities” for “To use covered programs” in introductory provisions
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(2)(A), substituted “To carry out eligible activities” for “To use covered programs” in introductory provisions.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “use covered programs” and inserting “carry out eligible activities”;Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–334 § 2701(2)(B) · 132 Stat. 4490
Added · 16 U.S.C. § 3871(b)(2)
Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(2)(B), added par. (2)
Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 3871(b)(2)
Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(2)(B), struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: “To further the conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of soil, water, wildlife, and related natural resources on eligible land on a regional or watershed scale.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(2)(B), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: “To further the conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of soil, water, wildlife, and related natural resources on eligible land on a regional or watershed scale.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: “(2) To further the conservation, protection, restoration, and sustainable use of soil, water (including sources of drinking water and groundwater), wildlife, agricultural land, and related natural resources on eligible land on a regional or watershed scale.” ;Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–334 § 2701(2)(C)(i) · 132 Stat. 4490
Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 3871(b)(3)(A)
Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(2)(C)(i), inserted “, including through alignment of partnership projects with other national, State, and local agencies and programs addressing similar natural resource or environmental concerns” after “production on eligible land”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(3)(A). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(2)(C)(i), inserted “, including through alignment of partnership projects with other national, State, and local agencies and programs addressing similar natural resource or environmental concerns” after “production on eligible land”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “, including through alignment of partnership projects with other national, State, and local agencies and programs addressing similar natural resource or environmental concerns” after “eligible land”; andAgriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–334 § 2701(2)(C)(ii) · 132 Stat. 4490
Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 3871(b)(3)(B)
Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(2)(C)(ii), substituted “adoption, installation, and maintenance” for “installation and maintenance”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(3)(B). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(2)(C)(ii), substituted “adoption, installation, and maintenance” for “installation and maintenance”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking “installation” and inserting “adoption, installation,”; andAgriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–334 § 2701(2)(D) · 132 Stat. 4490
Added · 16 U.S.C. § 3871(b)(4); 16 U.S.C. § 3871(b)(5)
Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(2)(D), added pars. (4) and (5)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(4), (5). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(2)(D), added pars. (4) and (5).Enacted provision · exact public law section
(D) by adding at the end the following: “(4) To encourage the flexible and streamlined delivery of conservation assistance to producers through partnership agreements. “(5) To engage producers and eligible partners in conservation projects to achieve greater conservation outcomes and benefits for producers than would otherwise be achieved.” .
8 of 9 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Sections 3839aa–9, 3839bb–3, 3839bb–4, and 3843 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), were repealed by Pub. L. 113–79, title II, §§ 2706(a), 2708, 2709(a), 2710(a), , 128 Stat. 768, 770.
Amendments
2018—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(1)(A), inserted “, including partnership agreements funded through alternative funding arrangements or grant agreements under section 3871c(d) of this title,” after “partnership agreements”.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(1)(B), substituted “program contracts with producers” for “contracts with producers”.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(2)(A), substituted “To carry out eligible activities” for “To use covered programs” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(2)(B), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: “To further the conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of soil, water, wildlife, and related natural resources on eligible land on a regional or watershed scale.”
Subsec. (b)(3)(A). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(2)(C)(i), inserted “, including through alignment of partnership projects with other national, State, and local agencies and programs addressing similar natural resource or environmental concerns” after “production on eligible land”.
Subsec. (b)(3)(B). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(2)(C)(ii), substituted “adoption, installation, and maintenance” for “installation and maintenance”.
Subsec. (b)(4), (5). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2701(2)(D), added pars. (4) and (5).
Credits
2014–2018 · 2 acts
- 2014Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1271, as added Pub. L. 113–79, title II, § 2401, , 128 Stat. 744
- 2018amended Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2701, , 132 Stat. 4592.
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(Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1271, as added Pub. L. 113–79, title II, § 2401, , 128 Stat. 744; amended Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2701, , 132 Stat. 4592.)