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16 U.S.C. § 3871d — Funding
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**(a) Availability of funding** Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out the program, to the maximum extent practicable—
(1) $425,000,000 for fiscal year 2026;
(2) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2027;
(3) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2028;
(4) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2029;
(5) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2030; and
(6) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2031.
**(b) Duration of availability** Funds made available under subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.
**(c) Allocation of funding** Of the funds made available for the program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allocate—
(1) 50 percent of the funds to projects based on a State or multistate competitive process administered by the Secretary at the local level with the advice of the applicable State technical committees established under subchapter VI; and
(2) 50 percent of the funds to projects for critical conservation areas designated under [section 3871f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3871f&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d) Limitation on administrative expenses**
(1) **In general** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), none of the funds made available for the program, including for a partnership agreement funded through an alternative funding arrangement or grant agreement under [section 3871c(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3871c/d&num=0&edition=prelim), may be used to pay for the administrative expenses of eligible partners.
(2) **Project development and outreach** — Under a partnership agreement that is not funded through an alternative funding arrangement or grant agreement under [section 3871c(d) of this title](https:/
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**(a) Availability of funding** Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out the program, to the maximum extent practicable—
(1) $425,000,000 for fiscal year 2026;
(2) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2027;
(3) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2028;
(4) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2029;
(5) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2030; and
(6) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2031.
**(b) Duration of availability** Funds made available under subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.
**(c) Allocation of funding** Of the funds made available for the program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allocate—
(1) 50 percent of the funds to projects based on a State or multistate competitive process administered by the Secretary at the local level with the advice of the applicable State technical committees established under subchapter VI; and
(2) 50 percent of the funds to projects for critical conservation areas designated under [section 3871f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3871f&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d) Limitation on administrative expenses**
(1) **In general** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), none of the funds made available for the program, including for a partnership agreement funded through an alternative funding arrangement or grant agreement under [section 3871c(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3871c/d&num=0&edition=prelim), may be used to pay for the administrative expenses of eligible partners.
(2) **Project development and outreach** — Under a partnership agreement that is not funded through an alternative funding arrangement or grant agreement under [section 3871c(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3871c/d&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary may advance reasonable amounts of funding for not longer than 90 days for technical assistance to eligible partners to conduct project development and outreach activities in a project area, including—
(A) providing outreach and education to producers for potential participation in the project;
(B) establishing baseline metrics to support the development of the assessment required under [section 3871b(c)(1)(E) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3871b/c/1/E&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(C) providing technical assistance to producers.
**(e) Technical assistance**
(1) **In general** — At the time of project selection, the Secretary shall identify and make publicly available the amount that the Secretary shall use to provide technical assistance under the terms of the partnership agreement.
(2) **Limitation** — The Secretary shall limit costs of the Secretary for technical assistance to costs specific and necessary to carry out the objectives of the program.
(3) **Third-party providers** — The Secretary shall develop and implement strategies to encourage third-party technical service providers to provide technical assistance to eligible partners pursuant to a partnership agreement.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Critical conservation area** — The term “critical conservation area” means a geographical area that contains a critical conservation condition that can be addressed through the program.
(2) **Priority resource concern** — The term “priority resource concern” means a natural resource concern located in a critical conservation area that can be addressed through—
(A) water quality improvement, including through reducing erosion, promoting sediment control, and addressing nutrient management activities affecting large bodies of water of regional, national, or international significance;
(B) water quantity improvement, including improvement relating to—
(i) drought;
(ii) groundwater, surface water, aquifer, or other water sources; or
(iii) water retention and flood prevention;
(C) wildlife habitat restoration to address species of concern at a Federal, State, or local level; and
(D) other natural resource improvements, as determined by the Secretary, within the critical conservation area.
**(b) Applications** In administering funds under [section 3871d(d)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3871d/d/2&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall select applications for partnership agreements and program contracts within critical conservation areas designated under this section that address 1 or more priority resource concerns for which the critical conservation area is designated.
**(c) Critical conservation area designations**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall identify 1 or more priority resource concerns that apply to each critical conservation area designated under this section after February 7, 2014, including the conservation goals and
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**(a) In general** A producer may receive financial or technical assistance to conduct eligible activities on eligible land through a program contract entered into with the Secretary.
**(b) Program contracts**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall establish a program contract to be entered into with a producer to conduct eligible activities on eligible land, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may establish.
(2) **Application bundles**
(A) *In general* — An eligible partner may submit to the Secretary, on behalf of producers, a bundle of applications for assistance under the program through program contracts to address a substantial portion of the conservation benefits to be achieved by the project, as defined in the partnership agreement.
(B) *Priority* — The Secretary may give priority to applications described in subparagraph (A).
**(c) Payments**
(1) **In general** — Subject to [section 3871d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3871d&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary may make payments to a producer in an amount determined by the Secretary to be necessary to achieve the purposes of the program.
(2) **Payments to certain producers** — The Secretary may provide payments for a period of 5 years—
(A) to producers participating in a project that addresses water quantity concerns and in an amount sufficient to encourage conversion from irrigated to dryland farming; and
(B) to producers participating in a project that addresses water quality concerns and in an amount sufficient to encourage adoption of conservation practices and systems that improve nutrient management.
(3) **Waiver authority** — To assist in the implementation of the program, the Secretary may waive the applic
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in an amount sufficient to encourage conver-
sion from irrigated to dryland farming; and
(B) to producers participating in a project
that addresses water quality concerns and in
an amount sufficient to encourage adoption
of conservation practices and systems that
improve nutrient management.
(3) Waiver authority
To assist in the implementation of the pro-
gram, the Secretary may waive the applica-
bility of the limitation in section 1308–3a(b)(2)
of title 7 for producers if the Secretary deter-
mines that the waiver is necessary to fulfill
the objectives of the program.
(d) Funding through alternative funding ar-
rangements or grant agreements
(1) In general
A partnership agreement entered into with
an eligible partner may be funded through an
alternative funding arrangement or grant in
accordance with this subsection.
(2) Duties of the Secretary
The Secretary shall—
(A) under a funding agreement under para-
graph (1)—
(i) use funding made available to carry
out this subchapter to provide funding di-
rectly to the eligible partner; and
(ii) provide technical and administrative
assistance, as mutually agreed by the par-
ties; and
(B) enter into not more than 15 alternative
funding arrangements or grant agreements
with 1 or more eligible partners each fiscal
year.
(3) Duties of eligible partners
Under a funding agreement under paragraph
(1), the eligible partner shall—
(A) carry out eligible activities on eligible
land in agreement with producers to achieve
conservation benefits on a regional or water-
shed scale, such as—
(i) infrastructure investments relating
to agricultural or nonindustrial private
forest production that would—
(I) benefit multiple producers; and
(II) address natural resource conc
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