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16 U.S.C. § 6571 — Relation to other laws
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The authority provided to each Secretary under this subchapter is supplemental to, and not in lieu of, any authority provided to the Secretaries under any other law.
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The authority provided to each Secretary under this subchapter is supplemental to, and not in lieu of, any authority provided to the Secretaries under any other law.
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**(a) Annual funding** For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2031, the Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the following programs under this chapter (including the provision of technical assistance):
(1) The conservation reserve program under subpart B of part I of subchapter IV, including, to the maximum extent practicable—
(A) $12,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 to provide payments under [section 3834(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3834/c&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) $50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, including not more than $5,000,000 to provide outreach and technical assistance, to carry out [section 3835(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3835/f&num=0&edition=prelim) to facilitate the transfer of land subject to contracts from contract holders to covered farmers or ranchers, as defined in [section 3835(f)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3835/f/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The agricultural conservation easement program under subchapter VII using to the maximum extent practicable—
(A) $625,000,000 for fiscal year 2026;
(B) $650,000,000 for fiscal year 2027;
(C) $675,000,000 for fiscal year 2028;
(D) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2029;
(E) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2030; and
(F) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2031.
(3) The programs under part IV of subchapter IV, using, to the maximum extent practicable—
(A) for the environmental quality incentives program under subpart A of part IV of subchapter IV—
(i) $2,655,000,000 for fiscal
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In this subchapter:
(1) **Covered program** — The term “covered program” means the following:
(A) The agricultural conservation easement program.
(B) The environmental quality incentives program.
(C) The conservation stewardship program, not including the grassland conservation initiative under [section 3839aa–25 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3839aa-25&num=0&edition=prelim).
(D) The healthy forests reserve program established under [section 6571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6571&num=0&edition=prelim).
(E) The conservation reserve program established under subpart B of part I of subchapter IV.
(F) The programs established by the Secretary to carry out the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act ([16 U.S.C. 1001](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1001&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), except for any program established by the Secretary to carry out section 14 ([16 U.S.C. 1012](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1012&num=0&edition=prelim)) of that Act.
(2) **Eligible activity** — The term “eligible activity” means a practice, activity, agreement, easement, or related conservation measure that is available under the statutory authority for a covered program.
(3) **Eligible land** — The term “eligible land” means any agricultural or nonindustrial private forest land or associated land on which the Secretary determines an eligible activity would help achieve conservation benefits.
(4) **Eligible partner** — The term “eligible partner” means any of the following:
(A) An agricultural or silvicultural producer association or other group of producer
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 6555
(2) Certain treatment prohibited
Nothing in subsection (a) authorizes the ap-
plication of insecticides in municipal water-
sheds or associated riparian areas.
(3) Peer review
(A) In general
Before being carried out, each applied sil-
vicultural assessment under this subchapter
shall be peer reviewed by scientific experts
selected by the Secretary, which shall in-
clude non-Federal experts.
(B) Existing peer review processes
The Secretary may use existing peer re-
view processes to the extent the processes
comply with subparagraph (A).
(c) Public notice and comment
(1) Public notice
The Secretary shall provide notice of each
applied silvicultural assessment proposed to
be carried out under this section.
(2) Public comment
The Secretary shall provide an opportunity
for public comment before carrying out an ap-
plied silviculture assessment under this sec-
tion.
(d) Categorical exclusion
(1) In general
Applied silvicultural assessment and re-
search treatments carried out under this sec-
tion on not more than 1,000 acres for an assess-
ment or treatment may be categorically ex-
cluded from documentation in an environ-
mental impact statement and environmental
assessment under the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
(2) Administration
Applied silvicultural assessments and re-
search
treatments
categorically
excluded
under paragraph (1)—
(A) shall not be carried out in an area that
is adjacent to another area that is categori-
cally excluded under paragraph (1) that is
being treated with similar methods; and
(B) shall be subject to the extraordinary
circumstances procedures established by the
Secretary pursuant to section 1508.4 of title
40, Code of Federal Regulations.
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