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16 U.S.C. § 2201 — Emergency conservation program
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**(a) In general** The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this chapter as the “Secretary”) is authorized to make payments to agricultural producers who carry out emergency measures to control wind erosion on farmlands or to rehabilitate farmlands damaged by wind erosion, floods, hurricanes, wildfires, or other natural disasters when, as a result of the foregoing, new conservation problems have been created that (1) if not treated, will impair or endanger the land, (2) materially affect the productive capacity of the land, (3) represent damage that is unusual in character and, except for wind erosion, is not the type that would recur frequently in the same area, and (4) will be so costly to rehabilitate that Federal assistance is or will be required to return the land to productive agricultural use.
**(b) Repair or replacement of fencing**
(1) **In general** — With respect to a payment to an agricultural producer under subsection (a) for the repair or replacement of fencing, the Secretary shall give the agricultural producer the option of receiving not more than 25 percent of the payment, determined by the Secretary based on the applicable percentage of the fair market value of the cost of the repair or replacement, before the agricultural producer carries out the repair or replacement.
(2) **Return of funds** — If the funds provided under paragraph (1) are not expended by the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date on which the agricultural producer receives those funds, the funds shall be returned within a reasonable timeframe, as determined by the Secretary.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this chapter as the “Secretary”) is authorized to make payments to agricultural producers who carry out emergency measures to control wind erosion on farmlands or to rehabilitate farmlands damaged by wind erosion, floods, hurricanes, wildfires, or other natural disasters when, as a result of the foregoing, new conservation problems have been created that (1) if not treated, will impair or endanger the land, (2) materially affect the productive capacity of the land, (3) represent damage that is unusual in character and, except for wind erosion, is not the type that would recur frequently in the same area, and (4) will be so costly to rehabilitate that Federal assistance is or will be required to return the land to productive agricultural use.
**(b) Repair or replacement of fencing**
(1) **In general** — With respect to a payment to an agricultural producer under subsection (a) for the repair or replacement of fencing, the Secretary shall give the agricultural producer the option of receiving not more than 25 percent of the payment, determined by the Secretary based on the applicable percentage of the fair market value of the cost of the repair or replacement, before the agricultural producer carries out the repair or replacement.
(2) **Return of funds** — If the funds provided under paragraph (1) are not expended by the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date on which the agricultural producer receives those funds, the funds shall be returned within a reasonable timeframe, as determined by the Secretary.
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The Secretary is authorized to make payments to agricultural producers who carry out emergency water conservation or water enhancing measures (including measures carried out to assist confined livestock) during periods of severe drought as determined by the Secretary.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary is authorized to undertake emergency watershed protection measures, including the purchase of floodplain easements, for runoff retardation and soil-erosion prevention, in cooperation with landowners and land users, as the Secretary deems necessary to safeguard lives and property from floods, drought, and the products of erosion on any watershed whenever fire, flood, or any other natural occurrence is causing or has caused a sudden impairment of that watershed.
**(b) Floodplain easements**
(1) **Modification and termination** — The Secretary may modify or terminate a floodplain easement administered by the Secretary under this section if—
(A) the current owner agrees to the modification or termination; and
(B) the Secretary determines that the modification or termination—
(i) will address a compelling public need for which there is no practicable alternative; and
(ii) is in the public interest.
(2) **Consideration**
(A) *Termination* — As consideration for termination of an easement and associated agreements under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall enter into compensatory arrangements as determined to be appropriate by the Secretary.
(B) *Modification* — In the case of a modification under paragraph (1)—
(i) as a condition of the modification, the current owner shall enter into a compensatory arrangement (as determined to be appropriate by the Secretary) to incur the costs of modification; and
(ii) the Secretary shall ensure that—
(I) the modification will not adversely affect the floodplain functions and values for which the easement was acquired;
(II) any adverse impacts will be mitigated by enrollment and restoration of other land that provides greater floodplain functions and values at
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**(a) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, to remain available until expended.
**(b) Set-aside for fencing** Of the amounts made available under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, 25 percent shall be set aside until April 1 of that fiscal year for the repair or replacement of fencing.
**(c) Use of Commodity Credit Corporation** In implementing this chapter, the Secretary may use the facilities, services, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
**(d) Limitation** The Commodity Credit Corporation shall not make any expenditures to carry out the provisions of this chapter unless funds specifically appropriated for such purpose have been transferred to it.
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The Secretary is authorized to prescribe such regulations as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this chapter, the Secretary is authorized and directed to provide for the execution by the Production and Marketing Administration of such powers conferred upon him under sections 590g, 590h, 590i, and 590j to 590n of this title as he deems may be appropriately exercised by such Administration, and for such purposes the provisions of law applicable to the appointment and compensation of persons employed by the Production and Marketing Administration shall apply.
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The Congress finds that the statutory authority of the Secretary of Agriculture, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the “Secretary,” for making and insuring loans to farmers and ranchers should be revised and consolidated to provide for more effective credit services to farmers.
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 2114
Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 115–334, § 8624(b)(2)(A), in-
serted ‘‘or county’’ after ‘‘Governor’’.
Subsec. (b)(2)(A). Pub. L. 115–334, § 8624(b)(2)(B), sub-
stituted ‘‘good neighbor agreement’’ for ‘‘cooperative
agreement or contract entered into under subsection
(a)’’.
Subsec. (b)(2)(C). Pub. L. 115–334, § 8624(c), added sub-
par. (C).
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 115–334, § 8624(b)(2)(C), inserted
‘‘or county’’ after ‘‘Governor’’.
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 115–334, § 8624(b)(2)(D), added
par. (4).
§ 2114. Administration
(a) In general
The Secretary shall administer this chapter in
accordance with regulations that the Secretary
shall develop.
(b) Guidelines
The regulations promulgated under this chap-
ter shall include guidelines for the administra-
tion of this chapter at the Federal and State
levels and shall identify the measures and ac-
tivities that are eligible for cost sharing under
this chapter.
(c) Existing mechanisms
Existing mechanisms shall be used to the ex-
tent possible to make payments and deliver
services to the landowner under this chapter.
(d) Land grant universities
The Secretary, in consultation with State for-
esters or equivalent State officials, may provide
assistance directly to other State and local nat-
ural resource management agencies and land
grant universities in implementing this chapter
in cases in which the State foresters or equiva-
lent State officials are not able to make fund
transfers to other State and local agencies.
(Pub. L. 95–313, § 20, as added Pub. L. 101–624,
title XII, § 1223, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3542.)
CHAPTER 42—EMERGENCY CONSERVATION
PROGRAM
Sec.
2201.
Emergency conservation program.
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