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16 U.S.C. § 3851a — Forest Service participation in ACES Program
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**(a) In general** The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, may use funds derived from conservation-related programs executed on National Forest System land to utilize the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program established pursuant to [section 3851 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3851&num=0&edition=prelim) to provide technical services for conservation-related programs and authorities carried out by the Secretary on National Forest System land.
**(b) Termination of effectiveness** The authority provided to the Secretary to carry out this section terminates effective October 1, 2023.11 See Extension of Forest Service Participation in Aces Program note below.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, may use funds derived from conservation-related programs executed on National Forest System land to utilize the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program established pursuant to [section 3851 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3851&num=0&edition=prelim) to provide technical services for conservation-related programs and authorities carried out by the Secretary on National Forest System land.
**(b) Termination of effectiveness** The authority provided to the Secretary to carry out this section terminates effective October 1, 2023.11 See Extension of Forest Service Participation in Aces Program note below.
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**(a) Establishment and purpose** The Secretary shall establish an experienced services program (referred to in this section as the “program”) for the purpose of utilizing the talents of individuals who are age 55 or older, but who are not employees of the Department of Agriculture or a State agriculture department, to provide—
(1) technical services in support of the conservation-related programs and authorities carried out by the Secretary, including conservation planning assistance, technical consultation, and assistance with design and implementation of conservation practices; and
(2) technical, professional, and administrative services to support the research, education, and economics mission area of the Department of Agriculture (including the Agricultural Research Service, the Economic Research Service, the National Agricultural Library, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture), including—
(A) supporting agricultural research and information;
(B) advancing scientific knowledge relating to agriculture;
(C) enhancing access to agricultural information;
(D) providing statistical information and research results to farmers, ranchers, agribusiness, and public officials; and
(E) assisting research, education, and extension programs in land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in [section 3103 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3103&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(b) Program agreements**
(1) **Relation to older American community service employment program** — Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to Federal grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts, to carry out the program during a fis
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**(a) Maintenance of base acres and payment yields** The Secretary shall maintain, for each covered commodity and upland cotton, base acres and payment yields on a farm established under sections 8702 and 8751 of this title, as adjusted pursuant to sections 8711, 8712, 8718, and 8752 of this title, as in effect on September 30, 2013, and as adjusted pursuant to sections 9012 and 9013 of this title.
**(b) Streamlining** In implementing this chapter and the amendments made by this title,11 See References in Text note below. the Secretary shall—
(1) continue to reduce administrative burdens and costs to producers by streamlining and reducing paperwork, forms, and other administrative requirements, to ensure that—
(A) a producer (or an agent of a producer) may report information, electronically (including geospatial data) or conventionally, to the Department of Agriculture, subject to the Secretary—
(i) establishing reasonable levels of tolerance that reflect the differences in accuracy between measures of common land units and geospatial data; and
(ii) ensuring that discrepancies that occur within the levels of tolerance established under clause (i) shall not be used to penalize a producer (or an agent of a producer) under any program administered by the Department of Agriculture;
(B) on the request of a producer (or an agent of a producer), the Department of Agriculture electronically shares with the producer (or agent) in real time and without cost to the producer (or agent) the common land unit data, related farm level data, conservation practices, and other information of the producer through a single Department of Agriculture-wide login;
(C) not later than September 30, 2020, the Administrator of the Risk Management Agency and the Administrator of
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 3851a
non-overtime hours, wages, or employment
benefits;
(B) result in the use of an individual under
the program for a job or function in a case
in which a Federal employee is in a layoff
status from the same or a substantially-
equivalent job or function with the Depart-
ment; or
(C) affect existing contracts for services.
(c) Funding source
(1) Conservation technical services
Except as provided in paragraph (2), with re-
spect to subsection (a)(1), the Secretary may
carry out the program using funds made avail-
able to carry out each program under this
chapter.
(2) Exclusion
Funds made available to carry out the con-
servation reserve program may not be used to
carry out the program.
(3) Research, education, and economics serv-
ices
With respect to services referred to in sub-
section (a)(2), the Secretary may carry out the
program under the mission area referred to in
such subsection to the extent that funds are
specifically appropriated to provide such serv-
ices under such mission area.
(d) Liability
An individual providing technical, profes-
sional, or administrative services, as applicable,
under the program is deemed to be an employee
of the United States Government for purposes of
chapter 171 of title 28 if the individual—
(1) is providing technical, professional, or
administrative services, as applicable, pursu-
ant to an agreement entered into under sub-
section (b); and
(2) is acting within the scope of the agree-
ment.
(Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1252, as added Pub. L.
110–234, title II, § 2710, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1082,
and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title II, § 2710, June 18,
2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1810; amended Pub. L. 113–79,
title II, § 2504, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 752; Pub. L.
115
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