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7 U.S.C. § 1831a — Contract restrictions
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On and after June 13, 1958 no conservation reserve contract shall be entered into which provides for (1) payments for conservation practices in excess of the average rate for comparable practices under the environmental quality incentives program established under subchapter A of chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 [[16 U.S.C. 3839aa](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3839aa&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], or (2) annual rental payments in excess of 20 per cent of the value of the land placed under contract, such value to be determined without regard to physical improvements thereon or geographic location thereof. In determining the value of the land for this purpose, the county committee shall take into consideration the estimate of the landowner or operator as to the value of such land as well as his certificate as to the production history and productivity of such land.
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On and after June 13, 1958 no conservation reserve contract shall be entered into which provides for (1) payments for conservation practices in excess of the average rate for comparable practices under the environmental quality incentives program established under subchapter A of chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 [[16 U.S.C. 3839aa](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3839aa&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], or (2) annual rental payments in excess of 20 per cent of the value of the land placed under contract, such value to be determined without regard to physical improvements thereon or geographic location thereof. In determining the value of the land for this purpose, the county committee shall take into consideration the estimate of the landowner or operator as to the value of such land as well as his certificate as to the production history and productivity of such land.
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The purposes of the environmental quality incentives program established by this subpart are to promote agricultural production, forest management, and environmental quality as compatible goals, and to optimize environmental benefits, by—
(1) assisting producers in complying with local, State, and national regulatory requirements concerning—
(A) soil, water, and air quality;
(B) wildlife habitat; and
(C) surface and ground water conservation;
(2) avoiding, to the maximum extent practicable, the need for resource and regulatory programs by assisting producers in protecting soil, water, air, and related natural resources and meeting environmental quality criteria established by Federal, State, tribal, and local agencies;
(3) providing flexible assistance to producers to install and maintain conservation practices that sustain food and fiber production while—
(A) enhancing soil, water, and related natural resources, including grazing land, forestland, wetland, and wildlife;
(B) developing and improving wildlife habitat; and
(C) conserving energy; and
(4) assisting producers to make beneficial, cost-effective changes to production systems, including addressing identified, new, or expected resource concerns related to organic production, grazing management, fuels management, forest management, nutrient management associated with crops and livestock, pest management, irrigation management, adapting to, and mitigating against, increasing weather volatility, drought resiliency measures, or other practices on agricultural and forested land.
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**(a)** The Secretary is authorized and directed to make such expenditures as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and sections 590g, 590h, 590i, and 590j to 590q of title 16, including personal services and rents in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; traveling expenses; supplies and equipment; lawbooks, books of reference, directories, periodicals, and newspapers; and the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at community, county, State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed upon the request of the Secretary to establish one or more separate appropriation accounts into which there shall be transferred from the respective funds available for the purposes of this chapter and chapter 3B of title 16, in connection with which personnel or other facilities of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration are utilized, proportionate amounts estimated by the Secretary to be required by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration for administrative expenses in carrying out or cooperating in carrying out any of the provisions of this chapter and chapter 3B of title 16.
**(b)** In the administration of this subchapter and sections 590g, 590h, 590i, and 590j to 590q of title 16, the aggregate amount expended in any fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, for administrative expenses in the District of Columbia, including regional offices, and in the several States (not including the expenses of county and local committees) shall not exceed 3 per centum of the total amount available for such fiscal year for carrying out the purposes of this subchapter and chapter 3B of title 16, unless otherwise provided by appropriation or oth
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 3839aa
Section 3839b, Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1239B, as
added Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, § 1440, Nov. 28, 1990, 104
Stat. 3598, related to duties of Secretary.
Section 3839c, Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1239C, as
added Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, § 1440, Nov. 28, 1990, 104
Stat. 3599, related to payments.
Section 3839d, Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1239D, as
added Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, § 1440, Nov. 28, 1990, 104
Stat. 3600, related to changes in ownership; modifica-
tion of easement.
PART IV—ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES
PROGRAM
AND
CONSERVATION
STEWARDSHIP
PROGRAM
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2301(a)(1), Dec. 20, 2018, 132
Stat. 4551, substituted ‘‘Environmental Quality Incen-
tives Program and Conservation Stewardship Program’’
for ‘‘Environmental Quality Incentives Program’’ in
part heading.
Chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985, comprising this part, was originally
added to Pub. L. 99–198 by Pub. L. 104–127, title III, § 334,
Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 996. Chapter 4 is shown herein,
however, as having been added by Pub. L. 107–171, title
II, § 2301, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 253, because of the ex-
tensive revision of the chapter’s provisions by Pub. L.
107–171. Such revision did not contain a chapter head-
ing, which was subsequently added by Pub. L. 110–234,
title II, § 2501(b), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1058, and Pub.
L. 110–246, § 4(a), title II, § 2501(b), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat.
1664, 1786. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of
Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enact-
ment of Pub. L. 110–234.
SUBPART A—ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES
PROGRAM
§ 3839aa. Purposes
The purposes of the environmental qua
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§§ 1821 to 1824
ized Secretary to provide fair and equitable treatment
for producers who entered into acreage reserve or con-
servation reserve contracts based upon incorrect infor-
mation furnished under 1956 program through com-
pensation for losses.
Section 1816, act May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title I, § 128, as
added Sept. 14, 1959, Pub. L. 86–265, 73 Stat. 552, author-
ized Secretary to pay compensation to a producer in
order to provide fair and equitable treatment when pro-
ducer has suffered losses because of inaccurate infor-
mation forming the basis for contract if producer relied
in good faith upon inaccurate information.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SAVINGS PROVISION
Pub. L. 89–321, title VI, § 601, Nov. 3, 1965, 79 Stat. 1206,
provided that the Soil Bank Act of 1956 [former sub-
chapters I to III of this chapter] shall remain in effect
with respect to contracts entered into thereunder prior
to its repeal by section 601 of Pub. L. 89–321.
SUBCHAPTER II—ACREAGE RESERVE
PROGRAM
§§ 1821 to 1824. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–321, title VI,
§ 601, Nov. 3, 1965, 79 Stat. 1206
Section 1821, act May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title I, § 103, 70
Stat. 189, authorized Secretary to carry out acreage re-
serve program and spelled out terms of eligibility, pro-
visions of contract, and acreage reduction compensa-
tion.
Section 1822, act May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title I, § 104, 70
Stat. 190, required Secretary to establish a national re-
serve acreage goal and to set limits to be placed upon
individual participation in program.
Section 1823, act May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title I, § 105, 70
Stat. 190, established method of compensating pro-
ducers for participating in program through issuance of
negotiable certificates redeemable by Comm
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