§3871d — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must use money from the Commodity Credit Corporation to run the program. The law sets these yearly amounts: $425,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 and $450,000,000 for each fiscal year 2027 through 2031. That money stays available until it is spent. Half of the funds must go to projects chosen through state or multistate competitions run locally with advice from state technical committees. The other half must go to projects in critical conservation areas designated under section 3871f. The funds cannot be used to pay the regular administrative costs of eligible partners, except that for certain partnership agreements (not funded under an alternative funding arrangement or grant under section 3871c(d)) the Secretary may advance reasonable funds for up to 90 days to help with project development and outreach (for example, outreach to producers, setting baseline metrics for required assessments, or giving technical help). When projects are picked, the Secretary must announce how much will pay for technical assistance and limit those costs to what is needed for the program. The Secretary must also work to get third-party technical service providers to help eligible partners.

Title 16, §3871d

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(a)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)Funds made available under subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.

(c)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.

(d)(1)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, may be used to pay for the administrative expenses of eligible partners.

(2)Under a partnership agreement that is not funded through an alternative funding arrangement or grant agreement under section 3871c(d) of this title, 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; or

(C)providing technical assistance to producers.

(e)(1)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)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)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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2025—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 119–21 added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary shall use $300,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2031 to carry out the program.” 2022—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–169 substituted “2031” for “2023”. 2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2705(1), substituted “$300,000,000” for “$100,000,000” and “2019 through 2023” for “2014 through 2018”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2705(2)–(4)(A), redesignated subsec. (d) as (c), struck out “and acres” after “funds” and “and reserved for the program under subsection (c)” after “under subsection (a)” in introductory provisions, and struck out former subsec. (c) which related to reservation of additional funding and acres for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2705(4)(B), substituted “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” for “25 percent of the funds and acres to projects based on a State competitive process administered by the State Conservationist, with the advice of the State technical committee” and inserted “and” at end. Subsec. (c)(2), (3). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2705(4)(C)–(E), redesignated par. (3) as (2), substituted “50 percent of the funds” for “35 percent of the funds and acres”, and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: “40 percent of the funds and acres to projects based on a national competitive process to be established by the Secretary; and”. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2705(5), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, substituted “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,” for “None of the funds made available or reserved for the program”, and added par. (2). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2705(3), redesignated subsec. (e) as (d). Former subsec. (d) redesignated (c). Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2705(6), added subsec. (e). Former subsec. (e) redesignated (d).

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