16 U.S.C. 3831: Conservation reserve

2018

• Pub. L. 115–334, §2201(a), substituted "2023" for "2018". Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 115–334, §2201(b)(1), substituted "4 of the 6 years preceding December 20, 2018, on the condition that the Secretary shall consider to be planted cropland enrolled in the conservation reserve program" for "4 of the 6 years preceding February 7, 2014 (except for land enrol… Law text · (b)
• Pub. L. 115–334, §2201(b)(3), added par. (4). Former par. (4) redesignated (5). Law text · (b)
• Subsec (b)(5). Pub. L. 115–334, §2201(b)(2), (4)(A), redesignated par. (4) as (5) and substituted "salt tolerant vegetation, field borders, or practices to benefit State or federally identified wellhead protection areas" for "or filterstrips or riparian buffers devoted to trees, shrubs, or grasses"… Law text · (b)
• Pub. L. 115–334, §2201(b)(2), redesignated par. (5) as (6). Law text · (b)
• Pub. L. 115–334, §2201(b)(4)(B)–(6), added par. (7). Law text · (b)
• Pub. L. 115–334, §2201(c)(1), added subpars. (A) to (E) and struck out former subpars. (A) to (E) which read as follows: Law text · (d)
• Pub. L. 115–334, §2201(c)(2)(A), added subpar. (A) and struck out former subpar. (A). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "For purposes of applying the limitations in paragraph (1), no more than 2,000,000 acres of the land described in subsection (b)(3) may be enrolled in t… Law text · (d)
• Pub. L. 115–334, §2201(c)(2)(A), added subpar. (B) and struck out former subpar. (B). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "In enrolling acres under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may give priority to land with expiring conservation reserve program contracts." Law text · (d)
• Pub. L. 115–334, §2201(c)(2)(B), designated existing provisions as cl. (i), inserted heading, substituted "an annual enrollment basis" for "a continuous enrollment basis", and added cl. (ii). Law text · (d)
• Pub. L. 115–334, §2201(c)(2)(C), added subpar. (D). Law text · (d)
• Pub. L. 115–334, §2201(c)(3), added pars. (3) to (6). Law text · (d)
• Pub. L. 115–334, §2201(d), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, and added par. (2). Law text · (h)

2014

• Pub. L. 113–79, §2001(a), substituted "2018" for "2012". Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 113–79, §2001(b)(1), substituted "February 7, 2014" for "the date of enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008". Law text · (b)
• Pub. L. 113–79, §2001(b)(2), (3), redesignated par. (3) as (2), added par. (3), and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: "marginal pasture land converted to wetland or established as wildlife habitat prior to November 28, 1990;". Law text · (b), (3)
• Pub. L. 113–79, §2001(b)(4), substituted "filterstrips or riparian buffers devoted to trees, shrubs, or grasses" for "filterstrips devoted to trees or shrubs". Law text · (b)
• Pub. L. 113–79, §2001(b)(5), added par. (5) and struck out former par. (5) which read as follows: "the portion of land in a field not enrolled in the conservation reserve in a case in which more than 50 percent of the land in the field is enrolled as a buffer, if— Law text · (b)
• Pub. L. 113–79, §2001(c), substituted "if, during the crop year, the land was devoted to a conserving use." for "if—" and struck out pars. (1) and (2) which read as follows: Law text · (c)
• Pub. L. 113–79, §2001(d), amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Secretary may maintain up to 39,200,000 acres in the conservation reserve at any 1 time during the 2002 through 2009 fiscal years (including contracts extended by the Secretary pursu… Law text · (d)
• Pub. L. 113–79, §2001(e), added par. (2) and struck out former pars. (2) and (3) which related to duration of contracts for certain land and 1-year extensions, respectively. Law text · (e), (3)
• Pub. L. 113–79, §2001(f)(1), struck out "watershed areas of the Chesapeake Bay Region, the Great Lakes Region, the Long Island Sound Region, and other" before "areas of special". Law text · (f)
• Pub. L. 113–79, §2001(f)(2), substituted "areas" for "watersheds" in heading and "Areas" for "Watersheds" in text. Law text · (f)
• Pub. L. 113–79, §2001(f)(3), substituted "an area's designation if the Secretary finds that the area no longer contains actual and significant adverse water quality or habitat impacts related to agricultural production activities." for "a watershed's designation—" and struck out sub… Law text · (f)

2013

• Pub. L. 112–240 substituted "2012, and 2013" for "and 2012". (American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012) Law text · (d)

2008

• Pub. L. 110–246, §2101, substituted "2012 fiscal year" for "2007 calendar year" and inserted "and to address issues raised by State, regional, and national conservation initiatives" before period at end. (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §2102(1), substituted "the date of enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008" for "May 13, 2002" and substituted semicolon for period at end. (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (b)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §2102(2), in subpar. (C) struck out "or" at end, in subpar. (D) substituted "or" for "and" at end, and in subpar. (E) inserted "or" at end. (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (b)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §2103, substituted "2009 fiscal years" for "2007 calendar years" and "(16 U.S.C." for "( 16 U.S.C." and inserted at end "During fiscal years 2010, 2011, and 2012, the Secretary may maintain up to 32,000,000 acres in the conservation reserve at any 1 time." (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (d)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §2104, substituted "the Chesapeake Bay Region" for "the Chesapeake Bay Region (Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia)". (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (f)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §2105, amended subsec. (g) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "For purposes of this subpart, alfalfa and other multi-year grasses and legumes in a rotation practice, approved by the Secretary, shall be considered agricultural commodities." (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (g)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §2106(a)(2), redesignated subsecs. (i) and (j) as (h) and (i), respectively, and struck out former subsec. (h) which related to pilot program for enrollment of wetland and buffer acreage in conservation reserve during 2002 through 2007 calendar years. (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (h), (i), (j)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §2106(b)(1), renumbered subsec. (k) as section 3831a of this title. (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (k)

2007

• Pub. L. 110–28 substituted "The" for "During calendar year 2006, the". (U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007) Law text · (k)

2006

• Pub. L. 109–234 substituted "$504,100,000" for "$404,100,000". (Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006) Law text · (k)

2005

• Pub. L. 109–148 added subsec. (k). (Support Our Scouts Act of 2005) Law text · (k)