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16 U.S.C. 3834: Payments

Created in 2002 by Public Law 99-198. Changed by 4 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

This Congress

  • H.R. 5111 CRP Improvement and Flexibility Act of 2025 · introduced · would change (b), (g)

How it got here

2018

  • Pub. L. 115–334, §2207(a), added par. (2), redesignated par. (5) as (3) and substituted "Except in the case of incentive payments that are related to the cost of the establishment of a practice and received from eligible partners under the conservation reserve enhancement pro… Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §2207(b)(1), substituted "Forest management incentive payments" for "Incentive payments" in heading. Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §2207(b)(2), substituted "Using funds made available under section 3841(a)(1)(A) of this title, the Secretary" for "The Secretary". Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §2207(b)(3), substituted "100 percent" for "150 percent". Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §2207(c)(1), substituted "the Secretary shall consider—" for "the Secretary may consider, among other things,", inserted subpar. (A) designation before "the amount" and substituted semicolon for period at end, and added subpars. (B) and (C). Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §2207(c)(2)(A), substituted "determined through the submission of applications for such contracts by owners and operators in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe." for "determined through— Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §2207(c)(2)(C), added subpar. (B). Former subpar. (B) redesignated (C). Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §2207(c)(2)(B), (D), redesignated subpar. (B) as (C) and substituted "Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in the case" for "In the case". Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §2207(c)(2)(E), added subpar. (D). Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §2207(c)(3), (4), redesignated par. (5) as (4) and struck out former par. (4). Prior to amendment, text of par. (4) read as follows: "In the case of acreage enrolled in the conservation reserve established under this subpart that is to be devoted to hardwood trees, … Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §2207(c)(5)(A), substituted "annually" for ", not less frequently than once every other year," and inserted ", and shall publish the estimates derived from the survey not later than September 15 of each year" before period at end. Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §2207(c)(5)(B), inserted "and the average current and previous soil rental rates for each county" before "shall be maintained". Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §2207(c)(5)(C), substituted "shall consider" for "may use". Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §2207(c)(5)(D), added subpars. (D) and (E). Law text · (d), (E)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §2207(c)(4), redesignated par. (5) as (4). Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §2207(d)(1), substituted "Except as provided in paragraph (2), the total" for "The total". Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §2207(d)(2), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2) which related to applicability of payment limitations relative to agreements entered into under a special conservation reserve enhancement program. Law text · (g)

2014

  • Pub. L. 113–79, §2005(b)(1)(A), struck out "Federal percentage of" before "cost sharing payments" in heading. Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §2005(a), amended subpar. (A) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "This paragraph applies to— Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §2005(b)(1)(B)(i), struck out "or thinning" before period at end. Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §2005(b)(1)(B)(ii), amended cl. (ii) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Secretary shall make payments as described in clause (i) for a period of not less than 2 years, but not more than 4 years, beginning on the date of— Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §2005(b)(2), (3), added subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d). Former subsec. (d) redesignated (e). Law text · (c), (d)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §2005(c)(1), inserted "or other eligible lands" after "highly erodible cropland" in two places. Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §2005(c)(2), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The amounts payable to owners or operators in the form of rental payments under contracts entered into under this subpart may be determined through— Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §2005(c)(3)(A), substituted ", not less frequently than once every other year, conduct a survey" for "conduct an annual survey". Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §2005(c)(3)(B), struck out "annual" before "survey". Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §2005(c)(3)(C), added subpar. (C). Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §2005(d), amended subsec. (e) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (e) related to cash or in-kind payments. Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §2005(b)(2), redesignated subsec. (d) as (e). Former subsec. (e) redesignated (f). Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §2005(b)(2), redesignated subsecs. (e) and (f) as (f) and (g), respectively. Former subsec. (g) redesignated (h). Law text · (f), (g)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §2005(e)(1), struck out ", including rental payments made in the form of in-kind commodities," after "total amount of rental payments". Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §2005(e)(2), (3), redesignated par. (4) as (2) and struck out par. (3). Prior to amendment, text of par. (3) read as follows: "Rental payments received by an owner or operator shall be in addition to, and not affect, the total amount of payments that the owner… Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 113–79, §2005(b)(2), redesignated subsec. (g) as (h). Law text · (h)

2008

  • Pub. L. 110–246, §2109, added par. (3) and struck out former par. (3) which related to the making of payments to an owner or operator of land devoted to the production of hardwood trees, windbreaks, shelterbelts, or wildlife corridors. (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 110–246, §2110(a), added par. (3) and struck out former par. (3). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "In determining the acceptability of contract offers, the Secretary may— (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 110–246, §2110(b)(1), added par. (5). (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 110–246, §2110(c)(1), substituted "received by a person or legal entity, directly or indirectly," for "made to a person". (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (f)
  • Pub. L. 110–246, §2110(c)(2), struck out par. (2) which related to promulgation of regulations defining the term "person" as used in subsec. (f) and providing terms and conditions determined necessary to ensure a fair and reasonable application of the subsec. (f) limitation. (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (f)
  • Pub. L. 110–246, §2110(c)(3), substituted "any person or legal entity" for "any person". (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (f)

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