Conservation stewardship program

(a) Evaluation and ranking of stewardship contract offers Section 1240K(b)(1)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–23(b)(1)(A)) is amended— (1) in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; (2) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and (3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following: (iii) the degree to which the project addresses both soil and wildlife habitat resource concerns; and. (b) Supplemental payments for resource-Conserving crop rotations, advanced grazing management, and co-Benefit activities for soil and wildlife Section 1240L(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(d)) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking and advanced grazing management and inserting, advanced grazing management, and co-benefit activities for soil and wildlife; (2) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following: (D) Co-benefit activity The term co-benefit activity means a conservation activity that— (i) addresses both soil and wildlife habitat resource concerns; and (ii) if implemented— (I) improves habitat for wildlife; and (II) increases carbon sequestration in the soil and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.; (3) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking or at the end; (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting; or; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (C) co-benefit activities.; and (4) in paragraph (3), by striking or advanced grazing management and inserting, advanced grazing management, or co-benefit activities.