Conservation innovation grants and payments

(a) Competitive grants for innovative conservation approaches Section 1240H(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(a)) is amended— (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: (1) Grants Out of the funds made available to carry out this subchapter, the Secretary may award competitive grants that are intended to stimulate development and evaluation of new and innovative approaches to leveraging the Federal investment in environmental enhancement and protection, in conjunction with agricultural production or forest resource management, through the program, including grants for the development and evaluation of new and innovative technologies that may be incorporated into conservation practice standards.; and (2) in paragraph (2)(H), by inserting before the period (including precision agriculture practices and precision agriculture technologies). (b) On-Farm conservation innovation trials Section 1240H(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(c)(1)(B)(i)) is amended— (1) in subclause (VI), by striking and at the end; and (2) by inserting after subclause (VII) the following: (VIII) perennial production systems, including agroforestry and perennial forages and grain crops; and. (c) Reporting and database Section 1240H(d)(2)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(d)(2)(A)) is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) by inserting, including both management and structural conservation practices, after conservation practices; and (B) by striking and at the end; (2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); (3) by inserting after clause (i) the following: (ii) data that may be used to evaluate new and emerging technologies and recommendations for State and regional applications of such new and emerging technologies; and; and (4) in clause (iii), as so redesignated, by inserting for consideration under the streamlined process developed under section 1242(h)(3) before the period at the end.

(a) Competitive grants for innovative conservation approaches Section 1240H(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(a)) is amended— (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: (1) Grants Out of the funds made available to carry out this subchapter, the Secretary may award competitive grants that are intended to stimulate development and evaluation of new and innovative approaches to leveraging the Federal investment in environmental enhancement and protection, in conjunction with agricultural production or forest resource management, through the program, including grants for the development and evaluation of new and innovative technologies that may be incorporated into conservation practice standards.; and (2) in paragraph (2)(H), by inserting before the period (including precision agriculture practices and precision agriculture technologies). (b) On-Farm conservation innovation trials Section 1240H(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(c)(1)(B)(i)) is amended— (1) in subclause (VI), by striking and at the end; and (2) by inserting after subclause (VII) the following: (VIII) perennial production systems, including agroforestry and perennial forages and grain crops; and. (c) Reporting and database Section 1240H(d)(2)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(d)(2)(A)) is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) by inserting, including both management and structural conservation practices, after conservation practices; and (B) by striking and at the end; (2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); (3) by inserting after clause (i) the following: (ii) data that may be used to evaluate new and emerging technologies and recommendations for State and regional applications of such new and emerging technologies; and; and (4) in clause (iii), as so redesignated, by inserting for consideration under the streamlined process developed under section 1242(h)(3) before the period at the end.