Regional conservation partnerships

Section 1271B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3871b) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: (a) Partnership agreements authorized (1) In general The Secretary may enter into a partnership agreement with an eligible partner to implement a project that will assist producers with installing and maintaining an eligible activity on eligible land. (2) Streamlining required The Secretary shall ensure that a partnership agreement under paragraph (1)— (A) is entered into not later than 180 days after the date on which an application is selected under subsection (e); and (B) contains only the information described under subsections (c) and (d) necessary to fund and carry out the project to be implemented under the partnership agreement.; (2) in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the end the following: (D) Other programs Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a contribution of an eligible partner under this paragraph may be used to satisfy matching or cost participation requirements under another Federal program (other than another Department of Agriculture program) or non-Federal program.; (3) in subsection (d)— (A) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: (3) make covered program authorities, such as entity certification under section 1265B(b)(5), available in the implementation of a partnership agreement; and; and (D) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period; and (4) in subsection (e)(4)(D), by inserting Tribal, after State,.