MATCH Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2507 To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 with respect to pre-agreement costs of emergency watershed protection measures, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 14, 2021 Mr. CURTIS (for himself and Mr. GARAMENDI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 with respect to pre-agreement costs of emergency watershed protec- tion measures, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Making Access To 4 Cleanup Happen Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘MATCH Act of 5 2021’’. 6 SEC. 2. EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROGRAM. 7 Section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 8 (16 U.S.C. 2203) is amended by adding at the end the 9 following: 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:30 May 28, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2507.IH H2507 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2507 IH ‘‘(c) PRE-AGREEMENT COSTS.— 1 ‘‘(1) SPONSOR.—For purposes of this sub- 2 section, the term ‘sponsor’ means a State or local 3 government, or an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 5 Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)). 6 ‘‘(2) PRE-AGREEMENT PROJECT COSTS.—Not 7 later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 8 this subsection, the Secretary shall— 9 ‘‘(A) identify a list of emergency watershed 10 protection measures the cost of which may be 11 incurred by a sponsor prior to entering into an 12 agreement with the Secretary pursuant to this 13 section; and 14 ‘‘(B) develop a procedure, including appro- 15 priate deadlines, to be implemented at the State 16 level, through which a sponsor may request, for 17 a specified natural disaster, additional emer- 18 gency watershed protection measures the cost of 19 which may be incurred by a sponsor prior to en- 20 tering into an agreement with the Secretary 21 pursuant to this section. 22 ‘‘(3) AGREEMENT CONTRIBUTION.—If the Sec- 23 retary and the sponsor enter into an agreement pur- 24 suant to this section, the Secretary shall consider 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:30 May 28, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2507.IH H2507 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2507 IH any applicable pre-agreement costs incurred by a 1 sponsor for undertaking emergency watershed pro- 2 tection measures identified pursuant to paragraph 3 (2) as meeting part of the sponsor’s contribution to- 4 wards the project costs. 5 ‘‘(4) ASSUMPTION OF RISK.—Nothing in this 6 subsection requires the Secretary to enter into an 7 agreement with a sponsor, and a sponsor under- 8 taking emergency watershed protection measures 9 prior to entering into an agreement with the Sec- 10 retary pursuant to this section shall assume the risk 11 of incurring any costs of undertaking such meas- 12 ures.’’. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:30 May 28, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2507.IH H2507 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS