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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 3214
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 with respect to preagreement
costs of emergency watershed protection measures, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY 16, 2020
Mr. ROMNEY (for himself and Mr. BENNET) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu-
trition, and Forestry
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 with respect
to preagreement costs of emergency watershed protection
measures, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Making Access To
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Cleanup Happen Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘MATCH Act of
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2020’’.
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SEC. 2. EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROGRAM.
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Section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978
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(16 U.S.C. 2203) is amended by adding at the end the
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following:
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‘‘(c) PREAGREEMENT COSTS.—
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‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF SPONSOR.—In this sub-
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section, the term ‘sponsor’ means—
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‘‘(A) a State or local government; and
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‘‘(B) an Indian tribe (as defined in section
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4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
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cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)).
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‘‘(2) PREAGREEMENT
PROJECT
COSTS.—Not
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later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
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this subsection, the Secretary shall—
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‘‘(A) identify a list of emergency watershed
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protection measures the cost of which may be
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incurred by a sponsor prior to entering into an
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agreement with the Secretary under this sec-
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tion; and
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‘‘(B) develop a procedure, including appro-
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priate deadlines, to be implemented at the State
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level, through which a sponsor may request, for
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a specified natural disaster, additional emer-
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gency watershed protection measures the cost of
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which may be incurred by a sponsor prior to en-
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tering into an agreement with the Secretary
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under this section.
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‘‘(3) AGREEMENT CONTRIBUTION.—If the Sec-
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retary and a sponsor enter into an agreement under
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this section, the Secretary shall consider any appli-
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cable preagreement costs incurred by the sponsor for
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undertaking emergency watershed protection meas-
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ures identified under paragraph (2) as meeting part
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of the contribution of the sponsor toward the cost of
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the project.
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‘‘(4) ASSUMPTION
OF
RISK.—A sponsor that
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undertakes emergency watershed protection meas-
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ures prior to entering into an agreement with the
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Secretary under this section shall assume the risk of
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incurring any cost of undertaking those measures.
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‘‘(5) EFFECT.—Nothing in this subsection re-
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quires the Secretary to enter into an agreement with
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a sponsor.’’.
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