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 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3583 "(C) COST SHARE ASSISTANCE. — The Secretary shall pay 50 percent of the cost of establishing conservation measures and practices authorized under this subsection for which the Secretary determines the cost sharing is appropriate and in the public interest. "O?) CONVERSION TO WETLANDS.—The Secretary shall permit an owner or operator who has entered into a contract under this subchapter that is in effect on the date of enactment of this section to restore areas of highly erodible cropland that are devoted to vegetative cover under such contract to wetlands if— "(1) such areas are prior converted wetlands; "(2) the owner or operator of such areas enters into an agreement to provide the Secretary with a long-term or permanent easement under subchapter C covering such areas; "(3) there is a high probability that the prior converted area can be successfully restored to wetland status; and "(4) the restoration of such areas otherwise meets the requirements of subchapter C. "(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not incur, through a conversion under this section, any additional expense on such acres, including the expense involved in the original establishment of the vegetative cover, that would result in cost share for costs in excess of the costs that would have been subject to cost share for the new practice had that practice been the original practice. "(d) CONDITION OF CONTRACT.— An owner or operator shall as a condition of entering into a contract under subsection (a) participate in the Forest Stewardship Program established under section 5 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (as amended by section 1215 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990).". SEC. 1436. EXTENDED BASE PROTECTION. Section 1236 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835) is 16 USC 3836. amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: "(c) The Secretary shall offer the owner or operator of a farm or ranch an opportunity to extend the preservation of cropland base and allotment history pursuant to sul^ection (b) for such time as the Secretary determines to be appropriate after the expiration date of a contract under this subchapter at the request of such owner or operator. In return for such extension, the owner or operator shall Eigree to continue to abide by the terms and conditions of the original contract, except that— "(1) such owner or operator shall receive no additional cost share, annual rental, or bonus payment; and "(2) the Secretary may permit, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may impose, haying and grazing of acreage subject to such agreement, except during any consecutive 5 month period that is established by the State committee. Each 5 month period shall be established during the period beginning April 1 and ending October 31 of a year. In the case of a natural disaster, the Secretary may permit unlimited haying and grazing on such acreage. "(d) In addition to any other remedy prescribed by law, the Secretary may reduce or terminate the amount of cropland base and allotment history preserved pursugmt to subsection (c) for acreage with respect to which a violation of a term or condition occurs.".

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