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 110 STAT. 1006 PUBLIC LAW 104-127—APR. 4, 1996 THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM"; and (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking "special project area under the Agricultural Conservation Program established under section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b))" and inserting "priority area under the environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985". (G) Section 6 of the Department of Agriculture Organic 16 USC 590h-4. Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 1033) is amended by striking subsection (b). (b) GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM.— (1) ELIMINATION. — Section 16 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590p) is repealed. (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (A) The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 is amended by striking "Great Plains program" each place it appears in sections 344(0(8) and 377 (7 U.S.C. 1344(0(8) and 1377) and inserting "environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985". (B) Section 246(b) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6962(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (2). (c) COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM.— (1) IN GENERAL. — Section 202 of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1592) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: "(c) SALINITY CONTROL MEASURES. — The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out salinity control measures (including watershed enhancement and cost-share measures with livestock and crop producers) in the Colorado River Basin as part of the environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985.". (2) FUNDS. —Section 205 of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1595) is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking "pursuant to section 202(c)(2)(C)"; and (B) by adding at the end the following: "(0 FUNDS. —The Secretary may expend funds available in the Basin Funds referred to in this section to carry out cost-share salinity measures in a manner that is consistent with the cost allocations required under this section.". (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 246(b)(6) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6962(b)(6)) is amended by striking "program" and inserting "measures". (d) RURAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM. — (1) ELIMINATION.— Title X of the Agricultural Act of 1970 (16 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) is repealed. (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 246 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6962) (as amended by subsection (b)(2)(B)) is amended— (A) in subsection (b)— (i) by striking paragraph (1); and

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