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 PUBLIC LAW 104-127—APR. 4, 1996 110 STAT. 1017 title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.); (5) not apply for any conservation program payments from the Secretary; (6) not apply for disaster program benefits provided by the Secretary; and (7) refund the payments, with interest, issued under the flood risk reduction contract to the Secretary, if the producer violates the terms of the contract or if the producer transfers the property to another person who violates the contract. (c) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. — In return for a contract entered into by a producer under this section, the Secretary shall pay the producer an amount that is not more than 95 percent of projected contract payments under the Agricultural Market Transition Act that the Secretary estimates the producer would otherwise have received during the period beginning at the time the contract is entered into under this section and ending September 30, 2002. (d) COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.—The Secretary shall carry out the program Eiuthorized by this section (other than subsection (e)) through the Commodity Credit Corporation. (e) ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS. — (1) IN GENERAL.— Subject to the availability of advanced appropriations, the Secretary may make payments to a producer described in subsection (a), in addition to the payments provided under subsection (c), to offset other estimated Federal Government outlays on frequently flooded land. (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out paragraph (1). (f) LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS.— Amounts made available for production flexibility contracts under section 113 shall be reduced by an amount that is equal to the contract payments that producers forgo under subsection (b)(1) of this section. SEC. 386. CONSERVATION OF PRIVATE GRAZING LAND. 16 USC 2005b. (a) FINDINGS. —Congress fmds that— (1) private grazing land constitutes nearly V2 of the non- Federal land of the United States and is basic to the environmental, social, and economic stability of rural communities; (2) private grazing land contains a complex set of interactions among soil, water, air, plants, and animals; (3) grazing land constitutes the single largest watershed cover type in the United States and contributes significantly to the quality and quantity of water available for all of the many uses of the land; (4) private grazing land constitutes the most extensive wildlife habitat in the United States; (5) private grazing land can provide opportunities for improved nutrient management from land application of animal manures and other by-product nutrient resources; (6) owners and managers of private grazing land need to continue to recognize conservation problems when the problems arise and receive sound technical assistance to improve or conserve grazing land resources to meet ecological and economic demands; (7) new science and technology must continually be made available in a practical manner so owners and managers of

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