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 12 2 STA T . 1 8 1 6PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 4 6 —J U NE 18, 2008 ‘ ‘ (1)thein iti alprog ra m or u p d ated program de v eloped under s e c tion 6 and completed b e f ore the end of the previous y ear ‘‘( 2 ) a detailed statement of policy regarding soil and w ater conservation activities of the D epartment of A griculture; and ‘‘( 3 ) a special evaluation of the status , conditions, and trends of soil q uality on cropland in the U nited S tates that addresses the challenges and opportunities for reducing soil erosion to tolerance levels . ‘‘(c) IMPROVE ME NTS TO APPR AI SA L AN DP RO G RAM. —N ot later than the date on which C ongress convenes in 2 0 12, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the H ouse of R epresentatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and F orestry of the Senate a report describing the plans of the Depart - ment of Agriculture for improving the resource appraisal and national conservation program required under this Act, based on the recommendations received under sections 5 (d) and 6(c). ’ ’. (e) T ERMINATION O F PROGRAM.—Section 10 of the Soil and W ater Resources Conservation Act of 1 97 7 (16 U.S.C. 2009) is amended by stri k ing ‘‘200 8 ’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. SEC.2805 . R ES OU RCE CO N SER VATI ON AN D DEVE L O PM ENT PRO G RAM. (a) L O C ALL Y LED PLANNING PROCESS.—Section 1528 of the Agri- culture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3 4 51) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘planning process’’ and inserting ‘‘locally led planning process’’; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs (9) and (8), respectively, and moving those paragraphs so as to appear in numerical order; (3) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated)— (A) by striking ‘‘ PLAN N I N G P ROCES S’’ and inserting ‘‘LOCALLY LED PLANNING PROCESS’’; and ( B ) by striking ‘‘council’’ and inserting ‘‘locally led council’’. (b) A U T H ORI Z ED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 1528(13) of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451(13)) is amended by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D) and inserting the following new subparagraphs

‘‘(C) providing assistance for the implementation of area plans and pro j ects; and ‘‘(D) providing services that involve the resources of Department of Agriculture programs in a local community, as defined in the locally led planning process.’’. (c) IMPROVED PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 1531 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3454) is amended— (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN G ENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘In carrying’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(b) COORDINATOR.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To improve the provision of technical assistance to councils under this subtitle, the Secretary shall designate for each council an individual to be the coordinator for the council.

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