,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afdg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ah1 #bjac    
,mrs4 ,miller of ,michigan introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,agriculture  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,food ,security   
,act of #aihe to require the ,secretary 
of ,agriculture to establish a ,great   
,lakes basin initiative for agricultural
 nonpoint source pollution prevention4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,great ,lakes ,assurance        
,program ,verification ,act of #bjac4   
#b4 ,great ,lakes basin initiative for  
agricultural nonpoint source pollution  
prevention  7a7 ,in general ,the ,food  
,security ,act of #aihe is amended by   
inserting after section #abdj;,i the    
following new section3  #abdj;,j4 ,great
 ,lakes basin initiative for            
agricultural nonpoint source pollution  
prevention  7a7 ,establishment ,the     
,secretary1 in consultation with the    
,great ,lakes ,states1 shall establish a

 ,great ,lakes basin initiative for     
agricultural nonpoint source pollution  
prevention in accordance with this      
section4  7b7 ,initiative elements  7#a7
 ,grants to ,states ,in implementing the
 initiative1 the ,secretary shall       
provide grants to ,great ,lakes ,states 
to fund the following3  7,a7 ,education 
and outreach1 for producers in the      
,great ,lakes basin1 regarding--  7i7   
nonpoint pollution of ground and surface
 water from agricultural activities2    
7ii7 ,state verification programs2 and  
7iii7 the initiative4  7,b7 ,technical  
assistance1 including training1 to      
producers in the ,great ,lakes basin for
 the implementation of activities that  
reduce or prevent nonpoint pollution of 
ground and surface water from           
agricultural activities4  7,c7          
,development and implementation of      
voluntary ,state verification programs1 
with a funding priority for voluntary   
,state verification programs that       
incorporate ,department of ,agriculture 

conservation planning and practice      
standards4  7#b7 ,funding priority for  
certain producers ,in implementing the  
initiative1 the ,secretary shall        
establish a funding priority within the 
,great ,lakes basin for payments to     
producers under this chapter for        
producers that participate in the       
initiative with the purpose of achieving
 verification through a ,state          
verification program4  7c7 ,use of      
existing data ,in establishing the      
initiative1 the ,secretary shall1 where 
available1 use existing plans1 models1  
and assessments4  7d7 ,definitions ,in  
this section3  7#a7 ,great ,lakes ,state
 ,the term ,great ,lakes ,state means   
any one of the ,states of ,illinois1    
,indiana1 ,michigan1 ,minnesota1 ,new   
,york1 ,ohio1 ,pennsylvania1 or         
,wisconsin4  7#b7 ,initiative ,the term 
initiative means the ,great ,lakes basin
 initiative for agricultural nonpoint   
source pollution prevention established 
under subsection 7a74  7#c7 ,nonpoint   

source pollution ,the term nonpoint     
source pollution is used within the     
meaning of that term under the ,federal 
,water ,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc    
,u4,s4,c4 #abea et seq474  7#d7 ,state  
verification program ,the term ,state   
verification program means a program    
established by a ,great ,lakes ,state to
 verify producer implementation of      
practices approved by the ,state to     
reduce nonpoint pollution of ground and 
surface water from agricultural         
activities1 which may include           
verification by a third party approved  
by the ,state or the ,secretary4  7e7   
,funding ,of the funds made available to
 carry out this chapter1 the ,secretary 
shall carry out this section using--    
7#a7 #e1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjad2  
7#b7 #h1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjae2  
7#c7 #aj1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjaf2 
and  7#d7 #g1jjj1jjj for fiscal year    
#bjag4  4  7b7 ,conforming amendment    
,section #abdj;,c of the ,food ,security
 ,act of #aihe 7#af ,u4,s4,c4           

#chci;aa-#c7 is amended by adding at the
 end the following new subsection3  7d7 
,special rule for ,great ,lakes basin   
,in evaluating applications of producers
 in the ,great ,lakes basin under this  
chapter1 the ,secretary shall prioritize
 applications in accordance with section
 #abdj;,j7b77#b74  4