,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bacc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ae1 
#bjag ,mr4 ,udall 7for himself and ,mr4 
,heinrich7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,agriculture1      
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,food ,security ,act of   
#aihe to authorize the ,secretary of    
,agriculture to enter into alternative  
funding arrangements with certain       
community irrigation associations and   
community land grants4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,providing ,land ,grants and ,acequias  
,conservation and ,environmental        
,services ,act or the ,,places ,act4    
#b4 ,alternative funding arrangements   
for community irrigation associations   
and community land grants ,section #abdd
 of the ,food ,security ,act of #aihe   
7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #chdd7 is amended by     
adding at the end the following3  7m7   
,alternative funding arrangements for   

community irrigation associations and   
community land grants  7#a7 ,definition 
of eligible entity ,in this subsection1 
the term eligible entity means an entity
 that1 as determined by the ,secretary--
  7,a7 is comprised of members who are  
producers that are eligible for payments
 under the environmental quality        
incentives program established under    
chapter #d of subtitle ,d2 and  7,b7 is 
a local governmental entity that does   
not have the authority to impose taxes  
or levies4  7#b7 ,alternative funding   
arrangements ,the ,secretary may enter  
into an alternative funding arrangement 
under any conservation program          
administered by the ,secretary with an  
eligible entity if the ,secretary       
determines that--  7,a7 the goals and   
objectives of the applicable program    
will be met by the arrangement2 and     
7,b7 statutory limitations regarding    
contracts with individual producers will
 not be exceeded by any member of the   
eligible entity4  7#c7 ,technical and   

administrative assistance ,the          
,secretary may provide technical and    
administrative assistance1 as mutually  
agreed by the parties1 under an         
alternative funding arrangement entered 
into under paragraph 7#b74  4