,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efbg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #af1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,curtis 7for himself and ,mr4 
,garamendi7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture  ,a ,,bill   
,to amend the ,agricultural ,credit ,act
 of #aigh with respect to pre-agreement 
costs of emergency watershed protection 
measures1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,making ,access ,to ,cleanup ,happen
 ,act of #bjbj or the ,,match ,act of   
#bjbj4  #b4 ,emergency watershed program
 ,section #djc of the ,agricultural     
,credit ,act of #aigh 7#af ,u4,s4,c4    
#bbjc7 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7c7 ,pre-,agreement     
costs  7#a7 ,sponsor ,for purposes of   
this subsection1 the term sponsor means 
a ,state or local government1 or an     
,indian tribe 7as defined in section #d 
of the ,indian ,self-,determination and 
,education ,assistance ,act 7#be        

,u4,s4,c4 #dej;b774  7#b7 ,pre-agreement
 project costs ,not later than #ahj days
 after the date of enactment of this    
subsection1 the ,secretary shall-- 7,a7 
identify a list of emergency watershed  
protection measures the cost of which   
may be incurred by a sponsor prior to   
entering into an agreement with the     
,secretary pursuant to this section2 and
  7,b7 develop a procedure1 including   
appropriate deadlines1 to be implemented
 at the ,state level1 through which a   
sponsor may request1 for a specified    
natural disaster1 additional emergency  
watershed protection measures the cost  
of which may be incurred by a sponsor   
prior to entering into an agreement with
 the ,secretary pursuant to this        
section4  7#c7 ,agreement contribution  
,if the ,secretary and the sponsor enter
 into an agreement pursuant to this     
section1 the ,secretary shall consider  
any applicable pre-agreement costs      
incurred by a sponsor for undertaking   
emergency watershed protection measures 

identified pursuant to paragraph 7#b7 as
 meeting part of the sponsor's          
contribution towards the project costs4 
7#d7 ,assumption of risk ,nothing in    
this subsection requires the ,secretary 
to enter into an agreement with a       
sponsor1 and a sponsor undertaking      
emergency watershed protection measures 
prior to entering into an agreement with
 the ,secretary pursuant to this section
 shall assume the risk of incurring any 
costs of undertaking such measures4  4