,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cbad  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #af1  
#bjbj,mr4 ,romney 7for himself and ,mr4 
,bennet7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1
 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the
 ,agricultural ,credit ,act of #aigh    
with respect to preagreement 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 ,preagreement costs 
7#a7 ,definition of sponsor ,in this    
subsection1 the term sponsor means--    
7,a7 a ,state or local government2 and  
7,b7 an ,indian tribe 7as defined in    
section #d of the ,indian               

,self-,determination and ,education     
,assistance ,act 7#be ,u4,s4,c4 #ecjd774
  7#b7 ,preagreement 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   
under 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 under this section4  7#c7    
,agreement contribution ,if the         
,secretary and a sponsor enter into an  
agreement under this section1 the       
,secretary shall consider any applicable
 preagreement costs incurred by the     

sponsor for undertaking emergency       
watershed protection measures identified
 under paragraph 7#b7 as meeting part of
 the contribution of the sponsor toward 
the cost of the project4  7#d7          
,assumption of risk ,a sponsor that     
undertakes emergency watershed          
protection measures prior to entering   
into an agreement with the ,secretary   
under this section shall assume the risk
 of incurring any cost of undertaking   
those measures4  7#e7 ,effect ,nothing  
in this subsection requires the         
,secretary to enter into an agreement   
with a sponsor4  4