,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bj1 #bjbc,mr4 
,buck 7for himself and ,ms4 ,caraveo7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the  
,food ,security ,act of #aihe to modify 
the conservation reserve enhancement    
program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,conservation       
,reserve ,enhancement ,program          
,improvement ,act of #bjbc4  #b4        
,conservation reserve enhancement       
program  7a7 ,in general ,section       
#abca;,a of the ,food ,security ,act of 
#aihe 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #chca;a7 is        
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7a77#d71  
in the matter preceding subparagraph    
7,a71 by inserting 7other than an       
agreement described in subsection 7e77  
after this subchapter2  7#b7 in         
subsection 7b77#b77;,a77vi71 by         
inserting or other appropriate          
practices1 such as dryland agricultural 

uses and grazing1 after conservation    
practices2  7#c7 in subsection 7c71 by  
adding at the end the following3  7#e7  
,variable allocation ,an owner or       
operator may elect to determine the     
amounts of annual payments under this   
section allocated to each year of the   
agreement under subsection 7b77#a74     
7#f7 ,drought and water conservation    
agreements  7,a7 ,retirement of water   
rights ,in the case of an agreement     
described in subsection 7e7 that        
includes a permanent retirement of water
 rights1 the payment rates for annual   
payments shall be equal to the irrigated
 acre payment rates determined by the   
,secretary4  7,b7 ,dryland agricultural 
uses  7i7 ,in general ,in the case of an
 agreement described in subsection 7e7  
that permits dryland agricultural uses  
pursuant to paragraph 7#b7 of that      
subsection1 the payment rates for annual
 payments shall be equal to the         
difference between--  7,i7 the irrigated
 acre payment rates determined by the   

,secretary2 and  7,,ii7 the dryland acre
 payment rates determined by the        
,secretary4  7ii7 ,retroactive          
application ,in the case of an agreement
 covered by clause 7i7 entered into     
before the date of enactment of this    
paragraph under which the payment rate  
is lower than the payment rate that     
would be calculated for the agreement   
under that clause1 the ,secretary shall 
modify the agreement by calculating the 
payment rate in accordance with that    
clause4  2 and  7#d7 in subsection 7e7--
  7,a7 in the matter preceding paragraph
 7#a71 by striking may-- and inserting  
shall--2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#a71 by    
inserting 7including agricultural land  
on which a continuous crop or crop      
rotation is maintained7 after           
agricultural land2  7,c7 in paragraph   
7#b71 by striking with the adoption of  
best management practices on and        
inserting in accordance with a          
conservation plan adopted with respect  
to2 and  7,d7 in paragraph 7#c71 by     

inserting subject to subsection 7c77#f71
 before calculate4  7b7 ,exemption from 
payment limitation ,section #abcd7;g7 of
 the ,food ,security ,act of #aihe 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #chcd7;g77 is amended-- 7#a7  
in paragraph 7#a71 by striking paragraph
 7#b7 and inserting paragraphs 7#b7 and 
7#c72 and  7#b7 by adding at the end the
 following3  7#c7 ,conservation reserve 
enhancement program ,paragraph 7#a7     
shall not apply to rental payments      
received under agreements entered into  
under section #abca;,a4  4