,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cdih  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #af1 
#bjbe,mr4 ,booker 7for himself and ,mr4 
,lee7 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 make  
adjustments to the environmental quality
 incentives program1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,eqip ,improvement 
,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,environmental      
,quality ,incentives ,program reforms   
7a7 ,in general ,section #abdj;,b of the
 ,food ,security ,act of #aihe 7#af     
,u4,s4,c4 #chci;aa-#b7 is amended-- 7#a7
 in subsection 7d71 by striking         
paragraph 7#b7 and inserting the        
following3  7#b7 ,limitation on payments
 ,a payment to a producer for performing
 a practice may not exceed1 as          
determined by the ,secretary-- 7,a7     
except as provided in subparagraphs 7,b7

 through 7,d71 #ge percent of the costs 
associated with planning1 design1       
materials1 equipment1 installation1     
labor1 management1 maintenance1 or      
training2  7,b7 #dj percent of the costs
 associated with planning1 design1      
materials1 equipment1 installation1     
labor1 management1 maintenance1 or      
training for-- 7i7 an access road2  7ii7
 an animal mortality facility2  7iii7 an
 aquaculture pond2  7iv7 clearing and   
snagging2  7v7 a dam2  7vi7 a dam using 
a diversion2  7vii7 a dike2  7viii7 a   
diversion2  7ix7 a fish raceway or tank2
  7x7 an irrigation pipeline2  7xi7 an  
irrigation reservoir2  7xii7 land       
clearing2  7xiii7 land smoothing2  7xiv7
 a livestock pipeline2  7xv7 obstruction
 removal2  7xvi7 a pond2  7xvii7 a      
pumping plant2  7xviii7 spoil spreading2
  7xix7 a surface drain using a field   
ditch2  7xx7 a main or lateral surface  
drain2  7xxi7 a vertical drain2  7xxii7 
a waste facility closure2  7xxiii7 a    
waste storage facility2  7xxiv7 waste   

transfer2 or  7xxv7 a waste treatment   
lagoon2  7,c7 #ajj percent of income    
foregone by the producer2 or  7,d7 in   
the case of a practice that includes #a 
or more elements described in           
subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,c7-- 7i7   
#ge percent of the costs incurred with  
respect to any elements described in    
subparagraph 7,a72  7ii7 #dj percent of 
the costs incurred with respect to any  
elements described in subparagraph 7,b72
 and  7iii7 #ajj percent of the income  
forgone with respect to any elements    
described in subparagraph 7,c74  2 and  
7#b7 in subsection 7f71 by striking the 
subsection designation and heading and  
all that follows through ,for each in   
paragraph 7#b77;,b7 and inserting the   
following3  7f7 ,allocation of funding  
for wildlife habitat ,for each  4  7b7  
,limitation on payments ,section        
#abdj;,g of the ,food ,security ,act of 
#aihe 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #chci;aa-#g7 is    
amended by striking #dej1jjj and        
inserting #aej1jjj4  7c7 ,report to     

,congress ,section #abdj;,b of the ,food
 ,security ,act of #aihe 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 
#chci;aa-#b7 is amended by adding at the
 end the following3  7k7 ,annual report 
to ,congress ,not less frequently than  
once each year1 the ,secretary shall    
submit to ,congress a report            
describing-- 7#a7 the amount obligated  
under the program with respect to each  
category of practice1 with information  
categorized by fiscal year and ,state2  
and  7#b7 the amount obligated under the
 program in each ,state1 with           
information categorized by fiscal year  
and the size of the operation of each   
producer4  4