110 STAT. 1004 PUBLIC LAW 104-127 —APR. 4, 1996 lent to the payments the owner or producer would have received under the conservation reserve program, the wetlands reserve program, and the environmental quality incentives program. "(6) BALANCE OF BENEFITS.— The Secretary shall not permit an owner or producer to terminate a conservation reserve program contract and enter a conservation farm option contract if the Secretary determines that such action will reduce net environmental benefits. " (f) SECRETARIAL DETERMINATIONS. — "(1) ACREAGE ESTIMATES.—Prior to each year during which the Secretary intends to offer conservation reserve program contracts, the Secretary shall estimate the number of acres that— "(A) will be retired under the conservation farm option under the terms and conditions the Secretary intends to offer for that program; and "(B) would be retired under the conservation reserve program if the conservation farm option were not available. "(2) TOTAL LAND RETIREMENT.—The Secretary shall announce a number of acres to be enrolled in the conservation reserve program that will result in a total number of acres retired under the conservation reserve program and the conservation farm option that does not exceed the amount estimated under paragraph (1)(B) for the current or future years. "(3) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not enroll additional conservation reserve program contracts to offset the land retired under the conservation farm option. "(g) COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.—The Secretary shall use the funds, authorities, and facilities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this subsection. "(h) FUNDING.— Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Corporation shall make available to carry out this section— "(1) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 1997; "(2) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1998; "(3) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; "(4) $37,500,000 for fiscal year 2000; "(5) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and "(6) $62,500,000 for fiscal year 2002. ". SEC. 336. REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED AUTHORITIES. (a) AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM.— (1) ELIMINATION.— (A) Section 8 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h) is amended— (i) in subsection (b)— (I) by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting the following: "(1) ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM. —The Secretary shall provide technical assistance, cost-share pay- ments, and incentive payments to operators through the environmental quality incentives program in accordance with chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985."; and (II) by striking paragraphs (6) through (8); and (ii) by striking subsections (d), (e), and (f).
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