ASSISTANCE FOR CONTROL OF THE SPREAD OF WEEDS AND PESTS.

SEC. 1445. ASSISTANCE FOR CONTROL OF THE SPREAD OF WEEDS AND PESTS. Subtitle E of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841 et seq.) (as amended by section 1444) is further amended by inserting after section 1246 the following new section: “SEC. 1247. ASSISTANCE FOR CONTROL OF THE SPREAD OF WEEDS AND PESTS. “(a) In General.— The Secretary, in consultation with State experiment stations, the Administrator of the Extension Service, the Chief of the Soil Conservation Service, and State pest and weed control boards, shall make available to owners and operators of land that is subject to a contract under subtitle D, weed and pest control technical information and materials that— “(1) address common weed and pest problems and programs to control weeds and pests found on acreage enrolled in the conservation reserve; and “(2) are otherwise consistent with maintaining the conservation and environmental objectives of the conservation reserve. “(b) Conservation Measure.— At the Secretary’s discretion, the control of insect pests on conservation reserve acreage that is most likely to incur a crop pest infestation that adversely affects104 STAT. 3604 surrounding commercial land may be considered a conservation measure or practice for the purposes of subsection 1234(b).”.