GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM.

SEC. 1455. GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM. (a) Contracts.— Section 16(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590p(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking “1991” and inserting “2001”; and (2) in paragraph (7), by striking “$600,000,000” and inserting “$1,000,000,000”. (b) Design of Systems and Data.— Section 16 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590p) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: “(j) In the design and preparation of resource management systems under this section, the Secretary shall, where practicable, substitute more intensive management measures for structural measures. “(k) The Secretary shall collect and maintain data on a national and State by State basis concerning the resource, environmental and economic consequences of the assistance and applications provided under this section.”.