Cost Sharing for Agriculture-Related Pollution Prevention and .Abatement Measures.—

Sec. 606. Cost Sharing for Agriculture-Related Pollution Prevention and .Abatement Measures.—The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (49 Stat. 163:16 U.S.C. 590a), is further amended— (1) By striking in section 7(a) the word “and” immediately before clause (5), substituting a semicolon for the period at the end of clause (5), and adding the following: “and (6) prevention and abatement of agricultural-related pollution.”. (2) By changing the first sentence of section 8(b) to read as follows: “The Secretary shall have power to carry out the purposes specified in clauses (1). (2). (3), (4), (5), and (6) bisection 7(a) by making payments or grants of other aid to agricultural producers, including tenants and sharecroppers, in amounts determined by the Secretary to be fair and reasonable in connection with the effectuation of such purposes during the year with respect to which such payments or grants are made, arid measured by (1) their treatment or use of their land, or a part thereof, for soil restoration, soil conservation, the prevention of erosion, or the prevention or abatement of agriculture-related pollution; (2) changes in the use of their land; (3) their equitable share, as determined by the Secretary, of the normal national production of any commodity or commodities required for domestic consumption: (4) their equitable share, as determined by the Secretary, of the national production of any commodity or commodities required for domestic consumption and exports adjusted to reflect the extent to which their utilization of cropland on the farm conforms to farming practices which the Secretary determines will best effectuate the purposes specified in section 7(a); or (5) any combination of the above.” 86 Stat. 677 (3) By inserting in the second paragraph of section 8(b) after the words “soil-building services” in the two places where they occur the words “or pollution prevention or abatement aids” and after the words “soil-conserving practices” the words “or pollution prevention or abatement print ires”. (4) By striking “or (5)” in the first sentence of section 8(d) and substituting “(5), or (6)”. (5) By inserting in the proviso of section 8(e) after the words “soil-building or soil-conserving practices” the words “or agriculture-related pollution prevention or abatement practices”. (6) By striking the words “soil-building practices and soil- and water-conserving practices” in the penultimate sentence of section 15 and substituting “soil-building practices, soil- and water-conserving practices, and agriculture-related pollution prevention and abatement practices”.