REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED AUTHORITIES.

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 REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED AUTHORITIES.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 payments, 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). 110 STAT. 1005 (B) The first sentence of section 11 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590k) is amended by striking “performance: Provided further,” and all that follows through “or other law” and inserting “performance”. (C) Section 14 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ( 16 U.S.C. 590n) is amended— (i) in the first sentence, by striking “or 8”; and (ii) by striking the second sentence. (D) Section 15 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ( 16 U.S.C. 590o) is amended— (i) in the first undesignated paragraph— (I) in the first sentence, by striking “sections 7 and 8” and inserting “section 7”; and (II) by striking the third sentence; and (ii) by striking the second undesignated paragraph. (2) Conforming amendments.— (A) Paragraph (1) of the last proviso of the matter under the heading “conservation reserve program” under the heading “SOIL Bank Programs” of title I of the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1959 (72 Stat. 195; 7 U.S.C. 1831a), is amended by striking “Agricultural Conservation Program” and inserting “environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985”. (B) Section 4 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103) is amended by striking “as added by the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973” each place it appears in subsections (d) and (i) and inserting “as in effect before the amendment made by section 336(d)(1) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996”. (C) Section 226(b)(4) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6932(b)(4)) is amended by striking “and the agricultural conservation program under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590g et seq.)”. (D) Section 246(b)(8) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6962(b)(8)) is amended by striking “and the agricultural conservation program under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590g et seq.)”. (E) Section 1271(c)(3)(C) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 2106a(c)(3)(C)) is amended by striking “Agricultural Conservation Program established under section 16(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h, 5901, or 590p)” and inserting “environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985”. (F) Section 304(a) of the Lake Champlain Special Designation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–596; 33 U.S.C. 1270 note) is amended— (i) in the subsection heading, by striking “Special Project Area Under the Agricultural Conservation Program” and inserting “Priority Area Under 110 STAT. 1006the Environmental Quality Incentives Program”; and (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking “special project area under the Agricultural Conservation Program established under section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b))” and inserting “priority area under the environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985”. (G) Section 6 of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 1033) is amended by striking subsection (b). (b) Great Plains Conservation Program.— (1) Elimination.— Section 16 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590p) is repealed. (2) Conforming amendments.— (A) The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 is amended by striking “Great Plains program” each place it appears in sections 344(f)(8) and 377 (7 U.S.C. 1344(f)(8) and 1377) and inserting “environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985”. (B) Section 246(b) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6962(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (2). (c) Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program.— (1) In general.— Section 202 of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1592) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: “(c) Salinity Control Measures.— The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out salinity control measures (including watershed enhancement and cost-share measures with livestock and crop producers) in the Colorado River Basin as part of the environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985.”. (2) Funds.— Section 205 of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1595) is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking “pursuant to section 202(c)(2)(C)”; and by adding at the end the following: “(f) Funds.— The Secretary may expend funds available in the Basin Funds referred to in this section to carry out cost-share salinity measures in a manner that is consistent with the cost allocations required under this section.”. (3) Conforming amendment.— Section 246(b)(6) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6962(b)(6)) is amended by striking “program” and inserting “measures”. (d) Rural Environmental Conservation Program.— (1) Elimination.— Title X of the Agricultural Act of 1970 (16 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) is repealed. (2) Conforming amendments.— Section 246 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6962) (as amended by subsection (b)(2)(B)) is amended— (A) in subsection (b)— (i) by striking paragraph (1); and 110 STAT. 1007 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (8) as paragraphs (1) through (6), respectively; and (B) in subsection (c), by striking “(2), (3), (4), and (6)” and inserting “(1), (2), and (4)”. (e) Other Conservation Provisions.— Subtitle F of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 2005a and 2101 note) is repealed. (f) Resource Conservation.— (1) Elimination.— Subtitles A, B, D, E, and F of title XV of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (95 Stat. 1328; 16 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.) are repealed. (2) Conforming amendment.— Section 739 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (7 U.S.C. 2272a), is repealed. (g) Technical Amendment.— The first sentence of the matter under the heading “Commodity Credit Corporation” of Public Law 99–263 (100 Stat. 59; 16 U.S.C. 3841 note) is amended by striking “prices: Provided further,” and all that follows through “Acts.” and inserting “prices.”. (h) Agricultural Water Quality Incentives Program.— Chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.) is repealed.