NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE.

SEC. 12410. NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE. (a) Field Offices.—Section 246 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6962) (as amended by section 12404(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(g) Field Offices.— “(1) In general.—The Secretary shall not close any field office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service unless, not later than 30 days before the date of the closure, the Secretary submits to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a notification of the closure. “(2) Employees.—The Secretary shall not permanently relocate any field-based employees of the Natural Resources Conservation Service or the rural development mission area if doing so would result in a field office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service or the rural development mission area with 2 or fewer employees, unless, not later than 30 days before the date of the permanent relocation, the Secretary submits to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a notification of the permanent relocation. “(3) Sunset.—The requirements under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall cease to be effective on September 30, 2023.” . (b) Technical Corrections.—Section 246 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6962) (as amended by subsection (a)) is further amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking paragraph (2); (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively; (C) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by inserting “; Public Law 101-624” after “note”; and (D) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by striking “3831-3836” and inserting “3831 et seq.”; and (2) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of subsection (b) and the program under subchapter C of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837-3837f)” and inserting “paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (b)”. (c) Relocation in Act.— (1) In general.—Section 246 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6962) (as amended by subsections (a) and (b)) is— (A) redesignated as section 228; and (B) moved so as to appear at the end of subtitle B of title II (7 U.S.C. 6931 et seq.). (2) Conforming amendments.— (A) Section 226 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6932) (as amended by section 12404(a)) is amended— (i) in subsection (b)(5), by striking “section 246(b)” and inserting “section 228(b)”; and (ii) in subsection (g)(2), by striking “section 246(b)” and inserting “section 228(b)”. (B) Section 271(2)(F) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6991(2)(F)) is amended by striking “section 246(b)” and inserting “section 228(b)”.