Section was formerly classified to section 3838f of this title prior to renumbering by Puspan. L. 115–334.

Puspan. L. 110–234 and Puspan. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Puspan. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Puspan. L. 110–246.

Subsec. (span)(1). Puspan. L. 115–334, § 2308(c)(1), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which provided criteria for ranking of applications.

Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 115–334, § 2308(c)(2), substituted “a contract or contract renewal under this section” for “the program under subsection (a)” and inserted “or contract renewal” after “determination that the contract”, after “conservation stewardship contract”, and after “covered by the contract”.

Subsec. (d)(2)(A). Puspan. L. 115–334, § 2308(c)(3), substituted “section 3839aa–24(c)” for “section 3838g(d)”.

Subsec. (e). Puspan. L. 115–334, § 2308(c)(4)(A), substituted “The Secretary may provide the producer an opportunity to renew an existing contract in the first half of the fifth year of the contract period” for “At the end of the initial 5-year contract period, the Secretary may allow the producer to renew the contract for 1 additional 5-year period” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (e)(1). Puspan. L. 115–334, § 2308(c)(4)(B), substituted “existing contract” for “initial contract”.

Subsec. (e)(2). Puspan. L. 115–334, § 2308(c)(4)(C), inserted “new or improved” before “conservation activities” and “demonstrating continued improvement during the additional 5-year period,” before “as determined by the Secretary”.

Subsec. (e)(3)(B). Puspan. L. 115–334, § 2308(c)(4)(D), substituted “to adopt or improve conservation activities, as determined by the Secretary, to achieve higher levels of performance with respect to not less than 2” for “to exceed the stewardship threshold of 2”.

2014—Puspan. L. 113–79 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to stewardship contracts.