PUBLIC LAW 107-171—MAY 13, 2002 116 STAT. 267 "SEC. 1240O. GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM. 16 USC 3839bb—2 "(a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary shall establish a national grassroots water protection program to more effectively use onsite technical assistance capabilities of each State rural water association that, as of the date of enactment of this section, operates a wellhead or groundwater protection program in the State. "(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007. "SEC. 1240P. GREAT LAKES BASIN PROGRAM FOR SOIL EROSION AND 16 USC SEDIMENT CONTROL. 3839bb-3. "(a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary, in consultation with the Great Lakes Commission created by Article IV of the Great Lakes Basin Compact (82 Stat. 415) and in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Army, may carry out the Great Lakes basin program for soil erosion and sediment control (referred to in this section as the 'program'). "(b) ASSISTANCE. —In carrying out the program, the Secretary may— "(1) provide project demonstration grants, provide technical assistance, and carry out information and education programs to improve water quality in the Great Lakes basin by reducing soil erosion and improving sediment control; and "(2) provide a priority for projects and activities that directly reduce soil erosion or improve sediment control. "(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT. — Sections 386 and 387 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 2005b, 3836a) are repealed. SEC. 2503. FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.— Chapter 2 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (as amended by section 2001) is amended by adding at the end the following: "Subchapter B—Farmland Protection Program "SEC. 1238H. DEFINITIONS. 16 USC 3838h. "In this subchapter: "(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.— The term 'eligible entity' means— "(A) any agency of any State or local government or an Indian tribe (including a farmland protection board or land resource council established under State law); or "(B) any organization that— "(i) is organized for, and at all times since the formation of the organization has been operated principally for, 1 or more of the conservation purposes specified in clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of section 170(h)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; "(ii) is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of that Code that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code;
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