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16 U.S.C. § 3839aa–3 — Evaluation of applications

submitted 24 years ago by Pub. L. 99-198 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 159 words · no verdicts yet

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(a) Evaluation criteria

The Secretary shall develop criteria for evaluating applications that will ensure that national, State, and local conservation priorities are effectively addressed.

(b) Prioritization of applications

In evaluating applications under this subpart, the Secretary shall prioritize applications—

(1)

based on their overall level of cost-effectiveness to ensure that the conservation practices and approaches proposed are the most efficient means of achieving the anticipated conservation benefits of the project;

(2)

based on how effectively and comprehensively the project addresses the designated resource concern or resource concerns;

(3)

that best fulfill the purposes of the program; and

(4)

that improve conservation practices or systems in place on the operation at the time the contract offer is accepted or that will complete a conservation system.

(c) Grouping of applications

To the greatest extent practicable, the Secretary shall group applications of similar crop or livestock operations for evaluation purposes or otherwise evaluate applications relative to other applications for similar farming operations.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1240C, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2301, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 256; amended Pub. L. 110–234, title II, § 2504, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1062; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title II, § 2504, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1790; Pub. L. 113–79, title II, § 2204, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 730; Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2301(d)(1)(G), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4554.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 2002Enacted · Pub. L. 99-198 · 116 Stat. 256
  • 2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-234 · 122 Stat. 1062
  • 2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-246 · 122 Stat. 1664, 1790
  • 2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-79 · 128 Stat. 730
  • 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-334 · 132 Stat. 4554

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 99-198 on 2002-05-13.

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