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1 Conservationist of the Soil Conservation Service 



2 of the State as the program administrator of 



3 the State. 



4 "(3) Technical assistance. — The State Con- 



5 servationist of a State shall continue to carry out 



6 the technical assistance portion of the program in 



7 the State even if the State receives approval of an 



8 application submitted under subparagraph (A). 



9 "(d) Grant Application Cycle. — 



10 "(1) In GENERAL. — Grants under the program 



1 1 shall be awarded on an annual basis. 



12 "(2) Grant agreements. — The program ad- 



13 ministrator of a State may enter into a grant agree- 



14 ment with an eligible entity to permit the entity to 



15 phase-in a project under the program for a period of 



16 not to exceed 3 years; except that any such project 



17 shall remain subject to revaluation each year as 



18 part of the annual funding cycle. 



19 "(e) Selection of Projects. — 



20 "(1) Applications. — In order to receive assist- 



21 ance to carry out a project under the program in a 



22 State, an eligible entity shall submit to the program 



23 administrator of the State an application which is in 



24 such form and contains such information as the Sec- 



25 retary may by regulation require. 



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