Amend CSSB 1377 as follows:                                                  
	(1)  On page 1, line 23, of the committee substitute, strike 
the words "a government program" and substitute the words "the 
federal conservation reserve program".
	(2)  On page 1, line 36, of the committee substitute, strike 
the words "a government program" and substitute the words "the 
federal conservation reserve program, except as expressly 
authorized by this chapter".
	(3)  On page 1, line 41, of the committee substitute, strike 
the words "a government program" and substitute the words "the 
federal conservation reserve program.  Notwithstanding Sections 
36.002 or 36.101, Water Code, a district that adopts rules related 
to the protection of existing or historic use which authorize a 
participant in the federal conservation reserve program to 
establish existing or historic use based upon the participant's 
groundwater production during a period of time prior to the 
participant entering the federal conservation reserve program 
shall not be considered discriminatory against such a participant 
for purposes of this chapter."
	(4)  On page 1, line 46, of the committee substitute, strike 
the words "before, on," and substitute the word "on".