; (B) by striking to address priority and inserting to comprehensively address designated priority ; and (C) by striking comprehensive manner— and all that follows through managing existing conservation activities and inserting comprehensive manner ; and (2) in subsection (b)(2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking the date of enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 and inserting October 1, 2018 . 223. Stewardship contracts Section 1238F of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3838f ) is amended— (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) Submission of contract offers To be eligible to participate in the conservation stewardship program, a producer shall submit to the Secretary a contract offer for the agricultural operation that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the producer will meet or exceed the stewardship threshold for one or more designated priority resource concerns by the end of the contract period. ; (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: (b) Evaluation of contract offers (1) Ranking of applications In evaluating contract offers submitted under subsection (a), the Secretary shall rank applications based on— (A) the level of conservation treatment on all applicable designated priority resource concerns at the time of application; (B) the number of designated priority resource concerns that meet or exceed the stewardship threshold at the end of the contract period; (C) the degree to which the proposed conservation activities effectively, efficiently, and comprehensively address the designated priority resource concerns; (D) the extent to which the contract offer will meet or exceed the stewardship threshold for one or more designated priority resource concerns at a lower cost relative to other similarly beneficial contract offers