; (9) the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program has worked best where strong partnerships are involved; and (10) flexibility and decisionmaking at the local level can facilitate increased landowner participation in voluntary conservation practices and environmental benefits consistent with the purposes of the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program. 3. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to modify the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program to facilitate increased enrollment in, and increased environmental benefits from, the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program. 4. Modifications to conservation reserve enhancement program (a) In general Subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after section 1231 ( 16 U.S.C. 3831 ) the following: 1231A. Conservation reserve enhancement program (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Eligible land The term eligible land means land that is eligible to be included in the program established under this subchapter. (2) Management The term management means an activity conducted by an owner or operator after the establishment of a conservation practice on eligible land, to regularly maintain or enhance the vegetative cover established by the conservation practice— (A) throughout the term of a contract entered into under this subchapter; and (B) consistent with the conservation plan that covers the eligible land. (3) Program The term program means a conservation reserve enhancement program carried out under an agreement under subsection (b)(1). (b) Agreements (1) In general The Secretary may enter into an agreement with a State or an Indian tribe to carry out a conservation reserve enhancement program— (A) to assist in enrolling eligible land in the program established under this subchapter