; and (B) statutory limitations regarding contracts with individual producers will not be exceeded by any member of the land grant-merced. (2) Technical and administrative assistance The Secretary may provide technical and administrative assistance, as mutually agreed by the parties, under an alternative funding arrangement entered into under paragraph (1). . (c) Conforming amendments (1) Definitions Section 1201(a)(18)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3801(a)(18)(B) ) is amended by inserting land grant-merced, after Indian tribe, . (2) Conservation stewardship program Section 1238G(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3838g(f) ) is amended by inserting or land grants-mercedes after Indian tribes . (3) Administrative requirements for conservation programs Section 1244(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3844(a) ) is amended— (A) in the subsection header, by inserting and land grants-Mercedes after Indian tribes ; and (B) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the following: (G) Land grants-mercedes. . (4) Agricultural conservation easement program Subtitle H of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3865 et seq.) is amended— (A) in section 1265A(2)(A), by striking or an Indian tribe and inserting , or an Indian tribe or land grant-merced, ; (B) in section 1265C— (i) in subsection (b)(1)(D), by inserting and land grants-mercedes after Indian tribes ; (ii) in subsection (d)(2), by striking or Indian tribe and inserting Indian tribe, or land grant-merced ; and (iii) in subsection (e), by striking or Indian tribe and inserting Indian tribe, or land grant-merced ; and (C) in section 1265D(a)(2), by adding , other than land of a land grant-merced before the semicolon. (5) Regional conservation partnership program Section 1271A(4) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3871a(4) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (I) A land grant-merced. .