; and (B) other interested groups or individuals. IV Incentivizing Wildlife Conservation on Private Lands 401. Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances (a) Listing determinations Section 4(b)(1) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (C) Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances In making a determination under subsection (a)(1) with respect to a species, the Secretary shall take into account the net conservation benefit (as that term is defined in section 10(k)) of any Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances or any programmatic Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (as those terms are defined in that subsection) relating to such species. . (b) Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1539 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (k) Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances (1) Proposed Agreement A covered party may submit a proposed Agreement to the Secretary. (2) Approval Not later than 120 days after the date of the receipt of a proposed Agreement under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall approve the proposed Agreement if the Secretary determines that the proposed Agreement— (A) sets forth specific management activities that the covered party will undertake to conserve the covered species; (B) provides a positive estimate of the net conservation benefit of such management activities to the covered species; (C) requires the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to determine, to the maximum extent practicable, the existing population levels of the covered species or the existing quality of habitat; (D) includes a monitoring plan to be carried out by the parties to the Agreement