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Sodbuster Clarification Act of 1987

Introduced: February 17, 1987 Introduced by: McConnell, Mitch Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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Feb 17, 1987
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 17, 1987
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sodbuster Clarification Act of 1987 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985, with regard to the exemption from agricultural benefits loss due to crop production on highly erodible land, to permit a Soil Conservation Service-approved certificate of a producer's conservation measures to be accepted as a conservation plan.

States that the Secretary of Agriculture, the Service, and the local soil conservation districts shall minimize the documentation required to obtain such exemption.

What's happening now February 17, 1987

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 525: Sodbuster Clarification Act of 1987. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-525/
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"S. 525: Sodbuster Clarification Act of 1987." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-525/.
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S. 525, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-525/.
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