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S 824 103th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Department of Agriculture Environmental Protection Executive reorganization Farm lands Water pollution control Wetland conservation Wetlands

Wetlands Simplification Act

Introduced: April 27, 1993 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 1, 1993
Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Research.
Apr 27, 1993
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Apr 27, 1993
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Wetlands Simplification Act - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 (FSA) to provide that: (1) a technical determination with respect to wetland or converted wetland on agricultural lands (including the identification of wetland and the development of a wetland restoration or mitigation plan) shall be used in the administration of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (thus giving the Soil Conservation Service sole Federal responsibility for making such determination); and (2) any area of agricultural land or any activities related to the land determined to be exempt from the requirements of FSA shall also be exempt from FWPCA requirements as long as such lands are used for agriculture.

What's happening now July 1, 1993

Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Research.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2