HR 640
105th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Cropland conversion program
Environmental Protection
Farm lands
Grazing
Range management
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Wetland conservation
Wetlands
Agricultural Lands Protection Act of 1997
Introduced: February 6, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 20, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Feb 12, 1997
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Feb 12, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation and Research.
Feb 6, 1997
Referred to House Agriculture
Feb 6, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 6, 1997
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
Feb 6, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Agricultural Lands Protection Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Food Security Act of 1985 to exempt from certain wetland conservation requirements privately-owned crop, range, or pasture lands that have been used for crop production or livestock grazing for at least five of the preceding ten years.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cosponsors
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