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A bill to provide relief to agricultural producers who granted easements to, or owned or operated land condemned by, the Secretary of the Army for flooding losses caused by water retention at the dam…

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A bill to provide relief to agricultural producers who granted easements to, or owned or operated land condemned by, the Secretary of the Army for flooding losses caused by water retention at the dam site at Lake Redrock, Iowa, to the extent that the actual losses exceed the estimates of the Secretary.

Introduced: April 7, 1997 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Apr 7, 1997
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Directs the Secretary of the Army to compensate certain agricultural producers for flooding losses caused by water retention at the Lake Redrock, Iowa, dam site.

What's happening now April 7, 1997

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 517: A bill to provide relief to agricultural producers who granted easements to, or owned or operated land condemned by, the Secretary of the Army for flooding losses caused by water retention at the dam site at Lake Redrock, Iowa, to the extent that the actual losses exceed the estimates of the Secretary.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-517/
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"S. 517: A bill to provide relief to agricultural producers who granted easements to, or owned or operated land condemned by, the Secretary of the Army for flooding losses caused by water retention at the dam site at Lake Redrock, Iowa, to the extent that the actual losses exceed the estimates of the Secretary.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-517/.
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S. 517, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-517/.
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[S. 517: A bill to provide relief to agricultural producers who granted easements to, or owned or operated land condemned by, the Secretary of the Army for flooding losses caused by water retention at the dam site at Lake Redrock, Iowa, to the extent that the actual losses exceed the estimates of the Secretary.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-517/)
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