HR 1950
106th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural conservation
Animals
Charities
Conservation easements
Cropland conversion program
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental protection groups
Farmland protection
Federal aid to Indians
Foundations
Grants-in-aid
Habitat conservation
Land transfers
Land use
Minorities
Open space lands
Outdoor recreation
Planning
To amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to improve the farmland protection program.
Introduced: May 26, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 3, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Resource Conservation and Credit.
May 26, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
May 26, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 with respect to the farmland protection program to: (1) specify that the program shall be a matching grant program carried out through eligible entities such as State and local government, Indian tribes, and nonprofit conservation organizations; (2) eliminate acreage limits; (3) require State certification; and (4) increase the existing funding cap, revising it from a total program to a fiscal year cap.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Resource Conservation and Credit.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1