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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 See on congress.gov
 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 Congressional Research Service

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 June 3, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Resource Conservation and Credit.

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