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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
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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
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 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.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 2950 Identical bill Oregon Land Exchange Act of 1999
  • S 1629 Identical bill Oregon Land Exchange Act of 2000
  • S 333 Procedurally related A bill to amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to improve the farmland protection program.
  • S 598 Procedurally related Farmland Protection Act of 1999
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All 1 Democratic 1
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 22, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1950: To amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to improve the farmland protection program.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1950/
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