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HR 2779 106th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation Agricultural subsidies Cropland conversion program Environmental Protection Government Operations and Politics Irrigation Public Lands and Natural Resources Soil conservation Soil erosion

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985, to give producers greater flexibility in enrollling certain marginal land in the conservation reserve, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 5, 1999 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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Became law
Aug 20, 1999
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Aug 20, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Resource Conservation and Credit.
Aug 5, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Aug 5, 1999
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Food Security Act with respect to the conservation reserve program to: (1) increase maximum program acreage; (2) permit enrollment of certain small parcels of lands adjacent to highly erodible croplands and unirrigated corners of certain irrigated fields; and (3) make acreage converted to contour grass strips eligible for contract bids on a continuous basis.

What's happening now August 20, 1999

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

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