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S 1177 106th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Animals Biomass energy Cropland conversion program Energy Environmental Protection Habitat conservation Land use Public Lands and Natural Resources

A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit the harvesting of crops on land subject to conservation reserve contracts for recovery of biomass used in energy production.

Introduced: May 27, 1999 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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May 27, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
May 27, 1999
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit crop harvesting on conservation reserve land for recovery of biomass used in energy production.

What's happening now May 27, 1999

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

 Bill text 1 version

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 27, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1177: A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit the harvesting of crops on land subject to conservation reserve contracts for recovery of biomass used in energy production.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-1177/
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"S. 1177: A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit the harvesting of crops on land subject to conservation reserve contracts for recovery of biomass used in energy production.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-1177/.
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S. 1177, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-1177/.
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[S. 1177: A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit the harvesting of crops on land subject to conservation reserve contracts for recovery of biomass used in energy production.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-1177/)
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