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Conservation Security Act of 2001

Introduced: May 22, 2001 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Became law
Jun 4, 2001
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Jun 4, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
May 24, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E924-925)
May 22, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 22, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Conservation Security Act of 2001 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a conservation security program to assist agricultural owners and operators promote conservation of soil, water, and related resources such as wildlife and wetlands.

Requires a participant to submit a resource security plan. Sets forth three tiers of resource security plan conservation practices, and bases a participant's annual payments upon implemented tiers.

What's happening now June 4, 2001

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 932 Identical bill Conservation Security Act of 2001
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6 Republican 1
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 30, 2001
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 30, 2001
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Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 17, 2001
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 11, 2001
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 22, 2001
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 22, 2001
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 22, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1949: Conservation Security Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1949/
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"H.R. 1949: Conservation Security Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1949/.
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H.R. 1949, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1949/.
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