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A bill to amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to establish a program to provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and…

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A bill to amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to establish a program to provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban sprawl, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 9, 2003 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Jun 9, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jun 9, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7544-7546)
Jun 9, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to establish in the Forest Service the Suburban and Community Forestry and Open Space Program, which shall provide cost-share grants to preserve private forest land and contain suburban sprawl.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to authorize a requesting State to permit a qualifying organization to acquire one or more conservation easements to carry out the Forest Legacy Program in such State.

What's happening now June 9, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Jun 9, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1208: A bill to amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to establish a program to provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban sprawl, and for other purposes.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1208/
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"S. 1208: A bill to amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to establish a program to provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban sprawl, and for other purposes.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1208/.
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S. 1208, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1208/.
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