HR 6331
109th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural conservation
Agricultural subsidies
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Groundwater
Irrigation
Reservoirs
Water Resources Development
Water conservation
Water storage
To amend the environmental quality incentives program of the Department of Agriculture to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance to active agricultural producers for the construction of reservoirs as part of their agricultural operations for the storage of water, and for other purposes.
Introduced: November 15, 2006
See on congress.gov
Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 5, 2006
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Nov 28, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research.
Nov 15, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Nov 15, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2052)
Nov 15, 2006
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize assistance under the environmental quality incentives program for water reservoir construction to be used for water storage in agricultural operations.
States that the producer: (1) may not be required to use irrigation for a commodity as a precondition for such reservoir assistance; and (2) shall agree to maintain the lands to be served by a reservoir in agricultural production for at least five years after the reservoir's completion.
What's happening now
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Committees of jurisdiction
2