HR 2088
110th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural conservation
Agricultural pollution
Agricultural subsidies
Construction costs
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Groundwater
Irrigation
Water Resources Development
Water conservation
Water pollution control
Water storage
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide cost-share payments in support of on-farm water conservation projects to enhance regional water availability and quality.
Introduced: May 1, 2007
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5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 4, 2007
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
May 4, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
May 1, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
May 1, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E905-906)
May 1, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) provide cost-share payments to agricultural producers for water conservation projects on farms involving the construction, improvement, or maintenance of irrigation ponds and the implementation of other measures that improve groundwater and surface water conservation; and (2) administer such payments as part of the environmental quality incentives program.
Bases project priority on: (1) irrigation cost effectiveness (in cases of comparable project purposes); and (2) control of surface water runoff.
What's happening now
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Committees of jurisdiction
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