S 1131
110th Congress
Senate
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Conservation easements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental Protection
Environmental education
Environmental protection groups
Federal-state relations
Forest conservation
Forest products
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Land banking
Land transfers
Land use
Nonprofit organizations
Open space lands
Suburban and Community Forestry and Open Space Program Act of 2007
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 17, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Apr 17, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4611-4612)
Apr 17, 2007
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Suburban and Community Forestry and Open Space Program Act of 2007 - 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, contain suburban sprawl, and support value-added forest product industries in states in which less than 25% of the land is owned by the United States.
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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