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HR 3454 112th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution Farmland

Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2011

Introduced: November 17, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Dec 19, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Nov 17, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Nov 17, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2011 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to set forth the maximum number of acres that may be enrolled at any one time in the conservation reserve program through FY2017.

Prohibits the enrollment of land in the conservation reserve that is classified as class I or class II land under the National Soil Survey Handbook's land capability classification system.

What's happening now December 19, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 2
Brooks, Mo
· Dec 14, 2011
 R
Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Dec 13, 2011
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Nov 17, 2011
Bonner, Jo
· Nov 17, 2011
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Nov 17, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3454: Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3454/
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