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
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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