HR 3120
114th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Great Lakes
Illinois
Indiana
Lakes and rivers
Michigan
Minnesota
New York State
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Water quality
Watersheds
Wisconsin
Great Lakes Assurance Program Verification Act of 2015
Introduced: July 21, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 6, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Jul 21, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jul 21, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Great Lakes Assurance Program Verification Act of 2015
This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a Great Lakes basin initiative for agricultural nonpoint source pollution prevention. (Nonpoint source pollution comes from diffuse sources and is caused by precipitation moving over or through the ground and carrying pollution.)
In implementing the initiative, USDA must:
- provide grants to Great Lakes states (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin) for education and outreach, technical assistance, and voluntary programs to verify implementation of practices to reduce nonpoint pollution from agricultural activities;
- establish a funding priority within the Great Lakes basin for payments to producers that participate in the initiative to achieve verification through a state verification program; and
- use existing data.
In carrying out the initiative, states may collaborate with entities that have agricultural or environmental expertise, including academic or nonprofit organizations.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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