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HR 3610 115th Congress House

Donations in Rough Years (DRY) Act

Official title: To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit the donation of hay harvested under the conservation reserve program to certain disaster areas, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 28, 2017 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollutionDisaster relief and insuranceFires
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Sep 1, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Jul 28, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jul 28, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 1, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Donations in Rough Years (DRY) Act

This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985, with respect to the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), to permit hay that is harvested in the course of an activity that is authorized under CRP and complies with the program's requirements to be donated to the owners or operators of certain farms or ranches that are in disaster areas or are experiencing a drought.

(CRP provides payments to farmers who agree to remove environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and plant species that will improve environmental health and quality.)

The hay may be donated to the owner or operator of a farm or ranch that is located in: (1) the state in which the hay is harvested, and (2) a county that is either experiencing a drought with a specified intensity or with respect to which the President has issued a declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act that a major disaster exists due to a fire.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3610: Donations in Rough Years (DRY) Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3610/
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