HR 4420
115th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural practices and innovations
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Water quality
Watersheds
Chesapeake Bay Farm Bill Enhancements Act of 2017
Introduced: November 16, 2017
Introduced by:
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Democratic
· Virginia
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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 5, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Nov 16, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Nov 16, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Chesapeake Bay Farm Bill Enhancements Act of 2017
This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify and increase funding for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).
(The RCPP operates through several USDA conservation programs to provide funding for partners to join in efforts with producers to increase the restoration and sustainable use of soil, water, wildlife, and related natural resources on regional or watershed scales. The RCPP includes the purposes and functions of several conservation programs such as the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative.)
The bill modifies the RCPP to:
- increase mandatory funding and revise the requirements for distributing funds,
- allow in-kind support to count toward a partner's matching contribution,
- allow partners to apply for a funding renewal of a partnership agreement,
- authorize USDA to provide information and feedback to applicants throughout the application process,
- authorize grants for partners to directly operate conservation projects,
- authorize USDA to advance funding to partners for technical assistance for project development and outreach activities,
- require USDA to make publicly available the amounts available for technical assistance under a partnership agreement,
- limit USDA costs for technical assistance to costs specific and necessary to carry out the objectives of the partnership agreement,
- modify the criteria for a critical conservation area, and
- revise the requirements for prioritizing applications.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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