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HR 4717 115th Congress House Agriculture and Food Farmland Historic sites and heritage areas

Century Farms Act of 2017

Introduced: January 17, 2018 Introduced by: Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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Dec 21, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Dec 21, 2017
Introduced in House
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Century Farms Act of 2017

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a program to recognize: (1) any farm that a state department of agriculture or similar statewide agricultural organization recognizes as a Century Farm, or (2) a farm or ranch that has been operated continuously and owned by the same family for at least 100 consecutive years.

What's happening now December 21, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1805 Identical bill Century Farms Act of 2017
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 3
Walz, Timothy
· Jan 17, 2018
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Hill, J. French
Arkansas · Dec 21, 2017
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Westerman, Bruce
Arkansas · Dec 21, 2017
 R
Womack, Steve
Arkansas · Dec 21, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4717: Century Farms Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4717/
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"H.R. 4717: Century Farms Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4717/.
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H.R. 4717, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4717/.
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