HR 4988
115th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Farmland
Government lending and loan guarantees
Wetlands
Conservation Assistance Loan Act of 2018
Introduced: February 8, 2018
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 8, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 8, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Conservation Assistance Loan Act of 2018
This bill establishes a Department of Agriculture (USDA) nonrecourse conservation assistance loan program. Under the program, farmers who receive loans must meet certain conservation requirements, including: (1) complying with applicable conservation and wetland protection requirements under the Food Security Act of 1985, (2) using a reduced tillage method and nutrient management practices, and (3) planting a cover crop.
(Under a nonrecourse loan, a farmer pledges a commodity as collateral and may deliver the pledged collateral to USDA to repay the loan.)
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1