S 1805
115th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Farmland
Historic sites and heritage areas
Century Farms Act of 2017
Introduced: September 14, 2017
Introduced by:
Murphy, Christopher
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 14, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sep 14, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1