HR 8592
117th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
GRAIN for America Act
Introduced: July 29, 2022
Introduced by:
Tiffany, Thomas P.
Republican
· Wisconsin
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 29, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Jul 29, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jul 29, 2022
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Guaranteeing Robust Agricultural Independence and Nutrition for America Act or the GRAIN for America Act
This bill establishes a one-year moratorium on the enrollment of land in the Conservation Reserve Program, with a specified exception for land that is already subject to a contract under the program. It also prohibits the Department of Agriculture from enrolling prime farmland in the program.
Additionally, the bill allows a participant who has entered into a contract under the program to terminate the contract at any time during the one-year period preceding the date on which the contact would expire.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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