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S. 1224 117th Congress Senate

Protecting the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area Act

Official title: A bill to reauthorize, and increase the total funding cap for, the America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership, to redesignate the America's Agricultural Herit… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to reauthorize, and increase the total funding cap for, the America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership, to redesignate the America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership as the "Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area", and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 20, 2021 Introduced by: Joni Ernst Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources General agriculture mattersHistoric sites and heritage areasIowa
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Oct 6, 2021
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-450.
Apr 20, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Apr 20, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 6, 2021

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-450.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill redesignates the America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership in Iowa as the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area.

The bill extends through FY2031 the authority of the Department of Agriculture to provide grants or other assistance for the heritage area.

The bill increases the total amount that may be appropriated for the heritage area.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 2381 Protecting the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area Act
  • S 3435 National Heritage Area Authority Extension Act of 2021
  • S 3425 National Heritage Area Authority Extension Act of 2021
  • S 1942 National Heritage Area Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Apr 20, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1224: Protecting the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1224/
MLA
"S. 1224: Protecting the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1224/.
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S. 1224, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1224/.
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[S. 1224: Protecting the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1224/)
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