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S 4931 117th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food

NRCS Wetland Compliance and Appeals Reform Act

Introduced: September 22, 2022 Introduced by: Rounds, Mike Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sep 22, 2022
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NRCS Wetland Compliance and Appeals Reform Act

This bill revises provisions related to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), including by (1) revising the appeals process of the NRCS for wetland certification requests, (2) requiring USDA to establish oversight committees in each state that will oversee the appeals of wetland determinations, and (3) prohibiting the NRCS from acquiring any permanent easement.

What's happening now September 22, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Sep 22, 2022
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Hoeven, John
North Dakota · Sep 22, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4931: NRCS Wetland Compliance and Appeals Reform Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4931/
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"S. 4931: NRCS Wetland Compliance and Appeals Reform Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4931/.
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S. 4931, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4931/.
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