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
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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 22, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sep 22, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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