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Soil Conservation Act of 1984

Introduced: March 3, 1983 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 98th Congress (1983–1984) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 24 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 27, 1984
Conference held.
Jun 27, 1984
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Jun 22, 1984
House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: de la Garza, Jones (TN), Weaver, Bedell, English, Glickman, Daschle, Stenholm, Tallon, Durbin, Evans (IL), Jeffords, Skeen, Morrison (WA), Gunderson.
Jun 22, 1984
House Insisted on its Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 22, 1984
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Insisted on its Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 21, 1984
Senate requests a conference. Appoints conferees. Helms; Dole; Lugar; Cochran; Boschwitz; Huddleston; Zorinsky; Melcher; Heflin.
Jun 21, 1984
Senate disagreed to the House amendments. By Voice Vote.
Jun 21, 1984
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate disagreed to the House amendments. By Voice Vote.
May 8, 1984
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 8, 1984
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 8, 1984
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
May 8, 1984
House Committee on Agriculture Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Jan 23, 1984
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Nov 18, 1983
Passed Senate with amendments and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Nov 18, 1983
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Nov 18, 1983
Considered by Senate.
Nov 2, 1983
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 528.
Nov 2, 1983
Committee on Agriculture. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 98-296.
Oct 19, 1983
Committee on Agriculture. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jul 13, 1983
Committee on Agriculture. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.
Apr 19, 1983
Committee on Agriculture. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-341.
Mar 17, 1983
Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department.
Mar 3, 1983
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 3, 1983
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 2,666 — To limit the scope of denial of government incentives under the bill to crops grown on newly-plowed highly er… Agreed to Nov 18, 1983
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Makes crops grown on highly erodible land (as defined by this Act) that has not been farmed during the past ten years ineligible for specified agricultural assistance programs.

What's happening now June 27, 1984

Conference held.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3457 Related bill Soil Conservation Act of 1984
 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Mar 3, 1983
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 663: Highly Erodible Land Conservation Act of 1983. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-S-663/
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"S. 663: Highly Erodible Land Conservation Act of 1983." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-S-663/.
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