HR 1950 · 106th Congress · Agriculture and Food
To amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to improve the farmland protection program.
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Introduced2
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Resource Conservation and Credit.(1999-06-03)
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Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 with respect to the farmland protection program to: (1) specify that the program shall be a matching grant program carried out through eligible entities such as State and local government, Indian tribes, and nonprofit conservation organizations; (2) eliminate acreage limits; (3) require State certification; and (4) increase the existing funding cap, revising it from a total program to a fiscal year cap.…
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Cosponsors (15)
10 Democrats5 Republicans