HR 1950 · 106th Congress · Agriculture and Food

To amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to improve the farmland protection program.

Introduced 1999-05-26· Sponsored by Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]· House

Bill Progress

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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Resource Conservation and Credit.(1999-06-03)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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.…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (15)

10 Democrats5 Republicans