HR 5313 · 109th Congress · Agriculture and Food

Open Space and Farmland Preservation Act

Introduced 2006-05-09· Sponsored by Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]· House

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Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.(2006-11-13)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Open Space and Farmland Preservation Act - Amends the Farm Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to reserve at least 15% of farmland protection program funds for grants to support cooperative efforts by an eligible state agency, county, or other eligible entity to purchase conservation easements and other interests in eligible land, whose title shall be held by an eligible entity rather than the United States.…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 5313, A bill to reserve a small percentage of the amounts made available to the Secretary of Agriculture for the farmland protection program to fund challenge grants to encourage the purchase of conservation easements and other interest in

Sep 26, 2006

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on September 21, 2006</p>

Full CBO report ↗

H.R. 5313, A bill to reserve a small percentage of the amounts made available to the Secretary of Agriculture for the farmland protection program to fund challenge grants to encourage the purchase of conservation easements and other interest in

Sep 26, 2006

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on September 21, 2006

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (8)

8 Republicans
Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]IL
Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]MI
Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]IL
Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7]PA
Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]WA
Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]IL
Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]PA
Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]OH