S 1462 · 95th Congress · Agriculture and Food
A bill relating to the Emergency Run-Off Retardation and Soil-Erosion Prevention Program.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.(1977-09-07)
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Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to undertake emergency measures for run-off retardation and soil-erosion prevention, in cooperation with landowners and land users, as he deems necessary to safeguard lives and property from floods, drought, and the products of erosion on any watershed whenever fire or any other natural occurrence has caused a sudden impairment of such watershed. Authorizes the United States Treasury to establish an emergency fund to carry out such emergency activities. Authorizes such appropriations as Congress determines necessary for such a fund.…
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