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To establish temporary enrollment priorities for the conservation reserve program.
To establish temporary enrollment priorities for the conservation reserve program.
Summary
The bill would establish temporary enrollment priorities for the Conservation Reserve Program, giving highest priority to croplands in counties that have been declared presidential or secretarial disaster areas at least three times in the preceding five years and that are located in areas repeatedly infected with Fusarium graminearum or vomitoxin. The Secretary of Agriculture would determine infection history by reviewing crop insurance records and grain elevator receipts. This priority enrollment status would apply from the date of enactment through the end of the first Conservation Reserve Program signup period that occurs after the bill's enactment.
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Actions (4)
- Aug 11, 1998 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. · house
- Aug 11, 1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation and Research. · house
- Aug 4, 1998 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Aug 4, 1998 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 4, 1998
Mr. Peterson of Minnesota introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To establish temporary enrollment priorities for the conservation reserve program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PRIORITY ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN LANDS IN CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM.
(a) Temporary Enrollment Priorities.—During the period specified in subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall give the highest priority to the enrollment of croplands in the conservation reserve program that—
(1) are located in a county that has been declared either a presidential or secretarial disaster area during three out of the preceding five years; and
(2) are located in an area repeatedly infected with Fusarium graminearum or vomitoxin.
(b) Determination of Infection History.—In determining whether an area meets the requirements of subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall consider crop insurance records and grain elevator receipts.
(c) Period of Priority.—The priority established in subsection (a) shall apply during the period—
(1) beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) ending on the final day of the first signup period for the conservation reserve program commencing after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) Conservation Reserve Program.—In this section, the term “conservation reserve program” means the program established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.). <all>
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