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H.R. 2375 (107th)

Working Lands Stewardship Act of 2001

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Introduced

28 June 2001

Last action

9 July 2001 · Referred

Status

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

Sponsors

Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3], Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1], Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-24], Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-12], Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5], Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6], Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4], Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10], Rep. Quinn, Jack [R-NY-27], Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5], Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25], Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6], Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3], Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8], Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2], Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3], Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-8], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10], Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2], Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO], Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3], Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23], Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2], Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8], Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1], Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Baldacci, John Elias [D-ME-2], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. Barrett, Thomas M. [D-WI-5], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]

Subjects

Environment, Agriculture

Source updated

19 August 2025

Environment · Agriculture

Summary

Working Lands Stewardship Act of 2001 - Amends specified agricultural Acts to: (1) revise and increase funding for the farmland protection program; (2) provide market development grants and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers who forgo development of certain lands; (3) expand State marketing programs, including set-asides for development of local and regional markets and research; (4) increase funding for farmer-to-consumer marketing assistance; (5) provide for a program to promote the purchase of locally grown produce; (6) increase funding for programs for socially disadvantaged farmers; (7) extend and increase funding for the environmental quality incentives program, including set-asides for livestock, pesticide reduction, and water conservation; (8) provide watershed quality incentive contracts; (9) provide loans for manure reuse activities and facilities; (10) extend and increase funding for the wildlife habitat incentives program, including set-asides for imperiled native species, and acquisition of easements and water rights; (11) extend and increase acreage for the wetlands reserve program; (12) establish a wetlands reserve enhancement program; (13) extend and increase funding for the conservation reserve program, including an acreage set-aside for environmentally-sensitive lands and buffer strips, and enrollment of grasslands and rangelands; (14) authorize incentive payments for private grazing land conservation; (15) establish a grassland reserve program; (16) expand the National Organic Program to include organic farming transition assistance; (17) establish an organic certification reimbursement program; (18) extend and increase funding for the forest stewardship program, including set-asides for new land management practices, and watershed forestry initiative activities; (19) authorize appropriations for urban and community forestry activities; (20) provide funding for specified conservation technical assistance and administration and outreach, including establishment of training centers in specified cities; and (21) establish a demonstration program to promote ecosystem- and watershed-based conservation.

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Timeline

  1. 28 June 2001

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 28 June 2001

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 28 June 2001

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 9 July 2001

    Committee

    Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

    Source: Committee

  5. 9 July 2001

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.

    Source: Committee

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