A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit the enrollment of cropland containing agricultural drainage wells and naturally occurring sinkholes in the conservation reserve program.

Summary

Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a ground water pilot program in conjunction with the conservation reserve program to assist owners and operators of land: (1) containing agricultural drainage wells or naturally occurring sinkholes; or (2) affected by water quality problems resulting from agricultural and water management practices. Requires participating owners or operators to: (1) retire permanently from the base and allotment history applicable to acreage placed in the reserve a number of acres equal to the number of acres placed in the reserve; and (2) not use for agricultural purposes other land drawing from the same water supply as land placed in the reserve.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 4 March 1988

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