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S. 2597 (105th)
A bill to amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to improve the farmland protection program.
Introduced
9 October 1998
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
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14 January 2025
Summary
Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 with respect to the farmland protection program to: (1) specify that the program shall be a matching grant program carried out through eligible entities such as State and local government, Indian tribes, and nonprofit conservation organizations; (2) eliminate acreage limits; and (3) increase the existing funding cap, revising it from a total program to a fiscal year cap.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 October 1998
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 October 1998
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 9 October 1998
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2597
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2597