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S. 837 (96th)
A bill to amend the Water Bank Act for the purpose of authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust payment rates with respect to initial conservation agreements and to designate certain areas as wetlands, and for other purposes.
Introduced
29 March 1979
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Status
Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H. R. 2043 passed in lieu.
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Summary
Amends the Water Bank Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to reexamine payment rates under wetland conservation agreements at the beginning of the fifth year of any ten-year initial or renewal period and to make needed annual adjustments in such rates. Expands the scope of the types of wetlands covered by such Act. Repeals the $10,000,000 calendar-year maximum amount limitation on payments the Secretary may agree to make to landowners and operators in migratory waterfowl nesting and breeding areas.
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Indefinitely postponed in Senate
summary · EN · 18 December 1979
Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 5 December 1979
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 29 March 1979
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/837
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/96/s/837