A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a rural environmental assistance program.
Latest action. conference committeeA temporary House-Senate panel that negotiates one compromise text when the chambers pass different versions of a measure.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) filed in House, H. Rept. 93-101.
(LATEST SUMMARY) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the rural environmental assistance program authorized, under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, by making payments or grants of other aid to agricultural producers, including tenants and sharecroppers, in an aggregate amount equal to the sums appropriated therefor. Requires the Secretary, to the full extent permitted by available appropriations, to enter into agreements under the Water Bank Act with landowners and operators in important migratory water-fowl nesting and breeding areas for the conservation of water on specified farm, ranch, or other wetlands. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 590h(b), 1302)
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Conference report filed in House" stage on April 2, 1973. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-101.
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WILLIAM POAGE (D-TX) introduced it on January 15, 1973. No cosponsors are recorded.
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How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on January 15, 1973, 19596 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19519 days ago, on April 2, 1973.
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Vote history
- HouseConference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-101.
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action