Amends the Farmland Protection Policy Act to: (1) permit the chief executive officer of a State (currently the Governor) to bring an action in Federal district court to challenge a proposed Federal program which would convert farmland to nonagricultural use; (2) permit such an action in a State with a local or State farmland protection policy or program (currently limited to State policy or program); and (3) limit the Department of Defense exemption to war or national emergency.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development.
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