S. 1906 — A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage the entry of pollution-arresting filter strips into the conservation reserve program, and for other purposes.

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Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit the Secretary of Agriculture to coordinate with other entities (such as States) to augment the federally-permitted payments for bringing certain land that is not highly erodible into the conservation reserve.

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1987-12-01
Introduced in Senate
1987-12-01
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
1988-04-05
Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage the entry of pollution-arresting filter strips into the conservation reserve program, and for other purposes.

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