To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide an additional exemption to program ineligibility for production on highly erodible land, and to provide a two-year moratorium on that program ineligibility while its effects are studied.
Sodbuster Reform and Moratorium Act of 1989 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide an exemption to agricultural program ineligibility for production on highly erodible land for land continuously owned by a person who was and still is an active agricultural producer, and who was at least 60 years old at the time of enactment of such Act.
Extends for two years the current program ineligibility exemptions.
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the Congress regarding the highly erodible land conservation program.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development.
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