To provide for the protection of farmland at the Point Reyes National Seashore, and for other purposes.
Point Reyes National Seashore Farmland Protection Act of 1997 - Amends Federal law to include the Farmland Protection Area in the Point Reyes National Seashore, California, with the primary objective being to protect private agricultural land from nonagricultural development by conservation easements.
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make farmland acquisitions within the Area. Authorizes appropriations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Resources
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to House Agriculture
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation and Research.
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