Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 with respect to the farmland protection program to: (1) specify that the program shall be a matching grant program carried out through eligible entities such as State and local government, Indian tribes, and nonprofit conservation organizations; (2) eliminate acreage limits; (3) require State certification; and (4) increase the existing funding cap, revising it from a total program to a fiscal year cap.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Became Public Law No: 106-257.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Resource Conservation and Credit.
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