Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the rural environmental assistance program authorized, under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, by making payments or grants of other aid to agricultural producers, including tenants and sharecroppers, in an aggregate amount equal to the sums appropriated therefor.
Requires the Secretary, to the full extent permitted by available appropriations, to enter into agreements under the Water Bank Act with landowners and operators in important migratory water-fowl nesting and breeding areas for the conservation of water on specified farm, ranch, or other wetlands. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 590h(b), 1302)
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture, H. Rept. 93-6.
Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture, H. Rept. 93-6.
Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, roll call #17 (251-142).
Roll Call #17 (House)Measure passed House, roll call #17 (251-142).
Roll Call #17 (House)Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry with amendment, S. Rept. 93-49.
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry with amendment, S. Rept. 93-49.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #29 (71-10).
Roll Call #29 (Senate)Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #29 (71-10).
Roll Call #29 (Senate)Conference scheduled in House.
Conference scheduled in Senate.
Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-101.
Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-101.
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