Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a voluntary on-farm salinity control program in cooperation with landowners to reduce watershed erosion on both non-Federal and Department of Agriculture lands in order to protect the water quality of the Colorado River.
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) identify salt sources; (2) reduce salt levels through improved farm irrigation and watershed management practices; (3) provide technical, monitoring, and cost-sharing assistance; and (4) carry out research, demonstration, and education activities.
Requires the Secretary to describe proposed measures in reports to the appropriate congressional committees, the Advisory Council, and the Governor of any affected State. Prohibits fund expenditures until 60 days after any such report is filed.
Authorizes the Secretary to use Department of Agriculture agencies, including the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), or to authorize participating agencies to make grants or enter into contracts, to carry out such program. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the CCC from making any disbursements unless such amounts are covered in advance by appropriations Acts.
Requires a program report to Congress by January 1, 1988, and at five-year intervals thereafter.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Agriculture. Report No: 98-538 (Part I).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Agriculture. Report No: 98-538 (Part I).
House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Discharged by Suspension of Rules.
House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Discharged by Suspension of Rules.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Subcommittee on Soil and Water Conservation. Hearings held.
Committee on Agriculture. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Agriculture. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms without amendment. With written report No. 98-482. Additional views filed.
Committee on Agriculture. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms without amendment. With written report No. 98-482. Additional views filed.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 924.
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