Soil and Water Conservation Act of 1983 - Title I - Defines "conservation district" and "highly erodible land" for purposes of this Act.
Title II - Makes crops grown on highly erodible land that has not been farmed during the past ten years ineligible for: (1) price supports, income assistance, or adjustment payments; (2) storage facility construction loans; (3) crop insurance; (4) disaster payments; or (5) any new Farmers Home Administration loan that will contribute to excessive erosion of such land.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) use the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation county committees to administer such program; (2) provide for land classification appeals; and (3) complete private land soil classification surveys, concentrating in areas with significant amounts of erodible land conversion.
Title III - Requires the Secretary to submit a soil conservation set-aside study to the appropriate congressional committees by December 15, 1984.
Title IV - Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a long-term highly erodible land reserve program. Sets forth program provisions. Authorizes FY 1985 appropriations. Requires a program report to the appropriate congressional committees by December 15, 1984.
Title V - Directs the Secretary to carry out a nationwide soil and water conservation promotion program. Requires a program report to the appropriate congressional committees by December 15, 1984.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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