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<dc:title>118 HR 8510 IH: To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage the use of native vegetation, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2024-05-22</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 8510</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20240522">May 22, 2024</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="T000487">Ms. Tokuda</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HAG00">Committee on Agriculture</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage the use of native vegetation, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H8B7EA68F323A46629F659DBFDDEB46E9" style="OLC"><section id="H5A7CD35352964CECB0F146E17D454462" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Encouragement of native vegetation use</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1244(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HFBD753D8B5DB4707A042E01EF15410F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">and native vegetation use</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">protection</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFF0E7A0EC14F4311BD29E07AD89AF32E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE0D0DDF6955D4F10B9D86DFB83E888B4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H74E4A11D3DEB4B80BEC838C7FB3DF3CE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8E9407610FCE4736AAE0A1CACBB44814" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="HDF71FFFC80434854B92F98A0092A14CC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the use of native vegetation. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></legis-body></bill> 

