A bill to amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to establish a program to provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban sprawl, and for other purposes.

3.0.0 1208 2023-01-15T16:48:45Z 2023-01-15T16:48:45Z Senate S S 2003-06-09 108 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-06-09T20:35:46Z 2003-06-09 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2003-06-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7544-7546) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-06-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. N R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2003-06-09 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2003-06-23 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2003-10-16 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Congress Congressional reporting requirements Conservation easements Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Environmental Protection Environmental education Environmental protection groups Federal-state relations Forest conservation Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Land banking Land transfers Land use Nonprofit organizations Open space lands Private forests Social Welfare Suburbs Sustainable forestry Urban affairs Urban growth Public Lands and Natural Resources

00 2003-06-09 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to authorize a requesting State to permit a qualifying organization to acquire one or more conservation easements to carry out the Forest Legacy Program in such State.]]>

A bill to amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to establish a program to provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban sprawl, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to establish a program to provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban sprawl, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to establish a program to provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban sprawl, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2003-06-09T04:00:00Z 2003-06-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.