Open Space and Farmland Preservation Act

3.0.0 1514 2019-11-15T20:44:49Z 2019-11-15T20:44:49Z House H HR 2005-04-06 109 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2005-04-13T16:51:46Z Referred to 2005-04-06T14:05:30Z Open Space and Farmland Preservation Act 109 5313 HR 2006-11-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2005-04-13 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research. Committee 2005-04-06 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2005-04-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000549 Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6] Jim Gerlach R PA 6 N W000099 Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25] JAMES WALSH R NY T. 25 2005-10-27 False R000578 Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] David Reichert R WA G. 8 2006-04-25 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation Conservation easements Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Farm lands Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Intergovernmental fiscal relations Land transfers Public Lands and Natural Resources Agriculture and Food

00 2005-04-06 Introduced in House 2005-04-21T18:08:47Z Farmland Protection Program Challenge Grant Act of 2005 - Amends the Farm Security Act of 1985 to obligate at least 15 percent of farmland protection funds for cost-share grants (25 percent maximum Federal share) to support eligible State agencies, county, and one or more eligible entities to purchase conservation easements whose title shall be held by the entity rather than the United States.

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Farmland Protection Program Challenge Grant Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Farmland Protection Program Challenge Grant Act of 2005 Display Title Farmland Protection Program Challenge Grant Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To reserve a small percentage of the amounts made available to the Secretary of Agriculture for the farmland protection program to fund challenge grants to encourage the purchase of conservation easements and other interests in land to be held by a State agency, county, or other eligible entity, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2005-04-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr1514ih/xml/BILLS-109hr1514ih.xml 2005-04-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research. 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.