3.0.0 6000 2023-01-12T17:52:32Z 2023-01-12T17:52:32Z House H HR 2006-07-28 109 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2006-08-07T21:21:54Z Referred to 2006-07-28T14:13:20Z Farm and Ranch Land Protection Flexibility Act of 2006 109 3720 S 2006-07-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2006-08-07 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research. Committee 2006-08-07 hsag00 Agriculture Committee 1 House committee actions Executive Comment Requested from USDA. Committee 2006-07-28 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2006-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H000712 Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17] TIM HOLDEN D PA 17 N Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation Conservation easements Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Farm lands Forest conservation Gifts Grants-in-aid Housing and Community Development Land use Landowners Licenses Public Lands and Natural Resources Range management Riparian ecology Zoning and zoning law Agriculture and Food 00 2006-07-28 Introduced in House 2006-10-11T20:40:58Z Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to revise the farmland protection program.

Includes as eligible program land woodlots, wooded corners, and forested riparian areas that comprise up to 50% of the offered acreage.

Gives priority to farm and ranchland: (1) with prime, unique, or other productive soils at risk of nonagricultural development; (2) that will stay in production agriculture; (3) in rural communities that face intense pressure for conversion to nonagricultural use; or (4) in areas that have locally-led land-use planning and zoning strategies.

Provides for: (1) grants to eligible entities to protect agricultural production capacity by limiting incompatible nonagricultural land use; and (2) grant agreements with eligible entities to purchase conservation easements using a combination of their own funds and grant funds.

Sets forth reversionary interest and cost-sharing provisions.

]]> To revise the Farmland Protection Program of the Department of Agriculture. Display Title To revise the Farmland Protection Program of the Department of Agriculture. Official Title as Introduced To revise the Farmland Protection Program of the Department of Agriculture. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2006-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr6000ih/xml/BILLS-109hr6000ih.xml 2006-08-07 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.