3.0.0 3720 2023-01-12T17:52:28Z 2023-01-12T17:52:28Z Senate S S 2006-07-25 109 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-07-25T15:08:07Z To revise the Farmland Protection Program of the Department of Agriculture. 109 6000 HR 2006-08-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research. Related bill CRS 2006-07-25 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2006-07-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA N Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation Conservation easements Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Farm lands Forest conservation Grants-in-aid Grassland ecology Public Lands and Natural Resources Real estate appraisal Riparian ecology Agriculture and Food 00 2006-07-25 Introduced in Senate 2006-10-11T20:37:38Z Farm and Ranch Land Protection Flexibility Act of 2006 - 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.

Defines: (1) "permanent conservation easement"; and (2) "qualified state or local entity."

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 conversion pressure; (4) in areas that have locally-led land-use planning and zoning strategies; and (5) in watersheds that would benefit most from the protection of farm and ranch resources.

Provides for: (1) grants to eligible state or local entities to purchase permanent conservation easements; and (2) grant agreements with eligible state or local entities to purchase conservation easements using a combination of their own funds and grant funds.

Sets forth matching grant and performance standard provisions.

]]> Farm and Ranch Land Protection Flexibility Act of 2006 Display Title Farm and Ranch Land Protection Flexibility Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to improve the protection of farm and ranch land. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Farm and Ranch Land Protection Flexibility Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-07-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3720is/xml/BILLS-109s3720is.xml 2006-07-25 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.