3.0.0 1152 2023-01-11T20:02:18Z 2023-01-11T20:02:18Z House H HR 2007-02-16 110 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2007-03-02T21:36:27Z Referred to 2007-02-16T13:02:15Z 2007-03-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2276-2277) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-02 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Committee 2007-02-16 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2007-02-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000549 Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6] Jim Gerlach R PA 6 N B001232 Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13] JUDY BIGGERT R IL 13 2007-02-16 True K000360 Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 10 2007-02-16 True W000099 Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25] JAMES WALSH R NY T. 25 2007-02-16 True P000585 Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] TODD PLATTS R PA RUSSELL 19 2007-02-16 True P000373 Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] JOSEPH PITTS R PA R. 16 2007-02-16 True C001065 Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10] Christopher Carney D PA P. 10 2007-02-16 True M001151 Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18] Tim Murphy R PA 18 2007-02-27 False M001168 Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [D-PA-8] Patrick Murphy D PA J. 8 2007-02-27 False R000572 Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8] Mike Rogers R MI 8 2007-03-06 False R000578 Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] David Reichert R WA G. 8 2007-03-22 False G000210 Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5] PAUL GILLMOR R OH E. 5 2007-06-05 False G000548 Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5] Scott Garrett R NJ 5 2007-07-10 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 2007-02-16 Introduced in House 2007-03-06T19:53:22Z Open Space and Farmland Preservation Act - Amends the Farm Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to reserve at least 15% of farmland protection program funds for grants to support cooperative efforts by an eligible state agency, county, or other eligible entity to purchase conservation easements and other interests in eligible land, whose title shall be held by an eligible entity rather than the United States.

Provides with respect to cost sharing that: (1) the federal share of the purchase price of a conservation easement or other interest in eligible land shall not exceed 25%; and (2) the state agency, county, and other eligible entities involved in the purchase shall each contribute 25% of the purchase price.

]]> Open Space and Farmland Preservation Act 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 IH Display Title Open Space and Farmland Preservation Act Short Titles as Introduced Open Space and Farmland Preservation Act Introduced in House 2007-02-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr1152ih/xml/BILLS-110hr1152ih.xml 2007-03-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2276-2277) 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.