3.0.0 2473 2023-01-11T16:17:54Z 2023-01-11T16:17:54Z House H HR 2007-05-24 110 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2007-06-26T13:07:32Z Referred to 2007-05-24T14:01:25Z Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2007 110 1502 S 2007-05-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Identical bill CRS 2007-06-26 hsag00 Agriculture Committee 1 House committee actions Executive Comment Requested from USDA. Committee 2007-06-26 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Committee 2007-05-24 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2007-05-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000422 Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] EARL POMEROY D ND N M000934 Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1] Jerry Moran R KS 1 2007-05-24 True B001258 Rep. Boyda, Nancy E. [D-KS-2] Nancy Boyda D KS E. 2 2007-06-13 False S001148 Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] MICHAEL SIMPSON R ID K. 2 2007-07-19 False G000309 Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] BART GORDON D TN 6 2007-07-26 False M000472 Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23] JOHN MCHUGH R NY M. 23 2007-07-26 False P000585 Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] TODD PLATTS R PA RUSSELL 19 2007-07-26 False M001149 Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2] Michael Michaud D ME H. 2 2008-01-17 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation Agricultural subsidies Animals Environmental Protection Farms Fishing Habitat conservation Hunting Outdoor recreation Private forests Public Lands and Natural Resources Range management Sports and Recreation Wildlife Agriculture and Food 00 2007-05-24 Introduced in House 2007-07-26T15:54:57Z Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program under which states and tribal governments may apply for grants to encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make such land available for public access for wildlife-dependent recreation (including hunting or fishing) under state- and tribally-administered plans.

Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to exclude from excess base acreage computation for direct and counter-cyclical payment purposes certain conservation enrolled farm land not planted in an agricultural commodity.

]]> Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2007 Display Title Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States and tribal governments. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-05-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2473ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2473ih.xml 2007-06-26 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. 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.