3.0.0 349 2023-01-11T13:23:12Z 2023-01-11T13:23:12Z House H HR 2013-01-22 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. ROBY:H.R. 349.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests inthe power of Congress in in the U.S. Constitution underArticle 1, Section 8, Clause 3, Commerce Clause.[Page H223]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2013-02-04T20:59:42Z Referred to 2013-01-22T15:03:00Z 2013-02-04 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. Committee 2013-01-22 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2013-01-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-01-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000591 Rep. Roby, Martha [R-AL-2] Martha Roby R AL 2 N B001244 Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1] Jo Bonner R AL 1 2013-01-22 True B000013 Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] SPENCER BACHUS R AL 6 2013-01-22 True S001185 Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] Terri Sewell D AL A. 7 2013-01-22 True Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution Farmland Floods and storm protection Forests, forestry, trees Land use and conservation Wetlands Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Agriculture and Food 00 2013-01-22 Introduced in House 2013-02-21T17:17:18Z Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2013 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to set the maximum number of acres that may be enrolled at any one time in the conservation reserve program (CRP) at: (1) 29 million acres for FY2013, (2) 26 million acres for FY2014, and (3) 26 million acres for each of FY2015 through FY2018.

Prohibits the enrollment of land in the conservation reserve that is classified as class I or class II land under the National Soil Survey Handbook's land capability classification system unless such land is enrolled as a buffer, filterstrip, or strip adjacent to a riparian area.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), during FY2014, to permit a participant that entered into a CRP contract to terminate the contract at any time if the contract has been in effect for at least five years.

Revises the types of land that are not subject to early contract termination.

]]> Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2013 Display Title Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 with respect to maximum enrollment and eligible land in the conservation reserve program. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2013 Introduced in House 2013-01-22T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr349ih/xml/BILLS-113hr349ih.xml 2013-02-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, 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.