3.0.0 4212 2023-01-11T13:38:09Z 2023-01-11T13:38:09Z House HR 2017-11-01 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 177 (Wednesday, November 1, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MARSHALL:H.R. 4212.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The ability to regulate interstate commerce pursuant toArticle 1, Section 8, Clause 3.[Page H8386]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2017-11-16T18:14:13Z Referred to 2017-11-01T14:01:25Z A bill to amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to increase support for conservation practices under the emergency conservation program, and for other purposes. 115 2049 S 2017-11-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Identical bill CRS 2017-11-16 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Committee 2017-11-01 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2017-11-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-11-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001198 Rep. Marshall, Roger [R-KS-1] Roger Marshall R KS 1 N Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Disaster relief and insurance Farmland Natural disasters Water use and supply Agriculture and Food 00 2017-11-01 Introduced in House 2018-05-04T21:31:42Z This bill amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to increase the maximum cost-share payment permitted under the Department of Agriculture Emergency Conservation Program (ECP).

(The ECP provides emergency funding and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters and to implement emergency water conservation measures in periods of severe drought.)

The bill requires the maximum cost-share payment permitted under the ECP (currently $200,000 per person or legal entity, per natural disaster) to be equal to the maximum cost-share permitted under the Emergency Forest Restoration Program (currently $500,000 per person or legal entity, per disaster).

]]> To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to increase support for conservation practices under the emergency conservation program, and for other purposes. Display Title To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to increase support for conservation practices under the emergency conservation program, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to increase support for conservation practices under the emergency conservation program, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr4212ih/xml/BILLS-115hr4212ih.xml 2017-11-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation 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.