3.0.0 2133 2023-01-11T13:39:22Z 2023-01-11T13:39:22Z Senate S 2017-11-15 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-11-15T21:45:33Z 2017-11-15 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2017-11-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM N H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2017-11-15 True Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Farmland Public contracts and procurement State and local government operations Water use and supply Agriculture and Food 00 2017-11-15 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-23T18:59:26Z Providing Land Grants and Acequias Conservation and Environmental Services Act or the PLACES Act

This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to enter into an alternative funding arrangement under any USDA conservation program with an entity that: (1) is comprised of members who are producers that are eligible for payments under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, and (2) is a local governmental entity that does not have the authority to impose taxes or levies.

(An alternative funding arrangement would allow certain community irrigation associations and community land grants to receive assistance directly from the conservation programs.) USDA may also provide technical and administrative assistance under the alternative funding arrangement.

USDA may enter into an arrangement if: (1) the goals and objectives of the applicable conservation program will be met by the arrangement, and (2) statutory limitations regarding contracts with individual producers will not be exceeded by any member of the entity.

]]> PLACES Act Display Title PLACES Act Short Titles as Introduced PLACES Act Short Titles as Introduced Providing Land Grants and Acequias Conservation and Environmental Services Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into alternative funding arrangements with certain community irrigation associations and community land grants. Introduced in Senate 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2133is/xml/BILLS-115s2133is.xml 2017-11-15 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.