3.0.0 2557 2023-01-11T13:39:59Z 2023-01-11T13:39:59Z Senate S 2018-03-15 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-03-15T15:32:53Z 2018-03-15 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2018-03-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2018-03-15 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2018-03-15 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2018-03-15 True Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural practices and innovations Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Farmland Government studies and investigations Lakes and rivers Land use and conservation Minority and disadvantaged businesses Public contracts and procurement Soil pollution Water quality Watersheds Agriculture and Food 00 2018-03-15 Introduced in Senate 2018-12-10T20:40:32Z Give Our Resources the Opportunity to Work Act of 2018

This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to reauthorize and modify several Department of Agriculture conservation programs, including the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), and the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).

The bill includes provisions related to:

  • payment rates and enrollment levels;
  • the CRP eligibility requirements for land;
  • the ranking of CSP applications;
  • CSP payments for cover crop activities, comprehensive conservation planning, and management-intensive rotational grazing;
  • coordination between EQIP and CSP, and
  • set asides under EQIP for beginning and social disadvantaged farmers.
]]> Give Our Resources the Opportunity to Work Act of 2018 Display Title Give Our Resources the Opportunity to Work Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to improve conservation programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Give Our Resources the Opportunity to Work Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2557is/xml/BILLS-115s2557is.xml 2018-03-15 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.