3.0.0 2614 2023-01-11T13:39:56Z 2023-01-11T13:39:56Z Senate S 2018-03-22 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-03-22T19:39:41Z 2018-03-22 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2018-03-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. N Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution Economic development Farmland Hunting and fishing Land use and conservation Public contracts and procurement Rural conditions and development Soil pollution Water quality Water use and supply Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Agriculture and Food 00 2018-03-22 Introduced in Senate 2018-12-18T20:48:24Z Conservation Reserve Program Improvement and Rural Water Systems Access Act of 2018

This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to reauthorize through FY2023 and modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). (CRP provides payments to farmers who agree to remove environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and plant species that will improve environmental health and quality.)

The bill authorizes USDA to designate areas of special economic sensitivity as economic priority areas for CRP allocations. These areas include areas with actual and significant declining habitat for specifies of economic significance. A "species of economic significance" is a wildlife specifies: (1) for which CRP is critical to maintaining its habitat, and (2) that the governor of a state verifies provides more than $150 million each year to the economy of the state from hunting and related activities.

Additionally, the bill: (1) authorizes cost-share assistance for fencing and water distribution practices, and (2) modifies policies regarding grazing and the mechanical harvesting of vegetative cover on CRP land.

The bill also amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to prohibit the Forest Service from charging rural water districts or associations rental fees for rights-of-way for rural water pipelines that cross National Forest System land.

]]> Conservation Reserve Program Improvement and Rural Water Systems Access Act of 2018 Display Title Conservation Reserve Program Improvement and Rural Water Systems Access Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to improve the conservation reserve program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Conservation Reserve Program Improvement and Rural Water Systems Access Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2614is/xml/BILLS-115s2614is.xml 2018-03-22 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.