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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 17, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Mr. KELLY of Mississippi:H.R. 3424.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3The single subject of this legislation is:Agriculture[Page H2428]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Forest Conservation Easement Program Act of 2023&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This bill replaces the Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP) with a new forest conservation easement program. Both the HFRP and the new program provide for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to purchase easements on private land for forest conservation purposes.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Under the new program, USDA must provide cost-share assistance to states, local governments, Indian tribes, or certain organizations for their purchase of forest conservation easements.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The bill also sets aside program funding to purchase easements from certain classes of landowner, including beginning forest landowners, socially disadvantaged forest landowners, and veteran forest landowners.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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