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    <item congress="119" measure-type="hr" measure-number="1853" measure-id="id119hr1853" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2025-03-05" update-date="2025-06-09">
        <title>CALL Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id119hr1853v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2025-06-09">
            <action-date>2025-03-05</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Conservation for Agricultural Leased Land Act or the</strong> <strong>CALL Act</strong></p><p>This bill directs the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the Department of Agriculture to carry out a study and make recommendations regarding conservation practices on leased agricultural land.</p><p>The study must (1) address issues such as participation in conservation programs and barriers to adopting conservation practices; and (2) be carried out with particular consideration of farmers and ranchers who are people of color, including Black and indigenous farmers and ranchers, and beginning farmers and ranchers.</p><p>NASS may enter into an agreement with a nonfederal entity (e.g., a nonprofit entity or university) to carry out the study.</p>]]></summary-text>
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