[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1185 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1185

 To ensure that land enrolled in the land conservation program of the 
State of Minnesota known as Reinvest in Minnesota remains eligible for 
   enrollment in the conservation reserve upon the expiration of the 
                    Reinvest in Minnesota contract.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 1997

   Mr. Minge (for himself, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Gutknecht) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                              Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To ensure that land enrolled in the land conservation program of the 
State of Minnesota known as Reinvest in Minnesota remains eligible for 
   enrollment in the conservation reserve upon the expiration of the 
                    Reinvest in Minnesota contract.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF FORMER REINVEST IN MINNESOTA LANDS TO ENROLL 
              IN CONSERVATION RESERVE.

    (a) Enrollment Eligibility.--The Secretary of Agriculture may not 
reject a bid for the enrollment of land in the conservation reserve on 
the ground that the land has been out of production if the land has 
been out of production by reason of its inclusion in the land 
conservation program of the State of Minnesota known as Reinvest in 
Minnesota.
    (b) Conservation Reserve Defined.--In this section, the term 
``conservation reserve'' means the conservation reserve established 
under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.).
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