[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4319 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4319

    To properly balance the wind and water erosion criteria and the 
wildlife suitability criteria to be used in the 16th signup of land in 
                   the conservation reserve program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 1998

 Mr. Bereuter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
    To properly balance the wind and water erosion criteria and the 
wildlife suitability criteria to be used in the 16th signup of land in 
                   the conservation reserve program.

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

SECTION 1. CRITERIA FOR SIGNUP UNDER CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM.

    Highly erodible lands that are included, as of the date of the 
enactment of this section, in the conservation reserve 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.), that meet the wind and water erosion 
criteria established for conservation reserve lands, and that have an 
established plant cover shall be deemed to meet the criteria regarding 
suitability for wildlife and shall receive maximum points for wildlife 
benefits in the 16th signup of land in the conservation reserve.
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