[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 861 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 861

  To authorize a farmer or rancher whose bid for reenrollment of land 
 into the conservation reserve is rejected to unilaterally extend the 
                       contract for a final year.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 1997

 Mr. Moran of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                    to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize a farmer or rancher whose bid for reenrollment of land 
 into the conservation reserve is rejected to unilaterally extend the 
                       contract for a final year.

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

SECTION 1. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN EXPIRING CONSERVATION RESERVE 
              CONTRACTS.

    (a) Extension Authorized.--Notwithstanding section 727 of the 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-180; 110 
Stat. 1600), in the case of a conservation reserve program contract 
described in subsection (b), the owner or operator of a farm or ranch 
who is the party to the contract may extend the contract for one year 
if the owner or operator agrees to accept a rental rate not to exceed 
the lower of--
            (1) the existing rental rate under the contract; or
            (2) the maximum county rental rate established by the 
        Secretary of Agriculture for the county in which the land 
        covered by the contract is located.
    (b) Eligible Contracts Described.--A conservation reserve program 
contract referred to in subsection (a) means a contract that--
            (1) was entered into 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.);
            (2) expires in 1997; and
            (3) covers land, regarding which the Secretary of 
        Agriculture rejects a bid to reenroll the land in the 
        conservation reserve.
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