[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2583 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2583

 To provide a temporary exception for certain Minnesota counties from 
 the limitation on the percentage of cropland that may be enrolled in 
        the conservation reserve and wetlands reserve programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 1999

  Mr. Peterson of Minnesota introduced the following bill; which was 
                referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide a temporary exception for certain Minnesota counties from 
 the limitation on the percentage of cropland that may be enrolled in 
        the conservation reserve and wetlands reserve programs.

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

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN MINNESOTA COUNTIES FROM THE 
              LIMITATION ON THE PERCENTAGE OF CROPLAND THAT MAY BE 
              ENROLLED IN THE CONSERVATION RESERVE AND WETLANDS RESERVE 
              PROGRAMS.

    Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1243(b) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985, the Secretary of Agriculture shall exceed 
the limitations in paragraph (1) of such section, in the case of each 
of the counties of Roseau, Pennington, and Marshall, in the State of 
Minnesota, for the period of calendar years 1999 through 2002, if the 
county or area committee established for the county under section 
8(b)(5) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 
590h(b)(5)) determine that such action would not adversely affect the 
local economy of the county.
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