[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1496 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1496

   To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to include pollinators in 
                     certain conservation programs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 24, 2007

Mr. Baucus (for himself, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
Nelson of Florida, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Craig, Mr. Casey, Mr. Dorgan, Mrs. 
Feinstein, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Brown, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Allard, 
Ms. Collins, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Thune, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Tester, Mr. Feingold, 
   Mr. Sanders, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. 
    Roberts, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Crapo, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Conrad) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to include pollinators in 
                     certain conservation programs.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pollinator Habitat Protection Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1231(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3831(a)) is amended by striking ``and wildlife'' and 
inserting ``wildlife, and pollinator habitat''.
    (b) Payments.--Section 1234(c)(3)(A) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(c)(3)(A)) is amended by inserting ``, or 
pollinator habitat,'' after ``wildlife habitat''.

SEC. 3. CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM.

    Section 1238A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838a) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``(including 
        pollinators)'' after ``animal life''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)(4)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (R), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (S) as 
                subparagraph (T); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (R) the 
                following:
                    ``(S) pollinator habitat improvement; and''.

SEC. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1240(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3839aa(3)) is amended by inserting ``pollinators,'' before 
``and wildlife''.
    (b) Incentive Payments.--Section 1240B(e)(2) of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-2(e)(2)) is amended by inserting 
``pollinator habitat,'' after ``invasive species,''.
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