[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1674 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1674

  To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to give preference to local 
     communities in the application consideration process for the 
                     conservation reserve program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 21, 2007

  Mr. Salazar 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 give preference to local 
     communities in the application consideration process for 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. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM.

    Section 1234 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Offers by Resident Owners and Operators.--In determining the 
acceptability of contract offers for new enrollments, the Secretary 
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, give preference to an offer 
from an owner or operator that is a resident in the county in which the 
land is located, or in a contiguous county, if the land would provide 
at least equivalent conservation benefits (as determined by the 
Secretary) as compared to land under competing offers.''.
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