[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 25, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5387]
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SA 3591. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Booker) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 6147, making
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to provide payments
under the environmental quality incentives program
established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) for a
practice that earns a negative score on the Conservation
Practice Physical Effects matrix developed by the Natural
Resources Conservation Service.
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