[History of Bills, Volume 143 (1997)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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H.R. 640--A bill to amend the wetland conservation provisions of the 
    Food Security Act of 1985 and the Federal Water Pollution Control 
    Act to permit the unimpeded use of privately owned crop, range, 
    and pasture lands that have been used for the planting of crops or 
    the grazing of livestock in at least 5 of the preceding 10 years; 
    to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure; 
    Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
    Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
    within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


By Mr. HOSTETTLER (for himself, Mr. Combest, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, 
Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Souder, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
Smith of Michigan, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Baker, Mr. McCrery, Mr. 
McHugh, Mr. Herger, Mr. Royce, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Riggs, Mr. Latham, Mr. 
Barr of Georgia, Mr. Christensen, and Mr. Doolittle), H392 [6FE]

  Cosponsors added, H524 [12FE], H702 [27FE], H804 [6MR], H1187 
  [19MR], H1262 [20MR], H1392 [9AP]