American Farmland Stewardship Act of 2001
Latest action · Aug 1, 2001 Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 18, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jul 18, 2001 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Aug 1, 2001 | |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Aug 1, 2001 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
- Aug 1, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
- Aug 1, 2001Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
- Jul 18, 2001Introduced in House
- Jul 18, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4120)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4120 | Adam H. Putnam R-FL | Jul 18, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a Farmland Stewardship Program designed to target existing conservation programs to the specific conservation needs and opportunities presented by certain agricultural lands and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into stewardship contracts with private owners and operators of these lands to maintain, protect, and care for the natural, environmental, and agricultural resources on these lands, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- American Farmland Stewardship Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Agricultural conservation
- Agricultural research
- Agricultural subsidies
- Agricultural wastes
- Agriculture and Food
- Air pollution control
- Air quality
- Animals
- Carbon cycle
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Cropland conversion program
- Economics and Public Finance
- Ecosystem management
- Endangered species
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental protection groups
- Environmental research
- Exotic animals
- Exotic plants
- Farm lands
- Farmland protection
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Germplasm resources
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government service contracts
- Groundwater pollution
- Habitat conservation
- Maps
- Nature conservation
- Nonprofit organizations
- Open space lands
- Pest control
- Pest management
- Photography
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Refuse and refuse disposal
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Soil conservation
- Water pollution control
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
- Wetland conservation
- Wetland restoration
- Wetlands
- Wildlife conservation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 18, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
