Congress 107 - HR 3438 - To authorize the State committees appointed to carry out agricultural credit programs under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit the emergency commercial use of land enrolled in the conservation reserve program.

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Agricultural conservation Agricultural subsidies Agriculture and Food Cropland conversion program Droughts Emergency Management Environmental Protection Fires Floods Grazing Public Lands and Natural Resources Soil conservation Water Resources Development Wetland conservation

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Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 respecting the conservation reserve program to: (1) permit State committees to allow grazing, harvesting, or other commercial forage use of conservation reserve land in response to drought, wildfire, flood, or other similar emergency; and (2) revise the Secretary of Agriculture's authority regarding such use.

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Dec 11, 2001

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Dec 11, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
Dec 6, 2001

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Dec 6, 2001

Introduced in House

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