A bill to amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to establish a program to provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban sprawl, and for other purposes.

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Bill Number

S 1208

Introduced

Jun 9, 2003

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Congress Congressional reporting requirements Conservation easements Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Environmental education Environmental Protection Environmental protection groups Federal-state relations Forest conservation Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Land banking Land transfers Land use Nonprofit organizations Open space lands Private forests Public Lands and Natural Resources Social Welfare Suburbs Sustainable forestry Urban affairs Urban growth

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Summary

Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to establish in the Forest Service the Suburban and Community Forestry and Open Space Program, which shall provide cost-share grants to preserve private forest land and contain suburban sprawl.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to authorize a requesting State to permit a qualifying organization to acquire one or more conservation easements to carry out the Forest Legacy Program in such State.

Actions

Jun 9, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jun 9, 2003

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7544-7546)
Jun 9, 2003

Introduced in Senate

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