US Congress Senate Bill 2049 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 1 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-11-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill to amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to increase support for conservation practices under the emergency conservation program, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to increase the maximum cost-share payment permitted under the Department of Agriculture Emergency Conservation Program (ECP). (The ECP provides emergency funding and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters and to implement emergency water conservation measures in periods of severe drought.) The bill requires the maximum cost-share payment permitted under the ECP (currently $200,000 per person or legal entity, per natural disaster) to be equal to the maximum cost-share permitted under the Emergency Forest Restoration Program (currently $500,000 per person or legal entity, per disaster).

A bill to amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to increase support for conservation practices under the emergency conservation program, and for other purposes.

Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-11-01	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

HB4212 (Same As) 2017-11-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2049/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s2049/BILLS-115s2049is.pdf