US Congress Senate Bill 2557 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 15 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-03-15 - 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]

Give Our Resources the Opportunity to Work Act of 2018 This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to reauthorize and modify several Department of Agriculture conservation programs, including the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), and the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). The bill includes provisions related to: payment rates and enrollment levels; the CRP eligibility requirements for land; the ranking of CSP applications; CSP payments for cover crop activities, comprehensive conservation planning, and management-intensive rotational grazing; coordination between EQIP and CSP, and set asides under EQIP for beginning and social disadvantaged farmers.

Give Our Resources the Opportunity to Work Act of 2018

Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]

Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]

Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]

Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-15	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2557/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s2557/BILLS-115s2557is.pdf