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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Sep 26, 2000
Amends the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide cost share assistance to project sponsors for the construction of reservoir structures for water storage and main water transmission lines to increase water supply in rural areas experiencing a severe problem with the quality or quantity of water; and (2) amend the definition of "works of improvement" to delete the requirement that a project must contain benefits directly related to agriculture, including rural communities, that account for at least 20 percent of the total benefits of the project.
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Rep. Everett, Terry [R-AL-2] · R–AL
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Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Resource Conservation and Credit.
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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