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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 29, 2022
Guaranteeing Robust Agricultural Independence and Nutrition for America Act or the GRAIN for America Act
This bill establishes a one-year moratorium on the enrollment of land in the Conservation Reserve Program, with a specified exception for land that is already subject to a contract under the program. It also prohibits the Department of Agriculture from enrolling prime farmland in the program.
Additionally, the bill allows a participant who has entered into a contract under the program to terminate the contract at any time during the one-year period preceding the date on which the contact would expire.
People & committees
Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] · R–WI
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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