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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · May 22, 2001
Conservation Security Act of 2001 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a conservation security program to assist agricultural owners and operators promote conservation of soil, water, and related resources such as wildlife and wetlands.Requires a participant to submit a resource security plan. Sets forth three tiers of resource security plan conservation practices, and bases a participant's annual payments upon implemented tiers.
People & committees
Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · D–IA
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5462-5467)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5461-5462)
Introduced in Senate
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