Improving Access to Farm Conservation Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 3/10/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-10Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- 2017-02-16Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-02-16Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-02-16Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-02-16Introduced in House
- 2017-02-16Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-16 (00)
Improving Access to Farm Conservation Act of 2017
This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to exempt certain recipients of Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation assistance from specified reporting requirements. The bill exempts producers or landowners eligible to participate in any USDA conservation program from reporting requirements related to subawards, executive compensation, the Universal Identifier, and the System for Award Management.
Cosponsors (15)
- Eric Crawford (R-AR)
- Ralph Abraham (R-LA)
- Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM)
- Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ)
- Timothy Walz (D-MN)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- Mike Bost (R-IL)
- David Young (R-IA)
- Andy Harris (R-MD)
- Steven Palazzo (R-MS)
- RICHARD NOLAN (D-MN)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Vicky Hartzler (R-MO)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- RON KIND (D-WI)
Subjects
- Agricultural conservation and pollution
- Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
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