S.Amdt. 2534

SA 2534. Mr. WELCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title
II of H. Con. Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ____. SURVEYS AND REPORTS ON FARMLAND OWNERSHIP, TENURE,
AND TRANSITION.

(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall
develop surveys, collect information, and, not less
frequently than once every 3 years, report regionally
segmented statistical and economic analyses of data and
trends in farmland ownership, tenure, and transition.
(b) Survey Requirements.--Surveys designed to carry out
this section shall, at a minimum, include questions
concerning--
(1) owners of farmland that--
(A) are not operators on the farm; and
(B) lease land on the farm to operators on the farm;
(2) owners of farmland that--
(A) are operators on the farm; and
(B) lease land on the farm to other operators on the farm;
(3) all farmland leased by--
(A) owners described in paragraph (1); and
(B) owners described in paragraph (2);
(4) all farmland, including land owned by operators on
farms that do not lease land on the farm;
(5) primary motivations among owners of farmland that are
not operators on the farm for purchasing the farmland; and
(6) the extent to which there are farms and ranches on
farmland and ranchland, respectively, with undivided
interests and no identified administrative authority.
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