[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1907 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1907
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to ensure the availability of
funds to provide technical assistance for certain conservation programs
of the Department of Agriculture.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 1, 2003
Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma (for himself and Mr. Holden) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
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A BILL
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to ensure the availability of
funds to provide technical assistance for certain conservation programs
of the Department of Agriculture.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION PROGRAMS.
(a) Subsection (b) of section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985
(16 U.S.C. 3841), as amended by section 2106 of the Emergency Wartime
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108-11; 117 Stat.
590), is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Effective beginning on
the date of enactment of the Agricultural Assistance Act of
2003, subject to paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``Effective as
of February 20, 2003, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) Farmland protection program, grassland reserve
program, and environmental quality incentives program.--
Effective as of February 20, 2003, with respect to the
conservation programs specified in paragraphs (4) through (6)
of subsection (a), the funds reserved pursuant to paragraph (1)
for the provision of technical assistance shall be available
only for the conservation program from which the funds were
reserved and shall not be available for other conservation
programs specified in subsection (a).''.
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