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Legislative Activity

Legislation

• Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, Conference Report
  • Comprehensive Summary
  • Short Summary
• Conferenced Bills:
• Farm Security Act of 2001 (HR 2646)
• Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act of 2001 (HR 2646 EAS, incorporates S. 1731)

Previously Introduced Legislation

• Conservation Assistance and Regional Equity (CARE) Act (S. 1727, Leahy-Reid)
• Conservation Security Act (S. 932 and H.R. 1949)
• Farm and Ranch Equity Act of 2001 (S. 1571, Lugar)
• Farm Security Act of 2001 (H.R. 2646, Combest/Stenholm) (large PDF)
  • Boehlert-Kind-Gilchrest-Dingell Conservation Amendment to H.R. 2646
  • Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 2646 from the White House Office of Management and Budget
• How Conservation Measures Up in the House and Senate Farm Bills (Soil and Water Conservation Society)
• Side-by-Side Comparison of the House and Senate Conservation Titles (National Association of Conservation Districts)
• Working Lands Conservation Act (S. 1326)
• Working Lands Stewardship Act (H.R. 2375)
  

Farm Subsidy and Conservation Numbers

• USDA Payments for Farming Subsidies and Conservation Programs by State, Calendar Year 2000 (Northeast-Midwest Institute)

• Agricultural Conservation: State Advisory Committees' Views on How USDA Programs Could Better Address Environmental Concerns (GAO, 2002)
• The Case for Redirecting U.S. Farm Policy to Strengthen Communities, Create Genuine Opportunity, and Serve the Common Good (Center for Rural Affairs, 2001)
• Food for Thought: the Case for Reforming Farm Programs to Preserve the Environment and Help Family Farmers, Ranchers, and Foresters (Environmental Defense, American Farmland Trust, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Defenders of Wildlife, Environmental Working Group, Trout Unlimited, 2001)
• Making Changes: Turning Local Visions Into National Solutions (Agriculture and Rural Development Policy Recommendations from the Agriculture Policy Project, Henry A. Wallace Center for Agricultural & Environmental Policy at Winrock International, 2001)
• NASDA's 2002 Farm Policy Initiative: Interim Recommendations (National Association of Conservation Districts, 2001)
• Seeking Common Ground for Conservation, a Farm Bill Proposal: Responding to the Grassroots (Soil and Water Conservation Society, 2001)
• Vision for Conservation in the 2002 Farm Bill (National Association of Conservation Districts, 2001)

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Conservation Programs (e.g. CREP, CRP, EQIP, FLP, FPP, FSP, SIP, WHIP, WRP, etc.)

• Conservation and Environment (Congressional Research Service, 2001)
• Conservation Reserve Program: Status and Current Issues (Congressional Research Service, 2001)
• Conservation Spending in Agriculture: Trends and Implications (Congressional Research Service, 1999)
• Soil and Water Conservation Issues (Congressional Research Service, 2001)
• USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Conservation Programs
• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Program

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Additional Conservation Resources

• Agricultural Sustainability and Smart Growth: Saving Urban-Influenced Farmland (Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities, 2001)
• A Climate and Environmental Strategy for US Agriculture (World Resources Institute, 2000)
• Forestry in the Farmbill (Pinchot Institute for Conservation, 2001)
• Private Lands, Public Benefits: Principles for Advancing Working Lands Conservation (National Governor’s Association, 2001)

Water Quality Initiatives and Agriculture (Congressional Research Service, 2000)

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Contacts at the Northeast-Midwest Institute

Allen Hance, Senior Policy Analyst, (202) 464-4015, ahance@nemw.org
Dan Wrinn, Policy Analyst, (202) 464-4020, dwrinn@nemw.org

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