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House Bill 5466
118th Congress(2023-2024)
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Introduced in House on Sep 14, 2023
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H. R. 5466 (Introduced-in-House)


118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5466


To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to expand the definition of eligible land for the purposes of the conservation reserve program, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 14, 2023

Ms. Balint introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to expand the definition of eligible land for the purposes of the conservation reserve program, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Building Up Farmland Frontiers for Ecological Resilience Act” or the “BUFFER Act”.

SEC. 2. Eligible land under the conservation reserve program.

Section 1231(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(b)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (6)(B)(ii), by striking “or” at the end;

(2) in paragraph (7)(C), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

“(8) land that is otherwise eligible for enrollment and for which a Tribal, State, or other local law, ordinance, or other regulation requires any resource-conserving or environmental protection measure or practice; however, if the requirement to implement such a measure or practice has been imposed by an administrative order or a court order, then such land shall not be eligible.”.