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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 622 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase funding for the |
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| 6 | 6 | | conservation stewardship program, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY22, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. K |
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| 10 | 10 | | ELLYof Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was referred to |
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| 11 | 11 | | the Committee on Agriculture |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase funding |
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| 14 | 14 | | for the conservation stewardship program, and for other |
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| 15 | 15 | | purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. ANNUAL FUNDING. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Section 1241(a)(3)(B) of the Food Security Act of 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(3)(B)) is amended to read as 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | follows: 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ‘‘(B) for the conservation stewardship pro-7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | gram under subchapter B of that chapter, 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | $1,800,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | through 2031.’’. 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 622 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF FUNDS. 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | $5,020,000,000 of the unobligated balances of 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | amount appropriated or otherwise made available under 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | section 21001 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly referred 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | to ask the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022) is hereby 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out, 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | using the facilities and authorities of the Commodity Cred-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | it Corporation, the conservation stewardship program 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | under subchapter B of chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–21 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | et seq.). 11 |
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