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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 704 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to reauthorize the voluntary public |
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| 6 | 6 | | access and habitat incentive program. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY25, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. D |
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| 10 | 10 | | AINES(for himself, Mr. BENNET, and Mr. MARSHALL) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Ag- |
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| 12 | 12 | | riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to reauthorize |
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| 15 | 15 | | the voluntary public access and habitat incentive program. |
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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. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Voluntary Public Ac-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | cess Improvement Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. VOLUNTARY PUBLIC ACCESS AND HABITAT INCEN-6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | TIVE PROGRAM. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 1240R of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | U.S.C. 3839bb–5) is amended by striking subsection (f) 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | and inserting the following: 10 |
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| 26 | 26 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:53 Mar 13, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S704.IS S704 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 704 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | ‘‘(f) FUNDING.— 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘(1) M |
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| 31 | 31 | | ANDATORY FUNDING .—Of the funds of 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | shall use to carry out this section $150,000,000 for 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2029. 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 36 | 36 | | NHANCED PUBLIC ACCESS TO WETLAND 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESERVE EASEMENTS .—To the maximum extent 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | practicable, of the funds made available under para-8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | graph (1), the Secretary shall use $3,000,000 for 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2029 to en-10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | courage public access to land covered by wetland re-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | serve easements under section 1265C through agree-12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ments with States and tribal governments under this 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | section.’’. 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Æ |
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