Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2011

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3454 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3454

    To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 with respect to maximum 
   enrollment and eligible land in the conservation reserve program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2011

  Mrs. Roby (for herself, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Bonner, and Mr. 
  Aderholt) 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 with respect to maximum 
   enrollment and eligible land in the conservation reserve program.

    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 ``Preserving Marginal Lands and 
Protecting Farming Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT.

    Section 1231(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3831(d)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) Maximum Enrollment.--The Secretary may maintain in the 
conservation reserve at any 1 time, not more than--
            ``(1) during fiscal year 2012, 30,000,000 acres;
            ``(2) during fiscal year 2013, 26,000,000 acres; and
            ``(3) during each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017, 
        24,000,000 acres.''.

SEC. 3. INELIGIBLE LAND.

    Section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) Ineligible Land.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section, after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 
may not enroll land in the conservation reserve that is classified as 
class I or class II land under the land capability classification 
system published in the National Soil Survey Handbook of the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service.''.
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