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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Charles County and St. Mary's County - Deer Management Permit - Firearms [HB-1417]
Authorizing an individual who holds a Deer Management Permit in Charles County and St. Mary's County to use a shotgun or breech loading center fired rifle approved by the Department of Natural Resources to hunt deer throughout the year, including all deer hunting seasons, in the locations and under the conditions set forth in the permit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Jameson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 384 on 05/10/2016
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State Government - Pollinator Habitat Plans [HB-132]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources, the Maryland Environmental Service, and the State Highway Administration, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, to each establish a specified pollinator habitat plan by July 1, 2017, and to make each plan available to the public on each State agency's web site by September 1, 2017; requiring specified State agencies to report to specified committees of the General Assembly by January 1, 2018, on the implementation of each pollinator habitat plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 614 on 05/19/2016
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Housing and Community Development - Community Development Program Act [HB-1274]
Establishing the Community Development Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to perform specified duties; establishing the Community Development Board in the Department; requiring the Board to perform specified duties; establishing the Community Development Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; requiring the Department to administer the Fund; providing for the imposition of the community development transfer tax under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Hixson
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 03/01/2016
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Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2015 [S.90]
Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2015 This bill amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to allow an agricultural producer, or a hunter with the producer's permission, to take migratory game birds by the aid of baiting, if: (1) the manipulation occurs on the producer's land on which a crop was not harvestable during the current or immediately preceding crop year due to a natural disaster, and (2) a local representative of the Department of Agriculture confirms that the crop has been destroyed and that it would not be economically practicable to
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Vitter
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 01/07/2015
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Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015 [S.405]
Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015 This bill revises a variety of existing programs to expand access to, and opportunities for, hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting. The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act is reauthorized through FY2025. The North American Wetlands Conservation Act and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act are reauthorized through FY2020. Components of firearms and ammunition and sport fishing equipment and its components (such as lead sinkers) are exempted from regulations of chemical substances
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Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 15. on 02/09/2015
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Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2015 [S.384]
Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit tax-exempt mutual ditch or irrigation companies to earn income from dispositions of certain real property and stock interests without affecting their tax-exempt status. Requires that such income be used to pay the costs of operations, maintenance, and capital improvements of such a company.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Enzi
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/05/2015
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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 [S.2956]
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 Provides FY2017 appropriations to the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and related agencies. TITLE I--AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS Provides appropriations for the following agricultural programs and services: the Office of the Secretary; Executive Operations; the Office of the Chief Information Officer; the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights; the Office
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jerry Moran
Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Moran. With Written Report No. 114-259. on 05/19/2016
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Climate Protection and Justice Act of 2015 [S.2399]
Climate Protection and Justice Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/10/2015
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New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act of 2015 [S.1936]
New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation (Secretary), to carry out a water acquisition program in specified basins in New Mexico, under which the Secretary shall: (1) make acquisitions of water by lease or purchase of water rights or contractual entitlements from willing lessors or sellers; and (2) take other actions to enhance stream flow to benefit fish and wildlife, water quality, and river ecosystem restoration and to enhance stewardship and conservation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 10/08/2015
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Responsible Estate Tax Act [S.1677]
Responsible Estate Tax Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes, to: (1) revise estate tax rates to impose an increased tax for estates over $3.5 million and a maximum tax rate of 55% for estates over $50 million, (2) impose a 10% surtax on estates over $500 million, (3) reduce the basic estate tax exclusion amount to $3.5 million, (4) increase to $3 million the reduction in valuations of farmland for estate tax purposes and adjust such increased amount for inflation after 2014, and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/25/2015
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Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer Notification Act [HB-737]
Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer Notification Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Egg Products Inspection Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require consumers to be notified regarding food produced from crops, poultry, or livestock on land in which sewage sludge was applied. Sewage sludge is solid, semi-solid, or liquid residue generated during the treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works. Under the bill, if consumers are not notified regarding food produced
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jose Serrano
Referred To The Subcommittee On Biotechnology, Horticulture, And Research. on 02/27/2015
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Beginning Farmers Agenda Act of 2016 [HB-5857]
Beginning Farmers Agenda Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 08/30/2016
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Wetland Determinations Efficiency and Transparency Act [HB-5605]
Wetland Determinations Efficiency and Transparency Act This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to revise the process that the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) uses to make a wetland determination, delineation, or certification. The NRCS must make a determination, delineation, or certification within 60 days. If the NRCS misses the deadline, it must provide a reasonable transition period for a person to come into compliance with the decision without losing eligibility for certain payments and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Collin Peterson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 07/14/2016
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Facilitating Farmers' Access to Resources and Machinery Act [HB-5335]
Facilitating Farmers' Access to Resources and Machinery Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to private activity bond financing for first-time farmers, to: (1) increase from $450,000 to $520,000 (adjusted annually for inflation) the amount of bond proceeds that may be used by a first-time farmer to acquire land for farming purposes, (2) repeal the separate dollar limitation on the use of bond proceeds for used farm equipment, and (3) modify the definition of "substantial farmland" to determine farm size by reference to the
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Young
Introduced In House on 05/25/2016
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San Luis Unit Drainage Resolution Act [HB-5217]
San Luis Unit Drainage Resolution Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior to implement the Agreement between the United States and Westlands Water District August 2015 (Westlands Agreement) and the Agreement between Interior and the San Luis Water District, the Panoche Water District, and the Pacheco Water District (Northerly Districts Agreement). The bill amends the San Luis Act (the 1960 statute that authorized Interior to construct the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project (CVP), California) to: (1) repeal provisions that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Costa
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 05/24/2016
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San Luis Unit Drainage Resolution Act [HB-4366]
San Luis Unit Drainage Resolution Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior to implement the Agreement between the United States and Westlands Water District to settle litigation concerning the U.S. duty to provide drainage service, entered September 15, 2015 (Westlands Agreement) and the agreement among the United States, the San Luis Water District, the Panoche Water District, and the Pacheco Water District. The bill amends the 1960 statute that authorized Interior to construct the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project (CVP),
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 11/16/2016
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Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2016 [HB-4220]
Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit tax-exempt mutual ditch or irrigation companies to earn income from dispositions of certain real property and stock interests without affecting their tax-exempt status, but requires that such income be used to pay the costs of operations, maintenance, and capital improvements of such a company. The bill also establishes a rule regarding the organizational governance of mutual ditch or irrigation companies. Where state law provides that such
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Polis
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Ways And Means. H. Rept. 114-862. on 12/08/2016
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Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2015 [HB-3121]
Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of the Interior to develop and maintain a current, accurate multipurpose cadastre (inventory) of federal real property to assist with federal land management activities, including, but not limited to, resource development and conservation, travel management, agricultural use, active forest management, environmental protection, and use of real property. Interior may enter into cost-sharing agreements with states to include any non-federal lands in this cadastre. The
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Sponsored by: Rep. Suzan DelBene
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 08/04/2015
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Responsible Estate Tax Act [HB-2907]
Responsible Estate Tax Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes, to: (1) revise estate tax rates to impose an increased tax for estates over $3.5 million and a maximum tax rate of 55% for estates over $50 million, (2) impose a 10% surtax on estates over $500 million, (3) reduce the basic estate tax exclusion amount to $3.5 million, (4) increase to $3 million the reduction in valuations of farmland for estate tax purposes and adjust such increased amount for inflation after 2014, and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Introduced In House on 06/25/2015
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Global Food Security Act of 2016 [HB-1567]
Global Food Security Act of 2016 This bill requires the President to develop and implement a Global Food Security Strategy to promote global food security, resilience, and nutrition. (Sec. 2) This section specifies that it is in the U.S. national security interest to promote global food security, resilience, and nutrition, consistent with national food security investment plans through programs and activities that: accelerate inclusive, agricultural-led economic growth that reduces global poverty, hunger, and malnutrition; increase the productivity,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 07/14/2016