Farmland
US Congress 112th Congress
Responsible Farming Act of 2012 [HB-4015]
Responsible Farming Act of 2012 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal the conservation stewardship program. States that such repeal shall not be construed to affect the terms and conditions of any stewardship contract that was entered into on or before the date of enactment of this Act.
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Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax Act [HB-390]
Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from the gross estate the value of property used by a decedent and the decedent's family as a farm for farming purposes and certain qualified conservation easements; and (2) impose a recapture tax if such farmland is sold outside the decedent's family or is no longer used for farming purposes or if a qualified conservation easement is likewise sold or used in violation of the terms of such easement.
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Sensible Estate Tax Act of 2011 [HB-3467]
Sensible Estate Tax Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish new estate tax rates of between 37% (for estates with a value in excess of $500,000) and 55% (for estates with a value in excess of $10 million), (2) allow a $1 million estate tax exclusion, and (3) provide for an inflation adjustment to such amounts for decedents dying after 2012. Repeals the termination date applicable to the estate and gift tax provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance
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Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2011 [HB-3454]
Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2011 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to set forth the maximum number of acres that may be enrolled at any one time in the conservation reserve program through FY2017. Prohibits the enrollment of land in the conservation reserve that is classified as class I or class II land under the National Soil Survey Handbook's land capability classification system.
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Livable Communities Act of 2011 [HB-3325]
Livable Communities Act of 2011 - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) an Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC). Requires the OSHC Director to establish a program to make comprehensive planning grants to eligible entities (partnerships between a consortium of units of general local government and an eligible partner or an Indian tribe that meets specified requirements). Defines "eligible partner" as a metropolitan planning organization, a rural planning organization, or a regional council, or one of
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Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2011 [HB-3286]
Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2011 - Provides for the inclusion of locally or regionally produced agricultural food products under specified agricultural, rural development, agricultural research, crop insurance, and nutrition programs. Directs the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to offer a whole farm adjusted revenue risk management insurance plan that allows a producer to qualify for an indemnity if actual gross farm revenue is below 85% of the producer's average gross farm revenue. Prohibits the Corporation from requiring organic crop
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Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2011 [HB-3236]
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2011 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend: (1) the conservation reserve and related programs, (2) the pilot program for enrollment of wetland and buffer acreage in the conservation reserve program, (3) the environmental quality incentives program, (4) activities to address air quality concerns from agricultural operations, and (5) the conservation access program. Permits conservation reserve contract modification to facilitate transfers from retiring owners to limited resource farmers or
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REFRESH Act of 2011 [HB-3111]
Rural Economic Farm and Ranch Sustainability and Hunger Act of 2011 or the REFRESH Act of 2011 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), regarding all covered commodities and peanuts during each of the 2013-2017 crop years, to give the operator, tenant, or sharecropper on a farm an opportunity to make an annual election to receive aggregate risk and revenue management (ARRM) payments for the crop year for which the election is made. (Replaces the average crop revenue election program with
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Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer Notification Act [HB-254]
Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer Notification Act - 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 deem as adulterated food that is: (1) produced on land on which sewage sludge was applied; (2) derived from poultry that were raised, or that consumed animal feed produced, on such land; and (3) derived from livestock that grazed, or consumed animal feed produced, on such land. Permits exceptions if: (1) the application of sewage
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Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 [HB-2112]
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 - Division A: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates FY2012 funds for the following Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary); (2) Office of Tribal Relations; (3) Office of the Chief Economist; (4) National Appeals Division; (5) Office of Budget and Program Analysis; (6) Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Coordination; (7)
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Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2011 [HB-1765]
Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act of 2011 - 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 Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) confirms that the crop has been destroyed and that it would not be economically practicable to
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Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2011 [HB-1593]
Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an estate and gift tax exclusion for real property located in the United States which at the time of a decedent's death was being used as a farm for farming purposes or exclusively for conservation purposes. Imposes: (1) an additional estate or gift tax with respect to such property if an heir or donee disposes of or uses such property for other than farming or conservation purposes, and (2) a federal tax lien on such property until liability for estate
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Property Tax Exemption - Farm or Agricultural Property Subject to an Easement [SB-960]
Providing a State property tax exemption for property that is actively used for farm or agricultural purposes and is subject to an easement or other interest that is conveyed or assigned to specified entities; and applying the Act to tax years beginning after June 30, 2010.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation - Farmland Preservation [SB-95]
Authorizing the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to establish a Farmland Preservation Partnership Program to preserve productive agricultural and forested lands; authorizing the Foundation to form partnerships to purchase easements on specified qualifying properties; requiring the Foundation's partners to cover specified costs associated with the purchase of easements; requiring properties that qualify for the Partnership Program to meet specified criteria developed by the Foundation; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Secretary of Agriculture - Farm Quarantine [SB-90]
Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a farm quarantine and to issue appropriate orders necessary to control or restrict the use of specified farmland, crops, livestock, poultry, or farm products; requiring the Secretary to consult with the Governor, the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the Secretary of the Environment before establishing a quarantine; requiring the Secretary to give specified notice of a quarantine and to provide procedures to alter or remove a quarantine; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusions for Family Farms Subject to Agricultural [SB-790]
Altering the determination of the Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances to exclude from the value of the gross estate the value of qualified agricultural property subject to specified agricultural preservation easements; requiring a phased-in implementation of the exclusion for qualified agricultural property subject to specified agricultural preservation easements; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland Estate Tax - Exclusion for Qualified Agricultural Property [SB-592]
Altering the determination of the Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances to exclude from the value of the gross estate the value of specified agricultural property; providing for the recapture of the Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances; requiring the Comptroller to adopt regulations; and applying the Act to decedents dying after December 31, 2009.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Agricultural Land Transfer Tax - Distribution and Use of Revenue [SB-59]
Altering the distribution of revenues attributable to the agricultural land transfer tax; repealing a provision altering the distribution of State transfer tax revenues under specified circumstances; altering the authorized uses of specified revenues from the agricultural land transfer tax; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - Rural Heritage Transportation [SB-486]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $75,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Washington County Agricultural Education Center, Inc. for the construction and capital equipping of the Rural Heritage Transportation Museum, located in Boonsboro; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland Estate Tax - Pilot Program for Payment Deferral for Qualified [SB-396]
Providing for a 3-year payment deferral under specified circumstances for Maryland estate tax imposed on qualified agricultural property passing from a decedent to or for the use of an individual who enters into an agreement to use the property for farming purposes after the decedent's death; providing that Maryland estate tax subject to a payment deferral shall become due immediately if the qualified recipient ceases to use the property for farming purposes before the tax is paid; applying the Act to decedents dying after 2010; etc.