S. 548 · 109th Congress
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2005
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Kent Conrad
- Introduced
- 2005-03-08
- Latest action
- 2005-05-17 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
Summary
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2005 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program under which States and tribal governments may apply for grants to encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make such land available for public access under State- and tribally-administered plans.
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to exclude from excess base acreage computation for direct and counter-cyclical payment purposes certain conservation enrolled farm land not planted in an agricultural commodity.