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handle is hein.crs/crsaaer0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 96-330 ENR April 11, 1996 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Conservation Provisions in the 1996 Farm Bill: A Summary Jeffrey Zinn Senior Analyst in Natural Resources Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Summary This report briefly reviews the setting in which the farm bill was passed, then describes the provisions in Title III -- Conservation. For a comparison of conservation provisions in the House and Senate-passed bills, S. 1541 and H.R. 2854 respectively, see CRS Report 96-165, Conservation Provisions in S. 1541 and H.R. 2854: A Comparison, and for a summary and comparison of selected provisions throughout the farm bill with previous law, see CRS Report 96-304, The 1996 Farm Bill: Comparison of Selected Provisions with Previous Law. Passing the 1996 Farm Bill Pressure grew quickly for Congress to pass farm legislation after President Clinton vetoed the omnibus reconciliation proposal (H.R. 2491) on December 6, 1995. It included an agricultural title and conservation provisions. With many provisions of the 1990 farm law expiring or about to expire, farmers wanted to know their federal commodity program options as they started to make 1996 planting decisions. Farm program supporters feared the potential negative budgetary and political consequences of farm programs reverting to permanent legislation if commodity prices should drop, causing federal commodity program costs to grow. The Senate and House each passed omnibus farm legislation in February, and the conference committee completed its work quickly. Both Chambers approved the conference committee report on March 27. The conference committee deleted four conservation proposals that had been included in the Senate bill, but not in the House bill. These proposals would have made Water Bank Program contracts a part of the Conservation Reserve Program; established pilot projects to restore closed drainage systems, expanded the Natural Resources Conservation Service's Small Watershed Program, and established a nutrient waste management program for dairy producers funded by an assessment on milk. The President signed the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 into law on April 4 (P.L. 104-127). Congressional Research Service +. The Library of Congress

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