House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to improve the farmland protection program.
Sponsor: Rep. Sam Farr D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 26, 1999
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 3, 1999 — Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Resource Conservation and Credit.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
15 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 11 Democrats
5 of 15 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Gary Condit (D-CA), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Martin Frost (D-TX), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Tony Hall (D-OH), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), John LaFalce (D-NY), Jack Metcalf (R-WA), David Price (D-NC), H. Saxton (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sam Farr.
- H.Res. 252 (106th) Expressing the condolences of the House on the death of the Honorable George E. Brown, Jr.
- H.Res. 146 (106th) Providing for the mandatory implementation of the Office Waste Recycling Program in the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 3295 (106th) CT-43A Federal Employee Settlement Act
- H.R. 2929 (106th) Captive Elephant Accident Prevention Act of 1999
- H.R. 2425 (106th) Oceans Act of 1999
- H.R. 2277 (106th) To designate all unreserved and unappropriated California coastal rocks and islands currently administered by the Bureau of Land…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.