Chesapeake's Healthy and Environmentally Sound Stewardship of Energy and Agriculture Act of 2007

To amend conservation and biofuels programs of the Department of Agriculture to promote the compatible goals of economically viable agricultural production and reducing nutrient loads in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries by assisting agricultural producers to make beneficial, cost-effective changes to cropping systems, grazing management, and nutrient management associated with livestock and poultry production, crop production, bioenergy production, and other agricultural practices on agricultural land within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other purposes.

3/29/2007--Introduced.
Chesapeake's Healthy and Environmentally Sound Stewardship of Energy and Agriculture Act of 2007 or CHESSEA Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend funding for the the environmental quality incentives program. Gives program allocation priority to interstate watersheds. Provides a cost-share payment exception for limited resource and beginning farmers. Provides:
(1) cost-share and incentive payments for private forest owners to carry out specified conservation activities; and
(2) state performance incentives. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into agreements with states containing all or a portion of a large waterbody or its tributaries for water quality initiatives. (States that the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries shall be one of such waterbodies.) Authorizes appropriations. Directs (currently, authorizes) the Secretary to pay the cost of conservation innovation grants. Makes such grants available for projects that include a technology transfer plan. Extends:
(1) the conservation reserve program;
(2) the conservation security program; and
(3) the wetlands reserve program. Directs the Secretary to establish a conservation planning pilot program in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to:
(1) extend the agricultural management assistance program; and
(2) make Virginia eligible for such assistance. Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 with respect to the biorefinery and biofuel grant program to:
(1) extend such program; and
(2) provide grants for Chesapeake Bay Watershed states (Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia and the District of Columbia) to develop the commercial viability of no-till soybean biodiesel production, cellulosic ethanol production, manure to energy processes, and other technologies that promote the conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals and the reduction of nutrient impacts to water. Extends the renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements program. Obligates amounts for Chesapeake Bay Watershed states.

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Sponsor

• Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8]
• and 22 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6]
  • Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7]
  • Rep. Christopher Carney [D, PA-10]
  • Rep. Michael Castle [R, DE-0]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Thomas Davis
  • Jo Ann Davis
  • Thelma Drake
  • Rep. James Forbes [R, VA-4]
  • Rep. Jim Gerlach [R, PA-6]
  • Wayne Gilchrest
  • Rep. John Hall [D, NY-19]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
  • Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
  • Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D, MD-2]
  • Rep. John Sarbanes [D, MD-3]
  • Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3]
  • Rep. Frank Wolf [R, VA-10]
  • Albert Wynn
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Committees

• House Agriculture
• 1 more
  • House Agriculture
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.1766

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March 29, 2007

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• May 04, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
• Mar 29, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR E691)
• Introduced on Mar 29, 2007.
• Mar 29, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E691)
• Mar 29, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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• Environmental protection
• Agricultural conservation
• Agricultural pollution
• Agricultural subsidies
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• Agricultural wastes
• Agriculture
• Alcohol as fuel
• Alternative energy sources
• Animals
• Biomass energy
• Budgets
• Business
• Cellulose
• Chemicals
• Chesapeake Bay
• Commercialization
• Delaware
• Diesel motor
• District of Columbia
• Energy
• Energy crops
• Energy efficiency
• Eutrophication
• Farmers
• Federal aid to water pollution control
• Forest conservation
• Forest ecology
• Habitat conservation
• Landowners
• Marine pollution
• Marine resources
• Marine resources conservation
• Maryland
• New York State
• Non-native species
• Pennsylvania
• Pest control
• Refuse as fuel
• Rivers
• Science policy
• Solid wastes
• Soybeans
• Subsidies
• Technology
• Technology transfer
• Virginia
• Water pollution
• Water pollution control
• Water quality
• Water resources
• Watersheds
• West Virginia
• Wetlands
• Farm manure
• Transportation

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April 08, 2008 Sam Rasoul - Response to Goodlatte CHESSEA Delay

HR 1766: Chesapeake's Healthy and Environmentally Sound Stewardship of Energy and Agriculture Act of 2007 "Timely and bold, CHESSEA represents the largest single federal investment—estimated at more than 200 million new dollars ...

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April 04, 2008 Water Quality - Shenandoah Watershed Data

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June 29, 2007 conservation and the 2007 farm bill

it then reviews the contents of the house agriculture committee's discussion draft and more briefly summarizes provisions in some of the other bills that have been introduced (hr 1551, s. 919, hr 1600, and hr 1766). ...

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