TP, however, is not completely satisfied with certain aspects of the legislation. "This bill provides some significant benefits for conservation by giving new tools and spending to protect rural and suburban lands and farms from development," organization vice president Alan Front explains. "At the same time, we are disappointed that the final version of the bill spends considerably less for conservation programs to help all farmers than was originally proposed by the Senate." Most notably, the bill originally stipulated $1.75 billion for the Farm Protection Program, as opposed to the $600 million on which senators settled.
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