GOP Lawmaker and USDA Square Off Over Farm Land

The decades-long battle over nearly 9,500 acres in Oklahoma is coming to a head in Washington, D.C. 

Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) secured a farm bill provision that would block transfer of the land, which currently hosts a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) research facility and sits atop sizable oil and gas reserves, “except as otherwise specifically authorized by law.” 

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