Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025
- Last Action
- 4/15/2026
Actions
- 2026-04-15Received in the Senate.
- 2026-04-14Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2026-04-14On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 395 - 10 (Roll no. 109). (text: CR H2844)
- 2026-04-14Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 395 - 10 (Roll no. 109). (text: CR H2844)
- 2026-04-14Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2874)
- 2026-04-14At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- 2026-04-14DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1011.
- 2026-04-14Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2844-2846)
- 2026-04-14Mr. Thompson (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- 2025-03-07Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- 2025-02-05Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 2025-02-05Introduced in House
- 2025-02-05Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2025-02-05 (00)
Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025
This bill revises the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) and the Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) to expand eligibility for payments to agricultural producers and owners of forest land impacted by natural disasters. The bill also provides additional options to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments before carrying out emergency measures.
The bill expands advance ECP payments to include payments for the rehabilitation of farmland or to repair or replace a farmland or conservation structure. Producers may receive an advance on cost-sharing payments for 75% of the cost of the replacement or rehabilitation and 50% of the cost of the repair. Current law limits advanced cost-sharing payments to 25% of the cost of the repair or replacement of fencing.
The bill also expands eligibility for payments under ECP to include emergency measures to address damages caused by a wildfire that is not caused naturally (including a wildfire that is caused by the federal government), if the damage is caused by the spread of the wildfire due to natural causes.
Under EFRP, the bill allows owners of nonindustrial private forest land impacted by a natural disaster to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments for up to 75% of the cost of the emergency measures. Recipients must use the funds within 180 days after the funds are disbursed. Currently, advance payments are not available under the program.
Cosponsors (4)
- Marie Perez (D-WA)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- Adrian Smith (R-NE)
- Mike Flood (R-NE)
Subjects
- Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Farmland
- Fires
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Natural disasters
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