SENATE 658118th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EQIP Improvement Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 3/6/2023
Actions
- 2023-03-06Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- 2023-03-06Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-03-06 (00)
EQIP Improvement Act of 2023
This bill amends the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to reduce and remove certain payment requirements. (EQIP provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers and forest landowners to address natural resource concerns.)
Specifically, the bill
- reduces the maximum payments available to a person or legal entity under EQIP to $150,000 per five-year period (from the current level of $450,000), thereby allowing for an increase in the overall number of participants in the program;
- reduces federal cost sharing to 40% (from 75%) for the costs associated with planning, installation, or maintenance for specified conservation practices (e.g., access roads, dams, and waste storage facilities); and
- removes a requirement that 50% of EQIP funding payments go to livestock production programs.
Cosponsors (2)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Subjects
- Agricultural conservation and pollution
- Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
- Congressional oversight
- Land use and conservation
- Water quality
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
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