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US HB1011

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/5/2025

Primary Sponsor

Julia Letlow

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Origin

House of Representatives

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to allow agricultural producers to receive advance payments for emergency conservation measures, including up to 75% for replacement or rehabilitation work and up to 50% for repairs, based on fair market value

  • Expands advance payment eligibility beyond fencing to include farmland rehabilitation and repair or replacement of farmland and conservation structures

  • Defines covered wildfires to include those not caused naturally, such as fires caused by the Federal Government, if the damage results from the fire spreading due to natural causes

  • Creates advance payment option for the Emergency Forest Restoration Program, allowing nonindustrial private forest land owners to receive up to 75% of emergency measure costs before work begins

  • Requires return of advance funds within a reasonable timeframe if not expended within 180 days of receipt by forest land owners

Legislative Description

Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025

Agriculture and food

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

3/7/2025

Committee Referrals

Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology3/7/2025
Agriculture2/5/2025

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