US HB4636

Increases USDA payments to 90% of costs for agricultural conservation practices that simultaneously benefit both soil health and wildlife habitat under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

Specifies 26 qualifying practices eligible for increased payments, including alley cropping, cover crops, wetland restoration, riparian buffers, hedgerow planting, crop rotation, and no-till management

Adds soil and wildlife habitat co-benefits as a prioritization factor when USDA evaluates and ranks applications for both EQIP and Conservation Stewardship Program contracts

Creates a new "co-benefit activity" category under the Conservation Stewardship Program for practices that improve wildlife habitat while also increasing carbon sequestration and reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Authorizes supplemental payments for co-benefit activities alongside existing supplemental payments for resource-conserving crop rotations and advanced grazing management