S 629
· 119th Congress
· Agriculture and Food
Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025
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Mar 24, 2026
committee
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Mar 24, 2026
passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 24, 2026
passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1565; text: CR S1565)
Mar 24, 2026
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Mar 24, 2026
floor
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Mar 24, 2026
floor
Held at the desk.
Feb 19, 2025
introduced
Introduced in Senate
Feb 19, 2025
introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
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Introduced in Senate
Feb 19, 2025
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 the replacement, repair, or restoration of farmland or conservation structures requiring an immediate response. Producers may receive an advance on cost-sharing payments for 75% of the cost of the replacement and 50% of the cost of the repair or restoration. Current law limits advance payments to 25% of the cost of the repair or replacement of fencing.
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. Currently, advance payments are not available under the program.
ECP and EFRP recipients must use the funds within 180 days after the funds are disbursed. This provides additional time to ECP recipients who currently must use the funds within 60 days.
The bill also expands eligibility for payments under the programs to include emergency measures to address damages caused by (1) a wildfire that is not caused naturally, if the damage is caused by the spread of the wildfire due to natural causes; and (2) a wildfire that is caused by the federal government.
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[S. 629 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
+[S. 629 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
-1st Session
+2d Session
S. 629
-
-To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to remove barriers to
-agricultural producers in accessing funds to carry out emergency
-measures under the emergency conservation program, and for other
-purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
-IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
-
-February 19, 2025
-
-Mrs. Fischer (for herself, Mr. Lujan, and Mr. Schiff) introduced the
-following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
-Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-A BILL
+AN ACT
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to remove barriers to
agricultural producers in accessing funds to carry out emergency
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private forest land receives those funds, the funds shall be
returned within a reasonable timeframe, as determined by the
Secretary.''.
-<all>
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+Passed the Senate March 24, 2026.
+
+Attest:
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+Secretary.
+119th CONGRESS
+
+2d Session
+
+S. 629
+
+_______________________________________________________________________
+
+AN ACT
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+To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to remove barriers to
+agricultural producers in accessing funds to carry out emergency
+measures under the emergency conservation program, and for other
+purposes.
Cosponsors (2)
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