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Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025

Introduced Feb 5, 2025

Latest action (Apr 15, 2026) Received in the Senate.

Referred to
Agriculture Committee
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Issues
Climate & Energy
Legislative subjects (6)
Agricultural prices, subsidies, creditEmergency planning and evacuationFarmlandFiresForests, forestry, treesNatural disasters

Summary

The bill expands and improves federal emergency conservation programs for agricultural producers and forest owners. It allows farmers to receive advance payments of up to 75 percent for emergency measures like replacing fencing, repairing dams, or rehabilitating farmland—and up to 50 percent for repair work—before they complete the project, based on fair market value estimates. The bill similarly allows private forest land owners to receive up to 75 percent advance payments for emergency forest restoration work before starting the project. The bill explicitly includes wildfire damage as a covered emergency, even if the fire was not naturally caused or was caused by the Federal Government, as long as damage resulted from the fire's natural spread. Advance payments must be returned within 180 days if unused.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Julia Letlow’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NULL $94,850
  • MMR GROUP $29,400
  • RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. $27,300
  • CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $27,250
  • RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES $18,750

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Julia Letlow → · Outside spending →

Actions (12)
  1. Apr 15, 2026 Received in the Senate. · senate
  2. Apr 14, 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
  3. Apr 14, 2026 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) · house
  4. Apr 14, 2026 Passed/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)
  5. Apr 14, 2026 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2874) · house
  6. Apr 14, 2026 At 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. · house
  7. Apr 14, 2026 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1011. · house
  8. Apr 14, 2026 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2844-2846) · house
  9. Apr 14, 2026 Mr. Thompson (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. · house
  10. Mar 7, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. · house
  11. Feb 5, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
  12. Feb 5, 2025 Introduced in House

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Roll-call votes (1)

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More bills on these subjects (8)

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  • HR 191 — Inflation Reduction Act of 2025 (shares 6 subjects)
  • HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 5 subjects)
  • S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 5450 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 1654 — CUTS Act (shares 4 subjects)
  • SRES 741 — A resolution designating May 2026 as "National Wildfire Preparedness Month". (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 3924 — Wildfire Risk Evaluation Act (shares 3 subjects)

Text versions (2)
  • Engrossed in House · Apr 14, 2026
  • Introduced in House · Feb 5, 2025

Full text

AN ACT

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM.

Section 401 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201) is amended—

(1) in subsection (b)—

(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting “and Other Emergency Conservation Measures” after “Fencing”; and

(B) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:

“(1) In general.—With respect to a payment to an agricultural producer under subsection (a) for the repair or replacement of fencing, or for other emergency measures to rehabilitate farmland or to repair or replace a farmland or conservation structure, the Secretary shall give the agricultural producer the option of receiving—

“(A) before carrying out such replacement or rehabilitation, not more than 75 percent of the payment for such replacement or rehabilitation, which shall be based on the fair market value of the replacement or rehabilitation, as determined by the Secretary; and

“(B) before carrying out such repair, not more than 50 percent of the payment for such repair, which shall be based on the fair market value of the repair, as determined by the Secretary.”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(c) Wildfires.—A wildfire that causes damage with respect to which a payment may be made under subsection (a) includes any 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 fire due to natural causes.”.

SEC. 3. IMPROVING THE EMERGENCY FOREST RESTORATION PROGRAM.

Section 407 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2206) is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and

(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:

“(e) Advance Payments.—

“(1) In general.—The Secretary shall give an owner of nonindustrial private forest land the option of receiving, before the owner carries out emergency measures under this section, not more than 75 percent of the cost of the emergency measures, as determined by the Secretary based on the fair market value of the cost of the emergency measures using the estimated cost of the applicable practice published in the Field Office Technical Guide of each State by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

“(2) Return of funds.—If the funds provided under paragraph (1) are not expended by the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the owner of nonindustrial private forest land receives those funds, the funds shall be returned within a reasonable timeframe, as determined by the Secretary.”.

Passed the House of Representatives April 14, 2026.

Attest:

Clerk. 119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 1011

AN ACT

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.

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