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Pacific Flyway Habitat Enhancement Act
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to allow for additional agricultural lands to be enrolled under the conservation reserve enhancement program, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Expands the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program to allow enrollment of additional agricultural lands for agreements addressing diminished wetland wildlife habitats.
- Permits seasonally flooded agricultural uses on working cropland enrolled in such agreements, provided at least one best management practice is adopted to maintain habitat for wetland-dependent species.
- Allows rental payments for seasonally flooded agricultural lands to be calculated based on regional wetland habitat maintenance costs for consistency across regions.
- Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the matching requirement for agreements that address wetland wildlife habitat conservation.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA)
5 cosponsors
Actions (4)
- Jul 16, 2026 ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Gallagher asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1420, a bill originally introduced by Representative LaMalfa, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. · house
- Mar 28, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. · house
- Feb 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Feb 18, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 18, 2025
Mr. LaMalfa (for himself, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Costa, and Ms. Matsui) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to allow for additional agricultural lands to be enrolled under the conservation reserve enhancement 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 “Pacific Flyway Habitat Enhancement Act”.
SEC. 2. CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM.
Section 1231A of the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
“(f) Seasonally Flooded Working Lands Habitat Conservation Agreements.—
“(1) In general.—In the case of an agreement entered into under subsection (b)(1) that addresses diminished quantity and quality of wetland wildlife habitats, the Secretary, in consultation with the applicable State technical committee established under section 1261(a), may—
“(A) enroll other agricultural land that is not eligible land on which the resource concerns identified in the agreement can be addressed if the enrollment of such other agricultural land is critical to the accomplishment of the purposes of the agreement;
“(B) if the agreement involves the maintenance of habitat for one or more wetland-dependent species on working cropland, permit seasonally flooded agricultural uses on such working cropland with the adoption of at least one best management practice; and
“(C) calculate annual rental payments in a manner that—
“(i) is comparable with annual costs to maintain other seasonally-flooded wetland wildlife habitats in the region; and
“(ii) ensures regional consistency in those rental payment rates.
“(2) Matching requirement waiver.—In the case of an agreement described in paragraph (1), the Secretary may waive the matching requirement described in subsection (c)(1).”. <all>
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