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Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2025
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify the conservation reserve enhancement program.
Summary
The bill modifies the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program to allow dryland agricultural uses and grazing as eligible conservation practices. It permits landowners to choose how to allocate conservation payments across years of their agreements and establishes specific payment rates for agreements involving permanent retirement of water rights (at irrigated acre rates) and those allowing dryland uses (at the difference between irrigated and dryland rates). The bill allows retroactive modification of existing agreements to receive updated payment rates under these new standards and exempts Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program rental payments from federal payment limitations on agricultural conservation payments.
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Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO)
- Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3] (R-CO)
- Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1] (R-KS)
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Lauren Boebert’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $284,644
- WATERVALLEY $9,900
- BETTERIT LAND & TITLE HOLDING $6,950
- ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY $6,600
- LIBERTY MEDIA $6,600
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Actions (2)
- Apr 9, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Apr 9, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 9, 2025
Ms. Boebert (for herself and Mr. Evans of Colorado) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify the conservation reserve enhancement program.
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 “Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.—Section 1231A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831a) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(4), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “(other than an agreement described in subsection (e))” after “this subchapter”;
(2) in subsection (b)(2)(A)(vi), by inserting “or other appropriate practices, such as dryland agricultural uses and grazing,” after “conservation practices”;
(3) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:
“(5) Variable allocation.—An owner or operator may elect to determine the amounts of annual payments under this section allocated to each year of the agreement under subsection
(b)(1).
“(6) Drought and water conservation agreements.—
“(A) Retirement of water rights.—In the case of an agreement described in subsection (e) that includes a permanent retirement of water rights, the payment rates for annual payments shall be equal to the irrigated acre payment rates determined by the Secretary.
“(B) Dryland agricultural uses.—
“(i) In general.—In the case of an agreement described in subsection (e) that permits dryland agricultural uses pursuant to paragraph (2) of that subsection, the payment rates for annual payments shall be equal to the difference between—
“(I) the irrigated acre payment rates determined by the Secretary; and
“(II) the dryland acre payment rates determined by the Secretary.
“(ii) Retroactive application.—In the case of an agreement covered by clause (i) entered into before the date of enactment of this paragraph under which the payment rate is lower than the payment rate that would be calculated for the agreement under that clause, the Secretary shall modify the agreement by calculating the payment rate in accordance with that clause.”; and
(4) in subsection (e)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “may—” and inserting “shall—”;
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting “(including agricultural land on which a continuous crop or crop rotation is maintained)” after “agricultural land”;
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking “with the adoption of best management practices on” and inserting “in accordance with a conservation plan adopted with respect to”; and
(D) in paragraph (3), by inserting “subject to subsection (c)(6),” before “calculate”.
(b) Exemption From Payment Limitation.—Section 1234(g) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(g)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “paragraph (2)” and inserting “paragraphs (2) and (3)”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(3) Conservation reserve enhancement program.—Paragraph
(1) shall not apply to rental payments received under agreements entered into under section 1231A.”. <all>
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