United StatesEmergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025
What it does
This act 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 act also provides additional options to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments before carrying out emergency measures.
More detail
The act 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 act 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 act 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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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jul 12Sent to Archivist of the United States unsigned.Latest
- Jul 12Became Public Law No: 119-102.Became Law
- Jun 30Presented to President.To President
- Jun 23Mr. Lucas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Vote recorded Legislative vote recorded. Result: Passed.House
- Jun 23Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4137-4138)
- Jun 23DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 629.
- Jun 23At 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.
- Jun 23Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4192)
- Jun 23Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 368 - 19 (Roll no. 223). (text: CR H4137)Passed House
- Jun 23Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 24Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by Unanimous Consent.Minor
- Mar 24Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1565; text: CR S1565)Passed Senate
- Mar 24Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Mar 24Received in the House.
- Mar 24Held at the desk.
- 2025
- Feb 19Introduced in Senate
- Feb 19Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.Introduced