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H.R. 1011 House Agriculture and Food

Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025

Introduced
Feb 5, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. Letlow, Julia (R-LA-5)
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STAGE 4 OF 8 — HOUSE FLOOR

Currently in the House. Last action: received in the senate on Apr 15, 2026.

  1. House Introduced in House Feb 5, 2025
  2. House Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Feb 5, 2025
  3. House Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. Mar 7, 2025
  4. House 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) Apr 14, 2026
  5. House Mr. Thompson (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Apr 14, 2026
  6. House Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2844-2846) Apr 14, 2026
  7. House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1011. Apr 14, 2026
  8. House 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. Apr 14, 2026
  9. House Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2874) Apr 14, 2026
  10. House 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). Apr 14, 2026
  11. 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) Apr 14, 2026
  12. House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Apr 14, 2026
  13. House
    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Apr 14, 2026
    Agreed Yea 395 Nay 10 Roll Call
  14. Senate Received in the Senate. Apr 15, 2026

Cosponsors

4

Subjects

Agricultural prices, subsidies, creditEmergency planning and evacuationFarmlandFiresForests, forestry, treesNatural disasters

Committees

  • Agriculture Committee
    • Referred To , Feb 5, 2025

Summary

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 payments for the rehabilitation of farmland or to repair or replace a farmland or conservation structure. Producers may receive an advance on cost-sharing payments for 75% of the cost of the replacement or rehabilitation and 50% of the cost of the repair. Current law limits advanced cost-sharing payments to 25% of the cost of the repair or replacement of fencing.

The bill also expands eligibility for payments under ECP to include emergency measures to address damages caused by a 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 wildfire due to natural causes.

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. Recipients must use the funds within 180 days after the funds are disbursed. Currently, advance payments are not available under the program.

Summary as of: Introduced in House

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