119-hr2758

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2758 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2758

 To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify the conservation 
 reserve enhancement program.

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 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

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 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.''.
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