119-hr4133

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4133 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4133

 To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to make adjustments to the 
 environmental quality incentives program, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 25, 2025

 Mrs. Hayes (for herself, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Huffman, and Mr. Figures) 
 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 make adjustments to the 
 environmental quality incentives 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 ``EQIP Improvement Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM REFORMS.

    (a) In General.--

Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3839aa-2) is amended--

    (1) in subsection
            (d) , by striking paragraph

    (2) and 
 inserting the following:
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    (2) Limitation on payments.--A payment to a producer for 
 performing a practice may not exceed, as determined by the 
 Secretary--
 ``
        (A) except as provided in subparagraphs
        (B) through
            (D) , 75 percent of the costs associated with 
 planning, design, materials, equipment, installation, 
 labor, management, maintenance, or training;
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        (B) 40 percent of the costs associated with 
 planning, design, materials, equipment, installation, 
 labor, management, maintenance, or training for--
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            (i) an access road;
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            (ii) an animal mortality facility;
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            (iii) an aquaculture pond;
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            (iv) clearing and snagging;
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            (v) a dam;
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            (vi) a dam using a diversion;
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            (vii) a dike;
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            (viii) a diversion;
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            (ix) a fish raceway or tank;
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            (x) an irrigation pipeline;
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            (xi) an irrigation reservoir;
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            (xii) land clearing;
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            (xiii) land smoothing;
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            (xiv) a livestock pipeline;
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            (xv) obstruction removal;
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            (xvi) a pond;
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            (xvii) a pumping plant;
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            (xviii) spoil spreading;
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            (xix) a surface drain using a field 
 ditch;
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            (xx) a main or lateral surface drain;
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            (xxi) a vertical drain;
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            (xxii) a waste facility closure;
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            (xxiii) a waste storage facility;
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            (xxiv) waste transfer; or
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            (xxv) a waste treatment lagoon;
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            (C) 100 percent of income foregone by the 
 producer; or
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            (D) in the case of a practice that includes 1 or 
 more elements described in subparagraphs
        (A) through
            (C) --
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            (i) 75 percent of the costs incurred with 
 respect to any elements described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) ;
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            (ii) 40 percent of the costs incurred 
 with respect to any elements described in 
 subparagraph
        (B) ; and
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            (iii) 100 percent of the income forgone 
 with respect to any elements described in 
 subparagraph
            (C) .''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (f) , by striking the subsection 
 designation and heading and all that follows through ``For 
 each'' in paragraph

    (2)
        (B) and inserting the following:
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    (f) Allocation of Funding for Wildlife Habitat.--For each''.

    (b) Limitation on Payments.--

Section 1240G of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-7) is amended by striking ``$450,000'' and 
inserting ``$150,000''.
            (c) Report to Congress.--

Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-2) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
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    (k) Annual Report to Congress.--Not less frequently than once 
each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing--
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    (1) the amount obligated under the program with respect 
 to each category of practice, with information categorized by 
 fiscal year and State; and
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    (2) the amount obligated under the program in each State, 
 with information categorized by fiscal year and the size of the 
 operation of each producer.''.
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