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Jul 9, 2025
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Jul 9, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Introduced in Senate
- Jul 9, 2025
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<p><strong>Restoring America’s Floodplains Act</strong></p><p>This bill allows the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide for certain floodplain easement restoration and management activities under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program. This program offers technical and financial assistance, including the purchase of floodplain easements, to safeguard people and property from floods, drought, fires, windstorms, and other natural disasters that impair a watershed.</p><p>Under the bill, USDA may provide financial and technical assistance to restore the adapted vegetative cover and the hydrologic functions and values of wetlands on these purchased floodplain easements. USDA also has the sole discretion to enter into compatible-use agreements with landowners, and agreements with government agencies and nongovernmental organizations, to address the maintenance and management of the vegetative cover and wetlands restoration measures for these floodplain easements.</p>
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Jul 9, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Jul 9, 2025
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Jul 9, 2025
Jul 9, 2025
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Version: Introduced in Senate
Version Date: Jul 9, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 14, 2025 6:16 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2215 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2215
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary
of Agriculture to provide for floodplain easement restoration and
management, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 9, 2025
Ms. Ernst (for herself and Mr. Bennet) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary
of Agriculture to provide for floodplain easement restoration and
management, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2215 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2215
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary
of Agriculture to provide for floodplain easement restoration and
management, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 9, 2025
Ms. Ernst (for herself and Mr. Bennet) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary
of Agriculture to provide for floodplain easement restoration and
management, 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.
This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring America's Floodplains
Act''.
SEC. 2.
MANAGEMENT.
Section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.
is amended--
(1) in subsection
(a) --
(A) by striking the subsection designation and
heading and all that follows through ``The Secretary''
and inserting the following:
``
(a) Authorizations.--
``
(1) In general.--The Secretary''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``
(2) Easement restoration.--The Secretary may provide
financial and technical assistance for restoring adapted
vegetative cover and the hydrologic functions and values of
wetlands on floodplain easements acquired under paragraph
(1) .
``
(3) Easement management.--The Secretary shall have sole
discretion for entering into compatible-use agreements with
landowners and agreements with government agencies or
nongovernmental organizations to address maintenance and
management of the vegetative cover and wetlands restoration
measures on floodplain easements acquired under paragraph
(1) .''; and
(2) in subsection
(b) , by striking the subsection
designation and heading and all that follows through the ``The
Secretary'' in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A) of
paragraph
(1) and inserting the following:
``
(b) Modification and Termination of Floodplain Easements.--
``
(1) In general.--The Secretary''.
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(1) in subsection
(a) --
(A) by striking the subsection designation and
heading and all that follows through ``The Secretary''
and inserting the following:
``
(a) Authorizations.--
``
(1) In general.--The Secretary''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``
(2) Easement restoration.--The Secretary may provide
financial and technical assistance for restoring adapted
vegetative cover and the hydrologic functions and values of
wetlands on floodplain easements acquired under paragraph
(1) .
``
(3) Easement management.--The Secretary shall have sole
discretion for entering into compatible-use agreements with
landowners and agreements with government agencies or
nongovernmental organizations to address maintenance and
management of the vegetative cover and wetlands restoration
measures on floodplain easements acquired under paragraph
(1) .''; and
(2) in subsection
(b) , by striking the subsection
designation and heading and all that follows through the ``The
Secretary'' in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A) of
paragraph
(1) and inserting the following:
``
(b) Modification and Termination of Floodplain Easements.--
``
(1) In general.--The Secretary''.
<all>