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This bill would increase money for the Conservation Stewardship Program, a federal program that helps farmers and ranchers improve the way they care for soil, water, and other natural resources on working land. It would set the program’s annual funding at $1.8 billion each year from fiscal year 2025 through fiscal year 2031. The bill would also move extra unused money from a 2022 climate and energy law into this program so the U.S. Department of Agriculture can use it to support conservation work through the Commodity Credit Corporation.
- Sets the program’s yearly funding at $1.8 billion for 2025 through 2031.
- Transfers $5.02 billion in unused funds from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to help pay for the program.
- Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use USDA and Commodity Credit Corporation authority to carry out the program.
Official Summaries
This bill increases funding for the Conservation Stewardship Program. As background, this Department of Agriculture program provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers to maintain and improve existing conservation systems and to adopt additional conservation activities in a comprehensive manner on a producer's entire operation.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 622 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 622
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase funding for the
conservation stewardship program, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 22, 2025
Mr. Kelly of Mississippi 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 increase funding for the
conservation stewardship 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. ANNUAL FUNDING.
Section 1241(a)(3)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3841(a)(3)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
``(B) for the conservation stewardship program
under subchapter B of that chapter, $1,800,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2025 through 2031.''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF FUNDS.
$5,020,000,000 of the unobligated balances of amount appropriated
or otherwise made available under section 21001 of Public Law 117-169
(commonly referred to ask the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022) is
hereby transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out, using
the facilities and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the
conservation stewardship program under subchapter B of chapter 4 of
subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3839aa-21 et seq.).
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