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Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize payments under the environmental quality incentives program to assist producers in implementing certain conservation practices along the southern border of Texas, and for other purposes.
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Summary
Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act
This bill directs the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to provide payments to agricultural producers to implement certain conservation practices in counties at or near the Texas southern border. In general, this Department of Agriculture program provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers and forest landowners to address natural resource concerns.
Specifically, EQIP must provide payments to agricultural producers to implement conservation practices to address and repair damage to agricultural land and farming infrastructure that is in a county at or near the Texas southern border and contributes to natural resource concerns or problems.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Feb 14, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- Jan 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- Jan 14, 2025 Introduced in House
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