Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025
Latest action · Apr 15, 2026 Received in the Senate.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
- Passed HouseApr 14, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025
This bill revises the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) and the Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) to expand eligibility for payments to agricultural producers and owners of forest land impacted by natural disasters. The bill also provides additional options to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments before carrying out emergency measures.
The bill expands advance ECP payments to include payments for the rehabilitation of farmland or to repair or replace a farmland or conservation structure. Producers may receive an advance on cost-sharing payments for 75% of the cost of the replacement or rehabilitation and 50% of the cost of the repair. Current law limits advanced cost-sharing payments to 25% of the cost of the repair or replacement of fencing.
The bill also expands eligibility for payments under ECP to include emergency measures to address damages caused by a wildfire that is not caused naturally (including a wildfire that is caused by the federal government), if the damage is caused by the spread of the wildfire due to natural causes.
Under EFRP, the bill allows owners of nonindustrial private forest land impacted by a natural disaster to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments for up to 75% of the cost of the emergency measures. Recipients must use the funds within 180 days after the funds are disbursed. Currently, advance payments are not available under the program.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 109 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed395–10 | Apr 14, 2026 |
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 7, 2026 to Mar 27, 2026.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Mar 25, 2026 | |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Mar 27, 2026 | |
| R-NE | Mike Flood | Mar 27, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Feb 5, 2025 |
| Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee | Referred Mar 7, 2025 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2026Received in the Senate.
- Apr 14, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 395 - 10 (Roll no. 109). (text: CR H2844)
- Apr 14, 2026Mr. Thompson (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Apr 14, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2844-2846)
- Apr 14, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1011.
- Apr 14, 2026At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Apr 14, 2026Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2874)
- Apr 14, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 7, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- Feb 5, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 5, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2844–H2846Text printed H2844Recorded votes H2874enact | Glenn Thompson R-PA, Jill N. Tokuda D-HI, Julia Letlow R-LA | Apr 14, 2026 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 24, February 5, 2025, page H505.
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to remove barriers to agricultural producers in accessing funds to carry out emergency measures under the emergency conservation program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to remove barriers to agricultural producers in accessing funds to carry out emergency measures under the emergency conservation program, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 14, 2026Engrossed in House
- Feb 5, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
