EQIP Improvement Act of 2025
Latest action · Dec 16, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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.
- IntroducedDec 16, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
EQIP Improvement Act of 2025
This bill modifies payment limitations and reduces the federal cost share and required payments for certain projects authorized under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). As background, this Department of Agriculture program provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers and forest landowners to address natural resource concerns.
Specifically, the bill limits the total payments available to a person or legal entity under EQIP to $150,000 over a specified five-year period. (A $450,000 statutory limit was in effect for FY2019-FY2024, and a regulatory contract limit of $450,000 currently applies.)
The bill also reduces the maximum federal cost share to 40% (from 75%) for the costs associated with planning, installation, or maintenance for specified conservation practices (e.g., access roads, dams, and waste storage facilities) and removes a requirement that 50% of EQIP funding for payments go to practices related to livestock production.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 16, 2025 to Feb 25, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Mike Lee | Original | Dec 16, 2025 |
| D-MD | Angela D. Alsobrooks | Feb 25, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee | Referred Dec 16, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Dec 16, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 658 | EQIP Improvement Act of 2023 | Cross-Congress related bill | Mar 6, 2023 |
| HR 4133 | EQIP Improvement Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Jun 25, 2025 |
| HR 5252 | EQIP Improvement Act of 2023 | Cross-Congress related bill | Sep 25, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to make adjustments to the environmental quality incentives program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- EQIP Improvement Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2025Introduced in Senate
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