Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Committee Bills & Legislation (Page 11)

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Us Congress 2023-2024 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB439

Introduced
1/20/23  
Refer
1/20/23  
Refer
2/13/23  
Public Land Search and Rescue Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish a program to allocate resources to remote search and rescue activities conducted on lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture or Interior. Interior may award a grant under the program to a state or a political subdivision to (1) purchase equipment and gear necessary for remote search and rescue activities, (2) reimburse such an eligible recipient for the cost of maintenance and repair of remote search and rescue equipment owned or leased by the recipient, and (3) reimburse state and local agencies responsible for remote search and rescue activities. Interior must prioritize an application from an eligible recipient who serves an area with a high ratio of visitors to residents. The federal share of assistance under the program shall be 75% of the cost of an eligible project.
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Us Congress 2023-2024 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB482

Introduced
1/24/23  
Refer
1/24/23  
Refer
2/1/23  
Refer
2/13/23  
Refer
2/21/23  
Western Wildfire Support Act of 2023 This bill establishes activities to address wildfires. The bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior to establish spatial fire management plans before the end of FY2026. The bill establishes accounts in the Treasury for addressing wildfires, a program to train and certify citizens who wish to be able to volunteer to assist USDA or Interior during a wildland fire incident, a program to award grants to eligible states or units of local government to acquire slip-on tank and pump units for a surge capacity of resources for fire suppression, the Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize for the management of wildfire-related invasive species, and the Management of Wildfire-Related Invasive Species Technology Advisory Board. The bill also requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to reimburse a state or federal agency for the costs of wildfire suppression as a result of a fire caused by DOD activity, requires the Joint Fire Science Program to work with unmanned aircraft test ranges to carry out research and development of unmanned aircraft system fire applications, requires federal and state disaster preparedness programs to include postdisaster assistance, and authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide funding to a state agency to establish and operate a website to provide information relating to postfire recovery funding and resources to a community or an individual impacted by a wildland fire.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB179

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Proven Forest Management Act of 2025This bill sets forth provisions to expedite the approval and implementation of forest management activities and establishes related requirements.First, the bill categorically excludes a forest management activity conducted on National Forest System land for reducing forest fuels from certain environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 if the activity (1) does not exceed 10,000 acres (including not more than 3,000 acres of mechanical thinning), (2) is developed in a collaborative manner, and (3) is consistent with the forest plan developed for the relevant National Forest System land. Next, the bill directs the Forest Service to conduct forest management activities in a manner that attains multiple ecosystem benefits unless the costs associated with attaining such benefits are excessive.Additionally, the Forest Service must (1) establish any post-program ground condition criteria for a ground disturbance caused by a forest management activity required by the applicable forest plan, and (2) provide for monitoring to ascertain the attainment of relevant post-program conditions.The bill also allows the Forest Service or the Department of the Interior, as appropriate, to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with certain entities to provide for fuel reduction, erosion control, reforestation, and similar activities on federal and nonfederal lands within land adjustment programs.Finally, the bill directs the Forest Service, when conducting a forest management activity on National Forest System land, to coordinate with impacted parties to increase efficiency and maximize the compatibility of management practices across such land.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB734

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide a notice and comment period prior to making certain substantive changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) quality control system, with exceptions.As background, the SNAP quality control system measures how accurately SNAP state agencies determine a household’s eligibility and benefit amount and determines overpayments of benefits and underpayments. State agencies must conduct quality control reviews of their SNAP caseloads and report these findings to the USDA Food and Nutrition Service.The bill requires USDA to provide a notice and public comment period of at least 60 days prior to finalizing any new or updated guidance that proposes substantive changes for conducting quality control reviews. This applies to any proposed guidance reasonably expected to require state agencies to make changes to systems, procedures, or staffing pertaining to quality control reviews or that impact verification requirements for SNAP recipients.In the case of an urgent and immediate need, USDA may issue interim final guidance simultaneously with the notice and comment requirements.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB762

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Snap Back Inaccurate SNAP Payments ActThis bill requires states to recoup any overpayments of benefits made to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients and adjusts the formula for determining a state's liability rate for overpayments.As background, the SNAP quality control system measures how accurately SNAP state agencies determine a household’s eligibility and benefit amount and determines overpayments of benefits and underpayments. States that have comparatively high payment error rates for two consecutive years are assessed a penalty (i.e., liability amount). The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) must use a statutory formula to determine the liability amount.Under current law, FNS must set a tolerance level for excluding small payment errors in the calculation of payment error rates (e.g., $56 or less in FY2024). This bill reduces the tolerance level for excluding small errors to $0 for FY2025 and each succeeding fiscal year.The bill also requires state agencies to recoup any overpayments of benefits made to SNAP beneficiaries.The bill adjusts the liability rate formula to reduce the state payment error rate based on the percentage of overpayments recouped by the state. Further, the bill increases the multiplier used in the liability rate formula to 25% (from 10%).
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB773

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal certain provisions relating to the acceptance and use of contributions for public-private partnerships, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB743

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Tim’s Act Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Classification and Pay Parity Act
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB775

Introduced
1/28/25  
No Net Gain in Federal Lands Act of 2025
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB813

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Funding is Zero for Zero Nutrition Options (FIZZ-NO) Act of 2025This bill revises the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits to purchase soda. Under the bill, soda means a carbonated beverage that contains more than 1 gram of added sugar, artificial sweetener, or flavoring per serving.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB774

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Refer
2/28/25  
Protecting Agricultural Spaces Through Effective Ranching Strategies Act or the PASTURES ActThis bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior from imposing penalties on livestock owners for grazing on certain public lands. Under the bill, covered lands are National Forest System lands, lands administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or public lands (1) on which grazing is allowed by a permit or lease on or after the date of the bill's enactment and is then subsequently prohibited, and (2) that border private property.Specifically, the departments may not impose a penalty on an owner of livestock (including cattle, bison, horses, sheep, and goats) for grazing on covered lands that do not have a fence to prevent grazing.The bill specifies that USDA or Interior, depending on the covered land, is responsible for any expense related to the construction or maintenance of a fence for the prevention of grazing by livestock.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB2236

Introduced
3/18/25  
Refer
3/18/25  
Healthy Foods for Native Seniors Act
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB2258

Introduced
3/21/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
To designate the Maine Forest and Logging Museum, located in Bradley, Maine, as the National Museum of Forestry and Logging History.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB2301

Introduced
3/24/25  
Refer
3/24/25  
To promote the development of renewable energy on public land, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB2307

Introduced
3/24/25  
Refer
3/24/25  
To establish the Commission on National Agricultural Statistics Service Modernization to modernize the data collection and reporting processes of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB2326

Introduced
3/25/25  
Refer
3/25/25  
Dietary Guidelines Reform Act of 2025