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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2758
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify the conservation reserve
enhancement program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL9, 2025
Ms. B
OEBERT(for herself and Mr. EVANSof Colorado) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify the
conservation reserve enhancement program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Conservation Reserve 4
Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PRO-6
GRAM. 7
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 1231A of the Food Secu-8
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831a) is amended— 9
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(1) in subsection (a)(4), in the matter pre-1
ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘(other than 2
an agreement described in subsection (e))’’ after 3
‘‘this subchapter’’; 4
(2) in subsection (b)(2)(A)(vi), by inserting ‘‘or 5
other appropriate practices, such as dryland agricul-6
tural uses and grazing,’’ after ‘‘conservation prac-7
tices’’; 8
(3) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 9
following: 10
‘‘(5) V
ARIABLE ALLOCATION.—An owner or op-11
erator may elect to determine the amounts of annual 12
payments under this section allocated to each year 13
of the agreement under subsection (b)(1). 14
‘‘(6) D
ROUGHT AND WATER CONSERVATION 15
AGREEMENTS.— 16
‘‘(A) R
ETIREMENT OF WATER RIGHTS .—In 17
the case of an agreement described in sub-18
section (e) that includes a permanent retire-19
ment of water rights, the payment rates for an-20
nual payments shall be equal to the irrigated 21
acre payment rates determined by the Sec-22
retary. 23
‘‘(B) D
RYLAND AGRICULTURAL USES .— 24
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an 1
agreement described in subsection (e) that 2
permits dryland agricultural uses pursuant 3
to paragraph (2) of that subsection, the 4
payment rates for annual payments shall 5
be equal to the difference between— 6
‘‘(I) the irrigated acre payment 7
rates determined by the Secretary; 8
and 9
‘‘(II) the dryland acre payment 10
rates determined by the Secretary. 11
‘‘(ii) R
ETROACTIVE APPLICATION .—In 12
the case of an agreement covered by clause 13
(i) entered into before the date of enact-14
ment of this paragraph under which the 15
payment rate is lower than the payment 16
rate that would be calculated for the agree-17
ment under that clause, the Secretary shall 18
modify the agreement by calculating the 19
payment rate in accordance with that 20
clause.’’; and 21
(4) in subsection (e)— 22
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 23
by striking ‘‘may—’’ and inserting ‘‘shall—’’; 24
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(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(in-1
cluding agricultural land on which a continuous 2
crop or crop rotation is maintained)’’ after ‘‘ag-3
ricultural land’’; 4
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘with the 5
adoption of best management practices on’’ and 6
inserting ‘‘in accordance with a conservation 7
plan adopted with respect to’’; and 8
(D) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘subject 9
to subsection (c)(6),’’ before ‘‘calculate’’. 10
(b) E
XEMPTIONFROMPAYMENTLIMITATION.—Sec-11
tion 1234(g) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 12
3834(g)) is amended— 13
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 14
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and 15
(2) by adding at the end the following: 16
‘‘(3) C
ONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT 17
PROGRAM.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to rental 18
payments received under agreements entered into 19
under section 1231A.’’. 20
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