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HR 1011 · introduced · significant

Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill expands eligibility and advance payment options for farmers and forest owners recovering from natural disasters.
  • Agricultural producers and private forest land owners affected by wildfires, storms, and other disasters benefit.
  • Advance payments increase from 25% to 75% of restoration costs and must be spent within 180 days.

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  1. 01

    How would increasing advance payments from 25% to 75% change the financial burden on farmers and forest owners during the critical early months after a disaster?

  2. 02

    What safeguards should exist to ensure that the 180-day spending requirement doesn't force producers to make hasty or inefficient restoration decisions?

  3. 03

    Which natural disasters and land types would gain or lose coverage under the expanded eligibility criteria, and how might that affect different regions?

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Sponsor · R-LA-5

Julia Letlow

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Introduced 2026-04-15

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-04-15 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate.

  2. 2026-04-14 · house · Floor

    Mr. Thompson (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  3. 2026-04-14 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  4. 2026-04-14 · house · Floor

    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)

  5. 2026-04-14 · Floor

    Passed/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)

  6. 2026-04-14 · house · Floor

    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2874)

  7. 2026-04-14 · house · Floor

    At 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.

  8. 2026-04-14 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1011.

  9. 2026-04-14 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2844-2846)

  10. 2025-03-07 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

  11. 2025-02-05 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

  12. 2025-02-05 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  13. 2025-02-05 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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