S 228 · in committee · niche
Acequia Communities Empowered by Qualifying Upgrades for Infrastructure Act
- economy
What this bill does
- Farmers using acequia irrigation systems become eligible for disaster assistance for drought, flood, and other natural disasters.
- Agricultural producers in acequia communities are affected, primarily in the Southwest.
- USDA must allow acequia maintenance on federal land without permits and report on acequia-dependent farmers to Congress.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would allowing acequia maintenance on federal land without permits affect conservation efforts and water management on public lands?
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Which agricultural producers outside acequia communities might feel disadvantaged by disaster assistance eligibility limited to acequia users?
- 03
What data should the USDA report about acequia-dependent farmers to help Congress evaluate whether this assistance reaches the most vulnerable producers?
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Sponsor · D-NM
Ben Ray Luján
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Introduced 2025-01-23
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Legislative timeline
2025-01-23 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
2025-01-23 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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