Bills · 119th Congress · Agriculture and Food

Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025

Where it stands

  1. Introduced2/5/25
  2. Passed HousePassed 4/14/26
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 395–10 on April 14, 2026 (Roll Call 109 →). Received in the Senate on April 15, 2026. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · 4/14/26Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic201 Yea · 0 Nay · 12 Not voting
  • Republican193 Yea · 10 Nay · 14 Not voting
  • Independent / Other1 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025

This bill revises the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) and the Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) to expand eligibility for payments to agricultural producers and owners of forest land impacted by natural disasters. The bill also provides additional options to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments before carrying out emergency measures.

The bill expands advance ECP payments to include payments for the rehabilitation of farmland or to repair or replace a farmland or conservation structure. Producers may receive an advance on cost-sharing payments for 75% of the cost of the replacement or rehabilitation and 50% of the cost of the repair. Current law limits advanced cost-sharing payments to 25% of the cost of the repair or replacement of fencing.

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Sponsor
Rep. Julia Letlow ( Republican · LA-5)
Cosponsors
4
Introduced
2/5/25
Policy area
Agriculture and Food

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.

All actions (12)
  1. 2/5/25Introduced in House
  2. 2/5/25Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  3. 3/7/25Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
  4. 4/14/26Mr. Thompson (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  5. 4/14/26Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2844-2846)
  6. 4/14/26DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1011.
  7. 4/14/26At 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. 4/14/26Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2874)
  9. 4/14/26Passed/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)
  10. 4/14/26On 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)
  11. 4/14/26Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  12. 4/15/26Received in the Senate.