119th Congress Agriculture and Food
H.R. 389: Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act
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Summary
This bill directs the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to provide payments to agricultural producers to implement certain conservation practices in counties at or near the Texas southern border. In general, this Department of Agriculture program provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers and forest landowners to address natural resource concerns.
Specifically, EQIP must provide payments to agricultural producers to implement conservation practices to address and repair damage to agricultural land and farming infrastructure that is in a county at or near the Texas southern border and contributes to natural resource concerns or problems.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Ernest Gonzales R-TXOriginal
- Henry Cuellar D-TX
Who scored on this bill
- 1Mónica De La Cruz SponsorIntroduced, drew cross-party cosponsors2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Mónica De La Cruz.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.