119th Congress Agriculture and Food
H.R. 4133: EQIP Improvement Act of 2025
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Summary
This bill modifies payment limitations and reduces the federal cost share and required payments for certain projects authorized under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). As background, this Department of Agriculture program provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers and forest landowners to address natural resource concerns.
Specifically, the bill limits the total payments available to a person or legal entity under EQIP to $150,000 over a specified five-year period. (A $450,000 statutory limit was in effect for FY2019-FY2024, and a regulatory contract limit of $450,000 currently applies.)
The bill also reduces the maximum federal cost share to 40% (from 75%) for the costs associated with planning, installation, or maintenance for specified conservation practices (e.g., access roads, dams, and waste storage facilities) and removes a requirement that 50% of EQIP funding for payments go to practices related to livestock production.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Shomari Figures D-ALOriginal
- Jared Huffman D-CAOriginal
- Seth Moulton D-MAOriginal
- James McGovern D-MA
- Eugene Vindman D-VA
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History
- Introduced in the House by Jahana Hayes.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.