S. 658
Referred to CommitteeEQIP Improvement Act of 2023
Introduced 3/6/2023•118th Congress•Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
3/6/2023 • Senate
Summary
EQIP Improvement Act of 2023
This bill amends the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to reduce and remove certain payment requirements. (EQIP provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers and forest landowners to address natural resource concerns.)
Specifically, the bill
- reduces the maximum payments available to a person or legal entity under EQIP to $150,000 per five-year period (from the current level of $450,000), thereby allowing for an increase in the overall number of participants in the program;
- reduces federal cost sharing 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 payments go to livestock production programs.
Introduced in Senate • 3/6/2023
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Policy Area: Agriculture and Food
Agricultural conservation and pollutionAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditCongressional oversightLand use and conservationWater qualityWildlife conservation and habitat protection
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Originated in the Senate
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March 6, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Introduced in Senate3/6/2023