{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-1011","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 1011","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to remove barriers to agricultural producers in accessing funds to carry out emergency measures under the emergency conservation program, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to remove barriers to agricultural producers in accessing funds to carry out emergency measures under the emergency conservation program, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to remove barriers to agricultural producers in accessing funds to carry out emergency measures under the emergency conservation program, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-02-05","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-04-14","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h109","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act","result":"Passed","yea":395,"nay":10,"present":0,"not_voting":26,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll109.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2026-04-15"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-02-05","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also expands eligibility for payments under ECP to include emergency measures to address damages caused by a wildfire that is not caused naturally (including a wildfire that is caused by the federal government), if the damage is caused by the spread of the wildfire due to natural causes."},{"k":"p","t":"Under EFRP, the bill allows owners of nonindustrial private forest land impacted by a natural disaster to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments for up to 75% of the cost of the emergency measures. Recipients must use the funds within 180 days after the funds are disbursed. Currently, advance payments are not available under the program."}],"words":231},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to change advance payment options and wildfire coverage under the Emergency Conservation Program and to add advance payments to the Emergency Forest Restoration Program.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1011/text/eh#H799D2CD754E9499FBB875999A7BE7380"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1011/text/eh#H63D36AD535094BD78BBF8DBBEA56C0AF"}]},"core_areas":["Emergency Conservation Program advance payments","Emergency Conservation Program wildfire damage coverage","Emergency Forest Restoration Program advance payments"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary to offer agricultural producers the option of receiving, before carrying out the work, not more than 75 percent of the payment for replacement or rehabilitation under the Emergency Conservation Program.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1011/text/eh#H799D2CD754E9499FBB875999A7BE7380"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to offer producers the option of receiving, before carrying out a repair, not more than 50 percent of the payment for that repair.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1011/text/eh#H799D2CD754E9499FBB875999A7BE7380"}},{"text":"Extends the advance payment option from fencing to other emergency measures to rehabilitate farmland or to repair or replace a farmland or conservation structure.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1011/text/eh#H799D2CD754E9499FBB875999A7BE7380"}},{"text":"Provides that a wildfire causing damage eligible for payment includes a wildfire not caused naturally, including one caused by the Federal Government, if the damage is caused by the spread of the fire due to natural causes.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1011/text/eh#H799D2CD754E9499FBB875999A7BE7380"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to offer owners of nonindustrial private forest land the option of receiving, before carrying out emergency measures, not more than 75 percent of the cost of those measures under the Emergency Forest Restoration Program.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1011/text/eh#H63D36AD535094BD78BBF8DBBEA56C0AF"}},{"text":"Requires an owner to return advance funds within a reasonable timeframe, as determined by the Secretary, if they are not spent by the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date the owner receives them.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1011/text/eh#H63D36AD535094BD78BBF8DBBEA56C0AF"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-04-14","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1011/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1011","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1011/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-1011.png","v":"a6aa2072bf1d","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1011, 119th Congress: Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025. House: 395 Yea, 10 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 14 Apr 2026."}}