{"format":1,"id":"119-s-629","congress":119,"number":"S. 629","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","official_title":"A bill 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":"A bill 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 Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025"}],"outcome":"law_without_signature","law_number":"Public Law 119-102","introduced":"2025-02-19","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-06-23","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h223","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act","result":"Passed","yea":368,"nay":19,"present":0,"not_voting":44,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll223.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2026-03-24","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent."}},"president":{"status":"without_signature","date":"2026-07-12"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 119-102.","date":"2026-07-12"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2026-07-12","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025"},{"k":"p","t":"This act 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 act also provides additional options to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments before carrying out emergency measures."},{"k":"p","t":"The act expands advance ECP payments to include the replacement, repair, or restoration of farmland or conservation structures requiring an immediate response. Producers may receive an advance on cost-sharing payments for 75% of the cost of the replacement and 50% of the cost of the repair or restoration. Current law limits advance payments to 25% of the cost of the repair or replacement of fencing."},{"k":"p","t":"Under EFRP, the act 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. Currently, advance payments are not available under the program."},{"k":"p","t":"ECP and EFRP recipients must use the funds within 180 days after the funds are disbursed. This provides additional time to ECP recipients who currently must use the funds within 60 days."},{"k":"p","t":"The act also expands eligibility for payments under the programs to include emergency measures to address damages caused by (1) a wildfire that is not caused naturally, if the damage is caused by the spread of the wildfire due to natural causes; and (2) a wildfire that is caused by the federal government."}],"words":250},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to change advance payments, the time to use funds, and the wildfire damage covered under the Emergency Conservation Program and the Emergency Forest Restoration Program.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/629/text/enr#id31CA6677C12F40E7B9AC73768457496B:~:text=2.%20Improving%20the%20Emergency%20Conservation%20Program"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/629/text/enr#id594A8EFB5C974D3B9E03BAC1543D3163:~:text=3.%20Improving%20the%20Emergency%20Forest%20Restoration%20Program"}]},"core_areas":["Emergency Conservation Program advance payments","Emergency Forest Restoration Program advance payments","Wildfire damage covered by emergency conservation payments"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Extends the Emergency Conservation Program advance payment option to other emergency measures to replace or restore farmland or conservation structures requiring an immediate response, as determined by the Secretary, in addition to fencing replacement.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/629/text/enr#id31CA6677C12F40E7B9AC73768457496B:~:text=2.%20Improving%20the%20Emergency%20Conservation%20Program"}},{"text":"Sets the advance payment option for an agricultural producer at 75 percent of the cost of a replacement and 50 percent of the cost of a repair or restoration, as determined by the Secretary.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/629/text/enr#id31CA6677C12F40E7B9AC73768457496B:~:text=2.%20Improving%20the%20Emergency%20Conservation%20Program"}},{"text":"Changes the period in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of section 401 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 from 60 days to 180 days.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/629/text/enr#id31CA6677C12F40E7B9AC73768457496B:~:text=2.%20Improving%20the%20Emergency%20Conservation%20Program"}},{"text":"Adds that wildfire damage eligible for an Emergency Conservation Program payment includes damage from the spread by natural causes of a wildfire not caused naturally, and damage from a wildfire caused by the Federal Government.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/629/text/enr#id31CA6677C12F40E7B9AC73768457496B:~:text=2.%20Improving%20the%20Emergency%20Conservation%20Program"}},{"text":"Adds the same two wildfire categories to the wildfire damage covered under the Emergency Forest Restoration Program.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/629/text/enr#id594A8EFB5C974D3B9E03BAC1543D3163:~:text=3.%20Improving%20the%20Emergency%20Forest%20Restoration%20Program"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to give owners of nonindustrial private forest land the option of an advance of not more than 75 percent of the cost of emergency measures, with unspent funds returned after 180 days within a reasonable timeframe set by the Secretary.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/629/text/enr#id594A8EFB5C974D3B9E03BAC1543D3163:~:text=3.%20Improving%20the%20Emergency%20Forest%20Restoration%20Program"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/629/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/629","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/629/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-s-629.png","v":"d4e362404fa5","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 629, 119th Congress: Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025. House: 368 Yea, 19 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Law without signature, 12 Jul 2026."}}