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HR 4212 115th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Disaster relief and insurance Farmland Natural disasters Water use and supply

To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to increase support for conservation practices under the emergency conservation program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 1, 2017 Introduced by: Marshall, Roger Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Nov 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Nov 1, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Nov 1, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to increase the maximum cost-share payment permitted under the Department of Agriculture Emergency Conservation Program (ECP).

(The ECP provides emergency funding and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters and to implement emergency water conservation measures in periods of severe drought.)

The bill requires the maximum cost-share payment permitted under the ECP (currently $200,000 per person or legal entity, per natural disaster) to be equal to the maximum cost-share permitted under the Emergency Forest Restoration Program (currently $500,000 per person or legal entity, per disaster).

What's happening now November 16, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4212: To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to increase support for conservation practices under the emergency conservation program, and for other purposes.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4212/
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"H.R. 4212: To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to increase support for conservation practices under the emergency conservation program, and for other purposes.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4212/.
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H.R. 4212, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4212/.
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