HR 3424 118th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Ecology Forests, forestry, trees Land use and conservation Public contracts and procurement Public-private cooperation State and local government operations Watersheds Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Forest Conservation Easement Program Act of 2023

Introduced: May 17, 2023 Introduced by: Kelly, Trent Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov

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Became law

Jun 23, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

May 17, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

May 17, 2023

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Forest Conservation Easement Program Act of 2023

This bill replaces the Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP) with a new forest conservation easement program. Both the HFRP and the new program provide for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to purchase easements on private land for forest conservation purposes.

Under the new program, USDA must provide cost-share assistance to states, local governments, Indian tribes, or certain organizations for their purchase of forest conservation easements.

The bill also sets aside program funding to purchase easements from certain classes of landowner, including beginning forest landowners, socially disadvantaged forest landowners, and veteran forest landowners.

What's happening now June 23, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

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