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HR 5257 118th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution Emergency planning and evacuation Farmland Natural disasters Watersheds

To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to enhance the long-term protection of watersheds, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 22, 2023 Introduced by: Nunn, Zachary Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 25, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Sep 25, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Aug 22, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Aug 22, 2023
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program to allow the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide for certain restoration activities. The EWP Program offers technical and financial assistance, including the purchase of floodplain easements, to safeguard people and property from floods, drought, fires, windstorms, and other natural disasters that impair a watershed.

Under the bill, USDA may allow restoration above pre-disaster conditions if that restoration is in the best interest of the long-term health and protection of the watershed.

What's happening now September 25, 2023

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

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
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Harder, Josh
California · Sep 18, 2023
 R
Lawler, Michael
New York · Sep 18, 2023
 D
Davis, Donald G.
North Carolina · Aug 22, 2023
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Jackson, Jonathan L.
Illinois · Aug 22, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5257: To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to enhance the long-term protection of watersheds, and for other purposes.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5257/
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"H.R. 5257: To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to enhance the long-term protection of watersheds, and for other purposes.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5257/.
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H.R. 5257, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5257/.
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