HR 389 119th Congress House Agriculture and Food

Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act

Introduced: January 14, 2025 Introduced by: De La Cruz, Monica Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

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Feb 14, 2025

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

Jan 14, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced in House

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Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act

This bill directs the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to provide payments to agricultural producers to implement certain conservation practices in counties at or near the Texas southern border. In general, this Department of Agriculture program provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers and forest landowners to address natural resource concerns.

Specifically, EQIP must provide payments to agricultural producers to implement conservation practices to address and repair damage to agricultural land and farming infrastructure that is in a county at or near the Texas southern border and contributes to natural resource concerns or problems.

What's happening now February 14, 2025

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

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Agriculture Committee
House of Representatives
Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Agriculture Committee

Cosponsors 2

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 389: Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-389/

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