S 704 119th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food

Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2025

Introduced: February 25, 2025 Introduced by: Daines, Steve Republican · Montana See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Feb 25, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2025

This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 and increases funding for the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (VPA-HIP). This Natural Resources Conservation Service program provides state and tribal governments competitive grants to encourage owners and operators of privately-held land (i.e., farm, ranch, and forest land) to allow public access for hunting, fishing, and other wildlife-dependent recreation.

The bill also reauthorizes through FY2029 VPA-HIP funding to encourage public access to land covered by wetland reserve easements through agreements with states and tribal governments.

What's happening now February 25, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Related & companion bills 1

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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
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Lobbying activity 11

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP
for THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
for CORNELL UNIVERSITY · New York · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP
for THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
for CORNELL UNIVERSITY · New York · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP
for THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
for CORNELL UNIVERSITY · New York · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025

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Cosponsors 4

Warnock, Raphael G.

Georgia · Dec 17, 2025

Heinrich, Martin

New Mexico · Mar 11, 2025

Bennet, Michael F.

Colorado · Feb 25, 2025

Marshall, Roger

Kansas · Feb 25, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 704: Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-704/

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"S. 704: Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-704/.

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S. 704, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-704/.

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