119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Apr 9, 2025
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2025
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Latest action (Apr 9, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Apr 9, 2025)
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2025
This bill revises the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP), which is a component of the Farm Service Agency's (FSA's) Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). CREP is a public-private partnership program which allows states, tribal governments, and nonprofit and private entities to partner with FSA to implement CRP practices. CRP is a land conservation program that provides an annual rental payment to farmers in exchange for removing environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and planting species that will improve environmental health and quality.
The bill specifies that dryland agricultural uses and grazing are included as appropriate practices under CREP.
The bill also allows a land owner or operator to elect to determine the annual payment amount allocated for each year of a CREP agreement, instead of a fixed payment per year for the contract period.
For drought and water conservation agreements that include the permanent retirement of water rights, annual payment rates must be equal to the irrigated acre payment rates determined by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). In the case of an agreement that permits dryland agricultural uses, the annual payment rates must be equal to the difference between the irrigated acre payment rates and the dryland acre payment rates determined by USDA. The payment formula is retroactive for certain existing drought and water conservation agreements.
Further, the bill exempts CREP payments from the $50,000 annual payment limitation under CRP.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Introduced in Senate
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CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION) · lobbying firm or registrant: CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$1,170,000
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…sues relating to specialty crops. Issues relating to hemp. Issues relating to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Issues related to regenerative agriculture. S.1389, The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2025 to support farmers and helpful environmental practices. S.1729, The Streamlining Conserva…
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CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION) · lobbying firm or registrant: CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$1,290,000
Spent on own lobbying
…sues relating to specialty crops. Issues relating to hemp. Issues relating to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Issues related to regenerative agriculture. S.1389, The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2025 to support farmers and helpful environmental practices. S.1729, The Streamlining Conserva…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION) · lobbying firm or registrant: CONSUMER BRANDS ASSOCIATION (PKA: GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION)
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$1,120,000
Spent on own lobbying
…sues relating to specialty crops. Issues relating to hemp. Issues relating to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Issues related to regenerative agriculture. S.1389, The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2025. S.1729, The Streamlining Conservation Practice Standards Act of 2025.
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