119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Feb 19, 2025
Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025
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Latest action (Jul 12, 2026): Became Public Law No: 119-102.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Public Law (Jul 12, 2026) · 2 versions published
Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025
This act revises the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) and the Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) to expand eligibility for payments to agricultural producers and owners of forest land impacted by natural disasters. The act also provides additional options to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments before carrying out emergency measures.
The act expands advance ECP payments to include the replacement, repair, or restoration of farmland or conservation structures requiring an immediate response. Producers may receive an advance on cost-sharing payments for 75% of the cost of the replacement and 50% of the cost of the repair or restoration. Current law limits advance payments to 25% of the cost of the repair or replacement of fencing.
Under EFRP, the act allows owners of nonindustrial private forest land impacted by a natural disaster to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments for up to 75% of the cost of the emergency measures. Currently, advance payments are not available under the program.
ECP and EFRP recipients must use the funds within 180 days after the funds are disbursed. This provides additional time to ECP recipients who currently must use the funds within 60 days.
The act also expands eligibility for payments under the programs to include emergency measures to address damages caused by (1) a wildfire that is not caused naturally, if the damage is caused by the spread of the wildfire due to natural causes; and (2) a wildfire that is caused by the federal government.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
House · Jun 23, 2026 · Roll call 223 · Passed
Became Public Law No: 119-102.
Became Public Law No: 119-102.
Sent to Archivist of the United States unsigned.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 368 - 19 (Roll no. 223). (text: CR H4137) Roll call details
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 368 - 19 (Roll no. 223). (text: CR H4137) Roll call details
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4192)
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 629.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4137-4138)
Mr. Lucas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Held at the desk.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit · Emergency planning and evacuation · Farmland · Fires · Forests, forestry, trees · Natural disasters
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Loading lobbying reportsPassed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1565; text: CR S1565)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Introduced in Senate
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FOREST LANDOWNERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: SCHOENING STRATEGIES, LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Disaster Reforestation Act - H.R. 262; Save America's Family Forests Act of 2026 - S. 4442, H.R. 8538; Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025 - S. 629.
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FOREST LANDOWNERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: SCHOENING STRATEGIES, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Disaster Reforestation Act - H.R. 262; Save America's Family Forests Act of 2026 - S. 4442, H.R. 8538; Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025 - S. 629.
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