S 1389
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2025
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Bill overview
This bill, the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2025, amends the Food Security Act to modify the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). It expands the types of practices eligible for CREP to include dryland agricultural uses and grazing, and allows landowners to determine annual payment amounts instead of fixed payments. The bill also adjusts payment rates for drought and water conservation agreements, ensuring they align with irrigated acre rates, and retroactively applies these changes to existing agreements. Finally, it exempts CREP payments from a $50,000 annual payment limitation.
Key provisions
- Includes dryland agricultural uses and grazing as eligible CREP practices.
- Allows landowners to elect annual payment amounts for CREP agreements.
- Adjusts payment rates for drought and water conservation agreements to match irrigated acre rates.
- Retroactively applies payment adjustments to existing drought and water conservation agreements.
- Exempts CREP payments from the $50,000 annual payment limitation under CRP.
- Clarifies that agricultural land with continuous crops or rotations is included in CREP.
- Requires conservation plans for land enrolled in CREP.
Who is affected
- Farmers
- Landowners
- The Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Agricultural Landowners
- Environmental Conservation Organizations
Notable changes
- Expands eligible practices under CREP to include dryland agricultural uses and grazing.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
S. 1389
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
A BILL
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify the conservation reserve enhancement program.
This Act may be cited as the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2025
.
in subsection (a)(4), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting (other than an agreement described in subsection (e))
after this subchapter
;
in subsection (b)(2)(A)(vi), by inserting or other appropriate practices, such as dryland agricultural uses and grazing,
after conservation practices
;
in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:
An owner or operator may elect to determine the amounts of annual payments under this section allocated to each year of the agreement under subsection (b)(1).
in subsection (e)—
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking may—
and inserting shall—
;
in paragraph (1), by inserting (including agricultural land on which a continuous crop or crop rotation is maintained)
after agricultural land
;
in paragraph (2), by striking with the adoption of best management practices on
and inserting in accordance with a conservation plan adopted with respect to
; and
in paragraph (3), by inserting subject to subsection (c)(6),
before calculate
.
Section 1234(g) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(g)) is amended—
in paragraph (1), by striking paragraph (2)
and inserting paragraphs (2) and (3)
; and
by adding at the end the following:
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to rental payments received under agreements entered into under section 1231A.