3.0.0
10204
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2025-12-05T08:55:52Z
House
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HR
2024-11-21
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https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10204
[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 173 (Thursday, November 21, 2024)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. CARAVEO:H.R. 10204.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (ArtI, Sec 8, Clause 18)THE U.S. CONSTITUTIONARTICLE I, SECTION 8 POWERS OF CONGRESSCLAUSE 18The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws whichshall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution theforegoing powers, and all other powers vested by thisConstitution in the government of the United States, or inany department or officer thereof.The single subject of this legislation is:This bill would provide flexibility to family farmers andranchers ability to conserve water on working lands whilefairly compensating them for retiring their water rights orlimiting their water use.[Page H6191]
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Agriculture Committee
House
Standing
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Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
    - Referred to
2024-12-13T13:19:11Z
  - Referred To
2024-11-21T14:04:25Z

- Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2023
118
1224
S
2023-04-20
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  - Related bill
CRS

- Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2023
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4213
HR
2024-06-14
ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. Caraveo asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 4213, a bill originally introduced by Representative Buck, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
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CRS
- 2024-12-13
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Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
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House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Committee
- 2024-11-21
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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House floor actions
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Agriculture Committee
- 2024-11-21
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
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Library of Congress
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Introduced in House
IntroReferral
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Library of Congress
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Rep. Caraveo, Yadira [D-CO-8]
Yadira
Caraveo
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Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
2025-07-25T19:16:47Z
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2024-11-21
Introduced in House
2025-07-28T12:52:38Z
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2024
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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Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2024
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Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2024
2024-12-04T10:53:17Z
Introduced in House
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- Official Title as Introduced
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To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify the conservation reserve enhancement program.
2024-12-04T10:48:20Z
Introduced in House
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- Introduced in House
2024-11-21T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr10204ih/xml/BILLS-118hr10204ih.xml
2024-12-13
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
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