3.0.0 5252 2025-12-05T09:07:55Z 2025-12-05T09:07:55Z House H HR 2023-08-22 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5252 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 22, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mrs. HAYES:H.R. 5252.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, ``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:Agriculture[Page H4197]</pre> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee Referred to 2023-09-25T19:55:40Z Referred To 2023-08-22T18:02:40Z 118 658 S 2023-03-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Identical bill CRS 2023-09-25 hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. Committee 2023-08-22 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2023-08-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-08-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001081 Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] Jahana Hayes D CT 5 N S001207 Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] Mikie Sherrill D NJ 11 2023-09-12 False P000604 Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] Donald Payne D NJ M. 10 2023-09-12 False B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2023-09-12 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution 2024-08-05T17:12:54Z Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit 2024-08-05T17:13:04Z Congressional oversight 2024-08-05T17:13:11Z Land use and conservation 2024-08-05T17:13:18Z Water quality 2024-08-05T17:13:28Z Wildlife conservation and habitat protection 2024-08-05T17:13:41Z Agriculture and Food 2023-08-28T14:00:27Z

00 2023-08-22 Introduced in House 2024-01-17T15:05:27Z <p><b>EQIP Improvement Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to reduce and remove certain payment requirements. (EQIP provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers and forest landowners to address natural resource concerns.)</p> <p>Specifically, the bill </p> <ul> <li>reduces the maximum payments available to a person or legal entity under EQIP to $150,000 per five-year period (from the current level of $450,000), thereby allowing for an increase in the overall number of participants in the program;</li> <li>reduces federal cost sharing to 40% (from 75%) for the costs associated with planning, installation, or maintenance for specified conservation practices (e.g., access roads, dams, and waste storage facilities); and </li> <li>removes a requirement that 50% of EQIP funding payments go to livestock production programs. </li> </ul>

Display Title 45 2024-07-24T15:20:37Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 2024-05-24T13:36:57Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 2024-03-18T21:19:19Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr5252ih/xml/BILLS-118hr5252ih.xml 2023-09-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.