3.0.0 389 2026-07-18T00:04:18Z 2026-07-18T00:04:18Z House H HR 2025-01-14 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/389 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. De La CRUZ:H.R. 389.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H149]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee Referred to 2025-02-14T18:04:25Z Referred To 2025-01-14T15:01:50Z 2025-02-14 hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. Committee 2025-01-14 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2025-01-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-01-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000594 Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15] Monica De La Cruz R TX 15 N G000594 Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23] Tony Gonzales R TX 23 2025-01-14 True C001063 Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] Henry Cuellar D TX 28 2025-01-23 False Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2025-02-19T16:47:36Z 00 2025-01-14 Introduced in House 2025-03-07T13:43:07Z Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act

This bill directs the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to provide payments to agricultural producers to implement certain conservation practices in counties at or near the Texas southern border. In general, this Department of Agriculture program provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers and forest landowners to address natural resource concerns.

Specifically, EQIP must provide payments to agricultural producers to implement conservation practices to address and repair damage to agricultural land and farming infrastructure that is in a county at or near the Texas southern border and contributes to natural resource concerns or problems.

]]> Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act Display Title 45 Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act 2026-07-18T00:04:18Z Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize payments under the environmental quality incentives program to assist producers in implementing certain conservation practices along the southern border of Texas, and for other purposes. 2026-07-18T00:04:18Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act 2025-02-08T05:08:19Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-01-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr389ih/xml/BILLS-119hr389ih.xml 2025-02-14 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.