3.0.0 1495 2025-12-09T15:11:48Z 2025-12-09T15:11:48Z Senate S S 2025-04-10 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1495 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-04-11T02:40:44Z 2025-04-10 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2025-04-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD N H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2025-04-10 True C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2025-04-10 True Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2025-05-07T13:37:07Z

00 2025-04-10 Introduced in Senate 2025-12-09T15:09:21Z <p><strong>NRCS Wetland Compliance and Appeals Reform Act </strong></p><p>This bill revises provisions related to compliance and the appeals process for the wetland certification program at the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).</p><p>Among&nbsp;other things, this bill</p><ul><li>prohibits the NRCS from acquiring any permanent easement;</li><li>prohibits the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from imposing penalties retroactively for newly determined wetlands;</li><li>revises the appeals process of the&nbsp;NRCS for wetland certification requests;</li><li>prohibits USDA from using new rationale for a wetland determination if a person has previously successfully appealed a final wetland determination;</li><li>establishes that USDA bears the burden of proof, by clear and convincing evidence, that a person has violated certain wetland conservation provisions;</li><li>requires USDA to establish oversight committees in each state that will oversee the appeals of wetland determinations; and</li><li>requires that each individual who interacts with the&nbsp;NRCS have the option to participate in a customer satisfaction survey provided by an independent survey company.</li></ul><p>In addition, USDA must modify the appeals process to provide the person appealing with certain USDA records or documentation relating to the compliance violations.</p><p>Further, in an appeal that is related to a delineation, determination, or certification of a wetland, USDA must modify the process to (1) allow a person to call&nbsp;NRCS technical staff as a witness, (2) accept evidence provided by the person bringing the appeal as reliable absent substantial evidence that it is not reliable, and (3) compensate a person who successfully appeals for fees and expenses.</p>

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