[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4714 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4714

  To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to authorize payments 
under the emergency conservation system for updating of fencing to new 
                        or emerging technology.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 9, 2026

Mr. Ricketts (for himself, Mr. Heinrich, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Bennet, and 
  Mr. Lujan) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to authorize payments 
under the emergency conservation system for updating of fencing to new 
                        or emerging technology.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fencing Eligibility for New 
Conservation Equipment Act'' or the ``FENCE Act''.

SEC. 2. NEW OR EMERGING FENCING TECHNOLOGIES UNDER THE EMERGENCY 
              CONSERVATION PROGRAM.

    Section 401(b) of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
2201(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) New or emerging technologies.--Repair or replacement 
        of fencing under this section may include updating of fencing 
        to new or emerging technology if such updating does not 
        increase the cost of the repair or replacement.''.
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