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EQIP Improvement Act of 2025
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EQIP Improvement Act of 2025 This bill modifies payment limitations and reduces the federal cost share and required payments for certain projects authorized under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). As background, this Department of Agriculture program provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers and forest landowners to address natural resource concerns. Specifically, the bill limits the total payments available to a person or legal entity under EQIP to $150,000 over a specified five-year period. (A $450,000 statutory limit was in effect for FY2019-FY2024, and a regulatory contract limit of $450,000 currently applies.) The bill also reduces the maximum federal cost share 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 removes a requirement that 50% of EQIP funding for payments go to practices related to livestock production.
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2026 · third_quarter · Agriculture
2026 Farm Bill ACRES Act (H.R.204) Advancing Research on Agricultural Soil Health Act of 2025 (H.R.4865/S.2582) Agriculture Innovation Act (S.1713) American Prairie Conservation Act (S.1209) Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R.3351/S. 1662) CRP Improvement and Flexibility Act of 2025 (H.R.5111/S.2608) EQIP Improvement Act of 2025 (H.R.4133/S.3498) Farmer to Farmer Education Act (S.1769) Farmers Lifeline Options for Overcoming Disasters (FLOOD) Act (H.R.9927/S.5115) Fix Our Forests Act (H.R.471/S.1462) Forest Conservation Easement Program Act of 2025 (H.R.3476/S.1050) Forest Data Modernization Act of 2025 (H.R.1213/S.517) Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act of 2025 (H.R.2235) Incentivizing Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Sales Act of 2025 (H.R.1083/S.439) Increased TSP Access Act of 2025 (H.R.575/S.156) Precision Agriculture Loan (PAL) Program Act (H.R.3211) Protecting Farmers from Natural Disasters Act (H.R.5280) Seedlings For Sustainable Habitat Restoration Act of 2025 (H.R.4892/S.2643) Streamlining Conservation Practice Standards Act of 2025 (S.1729) Strengthening Local Food Security Act of 2025 (S.2338)
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Sources: Congress.gov
Client expense: $460,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · second_quarter · Agriculture
House and Senate Farm Bills ( HR 7567 in the House, no bill # in the Senate). AFFIRM Act - S.4215 S.3498 - EQIP Improvement Act of 2025 H.R.4133 - EQIP Improvement Act of 2025 H.R.6476 - Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act H.R.4296 - CROP for Farming Act
Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · first_quarter · Environment/Superfund
Explained farmers and ranchers' voluntary conservation efforts as a way to express that more environmental regulations in production ag are not necessary. SUPPORTED THE FOLLOWING BILLS: - H.R.3909, the FUELS Act, which would raise the fuel storage capacity exemption levels for small farmers, exempting them from costly infrastructure improvements (like building dikes or basins) otherwise required by the SPCC rule for spill containment. OPPOSED THE FOLLOWING BILLS: - S.1507/H.R.3077, the Agriculture Resilience Act, which would aim to reduce agriculture emissions by 50% before 2030 and to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. - H.R.4133, the EQIP Improvement Act, which would primarily impact CAFOs by reducing the federal cost-share for large structural waste management practices (such as lagoons and manure transfer systems) that are often used by these operations, and by eliminating the mandatory 50% livestock funding set-aside.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · first_quarter · Environment/Superfund
Explained farmers and ranchers' voluntary conservation efforts as a way to express that more environmental regulations in production ag are not necessary. SUPPORTED THE FOLLOWING BILLS: - H.R.3909, the FUELS Act, which would raise the fuel storage capacity exemption levels for small farmers, exempting them from costly infrastructure improvements (like building dikes or basins) otherwise required by the SPCC rule for spill containment. OPPOSED THE FOLLOWING BILLS: - S.1507/H.R.3077, the Agriculture Resilience Act, which would aim to reduce agriculture emissions by 50% before 2030 and to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. - H.R.4133, the EQIP Improvement Act, which would primarily impact CAFOs by reducing the federal cost-share for large structural waste management practices (such as lagoons and manure transfer systems) that are often used by these operations, and by eliminating the mandatory 50% livestock funding set-aside.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · fourth_quarter · Environment/Superfund
Explained farmers and ranchers' voluntary conservation efforts as a way to express that more environmental regulations in production ag are not necessary. SUPPORTED THE FOLLOWING BILLS: - H.R.3909, the FUELS Act, which would raise the fuel storage capacity exemption levels for small farmers, exempting them from costly infrastructure improvements (like building dikes or basins) otherwise required by the SPCC rule for spill containment. OPPOSED THE FOLLOWING BILLS: - S.1507/H.R.3077, the Agriculture Resilience Act, which would aim to reduce agriculture emissions by 50% before 2030 and to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. - H.R.4133, the EQIP Improvement Act, which would primarily impact CAFOs by reducing the federal cost-share for large structural waste management practices (such as lagoons and manure transfer systems) that are often used by these operations, and by eliminating the mandatory 50% livestock funding set-aside.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · third_quarter · Environment/Superfund
Explained farmers and ranchers' voluntary conservation efforts as a way to express that more environmental regulations in production ag are not necessary. SUPPORTED THE FOLLOWING BILLS: - H.R.3909, the FUELS Act, which would raise the fuel storage capacity exemption levels for small farmers, exempting them from costly infrastructure improvements (like building dikes or basins) otherwise required by the SPCC rule for spill containment. OPPOSED THE FOLLOWING BILLS: - S.1507/H.R.3077, the Agriculture Resilience Act, which would aim to reduce agriculture emissions by 50% before 2030 and to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. - H.R.4133, the EQIP Improvement Act, which would primarily impact CAFOs by reducing the federal cost-share for large structural waste management practices (such as lagoons and manure transfer systems) that are often used by these operations, and by eliminating the mandatory 50% livestock funding set-aside.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · second_quarter · Environment/Superfund
Explained farmers and ranchers' voluntary conservation efforts as a way to express that more environmental regulations in production ag are not necessary. OPPOSED THE FOLLOWING BILLS: - S.1507/H.R.3077, the Agriculture Resilience Act, which would aim to reduce agriculture emissions by 50% before 2030 and to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. - H.R.4133, the EQIP Improvement Act, which would primarily impact CAFOs by reducing the federal cost-share for large structural waste management practices (such as lagoons and manure transfer systems) that are often used by these operations, and by eliminating the mandatory 50% livestock funding set-aside.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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