[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 658 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 658
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to make adjustments to the
environmental quality incentives program, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 6, 2023
Mr. Booker (for himself and Mr. Lee) 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 Food Security Act of 1985 to make adjustments to the
environmental quality incentives program, and for other purposes.
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 ``EQIP Improvement Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM REFORMS.
(a) In General.--Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3839aa-2) is amended--
(1) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (2) and
inserting the following:
``(2) Limitation on payments.--A payment to a producer for
performing a practice may not exceed, as determined by the
Secretary--
``(A) except as provided in subparagraphs (B)
through (D), 75 percent of the costs associated with
planning, design, materials, equipment, installation,
labor, management, maintenance, or training;
``(B) 40 percent of the costs associated with
planning, design, materials, equipment, installation,
labor, management, maintenance, or training for--
``(i) an access road;
``(ii) an animal mortality facility;
``(iii) an aquaculture pond;
``(iv) clearing and snagging;
``(v) a dam;
``(vi) a dam using a diversion;
``(vii) a dike;
``(viii) a diversion;
``(ix) a fish raceway or tank;
``(x) an irrigation pipeline;
``(xi) an irrigation reservoir;
``(xii) land clearing;
``(xiii) land smoothing;
``(xiv) a livestock pipeline;
``(xv) obstruction removal;
``(xvi) a pond;
``(xvii) a pumping plant;
``(xviii) spoil spreading;
``(xix) a surface drain using a field
ditch;
``(xx) a main or lateral surface drain;
``(xxi) a vertical drain;
``(xxii) a waste facility closure;
``(xxiii) a waste storage facility;
``(xxiv) waste transfer; or
``(xxv) a waste treatment lagoon;
``(C) 100 percent of income foregone by the
producer; or
``(D) in the case of a practice that includes 1 or
more elements described in subparagraphs (A) through
(C)--
``(i) 75 percent of the costs incurred with
respect to any elements described in
subparagraph (A);
``(ii) 40 percent of the costs incurred
with respect to any elements described in
subparagraph (B); and
``(iii) 100 percent of the income forgone
with respect to any elements described in
subparagraph (C).''; and
(2) in subsection (f), by striking the subsection
designation and heading and all that follows through ``For
each'' in paragraph (2)(B) and inserting the following:
``(f) Allocation of Funding for Wildlife Habitat.--For each''.
(b) Limitation on Payments.--Section 1240G of the Food Security Act
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-7) is amended by striking ``$450,000'' and
inserting ``$150,000''.
(c) Report to Congress.--Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-2) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(k) Annual Report to Congress.--Not less frequently than once
each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing--
``(1) the amount obligated under the program with respect
to each category of practice, with information categorized by
fiscal year and State; and
``(2) the amount obligated under the program in each State,
with information categorized by fiscal year and the size of the
operation of each producer.''.
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