[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1565 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1565

  To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to reauthorize the voluntary 
              public access and habitat incentive program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2025

 Mrs. Dingell (for herself and Mr. Johnson of South Dakota) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to reauthorize the voluntary 
              public access and habitat incentive program.

    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 ``Voluntary Public Access Improvement 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. VOLUNTARY PUBLIC ACCESS AND HABITAT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

    Section 1240R of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-5) 
is amended by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following:
    ``(f) Funding.--
            ``(1) Mandatory funding.--Of the funds of the Commodity 
        Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this 
        section $150,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2025 
        through 2029.
            ``(2) Enhanced public access to wetland reserve 
        easements.--To the maximum extent practicable, of the funds 
        made available under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use 
        $3,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2029 to 
        encourage public access to land covered by wetland reserve 
        easements under section 1265C through agreements with States 
        and tribal governments under this section.''.
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