Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act
The summary
What this bill does
Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act
This bill directs the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to provide payments to agricultural producers to implement certain conservation practices in counties at or near the Texas southern border. In general, this Department of Agriculture program provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers and forest landowners to address natural resource concerns.
Specifically, EQIP must provide payments to agricultural producers to implement conservation practices to address and repair damage to agricultural land and farming infrastructure that is in a county at or near the Texas southern border and contributes to natural resource concerns or problems.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Jan 14, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - TX District 15 · R-TX
Roll-call vote
The vote, by member
The vote, by member
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | HR |
| Bill Number | 389 |
| Origin Chamber | House |
| Current Status | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. |
| Policy Area | Agriculture and Food |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | January 14, 2025 |
| Latest Action | February 14, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 2 · House vote — · — views |