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Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2022

USA117th CongressS-5007| Senate 
| Updated: 9/29/2022
Deb Fischer

Deb Fischer

Republican Senator

Nebraska

Cosponsors (1)
Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2022 This bill revises the Emergency Conservation Program and the Emergency Forest Restoration Program to provide agricultural producers and owners of nonindustrial private forest land impacted by natural disasters the option to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments before carrying out emergency measures. The bill also expands eligibility for payments under the programs to include emergency measures to address damages caused by (1) a wildfire that is not caused naturally if the damage is caused by the spread of the wildfire due to natural causes, and (2) a wildfire that is caused by the federal government.
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Timeline
Sep 29, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Sep 29, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  • September 29, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 29, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture and Food

Agricultural prices, subsidies, creditEmergency planning and evacuationFiresForests, forestry, treesNatural disasters

Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2022

USA117th CongressS-5007| Senate 
| Updated: 9/29/2022
Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2022 This bill revises the Emergency Conservation Program and the Emergency Forest Restoration Program to provide agricultural producers and owners of nonindustrial private forest land impacted by natural disasters the option to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments before carrying out emergency measures. The bill also expands eligibility for payments under the programs to include emergency measures to address damages caused by (1) a wildfire that is not caused naturally if the damage is caused by the spread of the wildfire due to natural causes, and (2) a wildfire that is caused by the federal government.
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Timeline
Sep 29, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Sep 29, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  • September 29, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 29, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Deb Fischer

Deb Fischer

Republican Senator

Nebraska

Cosponsors (1)
Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Agriculture and Food

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Agricultural prices, subsidies, creditEmergency planning and evacuationFiresForests, forestry, treesNatural disasters