Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2025

United States119th CongressS-704Senate
Updated: Feb 25, 2025

Summary

This legislation, titled the Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2025, aims to reauthorize and strengthen the existing voluntary public access and habitat incentive program. It amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide significant financial backing for the program. The bill mandates $150,000,000 in funding from the Commodity Credit Corporation for the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2029. A specific allocation of $3,000,000 from this total is designated to encourage enhanced public access to land covered by wetland reserve easements, facilitated through agreements with States and tribal governments.

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HR-1565: Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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  2. Introduced in Senate

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