Caps payments for farmers' conservation projects and boosts government reporting.
This bill would lower the maximum amount of money farmers can receive from a government program that helps pay for conservation projects. It would also reduce the percentage of costs covered for certain types of projects. The government agency running the program would also have to send new annual reports to Congress about how the money is being spent.
Today, farmers can receive up to $450,000 in total payments from the EQIP program for conservation efforts, and the government covers various percentages of project costs. After this bill, the maximum total payment would drop to $150,000, and specific infrastructure projects would only get 40% of their costs covered, while other projects would get 75%, and lost income would be covered 100%. Also, the USDA would start sending annual reports to Congress about EQIP spending, which it doesn't currently do.
S 3498 · 119th Congress · December 16, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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