The Regional Conservation Partnership Program — a Department of Agriculture program that funds conservation projects on a regional or watershed scale through partnerships with state and local groups — would have its stated purposes broadened. Flood prevention, flood-effect mitigation, drought mitigation, and flood-resiliency improvements would be added to the list of natural-resource concerns the program is allowed to address. The change does not appropriate new money or alter eligibility, but it lets project applicants pitch flood- and drought-focused work as squarely within program purposes. Farmers, ranchers, and watershed groups in flood-prone regions are the most likely beneficiaries.
Environmental Concerns
- RCPP eligible purposes — Flood prevention, flood mitigation, drought mitigation, and flood resiliency added
Congressional Summary
Flood Resiliency and Land Stewardship ActThis bill amends the purpose of the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to include the prevention and mitigation of the effects of flooding and drought and the improvement or expansion of flood resiliency. Under the RCPP, USDA enters into agreements with eligible partners to deliver conservation projects in specific geographical areas. Within an RCPP project, producers enter into contracts and agreements with USDA to carry out eligible conservation activities.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-06-25
- Date Added
- 2026-04-28
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