Signed into law
Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025
This act revises the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) and the Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) to expand eligibility for payments to agricultural producers and owners of forest land impacted by natural disasters. The act also provides additional options to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments before carrying out emergency measures.
- Measure
- S. 629 · 119th Congress
- Latest action
- July 12, 2026
- Policy changes
- 4
- Source
- CRS summary (Public Law) · Congress.gov
Became Public Law No: 119-102.
Who wrote it
Sponsor
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE)Joined by 2 cosponsors, 2 of them from the day it was introduced. Introduced February 19, 2025.
All 2 cosponsors
- Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) · original
- Sen. Adam B. Schiff (D-CA) · original
How Congress voted
House · June 23, 2026
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 368 - 19 (Roll no. 223).
368 yea · 19 nay · 44 other · Republicans 178–19 · Democrats 189–0 · Independents 1–0 · Official record
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Provision 1
Expands advance ECP payments to include the replacement, repair, or restoration of farmland or conservation structures requiring an immediate response.
Producers may receive an advance on cost-sharing payments for 75% of the cost of the replacement and 50% of the cost of the repair or restoration. Current law limits advance payments to 25% of the cost of the repair or replacement of fencing.
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Provision 2
Under EFRP, the act allows owners of nonindustrial private forest land impacted by a natural disaster to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments for up to 75% of the cost of the emergency measures.
Currently, advance payments are not available under the program.
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Provision 3
ECP and EFRP recipients must use the funds within 180 days after the funds are disbursed.
This provides additional time to ECP recipients who currently must use the funds within 60 days.
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Provision 4
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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