H.R. 1011Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Julia Letlow [R-LA-05]
Cosponsors: 4 · 3 Republicans · 1 Democrat
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Committee: Agriculture Committee
Latest action: Apr 15, 2026 · Received in the Senate.

IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
Passed the HouseApr 14, 2026
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

This bill 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 bill also provides additional options to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments before carrying out emergency measures.

The bill expands advance ECP payments to include payments for the rehabilitation of farmland or to repair or replace a farmland or conservation structure. Producers may receive an advance on cost-sharing payments for 75% of the cost of the replacement or rehabilitation and 50% of the cost of the repair. Current law limits advanced cost-sharing payments to 25% of the cost of the repair or replacement of fencing.

The bill also expands eligibility for payments under ECP to include emergency measures to address damages caused by a wildfire that is not caused naturally (including a wildfire that is caused by the federal government), if the damage is caused by the spread of the wildfire due to natural causes.

Under EFRP, the bill 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. Recipients must use the funds within 180 days after the funds are disbursed. Currently, advance payments are not available under the program.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 1011 as introduced in House on Feb 5, 2025. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 109

House Apr 14, 2026

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

395 Yea 10 Nay 26 not voting

Crossed both parties 10 of 405 voting members broke with their own party: 10 Republicans.

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Democratic213 members

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Republican217 members

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Cosponsors4 · 3 Republicans · 1 Democrat

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 1011 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.

DMarie Gluesenkamp Perez [D-WA-03]Joined Jan 7, 20262026 profile

RDon Bacon [R-NE-02]Joined Mar 25, 2026

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