I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5111 
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to improve the conservation reserve 
program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 
Mr. COSTA (for himself and Mr. FEENSTRA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to improve the 
conservation reserve program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘CRP Improvement and 
Flexibility Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM IMPROVE-
MENTS. 
(a) STATE ACRES FOR WILDLIFE ENHANCEMENT 
CONTINUOUS ENROLLMENT.—Section 1231(d)(6)(A)(i) of 
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the 
Food 
Security 
Act 
of 
1985 
(16 
U.S.C. 
3831(d)(6)(A)(i)) is amended— 
(1) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(IV) land that will be enrolled 
under the State acres for wildlife en-
hancement practice established by the 
Secretary; and’’. 
(b) EMERGENCY HAYING DURING
THE PRIMARY 
NESTING SEASON; CONDITIONS ON HAYING AND GRAZ-
ING.—Section 1233(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3833(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)(i)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
subclauses 
(I) 
through (VI) as subclauses (II) through (VII), 
respectively; 
(B) by inserting before subclause (II) (as 
so redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(I) emergency haying in re-
sponse to a localized or regional 
drought, flooding, wildfire, or other 
emergency, on all practices, during 
the final 2 weeks of, and outside of, 
the primary nesting season, on not 
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more than 50 percent of contract 
acres, as identified in the site-specific 
plan, when— 
‘‘(aa) the county is des-
ignated as D2 (severe drought) 
or greater according to the 
United States Drought Monitor; 
‘‘(bb) there is at least a 40 
percent loss in forage production 
in the county; or 
‘‘(cc) the Secretary, in co-
ordination with the State tech-
nical committee, determines that 
the program can assist in the re-
sponse to a natural disaster event 
without permanent damage to 
the established cover;’’; 
(C) in subclause (II) (as so redesignated), 
in the matter preceding item (aa), by striking 
‘‘emergency haying, emergency grazing, or 
other emergency use’’ and inserting ‘‘emergency 
grazing or other emergency use’’; and 
(D) in subclause (III) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘payments’’ and inserting ‘‘the con-
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ditions described in item (aa), (bb), or (cc) of 
subclause (I) are met or payments’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(A) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause 
(iii); and 
(B) by inserting after clause (i) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ii) DAMAGE TO COVER FOR WILD-
LIFE
POPULATIONS.—Haying or grazing 
described in paragraph (1) shall not be 
permitted on land subject to a contract 
under the conservation reserve program, or 
under a particular practice, if haying or 
grazing during the final 2 weeks of the pri-
mary nesting season under that practice, 
as applicable, would cause long-term dam-
age to vegetative cover for wildlife popu-
lations supported by the applicable practice 
on that land.’’. 
(c) COST SHARING PAYMENTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT 
OF GRAZING INFRASTRUCTURE.— 
(1) COST
SHARING
PAYMENTS; OTHER
FED-
ERAL COST SHARE ASSISTANCE.—Section 1234(b) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(b)) 
is amended— 
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(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘establishing water’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘establishing— 
‘‘(A) water’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A) (as so des-
ignated), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) grazing infrastructure, including inte-
rior cross fencing, perimeter fencing, and water 
infrastructure (such as rural water connections, 
water wells, pipelines, and water tanks), under 
each contract, for all practices, if grazing is in-
cluded in the conservation plan and addresses a 
resource concern.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘land’’ 
and inserting ‘‘activities required by the con-
tract entered into under this subchapter’’. 
(2) REENROLLMENT OF LAND WITH GRAZING 
INFRASTRUCTURE.—Section 1231(h) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(h)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) LAND WITH GRAZING INFRASTRUCTURE.— 
On the expiration of a contract entered into under 
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this subchapter that covers land that includes graz-
ing infrastructure established with cost sharing as-
sistance under section 1234(b)(1)(B)— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary shall consider that land 
to be planted for purposes of subsection 
(b)(1)(B); and 
‘‘(B) that land shall be eligible for reenroll-
ment in the conservation reserve, subject to the 
requirements of this subchapter.’’. 
(d) MID-CONTRACT MANAGEMENT FOR ACTIVITIES 
NOT RELATING TO HAYING OR GRAZING.— 
(1) DEFINITION
OF
MANAGEMENT.—Section 
1232(a)(5) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3832(a)(5)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(as de-
fined in section 1231A(a))’’ after ‘‘management’’. 
(2) 
MANAGEMENT
PAYMENTS.—Section 
1234(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3834(b)(2)) is amended by striking subpara-
graph (B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) MANAGEMENT PAYMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall make cost sharing payments to an 
owner or operator under this subchapter for 
any management activity described in section 
1232(a)(5), except for those management ac-
tivities relating to haying or grazing.’’. 
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(e) PAYMENT
LIMITATION
FOR
RENTAL
PAY-
MENTS.—Section 1234(g)(1) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(g)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$125,000’’. 
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