To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to enhance the long-term protection of watersheds, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-5257
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2023-08-22
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution

Emergency planning and evacuation

Farmland

Natural disasters

Watersheds
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-08-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program to allow the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide for certain restoration activities.&nbsp;The EWP Program offers technical and financial assistance, including the purchase of floodplain easements, to safeguard people and property from floods, drought, fires, windstorms, and other natural disasters that impair a watershed.</p><p>Under the bill, USDA may&nbsp;allow restoration above pre-disaster conditions if that restoration is in the best interest of the long-term health and protection of the watershed.</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5257 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 22, 2023 Mr. Nunn of Iowa (for himself, Mr. Davis of North Carolina , and Mr. Jackson of Illinois ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to enhance the long-term protection of watersheds, and for other purposes.

1. Short title Section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2203 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: (b) Level of restoration The Secretary may allow restoration above pre-disaster conditions if that restoration is in the best interest of the long-term health and protection of the watershed. .