Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act

Summary

Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act This bill directs the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to provide payments to agricultural producers to implement certain conservation practices in counties at or near the Texas southern border. In general, this Department of Agriculture program provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers and forest landowners to address natural resource concerns. Specifically, EQIP must provide payments to agricultural producers to implement conservation practices to address and repair damage to agricultural land and farming infrastructure that is in a county at or near the Texas southern border and contributes to natural resource concerns or problems.

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Timeline

1. 14 January 2025

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 14 January 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 14 January 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 14 February 2025

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

2 official files

• Introduced in House

  Introduced in House · EN · 14 January 2025

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 14 January 2025

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Sponsors

• Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23] · R · Sponsor
• Henry Cuellar · D · Cosponsor
• · hsag00 · Standing

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