H.R. 389 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act
Cosponsors: 2 (1 D, 1 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2025-01-14
Latest action (2025-02-14): Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
What H.R. 389 does, in plain terms
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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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