H.R. 4133 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
EQIP Improvement Act of 2025
Cosponsors: 5 (5 D, 0 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2025-06-25
Latest action (2025-06-25): Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
What H.R. 4133 does, in plain terms
EQIP Improvement Act of 2025 This bill modifies payment limitations and reduces the federal cost share and required payments for certain projects authorized under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). As background, this Department of Agriculture program provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers and forest landowners to address natural resource concerns. Specifically, the bill limits the total payments available to a person or legal entity under EQIP to $150,000 over a specified five-year period. (A $450,000 statutory limit was in effect for FY2019-FY2024, and a regulatory contract limit of $450,000 currently applies.) The bill also reduces the maximum federal cost share to 40% (from 75%) for the costs associated with planning, installation, or maintenance for specified conservation practices (e.g., access roads, dams, and waste storage facilities) and removes a requirement that 50% of EQIP funding for payments go to practices related to livestock production.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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