Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2022
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Sep 29, 2022)
Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2022
This bill revises the Emergency Conservation Program and the Emergency Forest Restoration Program to provide agricultural producers and owners of nonindustrial private forest land impacted by natural disasters the option to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments before carrying out emergency measures.
The bill also expands eligibility for payments under the programs to include emergency measures to address damages caused by (1) a wildfire that is not caused naturally if the damage is caused by the spread of the wildfire due to natural causes, and (2) a wildfire that is caused by the federal government.
What just happenedSep 29, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateSep 29, 2022
- Sep 29, 2022IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee - Sep 29, 2022IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate