BUFFER Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9572 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9572

  To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to clarify land eligible for
            enrollment in the conservation reserve program.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 2, 2026

  Ms. Balint introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL

  To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to clarify land eligible for
            enrollment in the conservation reserve program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Building Up Farmland Frontiers for
Ecological Resilience Act'' or the ``BUFFER Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBLE LAND UNDER THE CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM.

    Section 1231(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3831(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6)(B)(ii), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (7)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by
                striking ``as determined by the Secretary,''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at
                the end and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) land that is otherwise eligible for enrollment and
        for which a Tribal, State, or other local law, ordinance, or
        other regulation requires any resource-conserving or
        environmental protection measure or practice, unless the
        requirement to implement such a measure or practice has been
        imposed by an administrative order or a court order, in which
        case that land shall not be eligible for enrollment.''.
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