To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase funding for the conservation stewardship program, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 622 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 622

  To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase funding for the
       conservation stewardship program, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 22, 2025

   Mr. Kelly of Mississippi 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 increase funding for the
       conservation stewardship program, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ANNUAL FUNDING.

    Section 1241(a)(3)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3841(a)(3)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) for the conservation stewardship program
                under subchapter B of that chapter, $1,800,000,000 for
                each of fiscal years 2025 through 2031.''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF FUNDS.

    $5,020,000,000 of the unobligated balances of amount appropriated
or otherwise made available under section 21001 of Public Law 117-169
(commonly referred to ask the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022) is
hereby transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out, using
the facilities and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the
conservation stewardship program under subchapter B of chapter 4 of
subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3839aa-21 et seq.).
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