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Federal · 119th Congress · Senate bill

S. 629: Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025

Became law Public Law 119-102 Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Sent to President
  6. Became law

Last official action: · Record last updated:

Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), Library of Congress for the version “Public Law”, July 12, 2026. Reproduced verbatim.

Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025

This act revises the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) and the Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) to expand eligibility for payments to agricultural producers and owners of forest land impacted by natural disasters. The act also provides additional options to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments before carrying out emergency measures.

The act expands advance ECP payments to include the replacement, repair, or restoration of farmland or conservation structures requiring an immediate response. Producers may receive an advance on cost-sharing payments for 75% of the cost of the replacement and 50% of the cost of the repair or restoration. Current law limits advance payments to 25% of the cost of the repair or replacement of fencing.

Under EFRP, the act allows owners of nonindustrial private forest land impacted by a natural disaster to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments for up to 75% of the cost of the emergency measures. Currently, advance payments are not available under the program.

ECP and EFRP recipients must use the funds within 180 days after the funds are disbursed. This provides additional time to ECP recipients who currently must use the funds within 60 days.

The act 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.

Recorded votes

Roll calls on passage or final agreement. Washington’s members are shown first; every member’s vote is on the roll-call page.

House Roll Call 223: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

· Passed · Yes 368, No 19, Not voting 44

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 368 - 19 (Roll no. 223). (text: CR H4137)

Washington: Rep. Suzan K. DelBene (WA-1) (D): Yes · Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-2) (D): Yes · Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-3) (D): Yes · Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-4) (R): Yes · Rep. Michael Baumgartner (WA-5) (R): Not voting · Rep. Emily Randall (WA-6) (D): Yes · Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-7) (D): Yes · Rep. Kim Schrier (WA-8) (D): Yes · Rep. Adam Smith (WA-9) (D): Yes · Rep. Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) (D): Yes

Official actions

  1. Became Public Law No: 119-102.
  2. Presented to President.
  3. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 368 - 19 (Roll no. 223). (text: CR H4137)
  4. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  5. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  6. Introduced in Senate

Sources

  1. Congress.gov: S. 629 (119th Congress)
  2. GovInfo Bill Status XML: S. 629
  3. GovInfo: Public Law 119-102 (official text)
  4. Clerk of the House: Roll Call 223 (2026)