EQIP Improvement Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced
Summary
Redefines EQIP cost-share rules and cuts the maximum payment per producer. This bill would recategorize conservation practices into three cost-share bands and change how multi-element practices are paid.
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- Producers and ranchers would see new cost-share bands: 75% for most activities, 40% for a specified list of infrastructure and drainage practices like irrigation pipelines, ponds, access roads, and waste facilities, and 100% for income foregone.
- Larger operations would face a lower annual EQIP payment cap, reducing the per-producer limit from $450,000 to $150,000.
- The bill would add annual reporting to Congress showing obligations by practice, fiscal year, state, and producer size, and it reclassifies wildlife habitat funding inside the allocation framework to improve tracking.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Lower EQIP payment cap for farms
If enacted, this would cut the EQIP payment cap per producer to $150,000. It would replace the old $450,000 limit. Bigger operations would hit the cap sooner and get less total help. This change would start upon enactment.
New EQIP cost-share caps
If enacted, EQIP would cap payments for most practice costs at 75%. Heavy items like access roads, dams, irrigation pipelines, ponds, and waste facilities would be capped at 40%. When income foregone applies, you could get 100% of that amount. If a practice mixes parts, each part would use its own cap. This would start upon enactment.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
CT • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
MA • D
Sponsored 6/25/2025
Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/25/2025
Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2]
AL • D
Sponsored 6/25/2025
Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
MA • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 1/21/2026
Roll Call Votes
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