# 115-hr-4212: To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to increase support for conservation practices under the emergency conservation program, and for other purposes.

115-hr-4212, To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to increase support for conservation practices under the emergency conservation program, and for other purposes., is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4212
- Congress: 115
- Title: To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to increase support for conservation practices under the emergency conservation program, and for other purposes.
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- Introduced: 2017-11-01
- Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to increase the maximum cost-share payment permitted under the Department of Agriculture Emergency Conservation Program (ECP). (The ECP provides emergency funding and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters and to implement emergency water conservation measures in periods of severe drought.) The bill requires the maximum cost-share payment permitted under the ECP (currently $200,000 per person or legal entity, per natural disaster) to be equal to the maximum cost-share permitted under the Emergency Forest Restoration Program (currently $500,000 per person or legal entity, per disaster).

## Related bills

- 115-hr-7354: Small Business Lending Fairness Act
- 115-hr-7249: Better Prior Authorization Notification Act
- 115-hr-7212: Violence Against Women Health Act of 2018
- 115-hr-7059: Build the Wall, Enforce the Law Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6986: Nursing Home Workforce Quality Act
- 115-hr-6760: Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018

## Sources
- [115-hr-4212 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4212)

## Related
- [115-hr-7354: Small Business Lending Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7354)
- [115-hr-7249: Better Prior Authorization Notification Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7249)
- [115-hr-7212: Violence Against Women Health Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7212)
- [115-hr-7059: Build the Wall, Enforce the Law Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7059)
- [115-hr-6986: Nursing Home Workforce Quality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6986)
- [115-hr-6760: Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6760)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4212 (as of 2025-11-18).