# 119-hr-2758: Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2025

119-hr-2758, Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4] (R-CO); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2758
- Congress: 119
- Title: Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4] (R-CO)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Expands and makes the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) more flexible to reward water conservation and allow dryland and grazing uses.** This bill would broaden eligible practices, change payment rules, and create targeted drought and water-right retirement options to boost participation and resilience. - Farmers and landowners: Owners could elect variable annual payment allocations, enroll land that allows dryland farming or grazing, and receive retroactive payment adjustments when new dryland payment rules raise prior rates. - Water conservation and drought resilience: The bill would create drought and water-conservation agreements that can include permanent retirement of water rights paid at irrigated-acre rates and a dryland-difference payment equal to the irrigated rate minus the dryland rate. - Program mechanics and limits: It would require certain CREP actions that were optional, mandate conservation plans for enrolled land, let the Secretary set irrigated and dryland rates, and exempt CREP rental payments from standard statutory payment limits.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO), 2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3] (R-CO), 2025-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1] (R-KS), 2025-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More flexible CREP payments for farms: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) would set clear payment rules for water and drought agreements. If your deal allows dryland farming, pay would equal the irrigated rate minus the dryland rate set by USDA. If it permanently retires water rights, pay would equal the irr…
- More CREP options, conservation plan required: mixed, medium. If enacted, CREP would cover more practices, like dryland farming and grazing. Land in continuous cropping or a rotation could qualify. But the land would need an adopted conservation plan, not just best practices. This could open the door for more farms, with some planning time and paperwork.
- New rules for special CREP agreements: mixed, medium. If enacted, the government would be required to carry out the subsection (e) actions in CREP, not just allowed to. Agreements under that subsection would be exempt from the general rules that apply to other CREP deals. This could expand availability and change how those agreements are run.

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## Sources
- [119-hr-2758 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2758)

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- [119-hr-1502: North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1502)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2758 (as of 2026-09-21).