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119-hr-389119th CongressWALLET

Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act

Sponsored By: Representative De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15]

In Committee

Summary

Payments to producers for repairing damaged farmland and farming infrastructure along the Texas southern border. This bill would add a "Southern Border Initiative" to the Food Security Act to fund one-year contracts for conservation practices on eligible land.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Payments for Texas border farmers and ranchers

This bill would create a Southern Border Initiative to give payments to producers to repair and conserve damaged agricultural land and farming infrastructure. Contracts for payments would have a term of one year. The bill would define "covered land" as land in or near the southern Texas border and would list these counties: Brewster, Brooks, Cameron, Crockett, Culberson, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, El Paso, Frio, Hidalgo, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, Starr, Sutton, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, and Zavala. The text does not set payment amounts, application rules, or funding sources.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15]

TX • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/14/2025

  • Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 1/23/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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