# 119-hr-5111: CRP Improvement and Flexibility Act of 2025

119-hr-5111, CRP Improvement and Flexibility Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5111
- Congress: 119
- Title: CRP Improvement and Flexibility Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-09-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-24

## Summary

**This bill would increase CRP flexibility for habitat and grazing**. It centers on adding continuous enrollment for certain wildlife acres, allowing emergency haying and grazing under set conditions, expanding grazing cost‑shares, and raising payment limits. - Producers would be allowed emergency haying or grazing on up to 50% of contract acres in declared local or regional disasters when triggers apply, such as a county drought rating of D2 or at least a 40% loss in forage, or a Secretary determination that activity aids disaster response. - Conservation and management would gain new options because State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) lands could enroll continuously and mid‑contract management cost‑share would cover more non‑haying/grazing activities; emergency haying that causes long‑term damage during the final two weeks of nesting would be barred. - Payments and reenrollment would change: cost‑share support would explicitly cover grazing infrastructure like cross fencing and water systems, land with such infrastructure could be treated as planted for reenrollment, and the rental payment cap would rise from $50,000 to $125,000.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] (R-IA), 2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] (R-SD), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2026-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Higher CRP rental payment cap: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would raise the annual maximum CRP rental payment from $50,000 to $125,000. This would let landowners and producers who previously hit the $50,000 cap receive larger rental payments. The change would take effect upon enactment.
- Cost-share for grazing and management: benefit, medium. If enacted, CRP owners and operators would be able to get cost-share payments for grazing infrastructure like interior cross fencing, perimeter fencing, and water systems when grazing is in the conservation plan and addresses a resource concern. The bill would also let the Secretary pay part of the…
- Continuous CRP signup for wildlife acres: benefit, low. If enacted, land enrolled under the State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement practice would be eligible for CRP continuous enrollment. This would let producers use the continuous signup pathway to enroll SAFE wildlife practices. The change would take effect upon enactment.
- Emergency haying and limited grazing: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would allow emergency haying on all CRP practices during the final two weeks of the primary nesting season and outside that season in response to local or regional drought, flooding, wildfire, or other emergencies. Emergency haying would be limited to no more than 50 percent of…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-5111 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5111)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5111 (as of 2026-10-24).