# 119-s-1389: Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2025

119-s-1389, Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1389
- Congress: 119
- Title: Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-09
- Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Expands and reshapes the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program to cover dryland agriculture and grazing and to change how payments are set.** This bill would let landowners spread or vary annual rental payments across CREP contract years, tie drought and water‑conservation payments to irrigated and dryland payment formulas, and exempt CREP rental payments from the $50,000 annual CRP payment cap. - Farmers and landowners: Owners could enroll agricultural land that stays in continuous crop or crop rotation and choose how annual payments are allocated across a contract. Some existing drought and water agreements could be recalculated so owners receive higher payment rates retroactively. - Irrigated and drought‑affected operations: Agreements that permanently retire water rights would get payments equal to irrigated acre rates. Agreements that permit dryland uses would get payments equal to the difference between irrigated and dryland acre rates as set by USDA. - State, tribal, and nonprofit partners: CREP practice standards would shift to a conservation‑plan framework and certain CREP agreements described in the statute would be required to follow the specified form, clarifying program design and administration.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] (R-KS), 2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New conservation payments and rules for farmers: mixed, medium. If enacted, owners and operators in certain CREP agreements would get new payment options and rules. You could choose how to spread annual payments across years. If an agreement permanently retires water rights, annual payments would use the irrigated-acre rate the Secretary sets. If an agreement a…

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## Sources
- [119-s-1389 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1389)

## Related
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- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-410: Love Lives On Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-410)
- [119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1816)
- [119-s-1261: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1261)
- [119-s-2903: Safe Step Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2903)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1389 (as of 2025-12-21).