Protecting Farmers from Natural Disasters Act of 2025
This bill amends the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program to allow the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide for certain restoration activities. The EWP Program offers technical and financial assistance, including the purchase of floodplain easements, to safeguard people and property from floods, drought, fires, windstorms, and other natural disasters that impair a watershed.
Under the bill, USDA may allow restoration above pre-disaster conditions if that restoration is in the best interest of the long-term health and protection of the watershed.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5280 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5280
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to enhance the long-term
protection of watersheds, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 10, 2025
Mr. Nunn of Iowa (for himself and Mr. Davis of North Carolina)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Agriculture
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A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to enhance the long-term
protection of watersheds, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Farmers from Natural
Disasters Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. LEVEL OF RESTORATION.
Section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203)
is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
``(b) Level of Restoration.--The Secretary may allow restoration
above pre-disaster conditions if that restoration is in the best
interest of the long-term health and protection of the watershed.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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