To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase funding for the conservation stewardship program, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 622 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 622

  To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase funding for the 
       conservation stewardship program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 22, 2025

   Mr. Kelly of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was 
                referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase funding for the 
       conservation stewardship program, 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. ANNUAL FUNDING.

    Section 1241(a)(3)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3841(a)(3)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) for the conservation stewardship program 
                under subchapter B of that chapter, $1,800,000,000 for 
                each of fiscal years 2025 through 2031.''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF FUNDS.

    $5,020,000,000 of the unobligated balances of amount appropriated 
or otherwise made available under section 21001 of Public Law 117-169 
(commonly referred to ask the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022) is 
hereby transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out, using 
the facilities and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the 
conservation stewardship program under subchapter B of chapter 4 of 
subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3839aa-21 et seq.).
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