CRP Improvement and Flexibility Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Sep 3, 2025, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 203 words.
CRP Improvement and Flexibility Act of 2025 This bill increases federal assistance and incentives for eligible participants and entities in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) of the Farm Service Agency. CRP is a land conservation program that provides an annual rental payment to farmers in exchange for farmers removing environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and planting species that will improve environmental health and quality. The bill increases the CRP annual rental payment limitation from $50,000 to $125,000. The bill also permanently establishes a continuous enrollment procedure for land that will be enrolled under the State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement Initiative. Additionally, the bill provides federal cost sharing payments for the establishment of grazing infrastructure on all CRP contracts and practices, if grazing is included in the conservation plan and addresses a resource concern. It also provides federal cost sharing payments under CRP for management activities to implement the conservation plan that are not related to haying or grazing. Further, the bill allows emergency haying on CRP land during the primary nesting season in response to drought, flooding, wildfire, or other emergencies if certain conditions are met. It also modifies the conditions under which haying and grazing may be permitted on CRP land.
- Committees
- House Agriculture Committee
- Policy area
- Agriculture and Food: 14 of 2,036 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.7%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 77 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 787 words
- Latest action
- Jan 13, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th S. 2608 CRP Improvement and Flexibility Act of 2025 R · Introduced