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Eliminating Needless Administrative Barriers Lessening Efficiency for Conservation Act of 2025 or the ENABLE Conservation Act of 2025 This bill amends the continuous enrollment procedure for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) of the Farm Service Agency to permanently allow the continous enrollment of land under the State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) initiative and allow an acreage cap to be waived. CRP is a land conservation program that provides an annual rental payment to farmers in exchange for removing environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and planting species that will improve environmental health and quality. The bill permanently allows producers to use the continuous enrollment procedure for land that will be enrolled under the SAFE initiative. (The SAFE initiative restores habitats to meet high-priority state wildlife conservation goals.) The bill also allows the Department of Agriculture to grant a waiver to exclude acreage enrolled under the continuous enrollment procedure from a cap that limits the amount of cropland in a county that is permitted to be enrolled in CRP. The government of the county involved must concur with the waiver for it to be granted.
Action Timeline
2025-09-15
Introduced in House
2025-09-15
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2025-09-15
Introduced in House
Frequently Asked Questions
Did HR.5365 pass?
HR.5365 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: pending.
What does HR.5365 do?
Eliminating Needless Administrative Barriers Lessening Efficiency for Conservation Act of 2025 or the ENABLE Conservation Act of 2025 This bill amends the continuous enrollment procedure for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) of the Farm Service Agency to permanently allow the continous enrollment of land under the State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) initiative and allow an acreage cap to be waived. CRP is a land conservation program that provides an annual rental payment to farmers in exchange for removing environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and planting sp…
Who sponsored HR.5365?
HR.5365 was sponsored by Kim Schrier (D-Washington).
Full Bill Text
119 HR 5365 IH: Eliminating Needless Administrative Barriers Lessening Efficiency for Conservation Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-09-15 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5365 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 15, 2025 Ms. Schrier (for herself and Mr. Newhouse ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 with respect to the conservation reserve program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eliminating Needless Administrative Barriers Lessening Efficiency for Conservation Act of 2025 or the ENABLE Conservation Act of 2025 . 2. Amendments to the Food Security Act of 1985 (a) State acres for wildlife enhancement continuous enrollment Section 1231(d)(6)(A)(i) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3831(d)(6)(A)(i) ) is amended— (1) in subclause (II), by striking and at the end; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (IV) land that will be enrolled under the State acres for wildlife enhancement initiative established by the Secretary; and . (b) Acreage limitations Section 1244(f)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3844(f)(3) ) is amended by striking section 1231A and inserting section 1231(d)(6) .
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