Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
This bill amends the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) authority in the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to allow State or local governments and Indian Tribes ("sponsors") to incur certain preagreement costs for emergency watershed protection measures.
Within 180 days the Secretary must list allowable preagreement measures and establish a State-level procedure to request additional measures for a specified natural disaster.
If a sponsor later enters into an agreement with the Secretary, those preagreement costs may count toward the sponsor’s contribution; sponsors who act beforehand assume the financial risk.
Technocratic, limited-change bill with low fiscal impact and bipartisan appeal increases feasibility, though procedural barriers remain.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a focused administrative amendment that clearly defines its primary purpose, assigns responsibility to the Secretary, and imposes an initial deadline, but it provides only moderate operational detail and omits fiscal and many procedural specifics.
Liberals emphasize equity and environmental safeguards.
Liberals emphasize equity and environmental safeguards.
Generally supportive of measures that speed disaster response and include Tribes, but cautious about shifting costs onto underresourced state, local, or tribal governments.
Would look for safeguards ensuring equitable access and environmental protections.
Likely to view this as a pragmatic, low-cost improvement clarifying procedures for disaster mitigation.
Supportive if administrative details and fiscal exposures are carefully managed and timelines are realistic.
Favorable to increased State and local authority and voluntary local risk-taking.
Appreciates limiting new mandatory federal spending while enabling faster local mitigation actions.
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Technocratic, limited-change bill with low fiscal impact and bipartisan appeal increases feasibility, though procedural barriers remain.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberals emphasize equity and environmental safeguards.
Technocratic, limited-change bill with low fiscal impact and bipartisan appeal increases feasibility, though procedural barriers remain.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a focused administrative amendment that clearly defines its primary purpose, assigns responsibility to the Secretary, and imposes an initial deadline, but it provi…
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