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H.R. 389 · 119TH CONGRESS
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CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act
This bill directs the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to provide payments to agricultural producers to implement certain conservation practices in counties at or near the Texas southern border. In general, this Department of Agriculture program provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers and forest landowners to address natural resource concerns.
Specifically, EQIP must provide payments to agricultural producers to implement conservation practices to address and repair damage to agricultural land and farming infrastructure that is in a county at or near the Texas southern border and contributes to natural resource concerns or problems.
Written by the Congressional Research Service for this version of the bill. Later versions may differ. Read at Congress.gov.