HR6877-118

Introduced

To amend section 1242 of the Food Security Act of 1985 to enhance and update conservation practice standards, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Dec 19, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend section 1242 of the Food Security Act of 1985 to enhance and update conservation practice standards, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H396B59902C634EEEB53C41BBE52CC9CD: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Streamlining Conservation Practice Standards Act.
  • Section H8602F6211C9E41AEB3F5BD33313CB811: 2. Delivery of technical assistance Section 1242(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3842(h)) is amended— in the subsection heading, by striking...
  • Section HAF4C6900D9334946BDF49C5C912C9C08: 3. Commodity Credit Corporation Section 1241(j)(1)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(j)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting , including schedules...
  • Section H1BDB26EAFFED46ACA2B48112012870E0: 4. Conservation innovation grants and payments Section 1240H(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend section 1242 of the Food Security Act of 1985 to enhance and update conservation practice standards, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Government Operations, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend section 1242 of the Food Security Act of 1985 to enhance and update conservation practice standards, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Government Operations Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
environmental regulators and natural-resource users: , ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies: , ,
environmental regulators and natural-resource users: , ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 19, 2023

Ms. Spanberger (for herself and Mr. Nunn of Iowa) introduced …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Government Operations Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

Learn more about our methodology