HR7850-118

Introduced

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide a waiver to the payment limitation under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Mar 29, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide a waiver to the payment limitation under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Agriculture, Government Operations.

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 H32CD856612CE436790FFC0F18CC15B3E: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eliminating Access Barriers to Conservation Act.
  • Section H753C50321D364E959E32C40AD44F8440: 2. Limitation on payments Section 1240G of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–7) is amended— by striking Not including payments made under and...

Evidence Chain:

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

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide a waiver to the payment limitation under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Agriculture, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide a waiver to the payment limitation under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Agriculture Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 29, 2024

Ms. Tokuda (for herself, Mr. Moylan, and Mr. Case) introduced …

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

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

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