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Protecting Farmers from Natural Disasters Act of 2025
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to enhance the long-term protection of watersheds, and for other purposes.
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Summary
Protecting Farmers from Natural Disasters Act of 2025
This bill amends the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program to allow the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide for certain restoration activities. The EWP Program offers technical and financial assistance, including the purchase of floodplain easements, to safeguard people and property from floods, drought, fires, windstorms, and other natural disasters that impair a watershed.
Under the bill, USDA may allow restoration above pre-disaster conditions if that restoration is in the best interest of the long-term health and protection of the watershed.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Jan 13, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- Jan 13, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
- Sep 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- Sep 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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