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House Bill 6921
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act
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H. R. 6921 (Introduced-in-House)


118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6921


To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize payments under the environmental quality incentives program to assist producers in implementing certain conservation practices along the southern border of Texas, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 9, 2024

Ms. De La Cruz (for herself, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, and Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize payments under the environmental quality incentives program to assist producers in implementing certain conservation practices along the southern border of Texas, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act”.

SEC. 2. Southern Border Initiative.

Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(k) Southern Border Initiative.—

“(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide payments to producers under the program to implement conservation practices to address and repair damage, to agricultural land and farming infrastructure on covered land of such producers, that contributes to natural resource concerns or problems.

“(2) CONTRACT TERM.—A contract to provide payments under paragraph (1) shall have a term of 1 year.

“(3) COVERED LAND DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘covered land’ means land in a county at or near the southern border of Texas, including the following counties:

“(A) Brewster.

“(B) Brooks.

“(C) Cameron.

“(D) Crockett.

“(E) Culberson.

“(F) Dimmit.

“(G) Duval.

“(H) Edwards.

“(I) El Paso.

“(J) Frio.

“(K) Hidalgo.

“(L) Hudspeth.

“(M) Jeff Davis.

“(N) Jim Hogg.

“(O) Jim Wells.

“(P) Karnes.

“(Q) Kenedy.

“(R) Kinney.

“(S) Kleberg.

“(T) La Salle.

“(U) Live Oak.

“(V) Maverick.

“(W) McMullen.

“(X) Pecos.

“(Y) Presidio.

“(Z) Reeves.

“(AA) Starr.

“(BB) Sutton.

“(CC) Terrell.

“(DD) Uvalde.

“(EE) Val Verde.

“(FF) Webb.

“(GG) Willacy.

“(HH) Zapata.

“(II) Zavala.”.