Conservation Reserve Program Modernization Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6388 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6388 To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to modernize the conservation reserve program, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 3, 2025 Mr. Finstad introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to modernize the conservation reserve program, 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 ``Conservation Reserve Program Modernization Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. Subchapter B of chapter 1 of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.) is amended by inserting before section 1231 the following: ``SEC. 1230. DEFINITIONS. ``In this subchapter: ``(1) Conservation buffer.--The term `conservation buffer' means a practice that, once established, provides a benefit to water quality or another resource concern, including-- ``(A) a grass sod waterway; ``(B) a contour grass sod strip; ``(C) a prairie strip; ``(D) a filterstrip; ``(E) a field border; ``(F) a living snow fence; ``(G) a riparian buffer; ``(H) a shelterbelt or windbreak; ``(I) a wetland or a wetland buffer (including a buffer for prairie potholes, a playa, or a pocosin); ``(J) a saturated buffer; ``(K) a bioreactor; ``(L) a wellhead protection area; and ``(M) other similar practices, as determined by the Secretary. ``(2) Eligible land.--The term `eligible land' means land that is authorized to be included in the conservation reserve program under section 1231(b). ``(3) Eligible partner.--The term `eligible partner' means-- ``(A) a State; ``(B) a politic