A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to improve wildlife habitat connectivity and wildlife migration corridors, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4091 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4091 To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to improve wildlife habitat connectivity and wildlife migration corridors, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 12, 2026 Mr. Heinrich (for himself and Mr. Sheehy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to improve wildlife habitat connectivity and wildlife migration corridors, 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 ``Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. (a) Definition of Native Big Game Species.--Section 1201(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801(a)) is amended-- (1) by redesignating paragraphs (18) through (27) as paragraphs (19) through (28), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (17) the following: ``(18) Native big game species.--The term `native big game species' means a native species of a large mammal, including a wild deer, an elk, a pronghorn, a wild sheep, and a moose.''. (b) Regional Conservation Partnership Program Critical Conservation Areas.--Section 1271F(a)(2)(C) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3871f(a)(2)(C)) is amended by inserting ``, including restoration and enhancement of wildlife habitat connectivity and wildlife migration corridors, with a focus on native big game species'' before ``; and''. (c) Enrollment in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and the Conservation Stewardship Program of Grassland Enrolled in the C