SOIL Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4636 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4636 To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage practices that benefit both soil and wildlife habitat by increasing payments to producers for such practices under the environmental quality incentives program and the conservation stewardship program, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 23, 2025 Ms. Brownley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage practices that benefit both soil and wildlife habitat by increasing payments to producers for such practices under the environmental quality incentives program and the conservation stewardship 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 ``Saving Our Interconnected Lives Act'' or the ``SOIL Act''. SEC. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM. (a) Increased Payments for Certain Practices Relating to Soil and Wildlife Habitat.-- Section 1240B(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-2(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(8) Increased payments for practices that benefit both soil and wildlife habitat.--Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Secretary shall provide payment to producers at 90 percent of the cost associated with planning, design, materials, equipment, installation, labor, management, maintenance, or training for performing a practice that simultaneously benefits both soil and wildlife habitat for projects identified by the Secretary as addressing both soil and wildlife habitat resource concerns, including