H.R. 4213: To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to establish a program to provide advance payments under the Emergency Conservation Program for the repair or replacement of fencing.

115th Congress · introduced 2017-11-01 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-11-01 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Marshall, Roger [R-KS-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to establish a program to provide advance payments under the Emergency Conservation Program for the repair or replacement of fencing.

Plain summary

This bill amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to give agricultural producers the option of receiving advance payments under the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) for the repair or replacement of fencing. (The ECP provides emergency funding and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters and to implement emergency water conservation measures in periods of severe drought.) The advance payments must be provided before the producer carries out the repair or replacement and be based on the fair market value of the cost of the repair or replacement approved by USDA under the program.

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Official text

To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to establish a program to provide advance payments under the Emergency Conservation Program for the repair or replacement of fencing.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Roger [R-KS-1] · 0 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr4213.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr4213 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115