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NRCS Wetland Compliance and Appeals Reform Act

Introduced Apr 10, 2025 by Sen. Mike Rounds

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Latest action · Apr 10, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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What it does

This bill revises provisions related to compliance and the appeals process for the wetland certification program at the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

Among other things, this bill

prohibits the NRCS from acquiring any permanent easement;

prohibits the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from imposing penalties retroactively for newly determined wetlands;

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

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