Lets farmers and private forest owners receive advance payments for emergency conservation and restoration work, and extends a 60-day deadline to 180 days.

• Allows advance payments of 75 percent of replacement costs and 50 percent of repair or restoration costs under the emergency conservation program
• Covers emergency measures to replace or restore farmland or conservation structures that need an immediate response, as determined by the Secretary
• Counts wildfires not caused naturally that spread through natural causes, and wildfires caused by the Federal Government, as eligible for payments
• Allows owners of nonindustrial private forest land to receive up to 75 percent of emergency restoration costs in advance, with unspent funds returned within a timeframe the Secretary sets after 180 days

• Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee (Senate)

Agriculture and Food