118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1078 — NRCS Wetland Compliance and Appeals Reform Act

“A bill to require reforms to programs of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and for other purposes.”

Agriculture and food

Introduced Mar 30, 2023

Last action Mar 30, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Mar 30, 2023

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Referred

Mar 30, 2023

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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Committee

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Senate

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House floor

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Resolve Changes

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Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

This bill revises provisions related to the wetland certification program at the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), including by prohibiting the NRCS from acquiring any permanent easement; prohibiting USDA from imposing penalties retroactively for newly determined wetlands; revising the appeals process of the NRCS for wetland certification requests; prohibiting USDA from using new rationale for a wetland determination if a person has previously successfully appealed a final wetland determination; establishing that USDA bears the burden of proof, by clear and convincing evidence, that a person has violated certain wetland conservation prov...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Mar 30, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Mar 30, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.