Disaster bill becoming law without Trump’s signature
Legislation meant to help farmers and forest landowners after natural disasters will become law without President Donald Trump’s signature.
The House last month passed S. 629, the Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act, from Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), which would change the Agriculture Department’s Emergency Conservation Program and Emergency Forest Restoration Program to speed payments to agricultural producers and forest landowners following natural disasters.
The legislation cleared the House 368-19 after passing the Senate in March by unanimous consent. Co-sponsors include Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).
“Nebraska farmers and ranchers will directly benefit from this law, and I am proud to have gotten it across the finish line,” Fischer said in a statement this week.
