Streamlining Conservation Practice Standards Act of 2025

The Streamlining Conservation Practice Standards Act of 2025 seeks to reform how the United States establishes, reviews, and updates conservation practice standards under the Food Security Act of 1985. Its core goal is to speed up and simplify the process for creating and revising standards while expanding the use of new technologies and innovative approaches. The bill would broaden the role of Conservation Innovation Grants, require a new, faster, publicly accessible process for interim and permanent standards, and mandate regular public input and transparency in decisions. Overall, it aims to make conservation practices more adaptable to new science and technology, with a stronger emphasis on state and local flexibility and stakeholder engagement. Key elements include expanding and rebranding grant activities to support development and evaluation of innovative practices, introducing a rolling and expedited review framework for standards, and prioritizing technologies such as precision agriculture and perennial systems. The changes are designed to accelerate adoption of updated or new conservation practices while ensuring public input and clear posting of decisions and standards.