To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal certain provisions relating to the acceptance and use of contributions for public-private partnerships, and for other purposes.

H.R. 773, introduced January 28, 2025 by Representative Hageman and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, would amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal certain provisions related to accepting and using contributions for public-private partnerships (PPPs). Specifically, it would remove the PPP-specific framework within Section 1241(f) and replace it with a more program-specific approach: the Secretary could establish sub-accounts for each conservation program (under subtitle D) to accept non-Federal contributions that support the program’s purposes. It would also reframe where contributions are deposited (into sub-accounts for the relevant conservation program) and would eliminate several existing paragraphs (3–10) of that subsection. In short, the bill narrows or eliminates the previous PPP linkage and channels private contributions directly into per-program sub-accounts.