Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) have announced the EQIP Water Conservation Act to allow local water agencies to access larger U.S. Department of Agriculture grants for water efficiency and conservation projects that benefit multiple farmers. In the 2018 Farm Bill, Congress authorized the secretary of agriculture to support water projects that conserve water, provide fish and wildlife habitat, and combat drought through the USDA’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). However, a subsequent USDA rule effectively nullified this provision by capping EQIP payments for water agencies at $900,000, only twice the funding limit for individual farmers’ projects. Since water agencies can represent hundreds of farmers, the bill would remove that $900,000 cap and allow water agencies to receive EQIP grants proportional to the number of farmers they serve.