Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) reintroduced bipartisan legislation with Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (IA-02) to preserve and restore the Driftless Area between Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
Reintroduce bipartisan legislation to conserve and protect the Driftless Area through voluntary conservation tools.
Occurrences
Evidence
Congress.gov lists H.R.7330 as introduced 02/03/2026 by Rep. Ashley Hinson [R-IA-2], with Rep. Eric Sorensen [D-IL-17] marked as an original cosponsor the same day.
The introduced text says Hinson, for herself and Sorensen, introduced a bill to reestablish the Driftless Area Landscape Conservation Initiative; it authorizes financial assistance, technical assistance, and easement payments.
Congress.gov actions list H.R.7330 as introduced in the House and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture on 02/03/2026.
The Congressional Record states: By Mrs. Hinson, for herself and Mr. Sorensen, H.R.7330 would amend the Food Security Act to reestablish the Driftless Area Landscape Conservation Initiative.
Sorensen's House page says he reintroduced bipartisan legislation with Congresswoman Ashley Hinson to preserve and restore the Driftless Area, and describes the DALCI Act as empowering farmers with voluntary conservation tools.
GovInfo lists H.R.4248 in the 118th Congress as the Driftless Area Landscape Conservation Initiative Act, introduced by Hinson for herself and Sorensen on June 21, 2023.
Assessments
The promise was to reintroduce bipartisan Driftless Area conservation legislation using voluntary conservation tools, not necessarily to enact it. Congress.gov and the Congressional Record show H.R.7330, the DALCI Act, was introduced on February 3, 2026 by Rep. Ashley Hinson with Rep. Eric Sorensen as an original bipartisan cosponsor, and the bill text covers reestablishing the Driftless Area Landscape Conservation Initiative with voluntary conservation assistance tools. Sorensen's official House materials also describe this as his bipartisan reintroduction. This satisfies the promised action during his current House term.