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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2803 

To address the impact of climate change on agriculture, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 22, 2021 

Ms. PINGREE (for herself, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. 

BROWNLEY, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mrs. HAYES, 

Mr. KHANNA, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 

QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. RYAN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. 

SPANBERGER, and Mr. WELCH) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, 

Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 

such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To address the impact of climate change on agriculture, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Agriculture Resilience Act’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

2 this bill is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—NATIONAL GOAL 

Sec. 101. Goals. 

Sec. 102. Action plan. 

TITLE II—RESEARCH 

Sec. 201. Research, extension, and education purpose. 

Sec. 202. Regional hubs for risk adaptation and mitigation to climate change. 

Sec. 203. Sustainable agriculture research and education resilience initiative. 

Sec. 204. Sustainable agriculture technology development and transfer program. 

Sec. 205. Long-Term Agroecological Network. 

Sec. 206. Public breed and cultivar research. 

Sec. 207. ARS Climate Scientist Career Development Program. 

Sec. 208. Agricultural Climate Adaptation and Mitigation through AFRI. 

Sec. 209. Specialty crop research initiative. 

Sec. 210. Integrated pest management. 

Sec. 211. National Academy of Sciences Study. 

Sec. 212. Appropriate technology transfer to rural areas. 

TITLE III—SOIL HEALTH 

Sec. 301. Crop insurance. 

Sec. 302. Environmental Quality Incentives Program. 

Sec. 303. Conservation Stewardship Program. 

Sec. 304. State assistance for soil health. 

Sec. 305. Funding and administration. 

Sec. 306. Carbon tax credit feasibility study. 

Sec. 307. Conservation compliance. 

Sec. 308. Agroforestry centers. 

TITLE IV—FARMLAND PRESERVATION AND FARM VIABILITY 

Sec. 401. Local Agriculture Market Program. 

Sec. 402. Organic certification cost-share program. 

Sec. 403. Exclusion of gain from sale of certain farm property and agricultural 

easements. 

Sec. 404. Farmland Protection Policy Act. 

Sec. 405. Agriculture conservation easement program. 

TITLE V—PASTURE-BASED LIVESTOCK 

Sec. 501. Animal raising claims. 

Sec. 502. Processing Resilience Grant Program. 

Sec. 503. Conservation of private grazing land. 

Sec. 504. Conservation reserve program. 

Sec. 505. Alternative Manure Management Program. 

TITLE VI—ON-FARM RENEWABLE ENERGY 

Sec. 601. Rural Energy For America Program. 


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Sec. 602. Study on dual-use renewable energy systems. 

Sec. 603. AgSTAR program. 

TITLE VII—FOOD LOSS AND WASTE 

Subtitle A—Food Date Labeling 

Sec. 701. Definitions. 

Sec. 702. Quality dates and discard dates. 

Sec. 703. Misbranding. 

Sec. 704. Regulations. 

Sec. 705. Delayed applicability. 

Subtitle B—Other Provisions 

Sec. 711. Composting as conservation practice. 

Sec. 712. Amendments to Federal Food Donation Act. 

Sec. 713. Grants for composting and anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy 

projects. 

Sec. 714. School food waste reduction grant program. 

1 TITLE I—NATIONAL GOAL 

2 SEC. 101. GOALS. 

3 (a) UNITED STATES AGRICULTURE GOAL.—As part 

4 of a national greenhouse gas emission reduction effort to 

5 prevent climate change from exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius 

6 of warming above preindustrial levels, the goal for the ag7 ricultural sector in the United States shall be to achieve 

8 at least a 50 percent reduction in net greenhouse gases 

9 from 2010 levels by not later than 2030 and to achieve 

10 net zero emissions by not later than 2040. 

11 (b) SUBGOALS.— 

12 (1) RESEARCH.—To help achieve the goal speci13 fied in subsection (a), the total Federal investment 

14 in public food and agriculture research and exten15 sion should, at a minimum, triple by not later than 

16 2030 and quadruple by not later than 2040, with a 


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1 heightened emphasis on climate change adaptation 

2 and mitigation, soil health and carbon sequestration, 

3 nutrient and manure management to curb nitrous 

4 oxide and methane emissions, agroforestry, advanced 

5 grazing management and crop-livestock integration, 

6 other agro-ecological systems, on-farm and food sys7 tem energy efficiency and renewable energy produc8 tion, farmland preservation and viability, food waste 

9 reduction, and related topics to accelerate progress 

10 toward net zero emissions by not later than 2040. 

11 (2) SOIL HEALTH.—To help achieve the goal 

12 specified in subsection (a) the United States 

13 should— 

14 (A) immediately become a member of the 

15 4 per 1000 Initiative’s forum and consortium, 

16 hosted by the Consultative Group for Inter17 national Agricultural Research (commonly re18 ferred to as the ‘‘CGIAR’’), with the aim of in19 creasing total soil carbon stocks by 0.4 percent 

20 annually to reduce carbon in the atmosphere, 

21 restore soil health and productivity, and thereby 

22 improve food security; 

23 (B) expand adoption of soil health prac24 tices (including diverse crop rotations, cover 

25 cropping, conservation tillage, perennial crop 


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1 production systems, agroforestry, composting, 

2 biologically based nutrient management, and 

3 advanced grazing management including 

4 silvopasture) sufficiently to— 

5 (i) reduce nitrous oxide emissions 

6 from agricultural soils in the United States 

7 by 25 percent by not later than 2030 and 

8 75 percent by not later than 2040; and 

9 (ii) increase soil carbon stocks by 0.4 

10 percent annually on at least 50 percent of 

11 United States agricultural lands by not 

12 later than 2030, and to meet or exceed 

13 that threshold on all United States agricul14 tural lands by not later than 2040; 

15 (C) expand implementation of regionally 

16 appropriate cover crops and other continual liv17 ing cover so that— 

18 (i) at least 50 percent of cropland 

19 acres nationwide include one or more cover 

20 crops or other continual living cover in 

21 their rotations by not later than 2030, ris22 ing to at least 75 percent of cropland acres 

23 nationwide by not later than 2040; and 

24 (ii) cropland acres are covered by 

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1 cover crops, or residue for an average of 

2 75 percent of the calendar year by not 

3 later than 2030, rising to at least 85 per4 cent of the calendar year by not later than 

5 2040; and 

6 (D) encourage conversion of at least 15 

7 percent of current annual grain crop acres to 

8 agroforestry, perennial grazing, perennial grain 

9 crops, or other perennial production systems by 

10 not later than 2030, rising to at least 30 per11 cent by not later than 2040. 

12 (3) FARMLAND PRESERVATION.—To help 

13 achieve the goal specified in subsection (a), the rate 

14 of conversion in the United States of agricultural 

15 land to development, as well as the rate of grassland 

16 conversion to cropping, should be reduced by at least 

17 80 percent by not later than 2030 and eliminated by 

18 not later than 2040. 

19 (4) PASTURE-BASED LIVESTOCK.—To help 

20 achieve the goal specified in subsection (a), the live21 stock sector in the United States should— 

22 (A) establish advanced grazing manage23 ment, including management-intensive rota24 tional grazing, on at least 50 percent of all 

25 grazing lands by not later than 2030 and 100 


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1 percent of all grazing land by not later than 

2 2040; 

3 (B) reduce greenhouse gas emissions re4 lated to feeding of ruminants by at least a third 

5 by not later than 2030 and by at least 50 per6 cent by not later than 2040 by reducing non7 grazing feeding of ruminants, growing feed 

8 grains and forages with soil health and nutrient 

9 management practices that minimize net green10 house gas emissions from cropland, and design11 ing livestock feed mixtures and supplements to 

12 mitigate enteric methane emissions; 

13 (C) re-integrate livestock and crop produc14 tion systems at farm, local and regional levels 

15 to facilitate environmentally sound management 

16 and field application of manure and reduce the 

17 need for long-term manure storage by increas18 ing acreage on individual farms under crop-live19 stock integrated management by at least 100 

20 percent over 2017 levels by not later than 2030 

21 and by 300 percent over 2017 levels by not 

22 later than 2040; and 

23 (D) immediately cease building any new or 

24 expanded waste lagoons for confined animal 

25 feeding operations and convert at least one 


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1 third of wet manure handling and storage to al2 ternative manure management (as described in 

3 section 1240T of the Food Security Act of 

4 1985 (as added by this Act)) by not later than 

5 2030 and at least two thirds by not later than 

6 2040. 

7 (5) ON-FARM RENEWABLE ENERGY.—To help 

8 achieve the goal specified in subsection (a), the agri9 culture sector in the United States should— 

10 (A) implement energy audits and energy 

11 efficiency improvements on at least 50 percent 

12 of farms by not later than 2030 and 100 per13 cent of farms by not later than 2040; 

14 (B) expand on-farm clean renewable en15 ergy production to at least double 2017 levels 

16 by not later than 2030 and at least triple by 

17 not later than 2040; and 

18 (C) install and manage on-farm renewable 

19 energy infrastructure in a way that does not 

20 compromise the climate resilience and green21 house gas mitigation goals of this Act or ad22 versely impact farmland, soil, and water re23 sources, or food production. 

24 (6) FOOD LOSS AND WASTE.—Consistent with 

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1 ment of Agriculture and the Environmental Protec2 tion Agency in June 2013 and the national food loss 

3 and waste goal announced in September 2015, the 

4 food and agriculture sector in the United States 

5 should commit to— 

6 (A) at least a 50 percent reduction in food 

7 loss and waste by not later than 2030; 

8 (B) at least a 75 percent reduction in food 

9 loss and waste by not later than 2040; and 

10 (C) in a manner consistent with the Food 

11 Recovery Hierarchy established by the Environ12 mental Protection Agency, diverting from land13 fills through composting and other means at 

14 least 50 percent of unavoidable food waste and 

15 food processing byproducts by not later than 

16 2030, and 90 percent of such food waste and 

17 byproducts by not later than 2040. 

18 SEC. 102. ACTION PLAN. 

19 (a) PLAN DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary shall de20 velop a plan for actions to achieve, in combination with 

21 the other Federal agencies, the national goals declared by 

22 section 101. The plan shall include actions that will make 

23 significant and rapid progress toward meeting such goals. 

24 (b) ACTIONS TO MEET GOALS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Actions selected by the Sec2 retary to include in a plan developed under sub3 section (a) may include issuing regulations, pro4 viding incentives, carrying out research and develop5 ment programs, and any other action the Secretary 

6 determines appropriate to achieve the goals declared 

7 by section 101. 

8 (2) SELECTION.—In selecting actions to include 

9 in a plan developed under subsection (a), the Sec10 retary shall select actions designed to— 

11 (A) fully implement the provisions of this 

12 Act (and the amendments made by this Act); 

13 (B) provide benefits for farmers and 

14 ranchers, rural communities, small businesses, 

15 and consumers; 

16 (C) improve public health, resilience, and 

17 environmental outcomes, especially for rural 

18 and low-income households, communities of 

19 color, Tribal and indigenous communities, and 

20 communities that are disproportionately vulner21 able to the impacts of climate change, air and 

22 water pollution, and other resource degradation; 

23 and 

24 (D) prioritize investments that reduce 

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1 carbon while simultaneously helping to solve 

2 other pressing agro-environmental resource con3 cerns, increase farming and ranching opportuni4 ties, create quality jobs, improve farmworker 

5 working conditions and living standards, and 

6 make communities more resilient to the effects 

7 of climate change. 

8 (c) PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.— 

9 (1) PUBLIC COMMENT.—Not later than 12 

10 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

11 Secretary shall make the proposed plan developed 

12 under subsection (a) available for public comment. 

13 (2) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 18 months 

14 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec15 retary shall make public and submit to Congress a 

16 plan developed under subsection (a) that incor17 porates revisions to the proposed plan, as appro18 priate, to address the recommendations provided by 

19 the public pursuant to paragraph (1). 

20 (3) IMPLEMENTATION.—Beginning not later 

21 than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 

22 Act, the Secretary shall implement the plan devel23 oped under subsection (a) and submitted to Con24 gress under paragraph (2). 


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1 (4) REVISIONS.—Beginning 24 months after 

2 the date on which the Secretary submits to Congress 

3 the plan under paragraph (2) and not less frequently 

4 than once every 24 months thereafter, the Secretary 

5 shall review and revise the plan to ensure it is suffi6 cient to achieve the national goals declared by sec7 tion 101. The Secretary shall include the conclusion 

8 of each such review and any revised plan resulting 

9 from such review in the next annual report required 

10 under paragraph (5). 

11 (5) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall 

12 issue an annual public report on the plan (including 

13 any revisions to such plan), actions taken pursuant 

14 to such plan, and the effects of such actions, during 

15 the preceding calendar year. 

16 TITLE II—RESEARCH 

17 SEC. 201. RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION PUR18 POSE. 

19 Section 1402 of the National Agricultural Research, 

20 Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

21 3101) is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as 

23 paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively; and 

24 (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(8) accelerate the ability of agriculture and the 

2 food system of the United States to first achieve net 

3 zero carbon emissions and then go further to be car4 bon positive by removing additional carbon dioxide 

5 from the atmosphere;’’. 

6 SEC. 202. REGIONAL HUBS FOR RISK ADAPTATION AND 

7 MITIGATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE. 

8 Title IV of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

9 Education Reform Act of 1998 is amended by inserting 

10 before section 404 (7 U.S.C. 7624) the following new sec11 tion: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 401. REGIONAL HUBS FOR RISK ADAPTATION AND 

13 MITIGATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE. 

14 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab15 lish a national network of regional hubs for risk adapta16 tion and mitigation to climate change to deliver science17 based, region-specific, cost-effective, and practical infor18 mation and program support to farmers, ranchers, forest 

19 landowners, and other agricultural and natural resource 

20 managers to support science-informed decision-making in 

21 light of the increased costs, opportunities, risks, and 

22 vulnerabilities associated with a changing climate, and to 

23 provide access to assistance to implement those decisions. 

24 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—An entity is eligible to be selected 

25 as a regional hub under subsection (a) if such entity is 


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1 any office of the Agricultural Research Service, the Forest 

2 Service, or any other agency of the Department of Agri3 culture that the Secretary determines is appropriate. 

4 ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The network established 

6 under subsection (a) shall be designated and admin7 istered jointly by the Agricultural Research Service 

8 and the Forest Service, in partnership with other 

9 Federal agencies, including the following: 

10 ‘‘(A) Within the Department of Agri11 culture, the following agencies: 

12 ‘‘(i) The Natural Resource Conserva13 tion Service. 

14 ‘‘(ii) The Farm Service Agency. 

15 ‘‘(iii) The Risk Management Agency. 

16 ‘‘(iv) The Animal and Plant Health 

17 Inspection Service. 

18 ‘‘(v) The National Institute for Food 

19 and Agriculture. 

20 ‘‘(B) The Department of the Interior. 

21 ‘‘(C) The Department of Energy. 

22 ‘‘(D) The Environmental Protection Agen23 cy. 

24 ‘‘(E) The United States Geological Survey. 


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1 ‘‘(F) National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

2 Administration. 

3 ‘‘(G) National Aeronautics and Space Ad4 ministration. 

5 ‘‘(H) Other Federal agencies as the Sec6 retary determines appropriate. 

7 ‘‘(2) PARTNERS.—The regional hubs estab8 lished under subsection (a) shall work in close part9 nership with other stakeholders and partners, includ10 ing— 

11 ‘‘(A) colleges and universities; 

12 ‘‘(B) cooperative extension services (as de13 fined in section 1404 of the Food and Agri14 culture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)); 

15 ‘‘(C) State agricultural experiment stations 

16 (as defined in such section); 

17 ‘‘(D) private entities; 

18 ‘‘(E) State, local and regional govern19 ments; 

20 ‘‘(F) Tribes; 

21 ‘‘(G) agriculture and commodity organiza22 tions; 

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1 ‘‘(I) other partners, as determined by the 

2 Secretary. 

3 ‘‘(d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—A regional hub established 

4 under this section shall— 

5 ‘‘(1) offer tools, strategic management options, 

6 and technical support to farmers, ranchers, and for7 est landowners to help such farmers, ranchers, and 

8 landowners mitigate and adapt to climate change; 

9 ‘‘(2) direct farmers, ranchers, and forest land10 owners to Federal agencies that can provide pro11 gram support to enable such farmers, ranchers, and 

12 forest landowners to implement science-informed 

13 management practices that address climate change; 

14 ‘‘(3) determine how climate and weather projec15 tions will impact the agricultural and forestry sec16 tors; 

17 ‘‘(4) provide periodic regional assessments of 

18 risk and vulnerability in the agricultural and for19 estry sectors to help farmers, ranchers, and forest 

20 landowners better understand the potential direct 

21 and indirect impacts of climate change and to in22 form the United States Global Change Research 

23 Program; 

24 ‘‘(5) provide to farmers, ranchers, forest land25 owners, and rural communities outreach, education, 


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1 and extension on science-based risk management 

2 through partnerships with the land-grant colleges 

3 and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the 

4 Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)), 

5 cooperative extension services, and other entities; 

6 ‘‘(6) work with any cooperative extension serv7 ices (as defined in section 1404 of the National Ag8 ricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 

9 Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)), conservation districts, 

10 and non-governmental organizations involved in 

11 farmer outreach in the region served by such hub to 

12 assist producers in developing business plans and 

13 conservation plans that take into account emerging 

14 climate risk science with respect to crop, production, 

15 and conservation system changes that will help pro16 ducers adapt to a changing climate; and 

17 ‘‘(7) establish, working in partnership with pro18 grams and projects carried out under subtitle B of 

19 title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 

20 and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.), ad21 ditional partnerships with farmers and non-profit 

22 and community-based organizations to conduct ap23 plied on-farm research on climate change. 


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1 ‘‘(e) PRIORITIES.—A regional hub established under 

2 this section shall prioritize research and data collection ac3 tivities in the following areas: 

4 ‘‘(1) Improved measurement and monitoring 

5 of— 

6 ‘‘(A) soil organic carbon sequestration; and 

7 ‘‘(B) total net greenhouse gas impacts of 

8 different farming systems and practices. 

9 ‘‘(2) Lifecycle analysis for total net greenhouse 

10 gas emissions related to— 

11 ‘‘(A) alternative cropping systems; 

12 ‘‘(B) alternative livestock production sys13 tems; 

14 ‘‘(C) integrated cropping-livestock systems; 

15 ‘‘(D) alternative biofuel crop production 

16 systems and biofuel end uses; 

17 ‘‘(E) alternative agroforestry practices and 

18 systems; and 

19 ‘‘(F) alternative forestry management sys20 tems. 

21 ‘‘(3) Research and education on— 

22 ‘‘(A) optimal soil health practices; 

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1 ‘‘(C) enhanced synergies between crop 

2 roots and soil biota; 

3 ‘‘(D) linkages between soil, plant, animal, 

4 and human health; 

5 ‘‘(E) adaption and mitigation needs of 

6 stakeholders; 

7 ‘‘(F) new crops or new varieties to help 

8 producers be profitable while adapting to a 

9 changing climate; 

10 ‘‘(G) social and economic barriers to stake11 holder adoption of new practices that improve 

12 adaptation, mitigation, and soil sequestration; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(H) evaluation and assessment of climate15 related decision tools of the Department of Ag16 riculture. 

17 ‘‘(4) Grazing-based livestock management sys18 tems to optimize net greenhouse gas footprint in19 cluding— 

20 ‘‘(A) grazing land carbon sequestration; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(B) mitigation of enteric methane. 

23 ‘‘(5) Perennial production systems that seques24 ter carbon, enhance soil health, and increase resil25 ience, including— 


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1 ‘‘(A) perennial forages; 

2 ‘‘(B) perennial grains; and 

3 ‘‘(C) agroforestry. 

4 ‘‘(f) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—Each regional hub es5 tablished under this section shall solicit input from stake6 holders on pressing needs, important issues, and outreach 

7 strategies through a variety of mechanisms including re8 gional stakeholder committees and may partner with 

9 stakeholders in conducting research and developing tools. 

10 ‘‘(g) RISK MANAGEMENT.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall appoint 

12 a team of individuals representing the regional hubs, 

13 regional hub partners, and the Risk Management 

14 Agency to develop recommendations to better ac15 count for— 

16 ‘‘(A) climate risk in actuarial tables; and 

17 ‘‘(B) soil health and other risk-reducing 

18 conservation activities in the Federal crop in19 surance program under the Federal Crop Insur20 ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508 et seq.). 

21 ‘‘(2) SUBMISSION OF RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

22 The team appointed under paragraph (1) shall sub23 mit to the Secretary on an iterative basis, but not 

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1 recommendations developed pursuant to such para2 graph. 

3 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

5 $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030.’’. 

6 SEC. 203. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND 

7 EDUCATION RESILIENCE INITIATIVE. 

8 (a) SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND

9 EDUCATION.—Section 1619 of the Food, Agriculture, 

10 Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5801) is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

14 the end; 

15 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe16 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(7) increase resilience in the context of a 

19 changing climate and related economic, social, and 

20 environmental shocks.’’; and 

21 (2) in subsection (b)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

23 (i) by striking ‘‘management’’ and in24 serting ‘‘systems and practices’’; and 


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1 (ii) by inserting ‘‘resilience,’’ after 

2 ‘‘profitability,’’; and 

3 (B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 

4 follows: 

5 ‘‘(3) The term ‘resilience’ means, with respect 

6 to an agricultural management system, the ability of 

7 such system to absorb and recover from climate and 

8 other disturbances, such that the system thrives in 

9 the face of severe shocks.’’. 

10 (b) ELIGIBILITY OF TRIBAL COLLEGES TO ENTER

11 INTO RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PROJECT AGREE12 MENTS.—Section 1621(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Con13 servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5811(b)) is 

14 amended by striking ‘‘or Federal or State’’ inserting 

15 ‘‘1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 of the Eq16 uity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 

17 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382)), or Federal, 

18 State, or Tribal’’. 

19 (c) AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SYSTEM RESILIENCE

20 INITIATIVE.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1627 of the Food, 

22 Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 

23 U.S.C. 5821) is amended— 

24 (A) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

2 (1)— 

3 (I) by striking the first sentence 

4 and inserting the following: ‘‘In close 

5 conjunction with programs and 

6 projects established under sections 

7 1621 and 1623, the Secretary shall 

8 establish a research, education, exten9 sion, and outreach initiative, which 

10 may include farmer and rancher re11 search and demonstration grants, and 

12 use an interdisciplinary approach 

13 wherever appropriate, to increase the 

14 resilience of agriculture and the food 

15 system in the context of a changing 

16 climate and related economic, social, 

17 and environmental shocks.’’; and 

18 (II) in the second sentence, by 

19 striking ‘‘program’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘initiative’’; 

21 (ii) by striking paragraph (3); 

22 (iii) by redesignating paragraphs (1), 

23 (2), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (3), (4), 

24 (5), and (6), respectively; 


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1 (iv) by inserting before paragraph (3) 

2 (as so redesignated), the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) to equip farmers to prepare for, adapt, and 

4 transform their farming systems when confronted by 

5 shocks and stresses to their agricultural production 

6 and livelihoods; 

7 ‘‘(2) to support local and regional food systems 

8 that support resilience and enhance local access and 

9 control over productive resources;’’; 

10 (v) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated 

11 by clause (iii))— 

12 (I) by inserting ‘‘climate and’’ 

13 after ‘‘adverse’’; 

14 (II) by inserting ‘‘soil quality 

15 and’’ after ‘‘enhance’’; and 

16 (III) by inserting ‘‘reduce de17 pendency on fossil fuels,’’ after ‘‘in18 puts,’’; 

19 (vi) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated 

20 by clause (iii)), by inserting ‘‘increase resil21 ience’’ after ‘‘practices to’’; and 

22 (vii) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated 

23 by clause (iii)), by striking ‘‘integrated’’ 

24 and all that follows through ‘‘programs’’ 

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1 improve food and agricultural system resil2 ience’’; 

3 (B) by striking subsections (b), (c), and 

4 (d); and 

5 (C) by inserting after subsection (a) the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(b) FUNDING.— 

8 ‘‘(1) MANDATORY FUNDING.—Of the funds of 

9 the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary 

10 shall make available to carry out this section 

11 $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal 

12 year thereafter. 

13 ‘‘(2) DISCRETIONARY FUNDING.—There are au14 thorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

15 through the National Institute of Food and Agri16 culture $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 

17 through 2030.’’. 

18 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The chapter 

19 heading of chapter 2 of subtitle B of title XVI of the 

20 Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 

21 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5821) is amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SYSTEM 

23 RESILIENCE INITIATIVE’’. 


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1 SEC. 204. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY DE2 VELOPMENT AND TRANSFER PROGRAM. 

3 (a) TECHNICAL GUIDES AND BOOKS.—Section 1628 

4 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 

5 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5831) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (d)— 

7 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 

8 (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 

9 (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(3) adapting to and mitigating the effects of 

12 climate change;’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Soil Con14 servation’’ and inserting ‘‘Natural Resources Con15 servation’’. 

16 (b) NATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM.—Section 1629 

17 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 

18 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5832) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (g)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘Soil 

21 Conservation Service and the Agricultural Sta22 bilization and Conservation Service’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘Natural Resources Conservation Service 

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1 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and 

2 (11) as paragraphs (11) and (12), respectively; 

3 and 

4 (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 

5 following; 

6 ‘‘(10) develop and provide information con7 cerning climate change adaptation and mitigation 

8 developed under this subtitle and other research and 

9 education programs of the Department;’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘Soil Con11 servation Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Natural Resources 

12 Conservation Service’’; and 

13 (3) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and in14 serting the following: ‘‘2021, and $30,000,000 for 

15 each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030’’. 

16 SEC. 205. LONG-TERM AGROECOLOGICAL NETWORK. 

17 Title IV of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

18 Education Reform Act of 1998 is amended by inserting 

19 after section 401 (as added by section 201), the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 402. LONG-TERM AGROECOLOGICAL NETWORK. 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 

22 the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service, 

23 shall provide for the establishment and maintenance of a 

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1 tural systems in the United States, to be known as the 

2 ‘Long-Term Agroecological Research Network’ (in this 

3 section referred to as the ‘Network’) with the following 

4 goals: 

5 ‘‘(1) To understand and enhance the sustain6 ability of agriculture. 

7 ‘‘(2) To integrate research projects with com8 mon measurements on multiple agroecosystems 

9 (such as croplands, rangelands, and pasturelands). 

10 ‘‘(3) To develop new farming systems, practices, 

11 and technologies to address agricultural challenges 

12 and opportunities, including challenges and opportu13 nities posed by climate change. 

14 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—The activities of the 

15 Network shall include— 

16 ‘‘(1) research conducted for a minimum of 30 

17 years to develop novel scientific insights at regional 

18 and national scales and evaluate the applicability 

19 and adaptation to local conditions; 

20 ‘‘(2) the establishment and maintenance of mul21 tiple sites or research centers that capture the diver22 sity of agricultural production systems that function 

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1 tems and the provision of infrastructure to research 

2 sites to allow for analyzing and disseminating such 

3 data. 

4 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION OF RESEARCH.—The Secretary, 

5 shall, in carrying out subsection (a)— 

6 ‘‘(1) coordinate long-term agroecological re7 search to improve understanding within the Depart8 ment of Agriculture of how agroecosystems function 

9 at the field, regional, and national scales; 

10 ‘‘(2) designate research sites for inclusion in 

11 the Network that are representative of major agri12 cultural regions; 

13 ‘‘(3) ensure that every research site so included 

14 conducts experiments with common goals and meth15 ods— 

16 ‘‘(A) to increase agricultural productivity 

17 and profitability; 

18 ‘‘(B) to enhance agricultural resilience and 

19 the capacity to mitigate and adapt to climate 

20 change; 

21 ‘‘(C) boost the provision of ecosystem serv22 ices from agricultural landscapes; and 

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1 ‘‘(4) make data collected at research sites in2 cluded in the Network open to researchers and the 

3 public whenever practicable, and integrate data 

4 across the network and partner sites; and 

5 ‘‘(5) provide infrastructure to research sites in6 cluded in the Network for data collection, common 

7 measurements, and data streams that complement 

8 other national networks, such as the National Eco9 logical Observatory Network (NEON) and the Long10 Term Ecological Research (LTER) network. 

11 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

12 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

13 $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030.’’. 

14 SEC. 206. PUBLIC BREED AND CULTIVAR RESEARCH. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Competitive, Special, and Fa16 cilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 3157) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 ‘‘(A) CONVENTIONAL BREEDING.—The term 

21 ‘conventional breeding’ means the development of 

22 new varieties of an organism through controlled 

23 mating and selection without the use of transgenic 

24 methods, provided that information gained through 

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1 yses can be used to inform mating and selection 

2 choices. 

3 ‘‘(B) CULTIVAR.—The term ‘cultivar’ means a 

4 variety of a species of plant that has been inten5 tionally selected for use in cultivation because of the 

6 improved characteristics of that variety of the spe7 cies. 

8 ‘‘(C) PUBLIC BREED AND CULTIVAR.—The 

9 term ‘public breed and cultivar’ means an animal 

10 breed or crop cultivar that is the commercially avail11 able end product of a publicly funded breeding pro12 gram that has been sufficiently tested to dem13 onstrate improved characteristics and stable per14 formance, and for which the farmers’ rights to save 

15 and use, and breeders’ rights to share and improve 

16 are protected.’’; and 

17 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(l) PUBLIC BREED AND CULTIVAR DEVELOPMENT

19 FUNDING.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount of grants 

21 made under subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary 

22 shall ensure that not less than the following amounts 

23 are used for competitive research grants that sup24 port the development of public breeds and cultivars: 

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1 ‘‘(B) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

2 ‘‘(C) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

3 ‘‘(D) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 

4 ‘‘(E) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and 

5 ‘‘(F) $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

6 years 2027 through 2030. 

7 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In making grants under para8 graph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to high9 potential research projects that lead to the release of 

10 public breeds and cultivars that assist producers in 

11 mitigating and adapting to climate change. 

12 ‘‘(3) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall ensure 

13 that— 

14 ‘‘(A) the terms for any competitive grants 

15 made under subsection (b) are not less than 5 

16 years; 

17 ‘‘(B) any such term or associated renewal 

18 process facilitates the development and commer19 cialization of public breeds and cultivars 

20 through long-term grants; and 

21 ‘‘(C) when necessary, Tribal consultation 

22 occurs to ensure public breed and cultivar de23 velopment does not infringe on Tribes’ abilities 

24 to maintain culturally sensitive breeds and 

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1 (b) PUBLIC BREED AND CULTIVAR RESEARCH AC2 TIVITIES COORDINATOR.—Section 251 of the Department 

3 of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 

4 6971) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(7) PUBLIC BREED AND CULTIVAR RESEARCH

8 ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary 

10 shall appoint a coordinator within the Office of 

11 the Chief Scientist that reports to the Under 

12 Secretary to coordinate research activities at 

13 the Department relating to the breeding of pub14 lic breeds and cultivars (as defined in para15 graph (3) of subsection (a) of the Competitive, 

16 Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 

17 U.S.C. 3157(a))). 

18 ‘‘(B) DUTIES OF COORDINATOR.—The co19 ordinator appointed under subparagraph (A) 

20 shall— 

21 ‘‘(i) coordinate animal and plant 

22 breeding research activities funded by the 

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1 ient and regionally adapted public breeds 

2 and crop cultivars; 

3 ‘‘(ii)(I) carry out ongoing analysis and 

4 track activities for any Federal research 

5 funding supporting animal and plant 

6 breeding (including any public breeds and 

7 cultivars developed with Federal funds); 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(II) ensure that the analysis and ac10 tivities are made available to the public not 

11 later than 60 days after the last day of 

12 each fiscal year; 

13 ‘‘(iii) develop a strategic plan that es14 tablishes targets for public breed and 

15 cultivar research investments across the 

16 Department to ensure that a diverse range 

17 of animal and crop needs are being met in 

18 a timely and transparent manner, with a 

19 strong focus on delivery of resource-effi20 cient, stress-tolerant, regionally adapted 

21 animal breeds and crop cultivars that help 

22 build agricultural resilience to climate 

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1 nutritional quality, and other farmer-iden2 tified priority agronomic and market traits; 

3 ‘‘(iv) convene a working group in 

4 order to carry out the coordination func5 tions described in this subparagraph com6 prised of individuals who are responsible 

7 for the management, administration, or 

8 analysis of public breeding programs with9 in the Department from— 

10 ‘‘(I) the National Institute of 

11 Food and Agriculture; 

12 ‘‘(II) the Agricultural Research 

13 Service; and 

14 ‘‘(III) the Economic Research 

15 Service; 

16 ‘‘(v) in order to maximize delivery of 

17 public breeds and cultivars, promote col18 laboration among— 

19 ‘‘(I) the coordinator; 

20 ‘‘(II) the working group convened 

21 under clause (iv); 

22 ‘‘(III) the advisory council estab23 lished under section 1634 of the 

24 Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 

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1 ‘‘(IV) genetic resource conserva2 tion centers; 

3 ‘‘(V) land-grant colleges and uni4 versities (as defined in section 1404 of 

5 the National Agricultural Research, 

6 Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 

7 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)); 

8 ‘‘(VI) Hispanic-serving institu9 tions (as defined in section 502(a) of 

10 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

11 U.S.C. 1101a(a)); 

12 ‘‘(VII) Native American-serving 

13 nontribal institutions (as defined in 

14 section 371(c) of the Higher Edu15 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

16 1067q(c))); 

17 ‘‘(VIII) Tribal organizations (as 

18 defined in section 4 of the Indian 

19 Self-Determination and Education As20 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)); 

21 ‘‘(IX) nongovernmental organiza22 tions with interest or expertise in pub23 lic breeding; and 

24 ‘‘(X) public and private plant 

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1 ‘‘(vi) convene regular stakeholder lis2 tening sessions to provide input on na3 tional and regional priorities for public 

4 breed and cultivar research activities 

5 across the Department; and 

6 ‘‘(vii) evaluate and make rec7 ommendations to the Under Secretary on 

8 training and resource needs to meet future 

9 breeding challenges, including the chal10 lenges stemming from climate change.’’; 

11 and 

12 (2) in subsection (f)(1)(D)(i), by striking ‘‘(7 

13 U.S.C. 450i(b))’’ and inserting ‘‘(7 U.S.C. 

14 3157(b))’’. 

15 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

16 296(b)(6)(B) of the Department of Agriculture Reorga17 nization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 7014(b)(6)(B)) is amended 

18 by striking ‘‘Office; and’’ and inserting ‘‘Office (including 

19 the public breed and cultivar research activities coordi20 nator under subsection (e)(7) of that section); and’’. 

21 (d) PUBLIC BREED AND CULTIVAR DEVELOP22 MENT.—Subtitle H of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva23 tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921) is amended 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 1681. PUBLIC BREED AND CULTIVAR DEVELOPMENT. 

2 ‘‘(a) FUNDING.—The Secretary of Agriculture, in 

3 conjunction with the Director of the National Genetic Re4 sources Program appointed under section 1633 and acting 

5 through the Agricultural Research Service, shall support 

6 the development of public breeds and cultivars (as defined 

7 in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of the Competitive, Spe8 cial, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 

9 3157(a))) by Federal researchers. 

10 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In supporting research under sub11 section (a) using funds made available pursuant to sub12 section (d), the Secretary shall give priority to high-poten13 tial research projects that lead to the release of public 

14 breeds and cultivars that assist producers in mitigating 

15 and adapting to climate change. 

16 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than October 1 of each 

17 year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that 

18 provides information on all public breed and cultivar re19 search funded by the Agricultural Research Service and 

20 the National Institute for Food and Agriculture, includ21 ing— 

22 ‘‘(1) a list of public breeds and cultivars devel23 oped and released in a commercially available form; 

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1 ‘‘(3) identified research gaps relating to public 

2 breed and cultivar development, including newly 

3 emerging needs stemming from climate change; and 

4 ‘‘(4) an assessment of the state of commer5 cialization for breeds and cultivars that have been 

6 developed. 

7 ‘‘(d) FUNDING.—Of the funds made available to the 

8 Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service for a 

9 fiscal year, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made avail10 able to carry out this section.’’. 

11 SEC. 207. ARS CLIMATE SCIENTIST CAREER DEVELOPMENT 

12 PROGRAM. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture 

14 shall, in accordance with section 922 of the Federal Agri15 culture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 

16 2279c), carry out an internship program within the Agri17 cultural Research Service for graduate students pursuing 

18 a degree or conducting research related to climate change 

19 and agriculture. 

20 (b) FUNDING.—Of the funds of the Commodity Cred21 it Corporation, the Secretary may use not more than 

22 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030 

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1 SEC. 208. AGRICULTURAL CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND MITI2 GATION THROUGH AFRI. 

3 Subsection (b)(2) of the Competitive, Special, and 

4 Facilities Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 3157(b)(2)) is amended by 

5 adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(G) AGRICULTURAL CLIMATE ADAPTA7 TION AND MITIGATION.—Agricultural climate 

8 adaptation and mitigation, including— 

9 ‘‘(i) strategies for agricultural adapta10 tion to climate change, including adapta11 tion strategies for small and medium-sized 

12 dairy, livestock, crop and other commodity 

13 operations; 

14 ‘‘(ii) on-farm mitigation strategies and 

15 solutions, including infrastructure, equip16 ment, and agricultural ecosystems-based 

17 strategies; 

18 ‘‘(iii) the economic costs, benefits, ef19 fectiveness, and viability of producers 

20 adopting conservation practices and tech21 nologies designed to improve soil health, 

22 including carbon sequestration in soil; 

23 ‘‘(iv) the effectiveness of existing con24 servation practices and enhancements to 

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1 ‘‘(v) new technologies to measure and 

2 verify environmentally beneficial outcomes 

3 of healthy soils practices, including carbon 

4 sequestration in soil; and 

5 ‘‘(vi) links between human health and 

6 soil health.’’. 

7 SEC. 209. SPECIALTY CROP RESEARCH INITIATIVE. 

8 Section 412 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 

9 and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632) is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (b)— 

12 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

13 by inserting ‘‘, multi-crop production systems,’’ 

14 after ‘‘specific crops’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (4)(E), by striking ‘‘; 

16 and’’ at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

17 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe18 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(6) efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate 

21 change, including— 

22 ‘‘(A) on-farm mitigation strategies and so23 lutions, including agricultural ecosystems-based 

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1 ‘‘(B) conservation practices and tech2 nologies designed to improve soil health, includ3 ing those that sequester carbon in soil; and 

4 ‘‘(C) breeding research and cultivar devel5 opment to help adapt to climate change.’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (g)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘equal 

7 to not less than the amount of the grant’’ and in8 serting ‘‘in an amount that is equal to not less than 

9 25 percent of the funds provided through the 

10 grant’’. 

11 SEC. 210. INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT. 

12 Section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 

13 and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626) is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and 

16 (f) as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively; and 

17 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(d) EMPHASIS ON CLIMATE RESILIENCE.—The Sec20 retary shall ensure that grants made under this section 

21 are, where appropriate, consistent with the development 

22 of food and agricultural systems that improve climate re23 silience. 

24 ‘‘(e) ECOLOGICALLY BASED PEST MANAGEMENT.— 

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1 section to support pest management prioritize ecologically 

2 based approaches that are effective, affordable, and envi3 ronmentally sound, maintain agricultural productivity and 

4 healthy communities, and improve climate resilience.’’. 

5 SEC. 211. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES STUDY. 

6 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Agriculture, in con7 sultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Serv8 ices, shall enter into an agreement with the National 

9 Academy of Sciences, under which the National Academy 

10 agrees to produce an analysis of current scientific findings 

11 to determine the links between human health and soil 

12 health by— 

13 (1) reviewing existing research on the connec14 tions between the human microbiome and soil 

15 microbiome; 

16 (2) identifying linkages between soil manage17 ment practices and the nutrient density of foods for 

18 human consumption; 

19 (3) exploring potential impact of increasing soil 

20 organic matter across the agricultural and food 

21 value chain; 

22 (4) determining how to best leverage healthy 

23 soil management practices to maximize benefits and 

24 minimize adverse impacts on human health; and 

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1 (b) REPORT.—The agreement under subsection (a) 

2 shall include a requirement that the National Academy of 

3 Sciences, not later than 2 years after the date of the enact4 ment of this Act, submit to the Committee on Agriculture 

5 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

6 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a re7 port on the results of the study conducted pursuant to 

8 subsection (a). 

9 SEC. 212. APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO 

10 RURAL AREAS. 

11 Section 310B(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and 

12 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(i)(2)) is amend13 ed— 

14 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

15 the end; and 

16 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub17 paragraph (E) and inserting after subparagraph (C) 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(D) increase resilience by adapting to and 

20 mitigating the effects of climate change; and’’. 

21 TITLE III—SOIL HEALTH 

22 SEC. 301. CROP INSURANCE. 

23 (a) VOLUNTARY GOOD FARMING PRACTICES.—Sec24 tion 508(a)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 

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1 (1) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking ‘‘prac2 tices’’ the first place it appears and all that follows 

3 through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘prac4 tices.’’; 

5 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and 

6 (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and 

7 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(B) GOOD FARMING PRACTICES.—For 

10 purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii), good farming 

11 practices include the following: 

12 ‘‘(i) Scientifically sound, sustainable, 

13 and organic farming practices, as deter14 mined by the Secretary. 

15 ‘‘(ii) Conservation farming practices 

16 that are approved by— 

17 ‘‘(I) the Natural Resources Con18 servation Service; or 

19 ‘‘(II) an agricultural expert, as 

20 determined by the Secretary.’’. 

21 (b) RISK-REDUCTION-BASED DISCOUNTS.—Section 

22 508(d) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 

23 1508(d)) is amended— 

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1 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(4) RISK-REDUCTION-BASED DISCOUNT.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning 

5 with the 2022 reinsurance year, the Corpora6 tion may provide a risk-reduction-based pre7 mium discount for a producer of an agricultural 

8 commodity who uses risk-reduction farming 

9 practices, as determined by the Corporation. 

10 ‘‘(B) RISK-REDUCTION FARMING PRAC11 TICES.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), 

12 risk-reduction farming practices may include 

13 the following: 

14 ‘‘(i) The use of cover crops. 

15 ‘‘(ii) Resource-conserving crop rota16 tions. 

17 ‘‘(iii) Management-intensive rotational 

18 grazing. 

19 ‘‘(iv) Composting. 

20 ‘‘(v) Other risk-reducing and soil 

21 health promoting farming practices as de22 termined by the Corporation.’’. 

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1 (1) AMENDMENT.—Section 508(o) of the Fed2 eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(o)) is 

3 amended by striking paragraph (3). 

4 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

5 by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the first day 

6 of the first reinsurance year beginning at least 1 

7 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

8 SEC. 302. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PRO9 GRAM. 

10 (a) PURPOSES.—Section 1240 of the Food Security 

11 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa) is amended— 

12 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

13 striking ‘‘and environmental quality’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘environmental quality, and climate change adapta15 tion and mitigation’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; 

18 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

19 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 

20 semicolon at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

21 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

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1 (3) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting ‘‘reducing 

2 greenhouse gas emissions and’’ before ‘‘conserving 

3 energy’’; and 

4 (4) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘climate 

5 change and’’ before ‘‘increasing weather volatility’’. 

6 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1240A(6)(B) of the Food 

7 Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–1(6)(B)) is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and insert10 ing a semicolon; 

11 (2) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii); 

12 and 

13 (3) by inserting after clause (v) the following: 

14 ‘‘(vi) greenhouse gas emissions reduc15 tion planning; and’’. 

16 (c) ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF EN17 VIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM.— 

18 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 1240B(a) of the 

19 Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(a)) 

20 is amended by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘2030’’. 

22 (2) PAYMENTS.—Section 1240B(d)(7)(A) of the 

23 Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa– 

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1 (A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 

2 inserting a semicolon; 

3 (B) in clause (iv), by striking the period at 

4 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

5 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(v) increases carbon sequestration or 

7 reduces greenhouse gas emissions.’’. 

8 (3) ALLOCATION OF FUNDING.—Section 

9 1240B(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

10 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(f)) is amended— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘2023’’ each place it ap12 pears and inserting ‘‘2030’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘includ14 ing grazing management’’ and inserting ‘‘of 

15 which not less than two thirds shall be targeted 

16 at practices relating to grazing management’’. 

17 (4) PAYMENTS FOR CONSERVATION PRACTICES

18 RELATED TO ORGANIC PRODUCTION.—Section 

19 1240B(i) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

20 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(i)) is amended by striking para21 graph (3) and redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) 

22 as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively. 

23 (5) CONSERVATION INCENTIVE CONTRACTS.— 

24 Section 1240B(j) of the Food Security Act of 1985 

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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(C) CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND

4 MITIGATION.—For the purposes of this sub5 section, priority resource concerns include cli6 mate change adaptation and mitigation.’’; 

7 (B) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)— 

8 (i) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘or’’; 

9 (ii) in subclause (II), by striking the 

10 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

11 (iii) by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(III) funding, through annual 

14 payments, for a suite of incentive 

15 practices that are appropriate for the 

16 region and land use and that best en17 hance soil health and carbon seques18 tration and reduce greenhouse gas 

19 emissions, as determined by the Sec20 retary.’’; and 

21 (C) by amending paragraph (2)(B) to read 

22 as follows: 

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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A contract under 

2 this subsection shall have a term of not 

3 less than 5, and not more than 10, years. 

4 ‘‘(ii) GRADUATION OPTION.—The Sec5 retary may reduce the term for a contract 

6 under this subsection if the producer en7 ters into a conservation stewardship con8 tract under section 1240K with respect to 

9 the eligible land that is subject to the con10 tract under this subsection.’’. 

11 (d) ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PLAN.— 

12 Section 1240E(a)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

13 U.S.C. 3839aa–5(a)(3)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and 

14 a greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan’’ after ‘‘if appli15 cable’’. 

16 (e) LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS.—Section 1240G of 

17 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–7) is 

18 amended by striking ‘‘Not including payments made under 

19 section 1240B(j), a person or legal entity may not receive, 

20 directly or indirectly, cost-share or incentive payments 

21 under this subchapter that, in aggregate, exceed $450,000 

22 for all contracts entered into under this subchapter by the 

23 person or legal entity during the period of fiscal years 

24 2014 through 2018, or the period of fiscal years 2019 

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1 cluding a joint venture and a general partnership) may 

2 not receive, directly or indirectly, cost-share or incentive 

3 payments under this subchapter that, in aggregate, exceed 

4 $450,000 for all contracts entered into under this sub5 chapter by the person or legal entity during any 5-fiscal6 year period’’. 

7 (f) CONSERVATION INNOVATION GRANTS.— 

8 (1) AIR QUALITY CONCERNS FROM AGRICUL9 TURAL OPERATIONS.—Section 1240H(b) of the 

10 Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(b)) 

11 is amended— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and to 

13 meet Federal, State, and local goals with re14 spect to greenhouse gas emissions reductions’’ 

15 after ‘‘local regulatory requirements’’; and 

16 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2019 

17 through 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 through 

18 2021, and $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

19 2022 through 2030’’. 

20 (2) ON-FARM CONSERVATION INNOVATION

21 TRIALS.—Section 1240H(c)(2) of the Food Security 

22 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(c)(2)) is amended 

23 by striking ‘‘2019 through 2023’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘2019 through 2021, $50,000,000 of the funds 

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1 of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, and $100,000,000 of 

2 the funds made available to carry out this sub3 chapter for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2030’’. 

4 SEC. 303. CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1240I of the Food Secu6 rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–21) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘en9 hancements,’’ after ‘‘practices,’’; and 

10 (B) in subparagraph (B)(v), by inserting 

11 ‘‘and climate change’’ before the period at the 

12 end; and 

13 (2) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting ‘‘main14 tained, actively’’ after ‘‘implemented,’’. 

15 (b) CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.—Sec16 tion 1240J(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

17 U.S.C. 3839aa–22(a)) is amended— 

18 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

19 striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’; and 

20 (2) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in21 serting the following: 

22 ‘‘(1) by maintaining, actively managing, and, 

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1 ‘‘(2) by undertaking additional conservation ac2 tivities.’’. 

3 (c) STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTS.— 

4 (1) SUBMISSION OF CONTRACT OFFERS.—Sec5 tion 1240K(a)(2)(B) of the Food Security Act of 

6 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–23(a)(2)(B)) is amended 

7 by striking ‘‘improving, maintaining, and managing’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘maintaining, actively managing, and, 

9 where possible, improving’’. 

10 (2) EVALUATION OF CONTRACT OFFERS.—Sec11 tion 1240K(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

12 U.S.C. 3839aa–23(b)) is amended— 

13 (A) by amending paragraph (1)(A)(iii) to 

14 read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(iii) other criteria consistent with an 

16 equal weighting of the factors described in 

17 clauses (i) and (ii), as determined by the 

18 Secretary, including criteria the Secretary 

19 determines are necessary to ensure that— 

20 ‘‘(I) the program effectively tar21 gets improvements to soil health, in22 creases in carbon sequestration, and 

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1 ‘‘(II) other national, State, and 

2 local priority resource concerns are ef3 fectively addressed.’’; and 

4 (B) by striking paragraph (3). 

5 (3) CONTRACT RENEWAL.—Section 1240K(e) 

6 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

7 3839aa–23(e)) is amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(e) CONTRACT RENEWAL.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide 

10 the producer an opportunity to renew an existing 

11 contract in the first half of the fifth year of the con12 tract period if the producer— 

13 ‘‘(A) demonstrates compliance with the 

14 terms of the existing contract; 

15 ‘‘(B) agrees to adopt and continue to inte16 grate new or improved conservation activities 

17 across the entire agricultural operation, dem18 onstrating continued improvement during the 

19 additional 5-year period as determined by the 

20 Secretary; and 

21 ‘‘(C) agrees, by the end of the contract pe22 riod, to meet the stewardship threshold of at 

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1 ‘‘(2) RANKING AND PAYMENTS.—In deter2 mining whether to accept an application for contract 

3 renewal under this subsection, and when calculating 

4 payments for such renewal contracts, the Secretary 

5 shall consider the full conservation benefits across 

6 the entire agricultural operation, including— 

7 ‘‘(A) the number of priority resource con8 cerns with respect to which the producer is ex9 pected to meet or exceed the stewardship 

10 threshold by the end of the contract period; and 

11 ‘‘(B) the active management and mainte12 nance of ongoing conservation activities, includ13 ing— 

14 ‘‘(i) the conservation activities adopt15 ed during a prior contract period; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) the new or improved conservation 

17 activities to be adopted if a contract is re18 newed.’’. 

19 (d) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.— 

20 (1) CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MITI21 GATION.—Section 1240L(a)(2) of the Food Security 

22 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(a)(2)) is amend23 ed by inserting ‘‘(which may include climate change 

24 adaptation and mitigation)’’ after ‘‘priority resource 

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1 (2) CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PAY2 MENTS.—Section 1240L(c) of the Food Security Act 

3 of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(c)) is amended— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

6 ‘‘on one or more types of eligible land cov7 ered by the contract’’ after ‘‘activities’’; 

8 and 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

10 ‘‘improving, maintaining, and managing’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘maintaining, actively man12 aging, and improving’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (i) by amending subparagraph (B) to 

15 read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(B) Income forgone by the producer, in17 cluding amounts that reflect— 

18 ‘‘(i) increased economic risk; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) loss in revenue due to production 

20 changes, anticipated reductions in yield, 

21 transitioning to an organic system, re22 source-conserving cropping system, or pe23 rennial production system, or acreage con24 verted to conservation uses.’’; 


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1 (ii) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 

2 ‘‘, actively managed, and, where applicable, 

3 improved’’ after ‘‘maintained’’; and 

4 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(6) PAYMENT FOR CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES

6 RELATED TO ORGANIC PRODUCTION SYSTEMS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

8 provide payments under this subsection for con9 servation activities related to— 

10 ‘‘(i) organic production; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) transitioning to organic produc12 tion. 

13 ‘‘(B) CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES.—Such 

14 conservation activities may include both gen15 erally available and specifically tailored con16 servation activities, and both individual con17 servation activities and bundles of conservation 

18 activities. 

19 ‘‘(7) MINIMUM PAYMENT.—The amount of an 

20 annual payment under the program shall be not less 

21 than $2,000.’’. 

22 (3) SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS.—Section 

23 1240L(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

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1 (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 

2 ‘‘, PERENNIAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, AND’’ 

3 after ‘‘ROTATIONS’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(D) PERENNIAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM.— 

7 The term ‘perennial production system’ 

8 means— 

9 ‘‘(i) the use of cropland for agro10 forestry, including alley cropping, 

11 silvopasture, and related production prac12 tices, as determined by the Secretary; 

13 ‘‘(ii) the use of woodland for agro14 forestry, including forest farming, multi15 story cropping, and related production 

16 practices, as determined by the Secretary; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(iii) the use of cropland for perennial 

19 forages or perennial grain crops.’’; 

20 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

21 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

22 ‘‘or’’; 

23 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

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1 (iii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(C) a perennial production system.’’; and 

4 (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or ad5 vanced grazing management’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘advanced grazing management, or a perennial 

7 production system’’. 

8 (4) PAYMENT FOR COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVA9 TION PLAN.—Section 1240L(e)(1) of the Food Secu10 rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(e)(1)) is 

11 amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF COMPREHENSIVE CON13 SERVATION PLAN.—In this subsection, the term 

14 ‘comprehensive conservation plan’ means a conserva15 tion plan that— 

16 ‘‘(A) meets or exceeds the stewardship 

17 threshold for each priority resource concern 

18 identified by the Secretary under subsection 

19 (a)(2); and 

20 ‘‘(B) with respect to an organic production 

21 system— 

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1 ganic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 

2 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.); or 

3 ‘‘(ii) allows a producer to transition to 

4 organic production systems and pursue 

5 certification under the Organic Foods Pro6 duction Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et 

7 seq.).’’. 

8 (5) PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.—Section 1240L(f) 

9 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

10 3839aa–24(f)) is amended— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2019 through 

12 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘any consecutive 5-year 

13 period’’; and 

14 (B) by inserting ‘‘(including joint ventures 

15 and general partnerships)’’ before the period at 

16 the end. 

17 (6) SPECIALTY CROP AND ORGANIC PRO18 DUCERS.—Section 1240L(g) of the Food Security 

19 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(g)) is amended 

20 by inserting ‘‘, and producers transitioning to or21 ganic production systems,’’ after ‘‘organic pro22 ducers’’. 

23 (7) SOIL HEALTH.—Section 1240L(k) of the 

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1 24(k)) is amended by striking the period at the end 

2 and inserting ‘‘, including by— 

3 ‘‘(1) conducting outreach to encourage the use 

4 of contracts to improve soil health and sequester 

5 carbon in the soil; and 

6 ‘‘(2) offering payments for soil testing to pro7 vide producers and the Secretary with information 

8 on the soil health and carbon sequestration impacts 

9 of conservation activities.’’. 

10 (e) ON-FARM CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP INNO11 VATION GRANTS.—Subchapter B of chapter 4 of subtitle 

12 D of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 

13 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–21 et seq.) is amended by adding 

14 at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 1240L–2. ON-FARM CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP IN16 NOVATION GRANTS. 

17 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘agricul18 tural professional’ means university researchers and edu19 cators, including extension agents and specialists, Federal 

20 agency field staff, agricultural consultants, State and local 

21 agency staff, tribal agency staff, Federally-Recognized 

22 Tribes Extension Program agents, and nonprofit organiza23 tion staff assisting farmers and ranchers at the local level. 

24 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.—Out of the funds made available to 

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1 competitive grants that are intended to stimulate innova2 tive approaches on farms and ranches to leverage Federal 

3 investment in conservation stewardship, in conjunction 

4 with agricultural production or forest resource manage5 ment, through the program. 

6 ‘‘(c) PARTICIPANTS.—The Secretary shall carry out 

7 on-farm conservation innovation projects on eligible land 

8 of program participants— 

9 ‘‘(1) directly with producers participating in the 

10 program; or 

11 ‘‘(2) through partnerships between agricultural 

12 professionals and small groups of program partici13 pants. 

14 ‘‘(d) USE.—The Secretary may provide grants di15 rectly or through partnerships under this section to agri16 cultural operations enrolled in the program, or groups of 

17 such operations, on a competitive basis, to carry out 

18 projects that— 

19 ‘‘(1) facilitate on-farm research and demonstra20 tion or pilot testing of new technologies or innovative 

21 conservation systems and practices that aim to re22 duce greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonize agri23 culture; 

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1 proven high impact for greenhouse gas emissions re2 duction and decarbonization with low national or re3 gional adoption rates; or 

4 ‘‘(3) help prepare program participants for par5 ticipation in environmental services markets that 

6 have as a primary goal greenhouse gas emissions re7 duction or decarbonization of agriculture. 

8 ‘‘(e) INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out this sec10 tion, the Secretary shall enter into agreements with 

11 producers (either directly or through governmental 

12 or non-governmental organizations involved in a 

13 partnership) on whose land an on-farm conservation 

14 innovation trial is being carried out to provide pay15 ments to the producers to assist with adopting and 

16 evaluating new or innovative conservation ap17 proaches to achieve conservation benefits. Payments 

18 shall reflect the direct costs of the research and 

19 demonstration and compensation for foregone in20 come, as appropriate to address the increased eco21 nomic risk or lower economic return potentially asso22 ciated with the innovative conservation approach. 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Adjusted gross income 

2 requirements under section 1001D(b)(1) 

3 shall— 

4 ‘‘(i) apply to producers receiving pay5 ments under this subsection; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) be enforced by the Secretary. 

7 ‘‘(B) REPORTING.—A governmental or 

8 non-governmental organization participating in 

9 an on-farm conservation stewardship innovation 

10 partnership project under this subsection shall 

11 report annually to the Secretary on the amount 

12 of payments made to individual farm operations 

13 under this subsection. 

14 ‘‘(3) RESEARCH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND

15 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The Secretary may 

16 provide partnerships under this section with up to 

17 $50,000 per project for research, technical assist18 ance, and administrative expenses. 

19 ‘‘(4) LENGTH OF AGREEMENTS.—An agreement 

20 entered into under paragraph (1) shall be for a pe21 riod determined by the Secretary that is— 

22 ‘‘(A) not less than 2 years; and 

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1 ‘‘(i) adaptive management over mul2 tiple crop years; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) adequate data collection and 

4 analysis by a producer or partnership to 

5 report the natural resource and agricul6 tural production benefits of the new or in7 novative conservation approaches to the 

8 Secretary. 

9 ‘‘SEC. 1240L–3. CONTRIBUTIONS AND CONTRIBUTION 

10 AGREEMENTS. 

11 ‘‘(a) CONTRIBUTIONS.—In carrying out the program, 

12 the Secretary may accept financial or other contributions 

13 from individuals and public and private entities, if the Sec14 retary determines that the contributions will further the 

15 purposes of the program. Such contributions may include 

16 support for conservation activities to sequester carbon, re17 duce greenhouse gas emissions, and achieve other related 

18 environmental benefits, under such terms and conditions 

19 as the Secretary may require. 

20 ‘‘(b) CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may accept 

22 a contribution to the program under subsection (a) 

23 from an individual or a public or private entity. 

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1 Secretary shall consider whether the contribution 

2 would target one or more of the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) Resource-conserving crop rotations, 

4 advanced grazing management, or perennial 

5 production systems. 

6 ‘‘(B) Cover crop activities. 

7 ‘‘(C) Organic production systems. 

8 ‘‘(D) Beginning and socially disadvantaged 

9 farmers and ranchers, or other underserved 

10 producers. 

11 ‘‘(3) AGREEMENTS.—Any contribution under 

12 this subsection shall be made subject to an agree13 ment between the contributing individual or entity 

14 and the Secretary, under such terms and conditions 

15 as the Secretary may require.’’. 

16 SEC. 304. STATE ASSISTANCE FOR SOIL HEALTH. 

17 Chapter 5 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Secu18 rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb et seq.) is amended 

19 by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 1240S. STATE ASSISTANCE FOR SOIL HEALTH. 

21 ‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY AND PURPOSE OF GRANTS.— 

22 Using funds made available under subsection (k), the Sec23 retary shall make grants to States or tribal governments 

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1 thorities to develop and implement plans to improve soil 

2 health on agricultural lands. 

3 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State department of ag5 riculture or tribal government requesting a grant 

6 under this section may prepare and submit, for ap7 proval by the Secretary, an application at such time, 

8 in such a manner, and containing such information 

9 as the Secretary shall require, including an assur10 ance that grant funds received under this section 

11 shall supplement the expenditure of State or tribal 

12 funds in support of soil health, rather than replace 

13 State or tribal funds. 

14 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—A State or tribal govern15 ment may request funds under this section to— 

16 ‘‘(A) develop or modify a State or tribal 

17 soil health plan; or 

18 ‘‘(B) implement a State or tribal soil 

19 health plan approved by the Secretary under 

20 this section, including through— 

21 ‘‘(i) technical assistance; 

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1 ‘‘(iv) education, outreach, and train2 ing; 

3 ‘‘(v) monitoring and evaluation; or 

4 ‘‘(vi) such other activities as the Sec5 retary deems appropriate. 

6 ‘‘(3) PLAN COMPONENTS.—Prior to approving a 

7 State or tribal soil health plan, the Secretary shall 

8 ensure that the plan, at a minimum— 

9 ‘‘(A) is broadly consistent with the soil 

10 health principles of the Natural Resources Con11 servation Service; and 

12 ‘‘(B) identifies effective strategies for in13 creasing adoption of regionally appropriate soil 

14 health practices and systems on privately owned 

15 agricultural land under the jurisdiction of the 

16 applicable State or tribal government. 

17 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBILITY.—A State or tribal govern18 ment may— 

19 ‘‘(A) apply for a grant under paragraph 

20 (2)(A) at any time; and 

21 ‘‘(B) apply for a grant under paragraph 

22 (2)(B) upon approval by the Secretary of its 

23 soil health plan. 

24 ‘‘(c) TRIBAL OPTION.—At the sole discretion of a 

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1 shall have the option of being incorporated into a State 

2 application rather than submitting its own application. 

3 ‘‘(d) GRANT AMOUNT.— 

4 ‘‘(1) MAXIMUM.—The maximum grant any one 

5 State or tribal government may receive under this 

6 section for a fiscal year shall be— 

7 ‘‘(A) for a grant under subsection 

8 (b)(2)(A), $1,000,000. 

9 ‘‘(B) for a grant under subsection 

10 (b)(2)(B), $5,000,000. 

11 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

12 ‘‘(A) GRANTS TO STATES.—The grant 

13 amount to a State shall not exceed 75 percent 

14 of the cost of developing or modifying a soil 

15 health plan, or 50 percent of the cost of imple16 menting the soil health plan. 

17 ‘‘(B) GRANTS TO TRIBES.—The grant 

18 amount to a tribal government shall not exceed 

19 90 percent of the cost of developing or modi20 fying a soil health plan, or 75 percent of the 

21 cost of implementing the soil health plan. 

22 ‘‘(3) NON-FEDERAL FUNDS.—A grant made 

23 under this section shall be made on the condition 

24 that the non-Federal share of expenditures under 

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1 ‘‘(e) GRANT TERM.—A grant under this section shall 

2 be for one year and may be renewed annually, at the dis3 cretion of the Secretary. 

4 ‘‘(f) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give priority to 

5 States or tribal governments with a climate action plan 

6 that includes soil health, as determined by the Secretary. 

7 ‘‘(g) PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND EVALUATION.— 

8 ‘‘(1) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—Each applica9 tion under subsection (b) shall include performance 

10 measures to be used to evaluate the results of the 

11 assistance received under this section. 

12 ‘‘(2) REVIEW.—The State department of agri13 culture or the tribal authority shall submit a review 

14 and evaluation of its progress using the performance 

15 measures under paragraph (1) to the Secretary at 

16 such intervals as the Secretary shall establish. 

17 ‘‘(h) EFFECT OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the Sec18 retary, after reasonable notice to a State or tribal govern19 ment, finds that there has been a failure by the State or 

20 tribal government to comply with the terms of a grant 

21 made under this section, the Secretary may disqualify, for 

22 one or more years, the State or tribal government from 

23 receipt of future grants under this section. 

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1 tion, the State or tribal government shall conduct an audit 

2 of the expenditures of grant funds by the State or tribal 

3 government and shall submit a copy of the audit to the 

4 Secretary within 30 days of its completion. 

5 ‘‘(j) ADMINISTRATION.— 

6 ‘‘(1) DEPARTMENT.—The Secretary may not 

7 use more than 3 percent of the funds made available 

8 to carry out this section for a fiscal year for admin9 istrative expenses. 

10 ‘‘(2) STATES OR TRIBES.—A State or tribal 

11 government receiving a grant under this section may 

12 not use more than 7 percent of the funds received 

13 under the grant for a fiscal year for administrative 

14 expenses. 

15 ‘‘(k) FUNDING.—Of the funds of the Commodity 

16 Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make grants under 

17 this section using— 

18 ‘‘(1) $60,000,000 for fiscal years 2022 through 

19 2023; 

20 ‘‘(2) $80,000,000 for fiscal years 2024 through 

21 2026; and 

22 ‘‘(3) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2027 and 

23 each fiscal year thereafter.’’. 

24 SEC. 305. FUNDING AND ADMINISTRATION. 

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1 (1) ANNUAL FUNDING.—Section 1241(a) of the 

2 Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) is 

3 amended— 

4 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

5 by striking ‘‘For each of fiscal years 2014 

6 through 2023, the Secretary’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘The Secretary’’; 

8 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

10 ‘‘, and $17,000,000 for the period of fiscal 

11 years 2024 through 2030,’’ after ‘‘2023’’; 

12 and 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

14 ‘‘and $70,000,000 for the period of fiscal 

15 years 2024 through 2030, including not 

16 more than $5,000,000 to provide outreach 

17 and technical assistance,’’ after ‘‘technical 

18 assistance,’’; 

19 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (i) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; 

21 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

22 (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

23 ‘‘2023.’’ and inserting ‘‘2022; and’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(G) $700,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

2 2023 through 2030.’’; and 

3 (D) in paragraph (3)— 

4 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

5 (I) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘; 

6 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 

7 (II) by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(vi) $3,000,000,000 for fiscal years 

10 2024 through 2030; and’’; and 

11 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

12 (I) in clause (iii), by striking 

13 ‘‘$750,000,000’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘$2,000,000,000’’; 

15 (II) in clause (iv), by striking 

16 ‘‘$800,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

17 and’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500,000,000 

18 for fiscal year 2022;’’; 

19 (III) in clause (v), by striking 

20 ‘‘$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 

21 2023.’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,000,000,000 

22 for fiscal year 2023; and’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(vi) $4,000,000,000 for fiscal years 

2 2024 through 2030.’’. 

3 (2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 1241(b) 

4 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

5 3841(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘2023’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘2030’’. 

7 (3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 1241(c) 

8 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

9 3841(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL INITIATIVE.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in fiscal 

13 year 2022 and every year thereafter through 

14 fiscal year 2030, the Secretary shall use for a 

15 special technical assistance initiative to assist 

16 producers in mitigating and adapting to climate 

17 change, from the Commodity Credit Corpora18 tion, an amount equal to not less than 1 per19 cent of Commodity Credit Corporation funds 

20 made available for a fiscal year for each of the 

21 programs specified in subsection (a). 

22 ‘‘(B) PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSIST23 ANCE.—The Secretary shall provide technical 

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1 ‘‘(i) directly; 

2 ‘‘(ii) through an agreement with a 

3 third-party provider (as defined in section 

4 1242), or, at the option of the producer, 

5 through a payment, as determined by the 

6 Secretary, to the producer for a third-party 

7 provider approved under section 1242, if 

8 available; or 

9 ‘‘(iii) through a cooperative agreement 

10 or contract with— 

11 ‘‘(I) a cooperative extension; 

12 ‘‘(II) a non-governmental organi13 zation; or 

14 ‘‘(III) a State, tribal, or Federal 

15 agency. 

16 ‘‘(C) UNDERSERVED PRODUCERS.—In pro17 viding technical assistance under this para18 graph, the Secretary shall give priority to pro19 ducers who are covered persons (as defined in 

20 section 1244(a)(2)).’’. 

21 (4) ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN FARMERS OR

22 RANCHERS FOR CONSERVATION ACCESS.—Section 

23 1241(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

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1 (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘to 

2 the maximum extent practicable’’ and all that 

3 follows through the period at the end and in4 serting ‘‘to the maximum extent practicable, 30 

5 percent to assist beginning farmers or ranchers 

6 and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranch7 ers.’’; and 

8 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2023’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘2030’’. 

10 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR CON11 SERVATION PROGRAMS.— 

12 (1) INCENTIVES FOR CERTAIN FARMERS AND

13 RANCHERS AND INDIAN TRIBES.—Section 

14 1244(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

15 U.S.C. 3844(a)(1)) is amended— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 

17 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 

18 (B) by striking subparagraph (B) and in19 serting the following: 

20 ‘‘(B) to establish a new generation of pro21 ducers who use the full array of climate-friendly 

22 conservation activities that reduce greenhouse 

23 gas emissions, increase soil carbon, and improve 

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1 ‘‘(C) to enhance other long-term environ2 mental goals.’’. 

3 (2) REVIEW AND GUIDANCE FOR PRACTICE

4 COSTS AND PAYMENT RATES.—Section 

5 1244(j)(1)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

6 U.S.C. 3844(j)(1)(B)) is amended— 

7 (A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

8 inserting a semicolon; 

9 (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at 

10 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(iv) accelerates progress in meeting 

13 the goals established under title I of the 

14 Agriculture Resilience Act.’’. 

15 (3) ADVANCED GRAZING MANAGEMENT.—Sec16 tion 1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

17 U.S.C. 3844) is amended by adding at the end the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(q) ADVANCED GRAZING MANAGEMENT.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out any con21 servation program administered by the Secretary, 

22 the Secretary shall encourage advanced grazing 

23 management, including management-intensive rota24 tional grazing, as such terms are defined in section 

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1 ‘‘(2) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—In each of fis2 cal years 2022 through 2030, the Secretary shall use 

3 to carry out this subsection not less than two thirds 

4 of any funds available for activities related to live5 stock production under conservation programs ad6 ministered by the Secretary under this title (other 

7 than the conservation reserve program established 

8 under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D, ex9 cept for acres enrolled under section 1231(d)(2)).’’. 

10 (c) ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES MARKETS.—Section 

11 1245 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3845) 

12 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(f) SOIL HEALTH AND GREENHOUSE GAS FEDERAL

14 ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 

15 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 6 

16 months after the date of enactment of this sub17 section, the Secretary shall establish an advisory 

18 committee, to be known as the Soil Health and 

19 Greenhouse Gas Federal Advisory Committee. 

20 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—In carrying out paragraph 

21 (1), the Secretary shall appoint members to the ad22 visory committee that reflect diversity in gender, 

23 age, race, and geography and include— 

24 ‘‘(A) farmers and ranchers, including those 

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1 ‘‘(B) organizations representing farmers 

2 and ranchers, including those representing 

3 small and mid-sized farms; 

4 ‘‘(C) scientists; 

5 ‘‘(D) environmental nonprofit organiza6 tions; 

7 ‘‘(E) existing private sector carbon and 

8 ecosystem services market development initia9 tives; 

10 ‘‘(F) businesses working to reduce green11 house gas emissions from agriculture in their 

12 supply chains; 

13 ‘‘(G) relevant Federal agencies; 

14 ‘‘(H) youth engaged in the agriculture or 

15 food sector; 

16 ‘‘(I) tribal communities; and 

17 ‘‘(J) State agriculture agencies. 

18 ‘‘(3) TERMS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) TERM LENGTH.—The term of a 

20 member of the advisory committee shall be 2 

21 years. 

22 ‘‘(B) REAPPOINTMENT.—The Secretary 

23 may reappoint a member for not more than 2 

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1 ‘‘(4) MEETINGS.—The advisory committee shall 

2 meet at least 4 times in the first year after it is es3 tablished, and at least twice annually thereafter. 

4 ‘‘(5) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 12 

5 months after the date on which the advisory com6 mittee is established, and periodically thereafter, the 

7 advisory committee shall submit to the Secretary 

8 recommendations on— 

9 ‘‘(A) the feasibility of establishing reliable 

10 outcomes-based measurement systems, as de11 scribed in subsection (g); 

12 ‘‘(B) existing technology that provides reli13 able measurement data; 

14 ‘‘(C) for those parameters for which exist15 ing technology does not provide reliable meas16 urement data, research and technical needs 

17 and, as appropriate, goals and plans for such 

18 research; 

19 ‘‘(D) standards for data collection and dis20 semination; 

21 ‘‘(E) farmer data management and pri22 vacy; 

23 ‘‘(F) greenhouse gas emissions and soil 

24 health inventories and databases, as described 

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1 ‘‘(G) criteria for soil health and green2 house gas emissions reductions payments and 

3 environmental markets, as described in sub4 section (i). 

5 ‘‘(g) MEASUREMENT SYSTEM.— 

6 ‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—The Secretary shall evaluate 

7 existing outcomes-based measurement systems for 

8 recordkeeping, modeling, and measurement of farm9 level greenhouse gas emissions and soil carbon se10 questration, including measures of soil disturbance, 

11 plant diversity, continual living cover, residue man12 agement, advanced grazing management, and crop13 livestock integration, to determine which such sys14 tems can be implemented quickly, improve in accu15 racy and ease over time, use the best available 

16 science and technology, and are cost-effective. 

17 ‘‘(2) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 18 months 

18 after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 

19 Secretary shall issue guidance on the outcomes20 based measurement system evaluated under para21 graph (1), based on recommendations from the advi22 sory committee under subsection (f), and informa23 tion from agroecosystem models (including COMET 

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1 Information System), soil health demonstration 

2 trials carried out under section 1240H(c)(7), exist3 ing and emerging public and private environmental 

4 services protocols, measurement systems, and bench5 marks, and field-level measurement. 

6 ‘‘(3) REVIEW.—The Secretary, based on rec7 ommendations from the advisory committee estab8 lished under subsection (f), shall— 

9 ‘‘(A) establish and maintain such an out10 comes-based measurement system when fea11 sible; 

12 ‘‘(B) conduct periodic review of such sys13 tem, and any necessary updates; and 

14 ‘‘(C) establish research and development 

15 goals and plans as needed. 

16 ‘‘(h) INVENTORY.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

18 after the date of enactment of this subsection, and 

19 every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, in consulta20 tion with the advisory committee established under 

21 subsection (f) and the Administrator of the Environ22 mental Protection Agency, shall conduct a nation23 wide soil health and agricultural greenhouse gas 

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1 formance for soil carbon drawdown and storage and 

2 greenhouse gas emissions reduction by primary pro3 duction type and production region. 

4 ‘‘(2) DATABASE.—The Secretary shall create an 

5 accessible and interoperable database for the infor6 mation collected through the inventory conducted 

7 under paragraph (1), and shall improve and update 

8 such database at least once every two years as new 

9 data is collected. 

10 ‘‘(i) CRITERIA.—The Secretary, in consultation with 

11 the advisory committee established under subsection (f), 

12 shall establish criteria for payments, credits, or other 

13 forms of incentives to inform policy and markets estab14 lished to promote soil carbon sequestration or greenhouse 

15 gas emissions reductions. The criteria shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) have a documented likelihood to lead to 

17 long-term net increases in soil carbon sequestration 

18 and net reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, ac19 cording to the best available science; 

20 ‘‘(2) be based in part on environmental impact 

21 modeling of the changes of shifting from baseline ag22 ricultural practices to new or improved agricultural 

23 practices; and 

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1 ‘‘(j) DEMONSTRATION TRIALS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall peri3 odically review the results from soil health dem4 onstration trials carried out under section 

5 1240H(c)(7), and other similar public and private 

6 demonstration trials the Secretary determines appro7 priate, to inform the activities under subsections (g), 

8 (h), and (i). 

9 ‘‘(2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—In submitting re10 ports pursuant to section 1240H(c)(7)(C), the Sec11 retary shall include any recommendations to Con12 gress for changes or additions to the conservation 

13 programs under this Act the Secretary determines 

14 appropriate to accelerate net increases in soil carbon 

15 sequestration and other improvements in soil 

16 health.’’. 

17 SEC. 306. CARBON TAX CREDIT FEASIBILITY STUDY. 

18 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Treasury (‘‘the 

19 Secretary’’), in coordination with the Secretary of Agri20 culture, shall conduct a study of the feasibility of devel21 oping a credit against tax to incentivize carbon capture 

22 on farms and ranches. 

23 (b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

24 of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall sub25 mit to Congress a report that describes the results of the 


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1 study in subsection (a), including whether or not to pro2 ceed with a tax credit and, if so, detailed recommendations 

3 for— 

4 (1) which taxpayers should be eligible for the 

5 credit; 

6 (2) methods for measuring (if feasible) or esti7 mating baseline soil carbon conditions on a farm or 

8 ranch; 

9 (3) methods for measuring (if feasible) or esti10 mating the amount of soil carbon sequestered or 

11 abated on a farm or ranch; 

12 (4) incentivizing early adoption of carbon cap13 ture practices; 

14 (5) the number of years a taxpayer should be 

15 eligible for the credit; 

16 (6) establishing rules for recapture in instances 

17 in which carbon capture ceases or carbon is not re18 tained in soil; 

19 (7) establishing rules for recapture if ownership 

20 of land is transferred; 

21 (8) setting the dollar value of the tax credit; 

22 (9) setting phase outs for tax credit eligibility; 

23 (10) establishing certification requirements for 

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1 (11) establishing rules for attributing the credit 

2 to a taxpayer; 

3 (12) establishing rules for carrying over unused 

4 credits; and 

5 (13) such other provisions as the Secretary de6 termines necessary. 

7 SEC. 307. CONSERVATION COMPLIANCE. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 

9 (1) CONSERVATION PLAN.—Section 1201(a)(3) 

10 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

11 3801(a)(3)) is amended— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘highly erodible’’ each 

13 place it appears; and 

14 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and 

15 conservation treatment measures’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘crop rotation and cover crop systems, and 

17 other relevant conservation treatment meas18 ures’’. 

19 (2) CONSERVATION SYSTEM.—Section 

20 1201(a)(4) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

21 U.S.C. 3801(a)(4)) is amended— 

22 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 

23 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘or a substantial im2 provement in soil conditions on a field or 

3 group of fields containing highly erodible 

4 cropland’’ and inserting ‘‘and a substantial 

5 improvement in soil health conditions (in6 cluding soil carbon levels) on a field or 

7 group of fields containing cropland’’; and 

8 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

9 and inserting a semicolon; and 

10 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(C) are designed to achieve, within five 

12 years of actively applying a conservation plan, 

13 a level of erosion not to exceed twice the soil 

14 loss tolerance level; and 

15 ‘‘(D) are designed to effectively prevent the 

16 formation of new, or treat all existing, ephem17 eral gullies.’’. 

18 (3) HIGHLY ERODIBLE LAND.—Section 

19 1201(a)(11)(A)(ii) of the Food Security Act of 1985 

20 (16 U.S.C. 3801(a)(11)(A)(ii)) is amended by strik21 ing ‘‘excessive average annual rate of erosion in rela22 tion to’’ and inserting ‘‘average annual rate of ero23 sion exceeding twice’’. 

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1 (1) PROGRAM INELIGIBILITY.—Section 1211 of 

2 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811) is 

3 amended— 

4 (A) in subsection (a)— 

5 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

6 (1), by striking ‘‘produces an agricultural 

7 commodity on a field on which highly erod8 ible land is predominant, or designates 

9 land on which highly erodible land is pre10 dominant to be set aside, diverted, devoted 

11 to conservation uses, or otherwise not cul12 tivated under a program administered by 

13 the Secretary to reduce production of an 

14 agricultural commodity, as determined by 

15 the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘carries out 

16 an activity described in subsection (b), as 

17 determined by the Secretary,’’; and 

18 (ii) in paragraph (1)(D), by inserting 

19 ‘‘cropland or’’ before ‘‘highly erodible 

20 land’’; and 

21 (B) by striking subsection (b) and insert22 ing the following: 

23 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—Activities described 

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1 ‘‘(1) the production of an agricultural com2 modity on a field on which highly erodible land is 

3 predominant; 

4 ‘‘(2) the designation of land on which highly 

5 erodible land cropland is predominant to be set 

6 aside, diverted, devoted to conservation uses, or oth7 erwise not cultivated under a program administered 

8 by the Secretary to reduce production of an agricul9 tural commodity; and 

10 ‘‘(3) the production of an agricultural com11 modity without having in place a conservation plan. 

12 ‘‘(c) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—The Secretary 

13 shall have, and shall not delegate to any private person 

14 or entity, authority to determine whether a person has 

15 complied with this subtitle.’’. 

16 (2) EXEMPTIONS.—Section 1212 of the Food 

17 Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3812) is amend18 ed— 

19 (A) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘only 

20 be required to apply a conservation plan estab21 lished under this subtitle. The person shall not 

22 be required to meet a higher conservation 

23 standard than’’ and inserting ‘‘be required to 

24 apply a conservation plan established under this 

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1 (B) in subsection (f)(4)(A)— 

2 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘highly 

3 erodible’’; and 

4 (ii) in clause (ii)(II), by inserting 

5 ‘‘and soil health’’ after ‘‘erosion control’’. 

6 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subtitle B of 

7 title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

8 U.S.C. 3810 et seq.) is amended in the subtitle 

9 heading by striking ‘‘Highly Erodible Land’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘Cropland’’. 

11 SEC. 308. AGROFORESTRY CENTERS. 

12 Section 1243 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 

13 and Trade Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 1642 note; Public Law 

14 101–624) is amended— 

15 (1) by amending the section heading to read as 

16 follows: ‘‘NATIONAL AND REGIONAL AGRO17 FORESTRY CENTERS’’; 

18 (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol19 lows: 

20 ‘‘(a) NATIONAL AND REGIONAL AGROFORESTRY

21 CENTERS.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish 

22 at the Forestry Sciences Laboratory of the United States 

23 Forest Service, in Lincoln, Nebraska, a Semiarid Agro24 forestry Research, Development, and Demonstration Cen25 ter, and acting through the Chief of the Forest Service 


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1 and in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conserva2 tion Service, shall establish not less than three additional 

3 regional agroforestry centers at other locations to be de4 termined by the Secretary (referred to in this section as 

5 the ‘Centers’). The Secretary shall appoint a National Di6 rector and Regional Directors to manage and coordinate 

7 the program established under subsection (b).’’; 

8 (3) in subsection (b)— 

9 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

10 by striking ‘‘Center’’ and inserting ‘‘Centers’’; 

11 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘on 

12 semiarid lands that’’ and inserting ‘‘that build 

13 soil health and’’; 

14 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘from 

15 semiarid land’’; 

16 (D) in paragraph (4)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘in semiarid regions’’; 

18 and 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘the Great Plains re20 gion’’ and inserting ‘‘particular regions’’; 

21 (E) by amending paragraph (6) to read as 

22 follows: 

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1 nial production and conservation systems and tech2 nologies to improve soil health, carbon sequestration, 

3 drought preparedness, soil and water conservation, 

4 environmental quality, and biological diversity;’’; 

5 (F) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘on 

6 semiarid lands’’; 

7 (G) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘on 

8 semiarid lands worldwide’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘worldwide, including on semiarid lands’’; and 

10 (H) in paragraph (9)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘on semiarid lands’’; 

12 and 

13 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and climate change’’ 

14 after ‘‘pollution’’; 

15 (4) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding 

16 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Center’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘Centers’’; and 

18 (5) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘through 

19 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2021 and 

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1 TITLE IV—FARMLAND PRESER2 VATION AND FARM VIABILITY 

3 SEC. 401. LOCAL AGRICULTURE MARKET PROGRAM. 

4 Section 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 

5 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1627c) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a)(12)— 

7 (A) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as 

8 clauses (vi) and (vii), respectively; and 

9 (B) by inserting after clause (iii) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(iv) is produced and marketed in a 

12 manner that significantly improves soil 

13 health and carbon sequestration or signifi14 cantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions; 

15 ‘‘(v) when added to the crop or graz16 ing rotation on a farm, will significantly 

17 improve soil health and carbon sequestra18 tion or significantly reduce greenhouse gas 

19 emissions;’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (b)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

22 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; 

23 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

24 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

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1 cluding value-added agricultural products 

2 from crops or animals that when added 

3 into crop or grazing rotations on a farm 

4 will significantly improve soil health and 

5 carbon sequestration or significantly re6 duce greenhouse gas emissions; and’’; and 

7 (iii) by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(D) markets for agricultural commodities 

10 and products produced in a manner that signifi11 cantly improve soil health and carbon seques12 tration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas 

13 emissions.’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘and local’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘, local’’; and 

17 (ii) by inserting before the semicolon 

18 at the end the following: ‘‘, and production 

19 and marketing approaches to significantly 

20 improve soil health and carbon sequestra21 tion or significantly reduce greenhouse gas 

22 emissions’’; 

23 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

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1 (D) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 

2 paragraph (7); and 

3 (E) by inserting after paragraph (5) the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(6) enhances the economic viability of pro6 ducers and related agricultural enterprises; and’’; 

7 (3) in subsection (d)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (i) in subparagraph (C)— 

10 (I) in clause (i), by striking 

11 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

12 (II) in clause (ii), by adding 

13 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

14 (III) by adding at the end the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(iii) agricultural commodities and 

17 products that are produced and marketed 

18 in a manner that significantly improve soil 

19 health and carbon sequestration or signifi20 cantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, or 

21 that when added to a crop or grazing rota22 tion on a farm will significantly improve 

23 soil health and carbon sequestration or sig24 nificantly reduce greenhouse gas emis25 sions;’’; and 


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1 (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

2 ‘‘and value-added agricultural products in 

3 new and existing markets’’ and inserting 

4 the following: ‘‘, value-added agricultural 

5 products in new and existing markets, and 

6 agricultural commodities and products that 

7 are produced in a manner that enhances 

8 soil health and carbon sequestration or sig9 nificantly reduces greenhouse gas emis10 sions, or that when added to a crop or 

11 grazing rotation on a farm will signifi12 cantly improve soil health and carbon se13 questration or significantly reduce green14 house gas emissions’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting be16 fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘and 

17 the Chief of the Natural Resources Conserva18 tion Service’’; 

19 (4) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h), 

20 and (i) as subsections (g), (h), (i), and (j), respec21 tively; 

22 (5) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol23 lowing new subsection: 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

2 through the Administrator of the Agricultural Mar3 keting Service and in coordination with Adminis4 trator of the Rural Business-Cooperative Service and 

5 the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation 

6 Service, shall provide grants to eligible entities de7 scribed in paragraph (2) to serve as farm viability 

8 and local climate resiliency centers (referred to in 

9 this section as ‘centers’) to support efforts to en10 hance farm viability, and the development, coordina11 tion, and expansion of markets for commodities and 

12 farm products that significantly improve soil health 

13 and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce 

14 greenhouse gas emissions. 

15 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An entity is eligible 

16 to receive a grant under this subsection if the entity 

17 is— 

18 ‘‘(A) an agricultural cooperative or other 

19 agricultural business entity or a producer net20 work or association; 

21 ‘‘(B) a local, State or Tribal government; 

22 ‘‘(C) a nonprofit corporation; 

23 ‘‘(D) a public benefit corporation; 

24 ‘‘(E) an economic development corporation; 

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1 ‘‘(G) such other entity as the Secretary 

2 may designate. 

3 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity receiv4 ing a grant under this subsection may use grant 

5 funds to provide to entities described in (d)(5)(B)— 

6 ‘‘(A) assistance for the development of 

7 business plans and feasibility studies; 

8 ‘‘(B) assistance in developing marketing 

9 strategies for— 

10 ‘‘(i) local products; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) value-added agriculture products 

12 in new and existing markets; 

13 ‘‘(C) assistance in enterprise development 

14 for the processing, aggregation, distribution, 

15 and storage of— 

16 ‘‘(i) local and regional food products 

17 that are marketed locally or regionally; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) value-added agricultural prod19 ucts; 

20 ‘‘(D) assistance related to financial and 

21 recordkeeping; 

22 ‘‘(E) assistance related to enterprise and 

23 business management; 

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1 ‘‘(G) outreach and assistance in the adop2 tion of farming practices that enhance soil 

3 health and carbon sequestration or significantly 

4 reduce greenhouse gas emissions; 

5 ‘‘(H) outreach regarding assistance avail6 able under subsection (d); 

7 ‘‘(I) outreach regarding assistance avail8 able through other programs administers by 

9 any other Federal Agency that supports the 

10 adoption of farming practices that enhance soil 

11 health and carbon sequestration or significantly 

12 reduce greenhouse gas emissions; or 

13 ‘‘(J) at the request of such an eligible enti14 ty, provide assistance in applying for a grant 

15 under subsection (d), including acting on behalf 

16 of such a producer in applying for a grant 

17 under subsection (d). 

18 ‘‘(4) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—To the max19 imum extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure 

20 geographic diversity in selecting entities to receive a 

21 grant under this subsection. 

22 ‘‘(5) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—An entity receiv23 ing a grant under this subsection shall provide fund24 ing in an amount equal to not less than 25 percent 


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1 of the total amount of the Federal portion of the 

2 grant. 

3 ‘‘(6) APPLICATIONS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to re5 ceive a grant under this subsection an eligible 

6 entity shall submit to the Secretary an applica7 tion at such time, in such manner, and con8 taining such information as the Secretary con9 siders necessary to evaluate and select applica10 tions. 

11 ‘‘(B) COMPETITIVE PROCESS.—The Sec12 retary— 

13 ‘‘(i) shall conduct a competitive proc14 ess to select applications submitted under 

15 subparagraph (A); 

16 ‘‘(ii) may assess and rank applications 

17 with similar proposals as a group; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) shall, prior to accepting applica19 tions under such subparagraph, make pub20 lic the criteria to be used in evaluating 

21 such applications. 

22 ‘‘(7) PRIORITY.—The Secretary may give pri23 ority to applications submitted under paragraph (1) 

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1 ‘‘(A) plans to use funds for 3 or more of 

2 purposes specified in paragraph (3); or 

3 ‘‘(B) activities related to improving the uti4 lization and expanded adoption of farming prac5 tices that enhance soil health and carbon se6 questration or significantly reduce greenhouse 

7 gas emissions while simultaneously improving 

8 farm viability. 

9 ‘‘(8) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—An entity 

10 receiving a grant under paragraph (1) may use not 

11 more than 4 percent of funds received through the 

12 grant for administrative expenses.’’; 

13 (6) in subsection (i)(1) (as redesignated by 

14 paragraph (4)), in the matter preceding subpara15 graph (A), by striking ‘‘subsection (i)(3)(E)’’ and in16 serting ‘‘subsection (j)(3)(E)’’; and 

17 (7) in subsection (j) (as redesignated by para18 graph (4))— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal 

20 year 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 

21 2019 through 2021 and $150,000,000 for fiscal 

22 year 2022’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

24 (i) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 

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1 (ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 

2 read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(B) FARMERS’ MARKET AND LOCAL FOOD

4 PROMOTION GRANTS.— 

5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds 

6 made available to carry out this section for 

7 a fiscal year, 36 percent shall be used for 

8 grants under subsection (d)(6). 

9 ‘‘(ii) ALLOCATION AMONG SUBPRO10 GRAMS.—Of the funds reserved under 

11 clause (i) for a fiscal year— 

12 ‘‘(I) 40 percent shall be made 

13 available for farmers market pro14 motion program grants; and 

15 ‘‘(II) 60 percent shall be made 

16 available for local food promotion pro17 gram grants.’’; 

18 (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 

19 and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respec20 tively; and 

21 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 

22 the following: 

23 ‘‘(D) FARM VIABILITY AND LOCAL CLI24 MATE RESILIENCY.—Of the funds made avail25 able to carry out this section for a fiscal year, 


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1 10 percent shall be used to provide grants 

2 under subsection (f).’’. 

3 SEC. 402. ORGANIC CERTIFICATION COST-SHARE PRO4 GRAM. 

5 (a) Section 10606(b)(2) of the Farm Security and 

6 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 6523(b)(2)) is 

7 amended by striking ‘‘$750’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000’’. 

8 (b) Section 10606(d)(1) of the Farm Security and 

9 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C.6523(d)(1)) is 

10 amended by striking ‘‘shall make available’’ and all that 

11 follows through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘shall 

12 use such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.’’. 

13 SEC. 403. EXCLUSION OF GAIN FROM SALE OF CERTAIN 

14 FARM PROPERTY AND AGRICULTURAL EASE15 MENTS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chap17 ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 

18 by adding after section 121 the following new sections: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 121A. EXCLUSION OF GAIN FROM SALE OF QUALIFIED 

20 FARM PROPERTY. 

21 ‘‘(a) EXCLUSION.—Gross income shall not include 

22 gain from the sale or exchange of qualified farm property 

23 if such property is sold to or exchanged with a transferee 

24 who— 

25 ‘‘(1) is a qualified farmer, and 


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1 ‘‘(2) meets the certification requirement of sub2 section (c). 

3 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of gain ex5 cluded from gross income under subsection (a) with 

6 respect to any taxable year shall not exceed the ex7 cess, if any of— 

8 ‘‘(A) $500,000 ($1,000,000 in the case of 

9 a joint return), over 

10 ‘‘(B) the amount excluded from the gross 

11 income of the taxpayer for all prior taxable 

12 years. 

13 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR JOINT RETURNS.—The 

14 amount of the exclusion under subsection (a) on a 

15 joint return for any taxable year shall be allocated 

16 equally between the spouses for purposes of applying 

17 the limitation under paragraph (1) for any suc18 ceeding taxable year. 

19 ‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—A qualified 

20 farmer meets the certification requirement of this sub21 section if such person signs a written certification stating 

22 the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) USE CERTIFICATION AS FARM FOR FARM24 ING PURPOSES.—The use of such property will be as 


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1 a farm for farming purposes at all times during the 

2 recapture period. 

3 ‘‘(2) RECAPTURE AGREEMENT.—The transferee 

4 has been notified of the recapture liability arising 

5 from a disposition or change in the use of such prop6 erty at any time during the recapture period. 

7 ‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF DISPOSITION OR CHANGE IN

8 USE OF PROPERTY.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If there is a recapture 

10 event during the recapture period with respect to 

11 any qualified farm property, then the tax imposed 

12 under this chapter on the transferee referred to in 

13 subsection (a) for the taxable year which includes 

14 the first such recapture event shall be increased by 

15 the amount excluded from the product of— 

16 ‘‘(A) the transferor’s gross income under 

17 subsection (a) with respect to such qualified 

18 farm property, multiplied by 

19 ‘‘(B) the rate of tax in effect under section 

20 (1)(h)(1)(D). 

21 ‘‘(2) RECAPTURE EVENT DEFINED.—For pur22 poses of this subsection, the term ‘recapture event’ 

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1 ‘‘(A) CESSATION OF OPERATION.—The 

2 cessation of the operation of such property as 

3 a farm for farming purposes at any time in the 

4 recapture period. 

5 ‘‘(B) FAILURE TO MATERIALLY PARTICI6 PATE.—The failure of a qualified farmer to ma7 terially participate in the operation of the farm 

8 at any time during the recapture period. 

9 ‘‘(C) CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP.— 

10 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro11 vided in clause (ii), the disposition of any 

12 interest in such property by the transferee 

13 referred to in subsection (a) during the re14 capture period. 

15 ‘‘(ii) AGREEMENT TO ASSUME RECAP16 TURE LIABILITY.—Clause (i) shall not 

17 apply to any farm property if the person 

18 acquiring the interest referred to in such 

19 clause agrees in writing to assume the re20 capture liability of the person disposing of 

21 such interest. In the event of such an as22 sumption, this subsection shall apply to the 

23 person acquiring such interest as though 

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1 plied as if there had been no change in 

2 ownership). 

3 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULES.— 

4 ‘‘(A) NO CREDITS AGAINST TAX.—Any in5 crease in tax under this subsection shall not be 

6 treated as a tax imposed by this chapter for 

7 purposes of determining the amount of any 

8 credit under subpart A, B, or D of this part. 

9 ‘‘(B) NO RECAPTURE BY REASON OF

10 HARDSHIP.—The increase in tax under this 

11 subsection shall not apply to any disposition of 

12 property or cessation of the operation of any 

13 property as a farm for farming purposes if such 

14 disposition or cessation occurs by reason of any 

15 hardship. 

16 ‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this section, 

17 rules similar to the rules of subsections (e) and (f) of sec18 tion 121 shall apply. 

19 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 

20 ‘‘(1) QUALIFIED FARMER.—The term ‘qualified 

21 farmer’ means— 

22 ‘‘(A) a beginning farmer, socially disadvan23 taged farmer, qualified veteran farmer, young 

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1 ‘‘(B) any entity if 50 percent or more of 

2 the capital and profits of such entity are owned 

3 by one or more individuals described in para4 graph (A). 

5 ‘‘(2) BEGINNING FARMER.—The term ‘begin6 ning farmer’ means an individual that— 

7 ‘‘(A) has not operated a farm, or 

8 ‘‘(B) has operated a farm for not more 

9 than 10 years. 

10 ‘‘(3) SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMER.—The 

11 term ‘socially disadvantaged farmer’ means an indi12 vidual who is a member of one or more of the fol13 lowing groups: 

14 ‘‘(A) American Indians. 

15 ‘‘(B) Alaska Natives. 

16 ‘‘(C) Asians. 

17 ‘‘(D) Blacks or African Americans. 

18 ‘‘(E) Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Is19 landers. 

20 ‘‘(F) Hispanics. 

21 ‘‘(G) Women. 

22 ‘‘(4) QUALIFIED VETERAN FARMER.—The term 

23 ‘qualified veteran farmer’ means an individual 

24 who— 


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1 ‘‘(A) first obtained status as a veteran (as 

2 defined in section 101(2) of title 38 United 

3 States Code) in the most recent 10-year period, 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(B) has not operated a farm for more 

6 than 10 years. 

7 ‘‘(5) YOUNG FARMER.—The term ‘young farm8 er’ means an individual who has not attained age 46 

9 as of the date of the sale or transfer referred to in 

10 subsection (a). 

11 ‘‘(6) QUALIFIED FARM PROPERTY.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 

13 farm property’ means real property located in 

14 the United States if— 

15 ‘‘(i) during the 5-year period ending 

16 on the date of the sale or exchange re17 ferred to in subsection (a), such property 

18 has been used by the taxpayer or a mem19 ber of the family of the taxpayer as a farm 

20 for farming purposes for periods aggre21 gating 3 years or more, and 

22 ‘‘(ii) there was material participation 

23 by the taxpayer or a member of the family 

24 of the taxpayer in the operation of the 

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1 ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR QUALIFIED FARM

2 PROPERTY HELD BY AN ENTITY.—For purposes 

3 of this section, if the taxpayer referred to in 

4 paragraph (A) is other than an individual and 

5 all of the capital and profits interests of such 

6 entity are held by members of a single family, 

7 then such members shall be treated as members 

8 of the family of such taxpayer. 

9 ‘‘(7) RECAPTURE PERIOD.—The term ‘recap10 ture period’ means the 10-year period following the 

11 sale or exchange of qualified farm property described 

12 in subsection (a). 

13 ‘‘(8) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘mem14 ber of the family’, ‘farm’, ‘farming purposes’, and 

15 ‘material participation’ have the respective meanings 

16 given such terms in section 2032A(e). 

17 ‘‘SEC. 121B. EXCLUSION OF GAIN FROM SALE OF AGRICUL18 TURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT. 

19 ‘‘(a) EXCLUSION.—Gross income shall not include 

20 gain from the sale or exchange of an agricultural conserva21 tion easement. 

22 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.— 

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1 respect to any taxable year shall not exceed the ex2 cess, if any of— 

3 ‘‘(A) $500,000 ($1,000,000 in the case of 

4 a joint return), over 

5 ‘‘(B) the amount excluded from the gross 

6 income of the taxpayer for all prior taxable 

7 years. 

8 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR JOINT RETURNS.—The 

9 amount of the exclusion under subsection (a) on a 

10 joint return for any taxable year shall be allocated 

11 equally between the spouses for purposes of applying 

12 the limitation under paragraph (1) for any suc13 ceeding taxable year. 

14 ‘‘(c) AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT DE15 FINED.—The term ‘agricultural conservation easement’ 

16 means an easement or conservation-related restriction on 

17 agricultural land (granted in perpetuity) that— 

18 ‘‘(1) is conveyed for the purpose of protecting 

19 natural resources and the agricultural nature of the 

20 land, and 

21 ‘‘(2) permits the landowner the right to con22 tinue agricultural production and related uses. 

23 ‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this section, 

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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec2 tions for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the In3 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding after 

4 the item relating to section 121 the following new items: 

‘‘121A. Exclusion of gain from sale of qualified farm property. 

‘‘121B. Exclusion of gain from sale of agricultural conservation easement.’’. 

5 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

6 this section shall apply to any sale or exchange in taxable 

7 years ending after December 31, 2021. 

8 SEC. 404. FARMLAND PROTECTION POLICY ACT. 

9 (a) FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITIONS.—Sec10 tion 1540 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (7 

11 U.S.C. 4201) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)— 

13 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) 

14 through (7) as paragraphs (5) through (8), re15 spectively; and 

16 (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(4) the Nation’s farmland is a vital source of 

19 environmental services, such as carbon sequestra20 tion;’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘tribal,’’ 

22 after ‘‘State,’’; and 

23 (3) in subsection (c)— 

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1 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

2 ‘‘that is used for’’ and inserting ‘‘that is 

3 suitable for’’; and 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 

5 ‘‘and is suitable’’ after ‘‘local importance’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

7 and inserting a semicolon; 

8 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe9 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

10 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(6) the term ‘conversion’ means— 

12 ‘‘(A) the physical conversion of farmland 

13 to a nonagricultural use; 

14 ‘‘(B) the effective conversion of farmland 

15 as a consequence of physical conversion of adja16 cent farmland, which threatens the continued 

17 viability of the land for agricultural use; or 

18 ‘‘(C) a change in management of federally 

19 owned land historically used for agriculture to 

20 a non-agricultural use; 

21 ‘‘(7) the term ‘farmland of national signifi22 cance’ is farmland that is the most suitable for in23 tensive crop and food production, as determined by 

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1 other factors, its physical and chemical characteris2 tics; and 

3 ‘‘(8) the term ‘permanently protected farmland’ 

4 means farmland encumbered by a conservation ease5 ment held by the Federal government, by a State, 

6 tribal, or local unit of government, or by a land con7 servation organization, that is perpetual or the max8 imum number of years allowed by State law.’’. 

9 (b) FARMLAND PROTECTION POLICY.—Section 1541 

10 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (7 U.S.C. 4202) 

11 is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 1541. FARMLAND PROTECTION POLICY. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of the United 

14 States that Federal programs— 

15 ‘‘(1) shall minimize the conversion of farmland 

16 to nonagricultural uses; and 

17 ‘‘(2) shall not convert to nonagricultural uses 

18 farmland— 

19 ‘‘(A) that is permanently protected farm20 land; 

21 ‘‘(B) that has been defined and delineated 

22 by the Secretary under subsection (b) as farm23 land of national significance; or 

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1 ority for inclusion in a State farmland protec2 tion program and for which the State has sub3 mitted a description under subsection (b). 

4 ‘‘(b) DEFINITION AND DELINEATION OF LAND.— 

5 ‘‘(1) NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.—The Secretary 

6 shall define and delineate farmland of national sig7 nificance, and shall convene a group of experts, in8 cluding agronomists and soil scientists, to assist in 

9 such definition and delineation. 

10 ‘‘(2) STATE SIGNIFICANCE.—Any State wishing 

11 to have land recognized under subsection (a)(2)(C) 

12 shall provide a definition and delineation of such 

13 lands to the Secretary. 

14 ‘‘(c) PROCESS AND CRITERIA.— 

15 ‘‘(1) PROCESS AND CRITERIA.—The Secretary 

16 shall develop a process, including criteria— 

17 ‘‘(A) to— 

18 ‘‘(i) determine the potential conver19 sion of farmland as a consequence of any 

20 action or activity conducted through a 

21 Federal program; 

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1 ‘‘(iii) provide notice regarding such 

2 actions to the Secretary; and 

3 ‘‘(B) that the Secretary shall use to make 

4 determinations under subsection (d). 

5 ‘‘(2) USE REQUIRED.—Each department, agen6 cy, independent commission, and other unit of the 

7 Federal Government shall use the process and cri8 teria developed under paragraph (1) in carrying out 

9 a Federal program. 

10 ‘‘(d) EXEMPTION.—Subsection (a)(2) shall not apply 

11 if the Secretary determines, based on the process and cri12 teria developed under subsection (c), that converting farm13 land to nonagricultural uses cannot be avoided. In in14 stances where the Secretary makes such a determination, 

15 the Federal program shall minimize the conversion of land 

16 described in subsection (a)(2) to the maximum extent 

17 practicable. 

18 ‘‘(e) INFORMATION.—The Secretary may make avail19 able to States, units of local government, individuals, orga20 nizations, and other units of the Federal Government in21 formation— 

22 ‘‘(1) useful in restoring, maintaining, and im23 proving the quantity and quality of farmland; and 

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1 ‘‘(f) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall provide as2 sistance to departments, agencies, independent commis3 sions, and other units of the Federal Government, upon 

4 request, in using the process and criteria developed under 

5 subsection (c).’’. 

6 SEC. 405. AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION EASEMENT PRO7 GRAM. 

8 Section 1265B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

9 U.S.C. 3865b) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (4)(C)(iv), by striking 

12 ‘‘only’’; and 

13 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(6) CONDITION OF ASSISTANCE.—As a condi15 tion of receiving cost-share assistance under this sec16 tion, the owner of eligible land must agree to have 

17 in place a conservation plan that addresses applica18 ble resource concerns for the land subject to the 

19 easement, including soil health and greenhouse gas 

20 emissions reduction, not later than three years fol21 lowing the grant of the easement. The requirement 

22 of this subparagraph may be satisfied by having in 

23 place a conservation plan developed or recognized by 

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1 (2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may 

4 provide technical assistance, if requested, to assist in— 

5 ‘‘(1) compliance with the terms and conditions 

6 of easements; and 

7 ‘‘(2) development and implementation of a con8 servation plan required under subsection (b)(6), in9 cluding, as applicable, a conservation plan for highly 

10 erodible land required under subsection (b)(4)(C)(iv) 

11 or a comprehensive conservation plan developed pur12 suant to subsection (e)(1). 

13 ‘‘(e) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

15 ‘‘(A) ENROLLMENT IN CSP.—At the sole 

16 option of the owner of the land subject to the 

17 easement, the Secretary shall provide for the 

18 automatic enrollment of the land subject to the 

19 easement in the conservation stewardship pro20 gram established by subchapter B of chapter 4 

21 of subtitle D, including financial assistance for 

22 the development of a comprehensive conserva23 tion plan as provided by 1240L(e), if the person 

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1 for the program, as determined by the Sec2 retary. 

3 ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE.— 

4 Determining compliance with the terms of the 

5 conservation stewardship program contract is 

6 the sole responsibility of the Secretary. 

7 ‘‘(C) FUNDING.—Funding received by an 

8 eligible entity pursuant to this paragraph shall 

9 not be considered in the calculation of costs 

10 under subsection (b). 

11 ‘‘(2) TIMING.—The owner of the land subject to 

12 the easement shall have up to three years after the 

13 grant of the easement to exercise the option to enroll 

14 in the conservation stewardship program as provided 

15 under subparagraph (A).’’. 

16 TITLE V—PASTURE-BASED 

17 LIVESTOCK 

18 SEC. 501. ANIMAL RAISING CLAIMS. 

19 The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 

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1 ‘‘Subtitle H—Animal Raising 

2 Claims 

3 ‘‘SEC. 298. REQUIRED VERIFICATION PROCESS FOR ANIMAL 

4 RAISING CLAIMS. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to facilitate marketing, 

6 truth in labeling, and new economic opportunities for pro7 ducers and businesses using animal raising claims, the 

8 Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agri9 cultural Marketing Service in coordination with the Ad10 ministrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, 

11 shall establish, not later than 2 years after the date of 

12 the enactment of this subtitle, after providing notice and 

13 an opportunity to comment, and in a manner consistent 

14 with United States obligations under international agree15 ments— 

16 ‘‘(1) mandatory standards with respect to ani17 mal raising claims that may be made on the labeling 

18 of any meat food products or poultry product; 

19 ‘‘(2) procedures to verify any such claims prior 

20 to the use in commerce of any meat food product or 

21 poultry product bearing labeling with such a claim; 

22 ‘‘(3) procedures whereby any such verification 

23 is subsequently incorporated seamlessly with labeling 

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1 (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and the Poultry Products 

2 Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.); and 

3 ‘‘(4) on-farm and supply chain auditing and 

4 verification procedures for ensuring the truthfulness 

5 of such claims. 

6 ‘‘(b) STANDARDS.—In developing and approving ani7 mal raising claim standards under subsection (a), the Sec8 retary shall include standards relating to— 

9 ‘‘(1) diet claims, including grass-fed, vege10 tarian-fed, and fed no animal byproducts; 

11 ‘‘(2) living and raising condition claims, includ12 ing but not limited to cage free, free range, and pas13 ture raised; 

14 ‘‘(3) antibiotic and hormone claims, including 

15 but not limited to raised without antibiotics, no hor16 mones added (beef cattle, sheep), and raised without 

17 growth promotants; 

18 ‘‘(4) source claims demonstrating the animal 

19 can be traced back to its farm of origin from birth 

20 to slaughter; 

21 ‘‘(5) age claims; 

22 ‘‘(6) animal welfare claims; 

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1 ‘‘(8) breed claims; and 

2 ‘‘(9) any other such claim as the Secretary de3 termines is appropriate. 

4 ‘‘(c) THIRD-PARTY CERTIFICATION.—A producer of 

5 a meat food product or a poultry product may use an ani6 mal raising claim that is verified by a third party so long 

7 as— 

8 ‘‘(1) the claim is made consistent with stand9 ards established by the Secretary pursuant to sub10 section (a); and 

11 ‘‘(2) the procedures used by such third party 

12 for purposes of that verification and any subsequent 

13 auditing are equivalent (as determined by the Sec14 retary) to the procedures used by the Secretary for 

15 that verification and auditing. 

16 ‘‘(d) APPROVAL PROCESS.—To the maximum extent 

17 practicable, the Secretary shall require that a producer 

18 seeking to make an animal raising claim, submit to the 

19 Secretary prior to using the product that is the subject 

20 of such animal raising claim the following documentation 

21 to support such claim— 

22 ‘‘(1) detailed written descriptions explaining the 

23 controls used for ensuring that the raising claim is 

24 valid from birth to harvest or the period of raising 

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1 ‘‘(2) a signed and dated document describing 

2 how the animals are raised to support that specific 

3 claim made is truthful and not misleading; 

4 ‘‘(3) a written description of the product trac5 ing and segregation mechanism from time of slaugh6 ter or further processing through packaging and dis7 tribution; 

8 ‘‘(4) a written description for the identification, 

9 control, and segregation of non-conforming animals 

10 or products; and 

11 ‘‘(5) if a third party certifies a claim, a current 

12 copy of the certificate. 

13 ‘‘(e) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in this sec14 tion shall be construed to alter the authority of the Sec15 retary under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 

16 601 et seq.) or the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 

17 U.S.C. 451 et. seq.). 

18 ‘‘(f) CONSISTENCY WITH OTHER LAWS.—The Sec19 retary shall ensure consistency between the animal raising 

20 claims standards established pursuant to subsection (a) 

21 and the Organic Food Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 

22 6501 et seq.) and any rules or regulations implementing 

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1 ‘‘(g) COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS.—Beginning on 

2 the date that is three years after the date of the enactment 

3 of this Act— 

4 ‘‘(1) in the case of a domestic meat food prod5 uct or poultry product— 

6 ‘‘(A) a person may sell or label a meat 

7 food product or poultry product with an animal 

8 raising label claim only if such products is pro9 duced and handled in accordance with the 

10 standards established pursuant to subsection 

11 (a); and 

12 ‘‘(B) no person may sell or label a meat 

13 food product or poultry product with an animal 

14 raising label claim that is not in compliance 

15 with such standards; and 

16 ‘‘(2) in the case of an imported meat food prod17 uct or poultry product, such a product may be sold 

18 or labeled with animal raising label claims if the 

19 Secretary determines such product has been pro20 duced and handled under a verification program that 

21 provides safeguards and guidelines that are at least 

22 equivalent to the requirements of the standards es23 tablished pursuant to subsection (a). 

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1 ‘‘(1) MISUSE OF LABEL.—Any person who, 

2 after notice and an opportunity to be heard, is found 

3 by the Secretary to have knowingly sold or labeled 

4 any meat food product or poultry product with an 

5 animal raising claim, except in accordance with this 

6 subtitle, shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more 

7 than $10,000. 

8 ‘‘(2) FALSE STATEMENT.—Any person who 

9 after notice and an opportunity to be heard, has 

10 been found by the Secretary to makes a false, fraud11 ulent, or fictitious statement to the Secretary, a gov12 erning Federal or State official, or a third-party cer13 tifier, or conceals, covers up, falsifies, or deceives a 

14 material fact to the Secretary, a governing Federal 

15 or State official, or a third-party certifier with re16 spect to an animal raising claim subject to the re17 quirements of this subtitle shall be subject to a pen18 alty specified in section 1001 of title 18, United 

19 States Code. 

20 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

21 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle 

22 such sums as may be necessary. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 299. APPLICABILITY. 

24 ‘‘This subtitle shall only apply to meat food products 

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1 ments under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 

2 601 et seq.) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 

3 U.S.C. 451 et seq.). 

4 ‘‘SEC. 300. DEFINITIONS. 

5 ‘‘In this subtitle: 

6 ‘‘(1) The term ‘animal raising claim’ means a 

7 statement on the labeling of meat food products or 

8 poultry products used in interstate commerce that 

9 reference the way that the source animal for a meat 

10 food product or poultry product was raised, includ11 ing production practices that were used, such as liv12 ing or raising conditions, the breed, or the location 

13 or source of where the product is born, raised, and 

14 processed. 

15 ‘‘(2) The term ‘meat food product’ has the 

16 meaning given such term in section 1(j) of the Fed17 eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601(j)). 

18 ‘‘(3) The term ‘poultry product’ has the mean19 ing given such term in section 4(f) of the Poultry 

20 Products Inspection Act (7 U.S.C. 453(f)).’’. 

21 SEC. 502. PROCESSING RESILIENCE GRANT PROGRAM. 

22 Subtitle A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 

23 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 210B. PROCESSING RESILIENCE GRANT PROGRAM. 

2 ‘‘(a) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this section, the term 

3 ‘eligible entity’ means— 

4 ‘‘(1) a small or very small establishment, as de5 fined in the final rule entitled ‘Pathogen Reduction; 

6 Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point 

7 (HACCP) Systems’ (61 Fed. Reg. 33806 (July 25, 

8 1996)); 

9 ‘‘(2) a slaughtering or processing establishment 

10 operating under a State inspection program that 

11 meets the criteria specified in section 301(a) of the 

12 Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 661) or sec13 tion 5 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 

14 U.S.C. 454); 

15 ‘‘(3)(A) a person, firm, or corporation exempt 

16 from inspection under the Federal Meat Inspection 

17 Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) pursuant to section 23 

18 of such Act (21 U.S.C. 623); and 

19 ‘‘(B) a retail dealer, poultry producer, or person 

20 exempt from inspection under the Poultry Products 

21 Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) pursuant to 

22 section 15 of such Act (21 U.S.C. 464); and 

23 ‘‘(4) an entity seeking to establish and operate 

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1 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall establish a grant 

2 program to provide competitive grants to eligible entities 

3 to expand processing capacity, create jobs, support health 

4 and safety, and enhance the resilience of the farm and 

5 food sector. 

6 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity selected to receive 

7 a grant under this section may use the funds received 

8 through such grant for activities including— 

9 ‘‘(1) the cost of developing and issuing (other 

10 than the cost of labor), directly incurred or incurred 

11 by a consultant, a Hazard Analysis and Critical 

12 Control Points plan for the eligible entity; 

13 ‘‘(2) the actual cost of any facilities, equipment, 

14 processes, and operations necessary for the estab15 lishment to comply with the Federal Meat Inspection 

16 Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or Poultry Products In17 spection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.); 

18 ‘‘(3) cold storage, equipment, or transportation 

19 services; 

20 ‘‘(4) constructing or acquiring humane handling 

21 infrastructure, including holding space for livestock 

22 holding prior to slaughter, shade structures, and 

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1 ‘‘(5) purchasing software and computer equip2 ment for record keeping, production data, Hazard 

3 Analysis and Critical Control Points record review; 

4 ‘‘(6) the costs of staff time and training for im5 plementing and monitoring health and safety proce6 dures; 

7 ‘‘(7) the development of a feasibility study or 

8 business plan for those interested in expanding or 

9 starting a new small establishment; and 

10 ‘‘(8) other costs associated with expanding or 

11 establishing a small establishment or very small es12 tablishment, as determined by the Secretary. 

13 ‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity seeking a 

15 grant under this section shall submit to the Sec16 retary an application in accordance with an applica17 tion process established by the Secretary. 

18 ‘‘(2) SIMPLIFIED PROCESS.—In establishing the 

19 application process under paragraph (1), the Sec20 retary shall establish a simplified, separate applica21 tion of up to $100,000. 

22 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall en23 sure that the application required under paragraph 

24 (2) is— 

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1 ‘‘(B) accessible online; and 

2 ‘‘(C) available through local staff of the 

3 Department of Agriculture. 

4 ‘‘(e) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant 

5 under this section shall be not more than $500,000. 

6 ‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATION.—The administration of this 

7 section, including the promulgation of regulations to carry 

8 out this section, shall be without regard to— 

9 ‘‘(1) the notice and comment provisions of sec10 tion 553 of title 5, United States Code; and 

11 ‘‘(2) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code. 

12 ‘‘(g) PROCESS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) OUTREACH.—During the period beginning 

14 on the date on which the Secretary begins to accept 

15 applications, the Secretary shall perform outreach to 

16 States and eligible entities relating to grants under 

17 this section. 

18 ‘‘(2) REAPPLICATION.—In the case of a denial 

19 of an application under this section, the eligible enti20 ty submitting such application may submit a revised 

21 application, as specified by the Secretary in regula22 tions. 

23 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In reviewing applications sub24 mitted under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give 

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1 ‘‘(A) increase farmer and rancher access to 

2 animal slaughter options within a 200 mile ra3 dius; 

4 ‘‘(B) support a small or very small plant 

5 with less than 150 employees; or 

6 ‘‘(C) support minority-owned businesses 

7 that are defined as for-profit businesses where 

8 not less than 51 percent of such business is 

9 owned by 1 or more Black American, Native 

10 American, Hispanic American, or Asian Amer11 ican individuals. 

12 ‘‘(h) FEDERAL SHARE.—Funds provided under a 

13 grant under this section shall not exceed 50 percent of 

14 the costs referred to in subsection (c), as determined by 

15 the Secretary. 

16 ‘‘(i) FUNDING.— 

17 ‘‘(1) MANDATORY FUNDING.—Of the funds of 

18 the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary 

19 shall make available to carry out this section 

20 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 

21 2030. 

22 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

23 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

24 this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

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1 SEC. 503. CONSERVATION OF PRIVATE GRAZING LAND. 

2 (a) PURPOSE.—Section 1240M(a) of the Food Secu3 rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb(a)) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘conserving 

5 water and’’ before ‘‘improving’’; 

6 (2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

7 inserting a semicolon; 

8 (3) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(9) conserving and improving soil health and 

12 improving grazing system resilience in the face of 

13 climate change through advanced grazing manage14 ment practices; and 

15 ‘‘(10) providing support for producers 

16 transitioning from confinement and feedlot systems 

17 or continuous grazing to managed grazing-based sys18 tems, including support for pasture development and 

19 management.’’. 

20 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1240M(b)(2) of the Food 

21 Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb(b)(2)) is amend22 ed by striking ‘‘hay land’’ and inserting ‘‘perennial hay 

23 land, including silvopasture’’. 

24 (c) PRIVATE GRAZING LAND CONSERVATION ASSIST25 ANCE.—Section 1240M(c) of the Food Security Act of 

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1 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

3 (A), by inserting ‘‘and partnerships described in 

4 paragraph (2)(B)’’ after ‘‘local conservation dis5 tricts’’; 

6 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

7 ‘‘grazing land management technologies’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘regionally appropriate, advanced 

9 grazing land management technologies to im10 prove soil health and maximize carbon seques11 tration’’; 

12 (C) in subparagraph (C)(iv), by inserting 

13 ‘‘through integrated strategies that include ro14 tational and multispecies grazing, integrated 

15 pest management, and other ecological prac16 tices’’ after ‘‘brush encroachment problems’’; 

17 (D) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘; 

18 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

19 (E) in subparagraph (I), by striking the 

20 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

21 (F) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(J) assisting producers in transitioning 

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1 tems, including assistance in pasture develop2 ment and management.’’; and 

3 (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol4 lows: 

5 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.— 

6 ‘‘(A) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND EDU7 CATION.—Personnel of the Department trained 

8 in pasture and range management shall be 

9 made available under the program to deliver 

10 and coordinate technical assistance and edu11 cation to owners and managers of private graz12 ing land, including owners and managers inter13 ested in developing new or improved pasture or 

14 grazing-based systems on their land, at the re15 quest of the owners and managers. 

16 ‘‘(B) PARTNERSHIPS.—In carrying out the 

17 program under this section, the Secretary shall 

18 provide research, demonstration, education (in19 cluding conferences, workshops, field days, and 

20 trainings), workforce training, planning, and 

21 outreach activities through partnerships with— 

22 ‘‘(i) land-grant colleges and univer23 sities (as defined in section 1404 of the 

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1 and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

2 3103)); 

3 ‘‘(ii) nongovernmental organizations; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(iii) tribal organizations. 

6 ‘‘(C) GRANTS.— 

7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out 

8 the program under this section, the Sec9 retary shall provide funds on a competitive 

10 basis to partnerships to use for State or 

11 local action grants to conduct grazing land 

12 research, demonstration, education, work13 force training, planning, and outreach 

14 projects. 

15 ‘‘(ii) DURATION.—Grants made by 

16 partnerships under this section shall be for 

17 a period not to exceed 3 years. 

18 ‘‘(iii) COST SHARING.—A partnership 

19 that receives funding under this section 

20 shall ensure that any funded project pro21 vides, from non-Federal sources, funds or 

22 in-kind support valued at not less than 25 

23 percent of the total cost of the project. 

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1 ing under this section may not use more 

2 than 15 percent of the total cost of the 

3 project for the indirect costs of carrying 

4 out the project. 

5 ‘‘(v) PRIORITY.—Priority shall be 

6 given to projects that— 

7 ‘‘(I) focus on sustainable grazing 

8 management systems and techniques 

9 that assist producers with multiple 

10 ecosystem services, including climate 

11 change adaptation and mitigation; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(II) involve beginning farmers 

14 and ranchers, socially disadvantaged 

15 farmers and ranchers, tribal pro16 ducers, or new graziers (including 

17 State or federally registered appren18 ticeships).’’. 

19 (d) GRAZING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SELF20 HELP.—Section 1240M(d) of the Food Security Act of 

21 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb(d)) is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘and for 

23 those interested in beginning grazing’’ before the 

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1 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘may establish 

2 2’’ and inserting ‘‘may establish’’; and 

3 (3) in paragraph (3)(C)— 

4 (A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

5 inserting a semicolon; 

6 (B) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause 

7 (iv); and 

8 (C) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(iii) will improve climate change ad11 aptation and mitigation; and’’. 

12 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

13 1240M(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

14 3839bb(e)) is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(e) FUNDING.— 

16 ‘‘(1) MANDATORY FUNDING.—Of the funds of 

17 the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary 

18 shall use to carry out this section $50,000,000 for 

19 each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030. 

20 ‘‘(2) GRANTS.—Of the funds made available 

21 under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use not 

22 more than 40 percent to carry out subsection 

23 (c)(2)(C). 

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1 this section $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

2 2002 through 2030.’’. 

3 SEC. 504. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM. 

4 (a) CONSERVATION RESERVE.—Section 1231(d) of 

5 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(d)) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; 

9 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

10 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 

11 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(F) fiscal years 2024 through 2030, not 

14 more than 32,000,000 acres.’’; and 

15 (2) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

16 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

17 inserting a semicolon; 

18 (B) in clause (ii)(III), by striking the pe19 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(iii) the Secretary shall enroll and 

22 maintain in the conservation reserve not 

23 fewer than 7,000,000 acres of land de24 scribed in subsection (b)(3) by September 

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1 be reserved for the pilot program estab2 lished under section 1231C(c).’’. 

3 (b) PILOT PROGRAMS.—Section 1231C of the Food 

4 Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831c) is amended by 

5 adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(c) GRASSLANDS 30.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

8 ‘‘(A) ENROLLMENT.—The Secretary shall 

9 establish a pilot program to enroll land in the 

10 conservation reserve program through a 30-year 

11 conservation reserve contract (referred to in 

12 this subsection as a ‘Grassland 30 contract’) in 

13 accordance with this subsection. 

14 ‘‘(B) INCLUSION OF ACREAGE LIMITA15 TION.—For purposes of applying the limitations 

16 in section 1231(d)(1), the Secretary shall in17 clude acres of land enrolled under this sub18 section. 

19 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE LAND.—Eligible land for enroll20 ment through a Grassland 30 contract— 

21 ‘‘(A) is land that is eligible to be enrolled 

22 in the conservation reserve program under the 

23 grasslands initiative described in section 

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1 ‘‘(B) shall not be limited to land that is 

2 subject to an expired covered contract. 

3 ‘‘(3) EXPIRED CONSERVATION CONTRACT ELEC4 TION.— 

5 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF COVERED CON6 TRACT.—In this paragraph, the term ‘covered 

7 contract’ means a contract entered into under 

8 this subchapter that— 

9 ‘‘(i) expires on or after the date of en10 actment of this subsection; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) covers land enrolled in the con12 servation reserve program under the grass13 lands initiative described in section 

14 1231(d)(2). 

15 ‘‘(B) ELECTION.—On the expiration of a 

16 covered contract, an owner or operator party to 

17 the covered contract shall elect— 

18 ‘‘(i) not to reenroll the land under the 

19 contract; 

20 ‘‘(ii) to offer to reenroll the land 

21 under the contract if the land remains eli22 gible under the terms in effect as of the 

23 date of expiration; or 

24 ‘‘(iii) not to reenroll the land under 

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1 through a Grassland 30 contract under 

2 this subsection. 

3 ‘‘(4) TERM.—The term of a Grassland 30 con4 tract shall be 30 years. 

5 ‘‘(5) AGREEMENTS.—To be eligible to enroll 

6 land in the conservation reserve program through a 

7 Grassland 30 contract, the owner of the land shall 

8 enter into an agreement with the Secretary— 

9 ‘‘(A) to implement a conservation reserve 

10 plan developed for the land; 

11 ‘‘(B) to comply with the terms and condi12 tions of the contract and any related agree13 ments; and 

14 ‘‘(C) to temporarily suspend the base his15 tory for the land covered by the contract. 

16 ‘‘(6) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF GRASSLAND

17 30 CONTRACTS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A Grassland 30 con19 tract shall include terms and conditions that 

20 promote sustainable grazing systems, protect 

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1 section or facilitate the practical administration 

2 of this subsection. 

3 ‘‘(B) VIOLATION.—On the violation of a 

4 term or condition of a Grassland 30 contract, 

5 the Secretary may require the owner to refund 

6 all or part of any payments received by the 

7 owner under the conservation reserve program, 

8 with interest on the payments, as determined 

9 appropriate by the Secretary. 

10 ‘‘(C) COMPATIBLE USES.—Land subject to 

11 a Grassland 30 contract may be used for com12 patible economic uses, including hunting and 

13 fishing, if the use— 

14 ‘‘(i) is specifically permitted by the 

15 conservation reserve plan developed for the 

16 land; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) is consistent with the long-term 

18 protection and enhancement of the con19 servation resources for which the contract 

20 was established. 

21 ‘‘(7) COMPENSATION.— 

22 ‘‘(A) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—The Sec23 retary shall provide payment under this sub24 section to an owner of land enrolled through a 

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1 ments in an amount equal to the amount that 

2 would be used if the land were to be enrolled 

3 in the conservation reserve program under sec4 tion 1231(d)(2). 

5 ‘‘(B) FORM OF PAYMENT.—Compensation 

6 for a Grassland 30 contract shall be provided 

7 by the Secretary in the form of a cash payment 

8 in an amount determined under subparagraph 

9 (A). 

10 ‘‘(C) TIMING.—The Secretary shall provide 

11 any annual payment obligation under subpara12 graph (A) as early as practicable in each fiscal 

13 year. 

14 ‘‘(D) PAYMENTS TO OTHERS.—The Sec15 retary shall make a payment, in accordance 

16 with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, in 

17 a manner as the Secretary determines is fair 

18 and reasonable under the circumstances, if an 

19 owner who is entitled to a payment under this 

20 section— 

21 ‘‘(i) dies; 

22 ‘‘(ii) becomes incompetent; 

23 ‘‘(iii) is succeeded by another person 

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1 ‘‘(iv) is otherwise unable to receive the 

2 payment. 

3 ‘‘(8) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

5 assist owners in complying with the terms and 

6 conditions of a Grassland 30 contract. 

7 ‘‘(B) CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS.—The 

8 Secretary may enter into 1 or more contracts 

9 with private entities or agreements with a 

10 State, nongovernmental organization, or Indian 

11 Tribe to carry out necessary maintenance of a 

12 Grassland 30 contract if the Secretary deter13 mines that the contract or agreement will ad14 vance the purposes of the conservation reserve 

15 program. 

16 ‘‘(9) ADMINISTRATION.— 

17 ‘‘(A) CONSERVATION RESERVE PLAN.— 

18 The Secretary shall develop a conservation re19 serve plan for any land subject to a Grassland 

20 30 contract, which shall include practices and 

21 activities necessary to maintain, protect, and 

22 enhance the conservation value of the enrolled 

23 land, including the protection and enhancement 

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1 ‘‘(B) DELEGATION OF CONTRACT ADMINIS2 TRATION.— 

3 ‘‘(i) FEDERAL, STATE, TRIBAL, OR

4 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.—The Sec5 retary may delegate any of the manage6 ment, monitoring, and enforcement respon7 sibilities of the Secretary under this sub8 section to other Federal, State, Tribal, or 

9 local government agencies that have the 

10 appropriate authority, expertise, and re11 sources necessary to carry out those dele12 gated responsibilities. 

13 ‘‘(ii) CONSERVATION ORGANIZA14 TIONS.—The Secretary may delegate any 

15 management responsibilities of the Sec16 retary under this subsection to conserva17 tion organizations if the Secretary deter18 mines the conservation organization has 

19 similar expertise and resources.’’. 

20 SEC. 505. ALTERNATIVE MANURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 

21 Chapter 5 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Secu22 rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb et seq.) is further 

23 amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 1240T. ALTERNATIVE MANURE MANAGEMENT PRO2 GRAM. 

3 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 ‘‘(1) PASTURE-BASED MANAGEMENT.—The 

5 term ‘pasture-based management’ means a dairy or 

6 livestock production system in which the animals 

7 spend all or a substantial portion of their time graz8 ing on fields in which some or all of the manure is 

9 deposited and left in the field and decomposes 

10 aerobically. 

11 ‘‘(2) NON-DIGESTER DAIRY OR LIVESTOCK

12 METHANE MANAGEMENT METHOD.—The term ‘non13 digester dairy or livestock methane management 

14 method’ means a method that may be used by opera15 tors of dairy or livestock operations to transition 

16 from wet manure handling and storage, where an17 aerobic conditions are present, to dry manure han18 dling and storage, including open solar drying or 

19 composting of manure onsite, conversion of dairy 

20 and livestock operations to pasture-based manage21 ment, solid separation technologies, scrape conver22 sion, and other strategies to mitigate methane emis23 sions from manure management, as determined by 

24 the Secretary. 

25 ‘‘(3) ONSITE OPEN SOLAR DRYING OR

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1 solar drying or composting of manure’ means the 

2 collection, storage, and drying of dairy or livestock 

3 manure in a nonliquid environment on a farm or 

4 ranch. 

5 ‘‘(4) SCRAPE CONVERSION.—The term ‘scrape 

6 conversion’ means the conversion of flush water la7 goon systems to solid-scrape or dry manure manage8 ment practices, including vacuum technologies for 

9 manure management. 

10 ‘‘(5) SOLID SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES.—The 

11 term ‘solid separation technologies’ means tech12 nologies designed to separate liquid components of 

13 manure from mineral and organic solid components, 

14 for the purposes of reducing methane emissions. 

15 ‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE PRODUCER.—The term ‘eligible 

16 producer’ means a dairy or livestock producer whose 

17 baseline manure management practices prior to en18 rollment in the program include the anaerobic de19 composition of volatile solids stored in a lagoon or 

20 other predominantly liquid anaerobic environment. 

21 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab22 lish an alternative manure management program to sup23 port non-digester dairy and livestock methane manage24 ment strategies to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emis25 sions and to maximize environmental benefits. 


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1 ‘‘(c) PAYMENTS.—During the 2022 through 2030 fis2 cal years, the Secretary shall provide payments to eligible 

3 producers that enter into contracts with the Secretary 

4 under the program. 

5 ‘‘(d) PRACTICES.—Each eligible producer requesting 

6 funding for a project under the program shall include at 

7 least one of the following project components that reduce 

8 baseline methane emissions on the operation of the pro9 ducer: 

10 ‘‘(1) Conversion of dairy and livestock oper11 ations to pasture-based management that eliminates 

12 or reduces the quantity of manure stored in anaer13 obic conditions, including— 

14 ‘‘(A) conversion of a non-pasture dairy or 

15 livestock operation to pasture-based manage16 ment; 

17 ‘‘(B) increasing the amount of time live18 stock spend at pasture at an existing pasture 

19 operation; or 

20 ‘‘(C) improving pasture-based manage21 ment, including transitioning to managed rota22 tional grazing. 

23 ‘‘(2) Alternative manure treatment and storage 

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1 ‘‘(A) installation of a compost bedded pack 

2 barn that composts manure; 

3 ‘‘(B) installation of slatted floor pit storage 

4 manure collection that must be cleaned out at 

5 least monthly; or 

6 ‘‘(C) other similar practices, as determined 

7 by the Secretary. 

8 ‘‘(3) Conversion to a solid separation system in 

9 which manure solids are separated prior to entry 

10 into a wet, anaerobic environment at a dairy or live11 stock operation, or installation of a new solid separa12 tion system with significantly higher separation effi13 ciency than the existing solid separation system, in 

14 conjunction with one or more of the following prac15 tices: 

16 ‘‘(A) Open solar drying or composting of 

17 manure onsite. 

18 ‘‘(B) Solar drying in an enclosed environ19 ment. 

20 ‘‘(C) Forced evaporation with natural-gas 

21 fueled dryers. 

22 ‘‘(D) Storage of manure in unconfined 

23 piles or stacks. 

24 ‘‘(E) Composting in an enclosed vessel, 

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1 ‘‘(F) Composting in piles with forced aer2 ation but no mixing. 

3 ‘‘(G) Composting in intensive windrows 

4 with regular turning for mixing and aeration. 

5 ‘‘(H) Composting in passive windrows with 

6 infrequent turning for mixing and aeration. 

7 ‘‘(4) Scrape conversion in conjunction with one 

8 of the practices listed in paragraph (3). 

9 ‘‘(e) TERM.—A contract under the program shall 

10 have a term that does not exceed 3 years. 

11 ‘‘(f) PAYMENTS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY OF PAYMENTS.—Payments 

13 provided to an eligible producer under this section 

14 may be used to implement one or more practices de15 scribed in subsection (d). 

16 ‘‘(2) PAYMENT AMOUNTS.—The Secretary may 

17 provide a payment to an eligible producer under the 

18 program for an amount that is up to 100 percent of 

19 the costs associated with planning, design, materials, 

20 equipment, installation, labor, management, mainte21 nance, and training related to implementing a prac22 tice described in subsection (d). 

23 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS.—A person or 

24 legal entity (including a joint venture and a general 

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1 payments under the program that exceed $750,000 

2 during any 5-year period. 

3 ‘‘(4) ADVANCED PAYMENTS.—The Secretary 

4 shall provide at least 50 percent of the amount of 

5 total payments to an eligible producer in advance for 

6 all costs related to purchasing materials and equip7 ment or contracting. 

8 ‘‘(g) MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF CON9 TRACTS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) VOLUNTARY MODIFICATION OR TERMI11 NATION.—The Secretary may modify or terminate a 

12 contract entered into with an eligible producer under 

13 the program if— 

14 ‘‘(A) the producer agrees to the modifica15 tion or termination; and 

16 ‘‘(B) the Secretary determines that the 

17 modification or termination is in the public in18 terest. 

19 ‘‘(2) INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION.—The Sec20 retary may terminate a contract under the program 

21 if the Secretary determines that the eligible producer 

22 violated the contract. 

23 ‘‘(h) CLUSTER APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall 

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1 ‘‘(1) groups of eligible producers may submit a 

2 joint application in order to facilitate centralized 

3 composting facilities; and 

4 ‘‘(2) the Secretary will apportion payments to 

5 each eligible producer associated with such a joint 

6 application. 

7 ‘‘(i) EVALUATION OF APPLICATIONS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) EVALUATION CRITERIA.—The Secretary 

9 shall develop criteria for evaluating applications that 

10 will ensure that the purposes of the program are ful11 filled in a cost effective manner and in a manner 

12 that will maximize greenhouse gas emissions reduc13 tions and overall environmental benefits. 

14 ‘‘(2) GROUPING OF APPLICATIONS.—The Sec15 retary may group and evaluate applications relative 

16 to other applications for similar farming operations. 

17 ‘‘(j) DUTIES OF PRODUCERS.—To receive payments 

18 under the program, an eligible producer shall agree— 

19 ‘‘(1) to implement an alternative manure man20 agement program plan that describes the greenhouse 

21 gas emissions reductions and other environmental 

22 benefits to be achieved through 1 or more practices 

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1 ‘‘(2) to supply information as required by the 

2 Secretary to determine compliance with the program 

3 plan and requirements of the program; and 

4 ‘‘(3) to comply with such additional provisions 

5 as the Secretary determines are necessary to carry 

6 out the program plan. 

7 ‘‘(k) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary 

8 shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) determine and publish factors for esti10 mating the emissions reductions for each program 

11 practice to aid eligible producers in development of 

12 applications and program plans; and 

13 ‘‘(2) assist an eligible producer in achieving the 

14 greenhouse gas emissions reduction and other envi15 ronmental goals of the program plan by— 

16 ‘‘(A) providing payments for developing 

17 and implementing 1 or more practices, as ap18 propriate; and 

19 ‘‘(B) providing the producer with informa20 tion, technical assistance, and training to aid in 

21 implementation of the plan. 

22 ‘‘(l) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall use the funds, 

23 facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Cor24 poration to carry out the program (including the provision 

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1 practicable, $1,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 

2 2022 through 2030.’’. 

3 TITLE VI—ON-FARM 

4 RENEWABLE ENERGY 

5 SEC. 601. RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM. 

6 Section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest7 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)— 

9 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

10 by striking ‘‘and renewable energy develop11 ment’’ and inserting ‘‘, renewable energy devel12 opment, and the reduction of carbon dioxide 

13 and carbon dioxide equivalent emissions’’; and 

14 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and re15 newable energy systems’’ and inserting ‘‘, re16 newable energy systems, and carbon dioxide and 

17 carbon dioxide equivalent gas emissions reduc18 tions’’; 

19 (2) in subsection (b)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

21 (i) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

22 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

23 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

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1 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

2 (D) the following: 

3 ‘‘(E) a nonprofit corporation; 

4 ‘‘(F) an agricultural cooperative or pro5 ducer group; and’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (3)(D), by inserting be7 fore the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, 

8 including carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide 

9 equivalent emissions reductions’’; and 

10 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

11 (i) in the matter preceding subpara12 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, agricultural 

13 processors,’’ after ‘‘agricultural pro14 ducers’’; 

15 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

16 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

17 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

18 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

19 and’’; and 

20 (iv) by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(C) assisting in the development of feasi23 bility studies and plans for implementing rec24 ommendations provided under subparagraph 

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1 (3) in subsection (c)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (1)(A)(i), by inserting ‘‘, 

3 agricultural processors,’’ after ‘‘agricultural 

4 producers’’; 

5 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

7 (F) and (G) as subparagraphs (G) and 

8 (H), respectively; and 

9 (ii) by inserting after subparagraph 

10 (E) the following: 

11 ‘‘(F) carbon accounting assessments devel12 oped under subsection (d);’’; 

13 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

14 (i) by amending subparagraph (A) to 

15 read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(A) GRANTS.—Except as provided in sub17 paragraph (F), the amount of a grant under 

18 this subsection shall not exceed 50 percent of 

19 the cost of the activity carried out using funds 

20 from the grant.’’; 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

22 ‘‘subsection (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

23 (h)’’; 

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1 ‘‘(E) LOAN GUARANTEE.—The portion of a 

2 loan that the Secretary may guarantee under 

3 this section shall be— 

4 ‘‘(i) for loans of $1,000,000 or more, 

5 80 percent of the principal amount of the 

6 loan; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) for loans of less than 

8 $1,000,000, 90 percent of the principal 

9 amount of the loan. 

10 ‘‘(F) UNDERSERVED PRODUCERS.—The 

11 amount of a grant under this subsection to an 

12 agricultural producer who is a beginning farmer 

13 or rancher, a socially disadvantaged farmer or 

14 rancher, or a veteran farmer or rancher (as 

15 those terms are defined in section 2501(a) of 

16 the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade 

17 Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(a))) shall not ex18 ceed 75 percent of the cost of the activity fund19 ed by the grant.’’; 

20 (D) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end 

21 the following: 

22 ‘‘(F) PRE-APPROVED TECHNOLOGIES.—In 

23 order to streamline the adoption of renewable 

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1 ‘‘(i) beginning with fiscal year 2022, 

2 develop a pre-approved technologies and 

3 products list and streamlined application 

4 process for projects utilizing pre-approved 

5 products; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) update such list every 2 fiscal 

7 years.’’; and 

8 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(5) PRIORITY.—In making grants or loan 

10 guarantees under this subsection, priority shall be 

11 provided to proposed projects that utilize tech12 nologies— 

13 ‘‘(A) with the lowest carbon footprint; or 

14 ‘‘(B) that the Secretary determines would 

15 result in the largest net decreases of carbon di16 oxide and carbon dioxide equivalent emissions 

17 as determined through the carbon accounting 

18 assessments under subsection (d).’’; 

19 (4) in subsection (d)— 

20 (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 

21 ‘‘AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE’’ after ‘‘OUT22 REACH’’; 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘Using funds made available under 

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1 (C) by inserting ‘‘and technical assistance’’ 

2 after ‘‘outreach’’; 

3 (5) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and 

4 (f) as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively; 

5 (6) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(d) CARBON ACCOUNTING.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

9 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 

10 the Secretary shall work with the National Renew11 able Energy Laboratory established pursuant to sec12 tion 10 of the Solar Energy Research, Development, 

13 and Demonstration Act of 1974 to develop carbon 

14 accounting estimates for renewable energy systems 

15 and energy efficiency upgrades (including a pre-ap16 proved technologies list and reserve fund tech17 nologies), supported through assistance provided 

18 under this section. 

19 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM GUIDANCE.—The results of the 

20 carbon accounting assessments shall be used to 

21 guide program actions as much as possible in order 

22 to achieve the purpose specified in subsection (a). 

23 ‘‘(e) DEMONSTRATION PRACTICE.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall hold 

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1 cultural producers to reduce the carbon footprint or 

2 overall carbon equivalent emissions of such pro3 ducers to the largest extent possible through the use 

4 of both energy efficiency improvements and renew5 able energy systems. 

6 ‘‘(2) EXTENSION.—The Secretary shall promote 

7 the results of the regional demonstration projects 

8 carried out under paragraph (1).’’; and 

9 (7) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by para10 graph (5))— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking subpara12 graphs (A) through (E) and inserting the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(A) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

15 2014 through 2021; 

16 ‘‘(B) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

17 ‘‘(C) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

18 ‘‘(D) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(E) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 

21 and each fiscal year thereafter.’’; 

22 (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘be23 come available’’ and inserting ‘‘be used’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not more 

2 than 8 percent of the amount made available to 

3 carry out this section for a fiscal year may be used 

4 for administrative expenses incurred in carrying out 

5 this section. 

6 ‘‘(5) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Of the funds 

7 made available to carry out this section for a fiscal 

8 year, the Secretary may reserve— 

9 ‘‘(A) not more than 10 percent for grants 

10 under subsection (c) to support the adoption of 

11 underutilized but proven, commercial tech12 nologies; and 

13 ‘‘(B) not more than 5 percent to carry out 

14 subsection (e) to hold regional demonstration 

15 projects and promote the results of such 

16 projects.’’. 

17 SEC. 602. STUDY ON DUAL-USE RENEWABLE ENERGY SYS18 TEMS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 

20 conduct a study on dual-use renewable energy systems, 

21 which shall include— 

22 (1) an assessment on the compatibility of dif23 ferent species of livestock with different dual-use re24 newable energy system designs, including— 


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1 (A) the optimal height of and distance be2 tween solar panels for— 

3 (i) livestock grazing; and 

4 (ii) shade for livestock; 

5 (B) manure management considerations; 

6 (C) fencing requirements; and 

7 (D) other animal handling considerations; 

8 (2) an assessment of the compatibility of dif9 ferent crop types with different dual-use renewable 

10 energy system designs, including— 

11 (A) the optimal height of and distance be12 tween solar panels for— 

13 (i) plant shading; and 

14 (ii) farm equipment use; 

15 (B) the impact on crop yield; and 

16 (C) market opportunities to sell crops at a 

17 premium price; 

18 (3) a risk-benefit analysis of dual-use renewable 

19 energy systems in different regions of the United 

20 States, including a comparison between the total 

21 greenhouse gas impact of dual-use renewable energy 

22 systems and renewable energy systems that displace 

23 agricultural production; and 

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1 could be used to better support dual-use renewable 

2 energy systems that do not displace agricultural pro3 duction. 

4 (b) DEFINITION OF DUAL-USE RENEWABLE ENERGY

5 SYSTEMS.—In this section, the term ‘‘dual-use renewable 

6 energy systems’’ means renewable energy production and 

7 agricultural production, including crop or animal produc8 tion, occurring together on the same piece of land. 

9 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

10 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 

11 shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House 

12 of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nu13 trition, and Forestry of the Senate a written report con14 taining the results of the study required by subsection (a). 

15 SEC. 603. AGSTAR PROGRAM. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture (in 

17 this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall maintain 

18 a program, to be known as the AgSTAR program, that— 

19 (1) supports anaerobic digestion in the agricul20 tural sector to reduce methane emissions from live21 stock waste; 

22 (2) conducts outreach, education, and training 

23 on anaerobic digestion of livestock waste; 

24 (3) provides technical and regulatory assistance 

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1 holders, including farmers and ranchers, on issues 

2 including— 

3 (A) permitting; 

4 (B) codigestion of multiple organic wastes 

5 in one digester; and 

6 (C) interconnection to physically link a di7 gester to the electrical power grid; 

8 (4) promotes centralized, multi-farm digesters 

9 that use livestock waste from more than 1 farm or 

10 ranch; 

11 (5) collects and reports data on anaerobic diges12 tion of livestock waste; and 

13 (6) maintains a database of on-farm anaerobic 

14 digester projects in the United States. 

15 (b) TRANSITION.—The Administrator of the Environ16 mental Protection Agency shall take such steps as may 

17 be appropriate to provide for an orderly transition of the 

18 activities carried out under the AgSTAR program of the 

19 Environmental Protection Agency to the AgSTAR pro20 gram under this section. 

21 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall carry out 

22 the program through the Natural Resources Conservation 

23 Service, in coordination with the Administrator of the En24 vironmental Protection Agency and other Federal agencies 

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1 mate Hubs, cooperative extension services, and other 

2 agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 

3 (d) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO4 PRIATIONS.—To carry out the AgSTAR program under 

5 this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to 

6 the Secretary not more than $5,000,000 for each fiscal 

7 year. 

8 TITLE VII—FOOD LOSS AND 

9 WASTE 

10 Subtitle A—Food Date Labeling 

11 SEC. 701. DEFINITIONS. 

12 In this title: 

13 (1) ADMINISTERING SECRETARIES.—The term 

14 ‘‘administering Secretaries’’ means— 

15 (A) the Secretary of Agriculture with re16 spect to any product that is under the Sec17 retary of Agriculture’s jurisdiction and is— 

18 (i) a poultry product, as defined in 

19 section 4 of the Poultry Products Inspec20 tion Act (21 U.S.C. 453); 

21 (ii) a meat food product, as defined in 

22 section 1 of the Federal Meat Inspection 

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1 (iii) an egg product, as defined in sec2 tion 4 of the Egg Products Inspection Act 

3 (21 U.S.C. 1033); and 

4 (B) the Secretary of Health and Human 

5 Services with respect to any product that is 

6 under the Secretary of Health and Human 

7 Services’ jurisdiction and is a food (as defined 

8 in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

9 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321)). 

10 (2) DISCARD DATE.—The term ‘‘discard date’’ 

11 means a date voluntarily printed on food packaging, 

12 which signifies the end of the estimated period of 

13 shelf life under any stated storage conditions, after 

14 which the food labeler advises the product not be 

15 consumed. 

16 (3) FOOD LABELER.—The term ‘‘food labeler’’ 

17 means the producer, manufacturer, distributor, or 

18 retailer that places a date label on food packaging 

19 of a product. 

20 (4) QUALITY DATE.—The term ‘‘quality date’’ 

21 means a date voluntarily printed on food packaging 

22 that is intended to communicate to consumers the 

23 date after which— 

24 (A) the quality of the product may begin 

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1 (B) the product remains apparently whole2 some food (as defined in subsection (b)(2) of 

3 section 22 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 

4 (42 U.S.C. 1791(b)(2)); also known as the Bill 

5 Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act). 

6 SEC. 702. QUALITY DATES AND DISCARD DATES. 

7 (a) QUALITY DATES.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—If a food labeler includes a 

9 quality date on food packaging, the label shall use 

10 the uniform quality date label phrase under para11 graph (2). 

12 (2) UNIFORM PHRASE.—The uniform quality 

13 date label phrase under this paragraph shall be 

14 ‘‘BEST If Used By’’ or, if permissible under sub15 section (c)(3), the standard abbreviation of ‘‘BB’’, 

16 unless and until the administering Secretaries, act17 ing jointly, specify through rulemaking another uni18 form phrase to be used for purposes of complying 

19 with paragraph (1). 

20 (3) OPTION OF THE LABELER.—The decisions 

21 on whether to include a quality date on food pack22 aging and which foods should be so labeled shall be 

23 at the discretion of the food labeler. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—If a food labeler includes a 

2 discard date on food packaging, the label shall use 

3 the uniform discard date label phrase under para4 graph (2). 

5 (2) UNIFORM PHRASE.—The uniform discard 

6 date label phrase under this paragraph shall be 

7 ‘‘USE By’’ or, if permissible under subsection 

8 (c)(3), the standard abbreviation of ‘‘UB’’, unless 

9 and until the administering Secretaries, acting joint10 ly, specify through rulemaking another uniform 

11 phrase to be used for purposes of complying with 

12 paragraph (1). 

13 (3) OPTION OF THE LABELER.—The decisions 

14 on whether to include a discard date on food pack15 aging and which foods should be so labeled shall be 

16 at the discretion of the food labeler. 

17 (c) QUALITY DATE AND DISCARD DATE LABEL18 ING.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The quality date or discard 

20 date, as applicable, and immediately adjacent uni21 form quality date label phrase or discard date label 

22 phrase— 

23 (A) shall be— 

24 (i) in single easy-to-read type style; 

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1 (ii) located in a conspicuous place on 

2 the package of the food; and 

3 (B) may be on the label or, at the discre4 tion of the food labeler, elsewhere on the pack5 age. 

6 (2) DATE FORMAT.—Each quality date and dis7 card date shall be stated in terms of day and month 

8 and, as appropriate, year. 

9 (3) ABBREVIATIONS.—A food labeler may use a 

10 standard abbreviation of ‘‘BB’’ and ‘‘UB’’ for the 

11 quality date and discard date, respectively, only if 

12 the food packaging is too small to include the uni13 form phrase described in subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2), 

14 as applicable. 

15 (4) FREEZE BY.—A food labeler may add ‘‘or 

16 Freeze By’’ following a quality date or discard date 

17 uniform phrase. 

18 (d) INFANT FORMULA.—This Act and the amend19 ments made by this Act— 

20 (1) do not apply with respect to infant formula 

21 (as defined in section 201(z) of the Federal Food, 

22 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(z))); and 

23 (2) shall not be construed to affect the require24 ments pertaining to infant formula under section 

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1 (21 U.S.C. 350a) and other applicable provisions of 

2 law. 

3 (e) EDUCATION.—Not later than 1 year after the 

4 date of enactment of this Act, the administering Secre5 taries, acting jointly, shall provide consumer education 

6 and outreach on the meaning of quality date and discard 

7 date food labels. 

8 (f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION; PREEMPTION.— 

9 (1) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

10 Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be 

11 construed to prohibit any State or political subdivi12 sion of a State from establishing or continuing in ef13 fect any requirement that prohibits the sale or dona14 tion of foods based on passage of the discard date. 

15 (2) PREEMPTION.—No State or political sub16 division of a State may establish or continue in ef17 fect any requirement that— 

18 (A) relates to the inclusion in food labeling 

19 of a quality date or a discard date that is dif20 ferent from or in addition to, or that is other21 wise not identical with, the requirements of this 

22 Act and the amendments made by this Act; or 

23 (B) prohibits the sale or donation of foods 

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1 (3) ENFORCEMENT.—The administering Secre2 taries, acting jointly and in coordination with the 

3 Federal Trade Commission, shall ensure that the 

4 uniform quality date label phrase and uniform dis5 card date label phrase are standardized across all 

6 food products. 

7 (4) SAVINGS.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2), 

8 nothing in this Act, nor any amendment made by 

9 this Act, nor any standard or requirement imposed 

10 pursuant to this Act, shall be construed to preempt, 

11 displace, or supplant any State or Federal common 

12 law rights or any State or Federal statute creating 

13 a remedy for civil relief, including those for civil 

14 damage, or a penalty for criminal conduct. 

15 (g) TIME TEMPERATURE INDICATOR LABELS.— 

16 Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act 

17 shall be construed to prohibit or restrict the use of time18 temperature indicator labels or similar technology that is 

19 in addition to or in lieu of any uniform quality date label 

20 phrase under subsection (a)(2) or uniform discard date 

21 label phrase under subsection (b)(2). 

22 SEC. 703. MISBRANDING. 

23 (a) FDA VIOLATIONS.—Section 403 of the Federal 

24 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343) is amend25 ed by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(z) If it is food and its labeling is in violation of 

2 section 702 of the Agriculture Resilience Act.’’. 

3 (b) POULTRY PRODUCTS.—Section 4(h) of the Poul4 try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 453(h)) is amend5 ed— 

6 (1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

7 end; 

8 (2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(13) if its labeling is in violation of section 

12 702 of the Agriculture Resilience Act.’’. 

13 (c) MEAT PRODUCTS.—Section 1(n) of the Federal 

14 Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601(n)) is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

16 end; 

17 (2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at 

18 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

19 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(13) if its labeling is in violation of section 

21 702 of the Agriculture Resilience Act.’’. 

22 (d) EGG PRODUCTS.—Section 7(b) of the Egg Prod23 ucts Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1036(b)) is amended in 

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1 ‘‘or if its labeling is in violation of section 702 of the Agri2 culture Resilience Act’’. 

3 SEC. 704. REGULATIONS. 

4 Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 

5 of this Act, the Secretaries, acting jointly, shall promul6 gate final regulations for carrying out the provisions of 

7 this Act and the amendments made by this Act. 

8 SEC. 705. DELAYED APPLICABILITY. 

9 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 

10 apply only with respect to food products that are labeled 

11 on or after the date that is 2 years after the date of pro12 mulgation of final regulations under section 704. 

13 Subtitle B—Other Provisions 

14 SEC. 711. COMPOSTING AS CONSERVATION PRACTICE. 

15 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1201(a) of the Food Se16 curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801(a)) is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 

18 (27) as paragraphs (4) through (28), respectively; 

19 and 

20 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(3) COMPOSTING PRACTICE.—The term 

23 ‘composting practice’ means— 

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1 ity) to produce compost from organic waste 

2 that is— 

3 ‘‘(i) generated on a farm; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) brought to a farm from the near5 by community; and 

6 ‘‘(B) the use of compost on a farm to im7 prove water retention and soil health, subject to 

8 the condition that such a use shall be in compli9 ance with applicable Federal, State, and local 

10 laws.’’. 

11 (b) CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.—Sec12 tion 1240I(2)(B)(i) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

13 U.S.C. 3839aa–21(2)(B)(i)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and 

14 composting practices’’ after ‘‘agriculture drainage man15 agement systems’’. 

16 (c) ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PRO17 GRAM.—Section 1240A(6)(A)(ii) of the Food Security Act 

18 of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–1(6)(A)(ii)) is amended by in19 serting ‘‘, including composting practices’’ before the semi20 colon at the end. 

21 (d) DELIVERY OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 

22 1242(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

23 3842(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(5) DEVELOPMENT OF COMPOSTING PRACTICE

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1 any composting facilities practice standard under 

2 this subsection, the Secretary shall develop and im3 plement a composting practice standard.’’. 

4 SEC. 712. AMENDMENTS TO FEDERAL FOOD DONATION 

5 ACT. 

6 (a) PURPOSE.—Section 2 of the Federal Food Dona7 tion Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–247; 42 U.S.C. 1792 

8 note) is amended by striking ‘‘encourage’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘require’’. 

10 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Federal Food 

11 Donation Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–247; 42 U.S.C. 

12 1792 note) is amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 

14 paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 

15 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(3) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘executive 

18 agency’ has the meaning given the term in section 

19 133 of title 41, United States Code.’’. 

20 (c) REPORT ON FOOD WASTE BY CERTAIN FEDERAL

21 CONTRACTORS.—Section 4 of the Federal Food Donation 

22 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–247; 42 U.S.C. 1792) is 

23 amended— 

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1 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

2 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days 

3 after the date of enactment of the Act, the Federal 

4 Acquisition Regulation issued in accordance with 

5 section 1121 of title 41, United States Code, shall 

6 be revised to provide that, except as provided in 

7 paragraph (2), all contracts of more than $10,000 

8 for the provision, service, or sale of food in the 

9 United States, or for the lease or rental of Federal 

10 property to a private entity for events at which food 

11 is provided in the United States, shall include a 

12 clause that— 

13 ‘‘(A) requires the donation of excess, ap14 parently wholesome food to nonprofit organiza15 tions that provide assistance to food-insecure 

16 people in the United States; 

17 ‘‘(B) states the terms and conditions de18 scribed in subsection (b); and 

19 ‘‘(C) requires the annual submission, in a 

20 form and manner specified by the executive 

21 agency awarding the contract, of the report de22 scribed in subsection (d). 

23 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

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1 actment of the Act that prohibits a donation de2 scribed in paragraph (1)(A).’’; and 

3 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub4 sections: 

5 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION TO CONGRESS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) CONTRACTS.—This Act shall apply to the 

7 House of Representatives and to contracts entered 

8 into by the House of Representatives, and to the 

9 Senate and to contracts entered into by the Senate, 

10 in the same manner and to the same extent as this 

11 Act applies to an executive agency and to contracts 

12 entered into by an executive agency. 

13 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—For purposes of car14 rying out paragraph (1)— 

15 ‘‘(A) the Chief Administrative Officer of 

16 the House of Representatives shall be consid17 ered to be the head of the House of Representa18 tives; and 

19 ‘‘(B) the Secretary of the Senate shall be 

20 considered to be the head of the Senate. 

21 ‘‘(d) DATA; REPORTS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) REPORT DESCRIBED.—The report de23 scribed in this subsection, with respect to a contract 

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1 contractor to the executive agency that describes, for 

2 each month of performance of the contract during 

3 the year covered by the report, the weight of appar4 ently wholesome food that was, pursuant to the con5 tract, disposed of in each of the following manners: 

6 ‘‘(A) DONATION.—Donation by the con7 tractor pursuant to this Act (organized by the 

8 name of the organization receiving such food). 

9 ‘‘(B) COMPOSTING.—Composting or other 

10 recycling by the contractor. 

11 ‘‘(C) DISCARDING.—Discarding by the 

12 contractor (organized by the reason such food 

13 was so discarded). 

14 ‘‘(2) REPORTS TO OMB.—Not later than 30 

15 days after the date that an executive agency receives 

16 a report pursuant to paragraph (1)(C), the agency 

17 shall submit a copy of the report to the Director of 

18 the Office of Management and Budget. 

19 ‘‘(3) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Director of 

20 the Office of Management and Budget shall submit 

21 to Congress an annual report aggregating the infor22 mation in the reports received pursuant to para23 graph (2) during the year covered by the report.’’. 


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1 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The 

2 Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1792) is 

3 amended by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

5 ‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec6 retary of Agriculture to carry out this Act $10,000,000 

7 for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter.’’. 

8 SEC. 713. GRANTS FOR COMPOSTING AND ANAEROBIC DI9 GESTION FOOD WASTE-TO-ENERGY 

10 PROJECTS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle G of the Solid Waste Dis12 posal Act (42 U.S.C. 6971 et seq.) is amended by adding 

13 at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 7011. GRANTS FOR COMPOSTING AND ANAEROBIC DI15 GESTION FOOD WASTE-TO-ENERGY 

16 PROJECTS. 

17 ‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Administrator shall establish a 

18 grant program to award grants to States eligible to receive 

19 the grants under subsection (b)(1) to construct large-scale 

20 composting or anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy 

21 projects. 

22 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE STATES.— 

23 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible to 

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1 ‘‘(A) have in effect a plan to limit the 

2 quantity of food waste that may be disposed of 

3 in landfills in the State; and 

4 ‘‘(B) provide to the Administrator— 

5 ‘‘(i) a written commitment that the 

6 State has read and agrees to comply with 

7 the Food Recovery Hierarchy of the Envi8 ronmental Protection Agency, particularly 

9 as applied to apparently wholesome food 

10 (as defined in section 22(b) of the Child 

11 Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

12 1791(b))) that may be provided to or re13 ceived by the State; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) a written end-product recycling 

15 plan that provides for the beneficial use of 

16 the material resulting from any anaerobic 

17 digestion food waste-to-energy operation 

18 with respect to which the loan or grant is 

19 made, in a manner that meets all applica20 ble Federal, State, and local laws that pro21 tect human health and the environment. 

22 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—A grant under subsection 

23 (a) may not be used for an anaerobic digester that 

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1 ‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—The Administrator shall 

2 give preference to grants under subsection (a) for 

3 anaerobic digesters that use primarily nonedible 

4 food, crop waste, or nonedible food and crop waste 

5 as undigested biomass. 

6 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

7 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

8 $100,000,000 for each fiscal year. 

9 ‘‘(d) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

10 ‘State’ means each State of the United States, the District 

11 of Columbia, each territory or possession of the United 

12 States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe.’’. 

13 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

14 for the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) 

15 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

16 7010 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 7011. Grants for composting and anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy projects.’’. 

17 SEC. 714. SCHOOL FOOD WASTE REDUCTION GRANT PRO18 GRAM. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 18 of the Richard B. Rus20 sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is 

21 amended by inserting before subsection (b) the following: 

22 ‘‘(a) SCHOOL FOOD WASTE REDUCTION GRANT PRO23 GRAM.— 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

2 carry out a program to make grants, on a com3 petitive basis, to eligible local educational agen4 cies to carry out food waste measurement and 

5 reporting, prevention, education, and reduction 

6 projects. 

7 ‘‘(B) REGIONAL BALANCE.—In awarding 

8 grants under this subsection, the Secretary 

9 shall, to the maximum extent practicable, en10 sure that— 

11 ‘‘(i) a grant is awarded to an eligible 

12 local educational agency in each region 

13 served by the Administrator of the Food 

14 and Nutrition Service; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) equitable treatment of rural, 

16 urban, and tribal communities. 

17 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 

18 grant under this subsection, an eligible local edu19 cational agency shall submit an application to the 

20 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con21 taining such information as the Secretary may re22 quire. 

23 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this 

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1 the application under paragraph (2) that such eligi2 ble local educational agency will use the grant to— 

3 ‘‘(A) carry out experiential education ac4 tivities that encourage children enrolled in such 

5 eligible local educational agency to participate 

6 in food waste measurement and education; 

7 ‘‘(B) prioritize the best use of food in ac8 cordance with the Food Recovery Hierarchy 

9 published by the Administrator of the Environ10 mental Protection Agency; 

11 ‘‘(C) with respect to food waste prevention 

12 and reduction, collaborate with other eligible 

13 local educational agencies, tribes, nongovern14 mental and community-based organizations, 

15 and other community partners; 

16 ‘‘(D) evaluate the activities described in 

17 subparagraphs (A) through (C) and make eval18 uation plans; and 

19 ‘‘(E) establish a food waste measurement, 

20 prevention, and reduction project with long21 term sustainability. 

22 ‘‘(4) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 

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1 under this subsection shall not exceed 75 per2 cent of the total cost of such food waste reduc3 tion project. 

4 ‘‘(B) FEDERAL MATCHING.—As a condi5 tion of receiving a grant under this subsection, 

6 an eligible local educational agency shall provide 

7 matching funds in the form of cash or in-kind 

8 contributions, including facilities, equipment, or 

9 services provided by State and local govern10 ments, nonprofit organizations, and private 

11 sources. 

12 ‘‘(5) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible local edu13 cational agency that receives a grant under this sec14 tion shall use funds under such grant to carry out 

15 at least one of the following: 

16 ‘‘(A) Planning a food waste measurement, 

17 prevention, and reduction project. 

18 ‘‘(B) Carrying out activities under such a 

19 project. 

20 ‘‘(C) Providing training to support such a 

21 project. 

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1 ‘‘(E) Offering food waste education to stu2 dents enrolled in such eligible local educational 

3 agency. 

4 ‘‘(6) EVALUATION.— 

5 ‘‘(A) AGREEMENT.—As a condition of re6 ceiving a grant under this subsection, each eli7 gible local educational agency shall agree to co8 operate in an evaluation by the Secretary of the 

9 project carried out using grant funds. 

10 ‘‘(B) PERIODIC EVALUATION.—Not later 

11 than 2 years after the date of the enactment of 

12 this paragraph and every 2 years thereafter, the 

13 Secretary shall carry out an evaluation of the 

14 grants made under this section that includes— 

15 ‘‘(i) the amount of Federal funds used 

16 to carry out such grants; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) an evaluation of the outcomes of 

18 the projects carried out pursuant to such 

19 grants. 

20 ‘‘(7) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDU21 CATIONAL AGENCY.—In this subsection, the term ‘el22 igible local educational agency’ means a local edu23 cational agency that participates in the school lunch 

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1 gram established under section 4 of the Child Nutri2 tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773).’’. 

3 (b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 21(b) of the 

4 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 1769b–1(b)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

7 end; 

8 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(4) food waste measurement, prevention, and 

12 reduction.’’. 

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