contract entered into with an eligible producer under 
the alternative manure management program if— 
‘‘(A) such eligible producer agrees to such 
modification or termination; and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary determines that such 
modification or termination is in the public in-
terest. 
‘‘(2) INVOLUNTARY
TERMINATION.—The Sec-
retary may terminate a contract under the alter-
native manure management program if the Sec-
retary determines that an eligible producer violated 
such contract. 
‘‘(i) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) determine and publish factors for esti-
mating the carbon sequestrations and greenhouse 
gas emissions reductions for each covered manage-
ment measure, including the management measures 
listed in subclauses (I) through (IX) in subsection 
(f)(2)(C)(ii); 
‘‘(2) assist an eligible producer in achieving the 
carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas emissions re-
duction, and other environmental and public health 
goals of the alternative manure management pro-
gram by— 
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‘‘(A) providing payments for developing 
and implementing one or more covered manage-
ment measures, as appropriate; and 
‘‘(B) providing such eligible producer with 
information, technical assistance, and training 
to aid in implementation of the covered man-
agement measures; and 
‘‘(3) review the adequacy of existing conserva-
tion practice standards for supporting the covered 
management measures and, if necessary— 
‘‘(A) revise existing conservation practice 
standards; and 
‘‘(B) develop new conservation practice 
standards. 
‘‘(j) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—In providing tech-
nical assistance under the alternative manure manage-
ment program, the Secretary shall apply the provisions in 
subsection (c) of section 1241 and section 1242, except 
that the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) apportion not more than 15 percent of the 
total funding available for the alternative manure 
management program for the provision of technical 
assistance; and 
‘‘(2) enter into cooperative agreements with 
third-party providers with relevant expertise in the 
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covered management measures to ensure adequate 
technical services are available to alternative manure 
management program applicants. 
‘‘(k) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use the 
funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation to carry out the alternative ma-
nure management program (including the provision 
of technical assistance described in subsection (i)) 
using $1,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
2024 through 2028. 
‘‘(2) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 
shall reserve a majority of the funds made available 
by paragraph (1) for — 
‘‘(A) beginning farmers or ranchers; 
‘‘(B) limited resource farmers and ranch-
ers; 
‘‘(C) socially disadvantaged farmers and 
ranchers; and 
‘‘(D) farmers and ranchers that continue 
to transition towards enhanced methods of se-
questering carbon dioxide, methane, or nitrous 
oxide emissions.’’. 
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SEC. 3. ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION 
AND RESERVE PROGRAM. 
Section 1201(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3801(a)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 
(27) as paragraphs (4) through (28), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) 
COMPOSTING
PRACTICE.—The 
term 
‘composting practice’ means— 
‘‘(A) an activity (including an activity that 
does not require the use of a composting facil-
ity) to produce compost from organic waste 
that is— 
‘‘(i) generated on a farm; or 
‘‘(ii) brought to a farm from the near-
by community; and 
‘‘(B) the use and active management of 
compost on a farm to improve water retention 
and soil health, subject to the condition that 
such use shall be in compliance with applicable 
Federal, State, and local laws.’’. 
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SEC. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM. 
Section 1240A(6)(A)(ii) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–1(6)(A)(ii)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘and composting practices’’ before the semicolon. 
SEC. 5. CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. 
Section 1240I(2)(B)(i) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–21(2)(B)(i)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘and composting practices’’ after ‘‘drainage man-
agement systems’’. 
SEC. 6. DELIVERY OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 1242(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3842(h)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(5) DEVELOPMENT OF COMPOSTING PRACTICE 
STANDARD.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(A) conduct a review of the composting 
facilities practice standard and the soil carbon 
amendment practice standard to determine 
their adequacy in advancing alternative manure 
management and on-farm composting genera-
tion and utilization; and 
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‘‘(B) develop and implement a new con-
servation practice standard for the on-farm pro-
duction of compost.’’. 
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