I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2456 
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide for the establishment 
of climate change mitigation bundles, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 12, 2021 
Ms. UNDERWOOD (for herself and Mr. GALLAGHER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide for 
the establishment of climate change mitigation bundles, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farmers Fighting Cli-
mate Change Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION BUNDLES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1240I(2)(B)(v) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa– 
21(2)(B)(v)) is amended by inserting ‘‘climate change 
and’’ before ‘‘increasing weather volatility’’. 
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(b) 
RANKING
OF
APPLICATIONS.—Section 
1240K(b)(1)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3839aa–23(b)(1)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-
serting a semicolon; 
(2) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); 
and 
(3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following: 
‘‘(iii) the degree to which the com-
bination of the benefits described in 
clauses (i) and (ii) effectively target in-
creases in carbon sequestration or net re-
ductions in greenhouse gas emissions; 
and’’. 
(c) IN GENERAL.—Section 1240L of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) ESTABLISHMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITI-
GATION BUNDLES.— 
‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY.—In entering into conserva-
tion stewardship contracts under section 1240K, the 
Secretary shall make State- or region-specific cli-
mate change mitigation bundles available to pro-
ducers in all regions of the country, including by 
making available climate change mitigation bundles 
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appropriate to cropland, pastureland, rangeland, and 
forest land. 
‘‘(2) 
FLEXIBILITY.—In 
designing 
climate 
change mitigation bundles under this subsection, the 
Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 
allow producers to select from among conservation 
activities meeting the requirements of paragraph 
(3)(A) in order to tailor a climate change mitigation 
bundle to the site-specific needs of the producer. 
‘‘(3) CLIMATE
CHANGE
MITIGATION
BUNDLE 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘climate 
change mitigation bundle’ means a grouping of con-
servation activities determined by the Secretary, 
based on the best available science, to achieve sub-
stantial progress, when carried out together, to-
ward— 
‘‘(A) providing a net reduction of green-
house gas emissions; or 
‘‘(B) increasing carbon sequestration and 
improving soil health.’’. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the first date on which climate change bundles are 
made available to producers pursuant to section 
1240L(m) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (as 
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added by this Act), the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Ag-
riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a 
report on the activities carried out under such sec-
tion. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The Secretary shall include in 
the report submitted under paragraph (1)— 
(A) a summary of feedback, from pro-
ducers that have adopted climate change miti-
gation bundles pursuant to such section 
1240L(m), regarding barriers to adoption of 
such bundles, the makeup of such bundles, pay-
ment rates for such bundles, technical assist-
ance relating to such bundles, and other rel-
evant information; 
(B) data on such producers, disaggregated 
by gender, race, age, and congressional district; 
(C) an assessment of barriers to the adop-
tion by producers of climate change mitigation 
bundles, as identified by the Secretary; and 
(D) recommendations on steps to increase 
the adoption of climate change mitigation bun-
dles by producers, including recommendations 
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for any statutory changes necessary to imple-
ment such steps. 
Æ 
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