Climate Stewardship Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2534
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural education
Agricultural equipment and machinery
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural research
Air quality
Alabama
Alternative and renewable resources
Appropriations
Atmospheric science and weather
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
District of Columbia
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Farmland
Fires
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Forests, forestry, trees
Government trust funds
Higher education
Indian lands and resources rights
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority employment
National and community service
Oil and gas
Poverty and welfare assistance
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Solid waste and recycling
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Water use and supply
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Climate Stewardship Act of 20

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This bill provides funding and incentives for states, Indian tribes, local governments, and other entities to carry out climate stewardship practices, including farm and ranch conservation practices, reforestation projects, and wetland restoration projects.
 
For example, the bill extends through FY2030 the Conservation Reserve Program, the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, and the Conservation Stewardship Program. It also modifies and increases funding levels for some of these programs.
 
The Forest Service must award cost-share grants to states, Indian tribes, local governments, and nonprofit entities to conduct projects to reforest certain land.
 
The bill also establishes a civilian conservation corps to provide youth from low-income communities, indigenous communities, and communities of color with the academic, vocational, and social skills necessary to pursue long-term, productive careers in the forest sector and the wetland restoration sector.
 
Further, the bill sets forth a grant program for states, Indian tribes, local governments, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit entities to conduct coastal wetland restoration projects, including projects that mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in House