Sustainable Agri­cul­ture Research Act

Bill: 116-hr-4134
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2019-07-30
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution

Agricultural practices and innovations

Agricultural research

Air quality

Alternative and renewable resources

Atmospheric science and weather

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Farmland
Latest action: action_date: 2019-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Sustainable Agriculture Research Act</b></p> <p>This bill revises the goals of the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AGARDA). </p> <p>Specifically, the bill expands the goals to require AGARDA to enhance the role of agriculture in innovative voluntary resilience solutions in the United States through the development of agricultural technologies that address (1) the impact of extreme weather on crop production, (2) the expansion of the potential for long-term carbon storage through agriculture, (3) increased economic and practical feasibility for renewable and sustainable energy on farms and in the agriculture industry, and (4) increased adoption of voluntary conservation practices that sequester carbon and build on-farm climate resilience.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4134 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 30, 2019 Mr. Neguse (for himself and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to provide for an additional goal of the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AGARDA) to enhance the role of agriculture in innovative sustainability solutions.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sustainable Agri­cul­ture Research Act . 2. Additional goal of AGARDA to enhance role of agriculture in innovative sustainability solutions Section 1473H(b)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3319k(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: (D) to enhance the role of agriculture in innovative voluntary resilience solutions in the United States through the development of agricultural technologies that address— (i) the impact of extreme weather on crop production; (ii) the expansion of the potential for long-term carbon storage through agriculture; (iii) increased economic and practical feasibility for renewable and sustainable energy on farms and in the agriculture industry; and (iv) increased adoption of voluntary conservation practices that sequester carbon and build on-farm climate resilience; and .