CROP for Farming Act

Bill: 118-hr-5922
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
Introduced: 2023-10-11
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution

Agricultural practices and innovations

Climate change and greenhouse gases
Latest action: action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5922 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 11, 2023 Mr. Lawler (for himself and Ms. Slotkin ) introduced the following bill October 25, 2023 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to address emissions of certain greenhouse gasses and carbon storage through conservation incentive contracts.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Conservation and Regenerative Optimization Practices for Farming Act or the CROP for Farming Act . 2. Conservation incentive contracts Section 1240B(j) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(j) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking concerns and inserting concerns, which may include emissions of nitrous oxide or methane (referred to in this subsection as greenhouse gas emissions ) or storage of carbon in plants or soil (referred to in this subsection as carbon storage ), ; and (2) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)(I), by striking conservation and inserting conservation, reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, or increased levels of carbon storage .