H.R. 1854

119 HR 1854 IH: Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-05
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1854  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 5, 2025   Ms. Brownley  (for herself,  Ms. Castor of Florida ,  Ms. Salinas , and  Ms. Stansbury ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Agriculture    A BILL
To require the Natural Resources Conservation Service to review the national conservation practice standards, taking into consideration climate benefits, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act  .
2.
Consideration of climate benefits in conservation practice standards
Section 1242(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3842(h) ) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1)—
(A)
in subparagraph (A), by striking  1 year after the date of enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018  and inserting  5 years after the date of enactment of the  Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act  ;
(B)
in subparagraph (C), by striking  ; and  and inserting a semicolon;
(C)
in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; and ; and
(D)
by adding at the end the following:
(E)
evaluate the climate benefits of the standards.
 ;
(2)
in paragraph (3)(B), by striking  conservation innovations and  and inserting  climate benefits, conservation innovations, and ; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:
(5)
Climate benefit defined
In this subsection, the term  climate benefit  means—
(A)
a reduction in agricultural greenhouse gas emissions;
(B)
an increase in carbon sequestration; or
(C)
mitigation against, or adaptation to, increased weather volatility.
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