101 HR 2803 IH: Agriculture Resilience Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2021-04-22
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the Agriculture Resilience Act
.(b)The table of contents for this bill is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Title I—National GoalSec. 101. Goals.Sec. 102. Action plan.Title II—ResearchSec. 201. Research, extension, and education purpose.Sec. 202. Regional hubs for risk adaptation and mitigation to climate change.Sec. 203. Sustainable agriculture research and education resilience initiative.Sec. 204. Sustainable agriculture technology development and transfer program.Sec. 205. Long-Term Agroecological Network.Sec. 206. Public breed and cultivar research.Sec. 207. ARS Climate Scientist Career Development Program.Sec. 208. Agricultural Climate Adaptation and Mitigation through AFRI.Sec. 209. Specialty crop research initiative.Sec. 210. Integrated pest management.Sec. 211. National Academy of Sciences Study.Sec. 212. Appropriate technology transfer to rural areas.Title III—Soil HealthSec. 301. Crop insurance.Sec. 302. Environmental Quality Incentives Program.Sec. 303. Conservation Stewardship Program.Sec. 304. State assistance for soil health.Sec. 305. Funding and administration.Sec. 306. Carbon tax credit feasibility study.Sec. 307. Conservation compliance.Sec. 308. Agroforestry centers.Title IV—Farmland preservation and farm viabilitySec. 401. Local Agriculture Market Program.Sec. 402. Organic certification cost-share program.Sec. 403. Exclusion of gain from sale of certain farm property and agricultural easements.Sec. 404. Farmland Protection Policy Act.Sec. 405. Agriculture conservation easement program.Title V—Pasture-based livestockSec. 501. Animal raising claims.Sec. 502. Processing Resilience Grant Program.Sec. 503. Conservation of private grazing land.Sec. 504. Conservation reserve program.Sec. 505. Alternative Manure Management Program.Title VI—On-farm renewable energySec. 601. Rural Energy For America Program.Sec. 602. Study on dual-use renewable energy systems.Sec. 603. AgSTAR program.Title VII—Food loss and wasteSubtitle A—Food date labelingSec. 701. Definitions.Sec. 702. Quality dates and discard dates.Sec. 703. Misbranding.Sec. 704. Regulations.Sec. 705. Delayed applicability.Subtitle B—Other provisionsSec. 711. Composting as conservation practice.Sec. 712. Amendments to Federal Food Donation Act.Sec. 713. Grants for composting and anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy projects.Sec. 714. School food waste reduction grant program.<enum>I</enum><header>National Goal</header><section id="H770A1F4BE24C444887465D89D9D2882C"><enum>101.</enum><header>Goals</header><subsection id="HF741AB3E23C04618B92276E4DC9EAAB1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>United States agriculture goal</header><text>As part of a national greenhouse gas emission reduction effort to prevent climate change from exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above preindustrial levels, the goal for the agricultural sector in the United States shall be to achieve at least a 50 percent reduction in net greenhouse gases from 2010 levels by not later than 2030 and to achieve net zero emissions by not later than 2040.</text></subsection><subsection id="HD60E97101E9E489CAD853B7D986EC6A2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subgoals</header><paragraph id="HCE271AA1028E4BEBB76B8795D0B37F95"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To help achieve the goal specified in subsection (a), the total Federal investment in public food and agriculture research and extension should, at a minimum, triple by not later than 2030 and quadruple by not later than 2040, with a heightened emphasis on climate change adaptation and mitigation, soil health and carbon sequestration, nutrient and manure management to curb nitrous oxide and methane emissions, agroforestry, advanced grazing management and crop-livestock integration, other agro-ecological systems, on-farm and food system energy efficiency and renewable energy production, farmland preservation and viability, food waste reduction, and related topics to accelerate progress toward net zero emissions by not later than 2040. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD90BD96E453C4886B7931E578C50DB2E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Soil health</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To help achieve the goal specified in subsection (a) the United States should—</text><subparagraph id="H537D73DBB3FD4926B496361E1E643717"><enum>(A)</enum><text>immediately become a member of the 4 per 1000 Initiative’s forum and consortium, hosted by the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (commonly referred to as the <quote>CGIAR</quote>), with the aim of increasing total soil carbon stocks by 0.4 percent annually to reduce carbon in the atmosphere, restore soil health and productivity, and thereby improve food security; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA75500B5AFC44F43BFD52F0247D35E34"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expand adoption of soil health practices (including diverse crop rotations, cover cropping, conservation tillage, perennial crop production systems, agroforestry, composting, biologically based nutrient management, and advanced grazing management including silvopasture) sufficiently to—</text><clause id="HD3AC75A1FC39454A874D727974507DCD"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduce nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils in the United States by 25 percent by not later than 2030 and 75 percent by not later than 2040; and</text></clause><clause id="HDA5E4639704F463E857AB9587F329B38"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>increase soil carbon stocks by 0.4 percent annually on at least 50 percent of United States agricultural lands by not later than 2030, and to meet or exceed that threshold on all United States agricultural lands by not later than 2040; </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2478E013C9FF487BA1445DA8401AD0BF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>expand implementation of regionally appropriate cover crops and other continual living cover so that—</text><clause id="H2430012A54764E90A34C5BFF75F5D041"><enum>(i)</enum><text>at least 50 percent of cropland acres nationwide include one or more cover crops or other continual living cover in their rotations by not later than 2030, rising to at least 75 percent of cropland acres nationwide by not later than 2040; and</text></clause><clause id="H46B721BD7F444FB5803E577741B722EA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>cropland acres are covered by crops (including forages and hay crops), cover crops, or residue for an average of 75 percent of the calendar year by not later than 2030, rising to at least 85 percent of the calendar year by not later than 2040; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3979BDE08FEE40AD8F0B0901787DCBDA"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage conversion of at least 15 percent of current annual grain crop acres to agroforestry, perennial grazing, perennial grain crops, or other perennial production systems by not later than 2030, rising to at least 30 percent by not later than 2040.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0AB35953B1D54A3EB215E35FD529026A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Farmland preservation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To help achieve the goal specified in subsection (a), the rate of conversion in the United States of agricultural land to development, as well as the rate of grassland conversion to cropping, should be reduced by at least 80 percent by not later than 2030 and eliminated by not later than 2040. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H27CBAB012C41480284C30D1EDCC53D7A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pasture-based livestock</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To help achieve the goal specified in subsection (a), the livestock sector in the United States should— </text><subparagraph id="H4138AD9A85C94021BDF68FC60765B696"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish advanced grazing management, including management-intensive rotational grazing, on at least 50 percent of all grazing lands by not later than 2030 and 100 percent of all grazing land by not later than 2040; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C6D07754CA64ECA9EC057E37C48AF9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to feeding of ruminants by at least a third by not later than 2030 and by at least 50 percent by not later than 2040 by reducing non-grazing feeding of ruminants, growing feed grains and forages with soil health and nutrient management practices that minimize net greenhouse gas emissions from cropland, and designing livestock feed mixtures and supplements to mitigate enteric methane emissions;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10DA6439C6D04C3FB7DE05449F57F83D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">re-integrate livestock and crop production systems at farm, local and regional levels to facilitate environmentally sound management and field application of manure and reduce the need for long-term manure storage by increasing acreage on individual farms under crop-livestock integrated management by at least 100 percent over 2017 levels by not later than 2030 and by 300 percent over 2017 levels by not later than 2040; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4AD9AB4CF9664ED1A4BAA29CBA27D127"><enum>(D)</enum><text>immediately cease building any new or expanded waste lagoons for confined animal feeding operations and convert at least one third of wet manure handling and storage to alternative manure management (as described in section 1240T of the Food Security Act of 1985 (as added by this Act)) by not later than 2030 and at least two thirds by not later than 2040. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEEF5E3A5E36946F492974BB6B152191F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>On-farm renewable energy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To help achieve the goal specified in subsection (a), the agriculture sector in the United States should—</text><subparagraph id="HE3044848B5E8418690495A46764991A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>implement energy audits and energy efficiency improvements on at least 50 percent of farms by not later than 2030 and 100 percent of farms by not later than 2040;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H010232C418154016AB24D2BC6CE2E5DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>expand on-farm clean renewable energy production to at least double 2017 levels by not later than 2030 and at least triple by not later than 2040; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40BE492798BD4C23BB63EF7A13DBF9BD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">install and manage on-farm renewable energy infrastructure in a way that does not compromise the climate resilience and greenhouse gas mitigation goals of this Act or adversely impact farmland, soil, and water resources, or food production.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7036D21CB0C34E9BB3701CD5494DEDE2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Food loss and waste</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with the Food Waste Challenge launched by the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency in June 2013 and the national food loss and waste goal announced in September 2015, the food and agriculture sector in the United States should commit to—</text><subparagraph id="H93F8121B137A4D0CB6FD614D059E4437"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at least a 50 percent reduction in food loss and waste by not later than 2030; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H285D3069D0A9426CB68199C3259CE353"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least a 75 percent reduction in food loss and waste by not later than 2040; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED94043348DF47A192E1B4151B4CCF93"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in a manner consistent with the Food Recovery Hierarchy established by the Environmental Protection Agency, diverting from landfills through composting and other means at least 50 percent of unavoidable food waste and food processing byproducts by not later than 2030, and 90 percent of such food waste and byproducts by not later than 2040.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA3839FF1467C4BDAA67D2D589EADF1D6"><enum>102.</enum><header>Action plan</header><subsection id="H0B0C6D031F584FF684EE6F50EB7E75EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Plan development</header><text>The Secretary shall develop a plan for actions to achieve, in combination with the other Federal agencies, the national goals declared by section 101. The plan shall include actions that will make significant and rapid progress toward meeting such goals. </text></subsection><subsection id="HDC80884D6A614C9B88BFB4B7B67FAE31"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Actions To meet goals</header><paragraph id="H9C29D0DB9F7744AB80B29EF2A04BAABC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Actions selected by the Secretary to include in a plan developed under subsection (a) may include issuing regulations, providing incentives, carrying out research and development programs, and any other action the Secretary determines appropriate to achieve the goals declared by section 101. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD6A3CB33575B41FCAB056D697C773A4D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>In selecting actions to include in a plan developed under subsection (a), the Secretary shall select actions designed to— </text><subparagraph id="H28D4B89F17BD4EB3B42B4D44F7064371"><enum>(A)</enum><text>fully implement the provisions of this Act (and the amendments made by this Act); </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H049822A6153546E786B9F10C54BC5D32"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide benefits for farmers and ranchers, rural communities, small businesses, and consumers; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C8B6C27CCE3490D9DE47272C2D9D939"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improve public health, resilience, and environmental outcomes, especially for rural and low-income households, communities of color, Tribal and indigenous communities, and communities that are disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, air and water pollution, and other resource degradation; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7AA89D3696214FCE9211D551F05B545F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>prioritize investments that reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and sequester carbon while simultaneously helping to solve other pressing agro-environmental resource concerns, increase farming and ranching opportunities, create quality jobs, improve farmworker working conditions and living standards, and make communities more resilient to the effects of climate change. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H579CC4CFB60B4E2E8553A0ADA306A1FF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plan implementation</header><paragraph id="HC62D76A629D643F6BECCFEC4A44CD031"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Public comment</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make the proposed plan developed under subsection (a) available for public comment. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H26F7A4DE768E4AC7ACD80B66CE990B19"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make public and submit to Congress a plan developed under subsection (a) that incorporates revisions to the proposed plan, as appropriate, to address the recommendations provided by the public pursuant to paragraph (1). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H842BF28790A74D61B35FB8E33A0A9E4E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>Beginning not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall implement the plan developed under subsection (a) and submitted to Congress under paragraph (2). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H37E2531B97C54E18A48116CC9898E822"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Revisions</header><text>Beginning 24 months after the date on which the Secretary submits to Congress the plan under paragraph (2) and not less frequently than once every 24 months thereafter, the Secretary shall review and revise the plan to ensure it is sufficient to achieve the national goals declared by section 101. The Secretary shall include the conclusion of each such review and any revised plan resulting from such review in the next annual report required under paragraph (5). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H218C9221D45448FD86518F3F7F82828C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>The Secretary shall issue an annual public report on the plan (including any revisions to such plan), actions taken pursuant to such plan, and the effects of such actions, during the preceding calendar year. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Research</header><section id="HBE8ECE250EA84197B21D0FA21DBC460A"><enum>201.</enum><header>Research, extension, and education purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1402 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3101">7 U.S.C. 3101</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HD202B5D4B554444280EB3CD74B2E54E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7546C58773654E4DA4721A82F4F63D4A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4A7950A48C5D4C1FB9A9887CED28AE61" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H50BF5B3FABB145D6A3117FBECEA3FFC2"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accelerate the ability of agriculture and the food system of the United States to first achieve net zero carbon emissions and then go further to be carbon positive by removing additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="H84327FD140CA4C479FC9BAC33F69942F"><enum>202.</enum><header>Regional hubs for risk adaptation and mitigation to climate change</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IV of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 is amended by inserting before section 404 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7624">7 U.S.C. 7624</external-xref>) the following new section:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H59F3D84CCBE44830A5A597612DD5BEBB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><section id="HBE59ED586C7448699DD56A85BAD3CF64"><enum>401.</enum><header>Regional hubs for risk adaptation and mitigation to climate change</header><subsection id="HE356D6A4BBA7426B804D0C4AF554A908"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a national network of regional hubs for risk adaptation and mitigation to climate change to deliver science-based, region-specific, cost-effective, and practical information and program support to farmers, ranchers, forest landowners, and other agricultural and natural resource managers to support science-informed decision-making in light of the increased costs, opportunities, risks, and vulnerabilities associated with a changing climate, and to provide access to assistance to implement those decisions.</text></subsection><subsection id="HF3F8D032AE1F4959A2DCB860193A122F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity is eligible to be selected as a regional hub under subsection (a) if such entity is any office of the Agricultural Research Service, the Forest Service, or any other agency of the Department of Agriculture that the Secretary determines is appropriate. </text></subsection><subsection id="H8F550DE1D9CF4EFABE5CE4D96391F22E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administration</header><paragraph id="H8DFFFB2D404843F3A10E6B93F53B7FE8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The network established under subsection (a) shall be designated and administered jointly by the Agricultural Research Service and the Forest Service, in partnership with other Federal agencies, including the following:</text><subparagraph id="H85FC2FD980404AA4B259318A9BA64DF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Within the Department of Agriculture, the following agencies: </text><clause id="HF1C532539FE944D59802BFE4823156A5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Natural Resource Conservation Service.</text></clause><clause id="H56C068EE59EF4B44A6AB9E4DA5FD184E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The Farm Service Agency.</text></clause><clause id="HA85CBFD5706943A896A023AA0C66F050"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The Risk Management Agency.</text></clause><clause id="H530BBE17DFBE444BB8FC675B8279305A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.</text></clause><clause id="HCF881BB9D45C489EA1024F032D51004E"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Institute for Food and Agriculture.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H67847355D6B648E2AE66414C00B47CAF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Department of the Interior.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E821F09089543D38C69418553B6AE46"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Department of Energy.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC91091CAFE34A2E99BA28E42BD855A9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Environmental Protection Agency.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4E1329A3A3240988F6239BB26124440"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States Geological Survey.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5838CBE09A394B8AB5A01C3C9C8A8272"><enum>(F)</enum><text>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9CD5D33D554340B6ACE03DF2BD193D47"><enum>(G)</enum><text>National Aeronautics and Space Administration. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H06168529331D4C5480D3BAF16AC635F0"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Other Federal agencies as the Secretary determines appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3EF1BD52B33A435CA3E46030D3B34B85"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Partners</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The regional hubs established under subsection (a) shall work in close partnership with other stakeholders and partners, including—</text><subparagraph id="H772F0756B82945B0A40C9952A9F7246A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>colleges and universities; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9368ECF47C2A499D93D6C7425390282F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cooperative extension services (as defined in section 1404 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)); </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8629915976F458BB7C72920A0598B6A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State agricultural experiment stations (as defined in such section);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD048F4808A6E4C8B89320CFCE493F8B5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>private entities; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H203FC852BFD941FAA5E4EF6BCDB3C0A6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>State, local and regional governments; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38C697BCA8334A52851DAB11497926C2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Tribes;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H135645CA7E80440F99D0B20E7BE52504"><enum>(G)</enum><text>agriculture and commodity organizations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0D4E0A5C02A4FB089C7C6D0C6347538"><enum>(H)</enum><text>nonprofit and community-based organizations; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H56933E2607BB4424AC229F534E4AA4BE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>other partners, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H509FD923112A48A69B1B04E4B6CBDE3F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>A regional hub established under this section shall—</text><paragraph id="HE5BF71A0D4534DFD92BCD5DCDBD823A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offer tools, strategic management options, and technical support to farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners to help such farmers, ranchers, and landowners mitigate and adapt to climate change; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2FAA8010BEF040D7BC045258797CBB55"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">direct farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners to Federal agencies that can provide program support to enable such farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners to implement science-informed management practices that address climate change;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA8DA7CA1E85B47C8B00DBCD4680C38E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine how climate and weather projections will impact the agricultural and forestry sectors;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3DC4ED366D244E5DAFEC832DC68062EF"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide periodic regional assessments of risk and vulnerability in the agricultural and forestry sectors to help farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners better understand the potential direct and indirect impacts of climate change and to inform the United States Global Change Research Program; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H78CBC17390714CA19AAC303EA1D3C593"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide to farmers, ranchers, forest landowners, and rural communities outreach, education, and extension on science-based risk management through partnerships with the land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)), cooperative extension services, and other entities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H30DEFCF1F6B24B7E8D90C1C64CD6107E"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">work with any cooperative extension services (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)), conservation districts, and non-governmental organizations involved in farmer outreach in the region served by such hub to assist producers in developing business plans and conservation plans that take into account emerging climate risk science with respect to crop, production, and conservation system changes that will help producers adapt to a changing climate; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1C8FD1230DC14637AEE63EF609FD836E"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish, working in partnership with programs and projects carried out under subtitle B of title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5801">7 U.S.C. 5801</external-xref> et seq.), additional partnerships with farmers and non-profit and community-based organizations to conduct applied on-farm research on climate change.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9FCF3A424D4E4741B8E1FD21E3A0982E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A regional hub established under this section shall prioritize research and data collection activities in the following areas:</text><paragraph id="HDCAD1ECDC6BF4E21AE56ADD2870CC119"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Improved measurement and monitoring of—</text><subparagraph id="H2A8BF6E2722C41DC931E077B7C092647"><enum>(A)</enum><text>soil organic carbon sequestration; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5DD41DEDB974CF28602A02ADE7FBD27"><enum>(B)</enum><text>total net greenhouse gas impacts of different farming systems and practices.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA55589EDF42C4F1EBA3A81020D549468"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Lifecycle analysis for total net greenhouse gas emissions related to—</text><subparagraph id="H6932401499044D78BE6FBA9E0DF356BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>alternative cropping systems;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6EA04EDDCBD4246AA5B95D9A0FEF71D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>alternative livestock production systems; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC273675B73B04AE9941B1EB516F65481"><enum>(C)</enum><text>integrated cropping-livestock systems;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H67BAE076CAC041D890219EA1F1CF554C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>alternative biofuel crop production systems and biofuel end uses; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD452E75FA944D0793CAC4F396961002"><enum>(E)</enum><text>alternative agroforestry practices and systems; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEED289B05ECB471FB8B15005BCB6738B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>alternative forestry management systems.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE187B03422034E1299F412589CEAA762"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Research and education on— </text><subparagraph id="H29BAEB77CFCA46B690883D3BA66C13A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>optimal soil health practices;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32A68EA9F4AE432383FECC63D3169B95"><enum>(B)</enum><text>advanced biological nutrient management based on optimal soil health practices; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE33473E0C8394F088C598A504ADEBB36"><enum>(C)</enum><text>enhanced synergies between crop roots and soil biota;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8952C6BE07E147AEB62CA0B425D89DE3"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">linkages between soil, plant, animal, and human health;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9DE45AFB80014CEB91E15EFC3AA9ACB2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>adaption and mitigation needs of stakeholders;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58F67FB2DE224831BBEBEFBCAFDAFEE3"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">new crops or new varieties to help producers be profitable while adapting to a changing climate;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA339B5A814194AD2ACCDB7B460008A97"><enum>(G)</enum><text>social and economic barriers to stakeholder adoption of new practices that improve adaptation, mitigation, and soil sequestration; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A963BF09B0445A48284986F15BFD3AB"><enum>(H)</enum><text>evaluation and assessment of climate-related decision tools of the Department of Agriculture. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7FD46C6118D44BBDBF0B6BFEB3016BD2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Grazing-based livestock management systems to optimize net greenhouse gas footprint including—</text><subparagraph id="H568590D884C244FCAB1C2D50B36DFE08"><enum>(A)</enum><text>grazing land carbon sequestration; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H597940DAA6F240368205C4A74912F068"><enum>(B)</enum><text>mitigation of enteric methane.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1C1C29848FE34ECE97AE710CED3958AD"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Perennial production systems that sequester carbon, enhance soil health, and increase resilience, including—</text><subparagraph id="HA41D790740D240C7B9B1BB1D1E4A36D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>perennial forages;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB956368741524C49931ED1A701FE18CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>perennial grains; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H504350462DE14D58B7FBF82E00878FD8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>agroforestry.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA498A84B8BD94EAF94AA909A5D57F91F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Stakeholder input</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each regional hub established under this section shall solicit input from stakeholders on pressing needs, important issues, and outreach strategies through a variety of mechanisms including regional stakeholder committees and may partner with stakeholders in conducting research and developing tools.</text></subsection><subsection id="H78661E76982B4AEFA57E0A8FD37C0097"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Risk management</header><paragraph id="H4A0759422F8B426E810EF12622A85BE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint a team of individuals representing the regional hubs, regional hub partners, and the Risk Management Agency to develop recommendations to better account for—</text><subparagraph id="H4EC29E531A2F4999A7DFB9DAE33B090E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>climate risk in actuarial tables; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBED3816260224385956AC70C4E12783D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>soil health and other risk-reducing conservation activities in the Federal crop insurance program under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508</external-xref> et seq.). </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCEF7E4FC618A4488B866F73E4C623A27"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission of recommendations</header><text>The team appointed under paragraph (1) shall submit to the Secretary on an iterative basis, but not less frequently than once every two years, the team’s recommendations developed pursuant to such paragraph.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8FC2296E71374224ACE82EA40B408D9F"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H73514E59111340EAB6F99644FE667A18"><enum>203.</enum><header>Sustainable agriculture research and education resilience initiative</header><subsection id="HFB24D97B47DF461F95002A6D796159DA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sustainable agriculture research and education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1619 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5801">7 U.S.C. 5801</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HB504B1C457B14978BE2FF5FEE668FBED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="H85BFB62994964AF3A8AE9830080D4EA6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32929C15794A4F85BD6A754CB064A41B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC4FEC7E3B82E4951A786768427EBB8BC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1B12A046EA5A47D0B25910DBAA776CFD" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H1BFE2271BD794F4E84DFC44FC2DC36A3"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase resilience in the context of a changing climate and related economic, social, and environmental shocks.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA85C4D687E804090876951F7069B3A87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="HCE0FB72446B9459896032A7B97CAEC76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="H98C61724115B447381F1E5B811242644"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>management</quote> and inserting <quote>systems and practices</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H4F1E3A40F9E242E09BECA22BC58D834D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>resilience,</quote> after <quote>profitability,</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA2C549BA862D4B27A22506296914A355"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H01B4FAE43FF5449DAA67E9931C1CCF30" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="HC204C9D6EA2440EE87F566E4139EAC1C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>resilience</term> means, with respect to an agricultural management system, the ability of such system to absorb and recover from climate and other disturbances, such that the system thrives in the face of severe shocks.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H78745C1485104CC69BDDF5AD27EBDF34"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility of tribal colleges To enter into research and extension project agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1621(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5811">7 U.S.C. 5811(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>or Federal or State</quote> inserting <quote>1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>)), or Federal, State, or Tribal</quote>. </text></subsection><subsection id="H3D0A39C09D744710AB96114806DE588F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agricultural and food system resilience initiative</header><paragraph id="H47C92F10F87C4077BA2358F8372E7427"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1627 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5821">7 U.S.C. 5821</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H2B80235D7C67416B839A962CD4E7F8B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><clause id="H8B349B368AA6467CAED38A0D5896A8FD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text><subclause id="H48446A37C8974B288C826D9C1B65D3EC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: <quote>In close conjunction with programs and projects established under sections 1621 and 1623, the Secretary shall establish a research, education, extension, and outreach initiative, which may include farmer and rancher research and demonstration grants, and use an interdisciplinary approach wherever appropriate, to increase the resilience of agriculture and the food system in the context of a changing climate and related economic, social, and environmental shocks.</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H942F8A9CA167408D81EDC9C27C174349"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>program</quote> and inserting <quote>initiative</quote>;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HD4BC5AFA486646A89C19A792E48D45D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3);</text></clause><clause id="H8588FB3F0FDF439EA658A103AA1750BC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6), respectively;</text></clause><clause id="H09B0199E6C27470B8BF3092FF1CFC503"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2C444A88392046E08DF7281178858A64" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H9DF668B79C9F4D4090EAFBEED944887C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to equip farmers to prepare for, adapt, and transform their farming systems when confronted by shocks and stresses to their agricultural production and livelihoods;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB2F6D4A51CAD42B09129B19E6084144E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to support local and regional food systems that support resilience and enhance local access and control over productive resources;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="HF7C4A1D1619D48268BB8DD71D2DBDD26"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by clause (iii))—</text><subclause id="HD7EEB3C72D9B45008BD22AE39F606B13"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>climate and</quote> after <quote>adverse</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="HAEF7F00701CA47BB95922694BE31074C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>soil quality and</quote> after <quote>enhance</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="HBB21624D53DB49CCB97870C7F3335C44"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>reduce dependency on fossil fuels,</quote> after <quote>inputs,</quote>;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HBB6A52D96AAD4C8A83E7FC4CF32BD550"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by clause (iii)), by inserting <quote>increase resilience</quote> after <quote>practices to</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H57C227C32E6D420098543EA18D1EF849"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6) (as redesignated by clause (iii)), by striking <quote>integrated</quote> and all that follows through <quote>programs</quote> and inserting <quote>policies and programs to improve food and agricultural system resilience</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H901A2F089CCA412C9FC67EB6AEC38A1E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsections (b), (c), and (d); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40FA1B85DA58402F82D6B95FE5E99994"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H67514F59FB994BC2946106D09D0328EF" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="HFD57CBC412084390A678626EF138C040"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="HD9C57D195AE84A6C82CC5781A2EFBC74"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mandatory funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE34008385C11425A9CD6B9BF315221FC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Discretionary funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2030.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE8C2D6A5122748818645D5480AE89CDB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The chapter heading of chapter 2 of subtitle B of title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5821">7 U.S.C. 5821</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows: <quote><header-in-text level="chapter" style="OLC">Agricultural and food system resilience initiative</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE4396D54C9534F13B749A06C9B88BD03"><enum>204.</enum><header>Sustainable agriculture technology development and transfer program</header><subsection id="H82BFACBFC9CE4FA6A8A749186E9DEBEB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical guides and books</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1628 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5831">7 U.S.C. 5831</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HCFEFD19BE3984BD385634901717DC8C7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph id="H7772DB4E422D44E2A08363D4C6317311"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C6A3B01259F471CBBE1C28EE4C00546"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7525260870814967929A8C022728F88B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="HCB081C8AF45541748434E72A8221B758"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adapting to and mitigating the effects of climate change;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H379E7B90D6D845A891797D155653EBDC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>Soil Conservation</quote> and inserting <quote>Natural Resources Conservation</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6FF6F569CEC04FD7823E11217E9044B2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National training program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1629 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5832">7 U.S.C. 5832</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H6D8065FD0DE04F41A005B91702A981F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text><subparagraph id="H616EF64D7877435BBFD775C4A0A88FE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>Soil Conservation Service and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service</quote> and inserting <quote>Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Farm Service Agency</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF3F89D70A04F4677A24992C07E3CDCC1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11) as paragraphs (11) and (12), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H836EDA7035C14C5D8C40CB1B6B27744E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (9) the following; </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF069626DABC549948665361F1B4258E8" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="HD7133207845F447EB9C75F228C3EEB10"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop and provide information concerning climate change adaptation and mitigation developed under this subtitle and other research and education programs of the Department;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H57D6B42B5DC1416098663599B36F4CE7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (h), by striking <quote>Soil Conservation Service</quote> and inserting <quote>Natural Resources Conservation Service</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H093C007B698D4278995B19AF334E940D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (i), by striking <quote>2023</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>2021, and $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H480C797A3C15466BBE9022BCF79E3246" commented="no"><enum>205.</enum><header>Long-Term Agroecological Network</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IV of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 is amended by inserting after section 401 (as added by section 201), the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H81386CAD1D494440BFC479FC385690C5" display-inline="no-display-inline"><section id="HB45CB6C49E4B4F57AB63402F72D7D286" commented="no"><enum>402.</enum><header>Long-Term Agroecological Network</header><subsection id="H407C91C1B5A0449CB58D34715532DD9A" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service, shall provide for the establishment and maintenance of a network of research sites operated by the Agricultural Research Service for research on the sustainability of agricultural systems in the United States, to be known as the <quote>Long-Term Agroecological Research Network</quote> (in this section referred to as the <quote>Network</quote>) with the following goals:</text><paragraph id="H38E4E95531BA4D4083CEE0A577E8D506" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To understand and enhance the sustainability of agriculture.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD823809CB96048948A6641ED1446A8F2" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To integrate research projects with common measurements on multiple agroecosystems (such as croplands, rangelands, and pasturelands).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H67573AECE5624A9E83C4CCE920270614" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To develop new farming systems, practices, and technologies to address agricultural challenges and opportunities, including challenges and opportunities posed by climate change.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB79D0952311C484595A1C773EA1EA45B" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activities described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The activities of the Network shall include—</text><paragraph id="HD75F2B06A8554D2C82B6ABE6E6D682BB" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>research conducted for a minimum of 30 years to develop novel scientific insights at regional and national scales and evaluate the applicability and adaptation to local conditions;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE6C38B4222944866B095E088210C0325" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the establishment and maintenance of multiple sites or research centers that capture the diversity of agricultural production systems that function as a network; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE9CA82EB809B48198DFEF4A8ECEE491C" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the coordination of large-scale data collection related to the sustainability of agricultural systems and the provision of infrastructure to research sites to allow for analyzing and disseminating such data.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H129C6B5BCBA745049CE91DCFBFC877E4" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination of research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, shall, in carrying out subsection (a)—</text><paragraph id="H29DD808AD2C34E47BF7F8162E9082C1A" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate long-term agroecological research to improve understanding within the Department of Agriculture of how agroecosystems function at the field, regional, and national scales;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H017AE260848A4B968B910EAE0920CDDE" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>designate research sites for inclusion in the Network that are representative of major agricultural regions;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H08E168E977854096860B4126EEA4FE9A" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure that every research site so included conducts experiments with common goals and methods—</text><subparagraph id="HA3FFBB0929D241EEAD409B44830397D6" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to increase agricultural productivity and profitability;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16A23491BCEE4E3FBED582C76FF3CC5A" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to enhance agricultural resilience and the capacity to mitigate and adapt to climate change;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H107FD88888E746B68651ACB7789F47E0" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>boost the provision of ecosystem services from agricultural landscapes; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27538B649522499EA51F90CB1BC1E86F" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>improve opportunities for rural communities;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H94561222FFCE4950835A348CCDB7676F" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>make data collected at research sites included in the Network open to researchers and the public whenever practicable, and integrate data across the network and partner sites; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H566D7F79EDC749368A9D02BD5C6A39C7" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide infrastructure to research sites included in the Network for data collection, common measurements, and data streams that complement other national networks, such as the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) network.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H76ABA5BC47A342B987EF9BAE83D32BFD" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H5E7717ABDC784F6E83A51885B9E67703"><enum>206.</enum><header>Public breed and cultivar research</header><subsection id="H552CE7508F7B41F99872278D86D47E79"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H8005781A04244F3B8F83740D9CDD455D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" id="HD62A70816E814734A0C6A706CCE0D303" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HD0D90DBAB5E94D7F9F30FC05599B9F64" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><subparagraph id="H1D4A480A146E4AF8B2DE064FB9C48C38"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Conventional breeding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>conventional breeding</term> means the development of new varieties of an organism through controlled mating and selection without the use of transgenic methods, provided that information gained through gene sequencing, genomic, and metabolomics analyses can be used to inform mating and selection choices.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0826A1A5CFE4E659E69D6A8AE402C2B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Cultivar</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>cultivar</term> means a variety of a species of plant that has been intentionally selected for use in cultivation because of the improved characteristics of that variety of the species. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H282E128545994BDD831183B390B09263"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Public breed and cultivar</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>public breed and cultivar</term> means an animal breed or crop cultivar that is the commercially available end product of a publicly funded breeding program that has been sufficiently tested to demonstrate improved characteristics and stable performance, and for which the farmers' rights to save and use, and breeders' rights to share and improve are protected.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H8C5526222C9744F9A70D63AD2603537A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" id="H0BBCC2D10DFC4EBB8A509916F8FD9DCA" style="OLC"><subsection id="HD0ECC55AF6714563BDCED810D24F011F"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Public breed and cultivar development funding</header><paragraph id="H9EB25236D487474584B70494976DAE61"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount of grants made under subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary shall ensure that not less than the following amounts are used for competitive research grants that support the development of public breeds and cultivars:</text><subparagraph id="H8BB0E7C2EDD04CCDB7CF3365FA7DA2C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE818FD710514ADD92B532B540030687"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$60,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C94DF37411F4B219EEE7D7B64051039"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$70,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA16239E3FC0449EB7FFD788C460AE2E"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$80,000,000 for fiscal year 2025;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB78A12D8A8864234ACDEC1136D437D0E"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$90,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2638DF63B85946C5B271CBCB8D34A961"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2027 through 2030.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCE389EE6B76B4ED497975516F05310B4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to high-potential research projects that lead to the release of public breeds and cultivars that assist producers in mitigating and adapting to climate change.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4CB4C903BB524E229B370F42F3BC4549"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that—</text><subparagraph id="H4F06C7CEE67041C6B827F691565BAF42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the terms for any competitive grants made under subsection (b) are not less than 5 years; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H752C5B9835D443FE89CD466D2B4B1E8B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any such term or associated renewal process facilitates the development and commercialization of public breeds and cultivars through long-term grants; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1122DE7C41B548FDB0DED0516D731E98"><enum>(C)</enum><text>when necessary, Tribal consultation occurs to ensure public breed and cultivar development does not infringe on Tribes’ abilities to maintain culturally sensitive breeds and cultivars.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H742A76E7C9B344DEB43131A306E4EBA3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public breed and cultivar research activities coordinator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 251 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6971">7 U.S.C. 6971</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HC15FBA7A32ED4D3C88CDA0177BAFEEDD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" id="H91F73FE022FD4C1FA8204A5B49B08729" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H3BBC78F5F4BC4ADF8B8874B540521CB6"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Public breed and cultivar research activities coordinator</header><subparagraph id="HC5357AFA34054E4ABAB6A5FAC3CD2424"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Under Secretary shall appoint a coordinator within the Office of the Chief Scientist that reports to the Under Secretary to coordinate research activities at the Department relating to the breeding of public breeds and cultivars (as defined in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157(a)</external-xref>)). </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18B181E1FE2E4A178BE8BE8B9B8767B9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Duties of Coordinator</header><text>The coordinator appointed under subparagraph (A) shall—</text><clause id="H5CECCE96A33D4E8BB56CB06EF06B75B8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>coordinate animal and plant breeding research activities funded by the Department relating to the development and delivery to producers of climate resilient and regionally adapted public breeds and crop cultivars; </text></clause><clause id="HDD8B3196FA924B1E8EAFAB102D3C4C18"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H00C20CE9532349D79F405FAAE54FADC9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>carry out ongoing analysis and track activities for any Federal research funding supporting animal and plant breeding (including any public breeds and cultivars developed with Federal funds); and </text></subclause><subclause id="H093AB5B27891451692877CB79D9CF547" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>ensure that the analysis and activities are made available to the public not later than 60 days after the last day of each fiscal year;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="H5389113889E045BC97D9772BCF41014B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>develop a strategic plan that establishes targets for public breed and cultivar research investments across the Department to ensure that a diverse range of animal and crop needs are being met in a timely and transparent manner, with a strong focus on delivery of resource-efficient, stress-tolerant, regionally adapted animal breeds and crop cultivars that help build agricultural resilience to climate change and support on-farm carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas mitigation, nutritional quality, and other farmer-identified priority agronomic and market traits; </text></clause><clause id="H749765B81C3D457EAC43C3D27D3A6241"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>convene a working group in order to carry out the coordination functions described in this subparagraph comprised of individuals who are responsible for the management, administration, or analysis of public breeding programs within the Department from—</text><subclause id="H84E3B086BD9D40F6AB2B37DEE51E8531"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the National Institute of Food and Agriculture; </text></subclause><subclause id="H55FFE2BA72094704921F964237384624"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Agricultural Research Service; and </text></subclause><subclause id="HBF161B6BAD4F4D1BBA160BC3F65FEC28"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Economic Research Service; </text></subclause></clause><clause id="H958982B7E89F416C94A3D991CD05BAB3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in order to maximize delivery of public breeds and cultivars, promote collaboration among— </text><subclause id="HBF6D68C8E9244A70B4DE16A203B1328C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the coordinator; </text></subclause><subclause id="H6875320F70B54208928631E23DC2308A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the working group convened under clause (iv); </text></subclause><subclause id="HC9FFE1C659094C98B39A9C5FCE531200"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the advisory council established under section 1634 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5843">7 U.S.C. 5843</external-xref>); </text></subclause><subclause id="HF18DF002943047549687F38164C802F8"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>genetic resource conservation centers; </text></subclause><subclause id="H785FAA7E43C940499D60AC2ACF378E62"><enum>(V)</enum><text>land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)); </text></subclause><subclause id="H05D88CCABDCC4D0C8820D14FAE8FD0FF"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Hispanic-serving institutions (as defined in section 502(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101a">20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)</external-xref>); </text></subclause><subclause id="H42055D9FE430428DBA3A81B47A430D8B"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Native American-serving nontribal institutions (as defined in section 371(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1067q">20 U.S.C. 1067q(c)</external-xref>));</text></subclause><subclause id="H8FEFFFC204274172AFAFBC32DA68065A"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Tribal organizations (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>));</text></subclause><subclause id="H544F723A27F54B4A8FDF7642E9B342AA"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>nongovernmental organizations with interest or expertise in public breeding; and </text></subclause><subclause id="H80C9C0F76C4348209F2861D444CA38B2"><enum>(X)</enum><text>public and private plant breeders; </text></subclause></clause><clause id="H614D8D027186442CA1E9020459CEF7A7"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>convene regular stakeholder listening sessions to provide input on national and regional priorities for public breed and cultivar research activities across the Department; and </text></clause><clause id="HB32B27A301304210A95F6D4D5D3D3635"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>evaluate and make recommendations to the Under Secretary on training and resource needs to meet future breeding challenges, including the challenges stemming from climate change.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H7FC325D2740D467C850BC1740ED5AFEF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(1)(D)(i), by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/450i">7 U.S.C. 450i(b)</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157(b)</external-xref>)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFFD392C9D63E480EA809B38FB072F500"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 296(b)(6)(B) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7014">7 U.S.C. 7014(b)(6)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Office; and</quote> and inserting <quote>Office (including the public breed and cultivar research activities coordinator under subsection (e)(7) of that section); and</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="H3AB14AEF12504511803D411F10D52662"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Public breed and cultivar development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle H of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5921">7 U.S.C. 5921</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7846578EE50A4C129135DD0EDE83FEDE" display-inline="no-display-inline"><section id="H85840509CA0F4EDBAA8040528E72F132"><enum>1681.</enum><header>Public breed and cultivar development</header><subsection id="HD7822B288E8B4CCD91283D82C4013EC1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Director of the National Genetic Resources Program appointed under section 1633 and acting through the Agricultural Research Service, shall support the development of public breeds and cultivars (as defined in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157(a)</external-xref>)) by Federal researchers. </text></subsection><subsection id="HA9E10EFD24D741F3AF77702F1E7DEEFD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In supporting research under subsection (a) using funds made available pursuant to subsection (d), the Secretary shall give priority to high-potential research projects that lead to the release of public breeds and cultivars that assist producers in mitigating and adapting to climate change. </text></subsection><subsection id="H57C7EC7BBBDC4A388816F438D5DE401E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than October 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that provides information on all public breed and cultivar research funded by the Agricultural Research Service and the National Institute for Food and Agriculture, including— </text><paragraph id="H9B93011889CC40868A0B7DD47E1E1E01"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a list of public breeds and cultivars developed and released in a commercially available form; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA720C90C391B45DD99ABC2BB1EBCAAE4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>areas of high priority research; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD8037C88B1B44C8593FD0172F7245761"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identified research gaps relating to public breed and cultivar development, including newly emerging needs stemming from climate change; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4EF835AECD7445868C096C3DEB384B62"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an assessment of the state of commercialization for breeds and cultivars that have been developed.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFCF835FC6DE84C1F9CA8A202D1718A7C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds made available to the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service for a fiscal year, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available to carry out this section. </text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="HFCC8F6DA18CB40CA9F525FD88439DC50"><enum>207.</enum><header>ARS Climate Scientist Career Development Program</header><subsection id="H98ADEF32912D4261B168DDC31F0FF709"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall, in accordance with section 922 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279c">7 U.S.C. 2279c</external-xref>), carry out an internship program within the Agricultural Research Service for graduate students pursuing a degree or conducting research related to climate change and agriculture.</text></subsection><subsection id="H51EBDA3E0B4A4C2ABF50307A5241B788"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary may use not more than $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030 to carry out the program referred to in subsection (a). </text></subsection></section><section id="H80BDB00BE496439B95BD0E6DB10603B4"><enum>208.</enum><header>Agricultural Climate Adaptation and Mitigation through AFRI</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (b)(2) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD8AF1E3B94EB4279BEA15B8C3978BAF7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H6FA405F494664A4E91B79DCB081C6405"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Agricultural Climate Adaptation and Mitigation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural climate adaptation and mitigation, including—</text><clause id="H5D80957A1A7A44618F9D324F813CE8A7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strategies for agricultural adaptation to climate change, including adaptation strategies for small and medium-sized dairy, livestock, crop and other commodity operations;</text></clause><clause id="H83E2051104EB48FEBA3DC162DB0CF0E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on-farm mitigation strategies and solutions, including infrastructure, equipment, and agricultural ecosystems-based strategies; </text></clause><clause id="H4E3AF14CF47748FC90D437ECC92E9D48"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the economic costs, benefits, effectiveness, and viability of producers adopting conservation practices and technologies designed to improve soil health, including carbon sequestration in soil;</text></clause><clause id="H2BD99DF8ACAC43F7B6CF4FF2A9A2DA98"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effectiveness of existing conservation practices and enhancements to improve soil health, including the effectiveness to sequester carbon in soil;</text></clause><clause id="H71D1888594F44B8BA8C65A4A2805987E"><enum>(v)</enum><text>new technologies to measure and verify environmentally beneficial outcomes of healthy soils practices, including carbon sequestration in soil; and </text></clause><clause id="HEA2ADFA97F24407F9C1F84B5E55E5D55"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>links between human health and soil health.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="HD67918627F4F46B8B9F194E7E1074F9C"><enum>209.</enum><header>Specialty crop research initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 412 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7632">7 U.S.C. 7632</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H4C2CD1F91D5E44F69567AE7140AE1279"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="H3498E22E881A41C49C60C3240E1E674E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, multi-crop production systems,</quote> after <quote>specific crops</quote>; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8360ABCDCAD4811B6EAA2C2DAFC810E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(E), by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8FD7852567A74F198C7F7C3969A780B5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE9A037A244D48F9935048ADE5CC7B06"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HAA088D3873074810B6742C44A4BEDC59" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H389DCFE67037426C945F5AF39FFFF1CC"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change, including—</text><subparagraph id="H674748F66E774D82833557F5F5D2D2F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on-farm mitigation strategies and solutions, including agricultural ecosystems-based strategies; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5EF0527ED8DB4E7DA959BD56B81E8C8E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conservation practices and technologies designed to improve soil health, including those that sequester carbon in soil; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E2C86C1D292408E9231866DABB6DDB6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>breeding research and cultivar development to help adapt to climate change.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5F0A679E69C647EDB2FBB257ED9419CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)(3)(A), by striking <quote>equal to not less than the amount of the grant</quote> and inserting <quote>in an amount that is equal to not less than 25 percent of the funds provided through the grant</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="HD3C355DF5DFE422AA134D15322447C0E"><enum>210.</enum><header>Integrated pest management</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7626">7 U.S.C. 7626</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H2B57C348C15449DF9E776937DB3FE503"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H26975B41F6C947518493895E3E0A1D6F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCD473787E80D4C7D8BCC03C3E4B6FC0B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="HB63724DE6C894CE4BBE2BCAAB641389F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Emphasis on climate resilience</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that grants made under this section are, where appropriate, consistent with the development of food and agricultural systems that improve climate resilience.</text></subsection><subsection id="HE3DF3E9DAFEA4F74A2D5A26754CE98A4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Ecologically Based pest management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that grants made under this section to support pest management prioritize ecologically based approaches that are effective, affordable, and environmentally sound, maintain agricultural productivity and healthy communities, and improve climate resilience. </text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="HBDD0AC33E82846B88423FBF9C3DEDD6D"><enum>211.</enum><header>National Academy of Sciences Study</header><subsection id="H2A59D38D7C73457DA5A38BFF8EA7B71C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences, under which the National Academy agrees to produce an analysis of current scientific findings to determine the links between human health and soil health by—</text><paragraph id="H5242729465DC43DFA2921A1E31D72D38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reviewing existing research on the connections between the human microbiome and soil microbiome; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3F0A58FC8BE64FBB934F5726A5EED1E2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identifying linkages between soil management practices and the nutrient density of foods for human consumption; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF02473FEAF084A5E97ED58718D99E242"><enum>(3)</enum><text>exploring potential impact of increasing soil organic matter across the agricultural and food value chain; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H02E09BEB7C2240AC877A383546FFC75E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>determining how to best leverage healthy soil management practices to maximize benefits and minimize adverse impacts on human health; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2B4C289CCBFF4DE8944731B14C0C3F58"><enum>(5)</enum><text>highlighting areas for future research. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H972EF330A6344662BFAE1E833CA49CFF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The agreement under subsection (a) shall include a requirement that the National Academy of Sciences, not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on the results of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><section id="H45510EE5BF5741B88F7F2FD7245609A0"><enum>212.</enum><header>Appropriate technology transfer to rural areas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310B(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(i)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HFD9818C0FDF84BABA01B47FE0C7B9F8C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB8D91BA65DCD48F7B34DC89C4CCDE636"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E) and inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDCD9C99D6DE94155BCAE7493F3635E41" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H68E8B33C71F748B58D5FCC38BE7EDB25"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase resilience by adapting to and mitigating the effects of climate change; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Soil Health</header><section id="HA9E2990182F148E0AFBA1EA18366D77D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Crop insurance</header><subsection id="H272E320EE3604B7B8EF7FFD3597693B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Voluntary good farming practices</header><text>Section 508(a)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HAFE9FB5F5CDB4521A99A5E502608A481"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking <quote>practices</quote> the first place it appears and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>practices.</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H82DC2DF60F244BBEAB554E2B8C5FEC5D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5FF46C1C282E4C258CE8200F7D2D1C91"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text><quoted-block id="HAA6873309B9E4B409EB90EBD566699F1" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H9C5B9815EDEC4FC2B085AD0A5116C0B6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Good farming practices</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii), good farming practices include the following:</text><clause id="HB3545E158700438A8AA47FBDAC8332AE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Scientifically sound, sustainable, and organic farming practices, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause><clause id="H0A40B99AFDA94B32BF5057652162A47D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Conservation farming practices that are approved by—</text><subclause id="H7C4AC0D4B0F54F45BF95EBE560E98F53"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Natural Resources Conservation Service; or</text></subclause><subclause id="H1958E2116CB9447E8D178B75F1DE5E83"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an agricultural expert, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE1C36B6A0DEE4FD2966856337E7B981F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Risk-Reduction-Based discounts</header><text>Section 508(d) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H8E897196FE574B2391BB1C3A278EB469"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H517D73BCE64F4E7C8771C98EAEB52D46"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block id="H6B35E9A2F59547A1B419403D078E26EA" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HB4A7DE5598D04955B67FCE02733E66A7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Risk-reduction-based discount</header><subparagraph id="H8E547AC6C60F438E9AA2FDD3EDFBE196"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Effective beginning with the 2022 reinsurance year, the Corporation may provide a risk-reduction-based premium discount for a producer of an agricultural commodity who uses risk-reduction farming practices, as determined by the Corporation.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC91FC31343434FDA97BC08E1450C74D3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Risk-reduction farming practices</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), risk-reduction farming practices may include the following:</text><clause id="H33CAC72CAE06435983FBFA0CA2E8B95F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The use of cover crops.</text></clause><clause id="H7FA397DED4BB40649118C4F7746B1C96"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Resource-conserving crop rotations.</text></clause><clause id="HFC0FEA35490147D699A3B62DE300CE12"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management-intensive rotational grazing.</text></clause><clause id="H272C17B97F82471FB40F79DEAABC4A1F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Composting.</text></clause><clause id="H34F5E89234B74A6A862E3ADBA032B99F"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Other risk-reducing and soil health promoting farming practices as determined by the Corporation.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDDCE54E0F7574F25B72B61B30A93FD4F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Crop production on native sod applicability</header><paragraph id="HE9FC1AA0BE834ED38F5BD5223BE18525"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section 508(o) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(o)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (3).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H947F419E9DC049FAA1014F7D263F76B0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the first day of the first reinsurance year beginning at least 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE5B2338D41CF4C998162A7DD87E2821E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header>Environmental Quality Incentives Program</header><subsection id="H5DB8947A25374FA5BFD066B90BF5B1EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa">16 U.S.C. 3839aa</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H39E7A2FFF77F492F8B816C0179E60FA5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and environmental quality</quote> and inserting <quote>environmental quality, and climate change adaptation and mitigation</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1ADE2FCB09684839BC21D9760ECDEDA2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="H21FF11DEA0E046A4BAF525C1203B2D58"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBA875DE132C6432BB8601275D4973EE5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8612475D764E4783B8708698CCCC12D3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9EE35F823BF84BEDBD48C6DB0892A299" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H34976F0663CE43EFBEBE541D5E579F0F"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">greenhouse gas emissions reduction and carbon sequestration;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1EE44F169A5F493F967A1AE7D7EC207A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting <quote>reducing greenhouse gas emissions and</quote> before <quote>conserving energy</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H832D28F197DD4199998900C370E02728"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>climate change and</quote> before <quote>increasing weather volatility</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCF81DB0F5FA34903B9A57494B9798C53"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240A(6)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-1">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–1(6)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H0964523D70ED4F7DB317AA8CCA5E67C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (v), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB57293C44BEC4493B9C7F1EDA0324FBE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9BC92C25CED04A4D9C73F5DE4000A430"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (v) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H80298F1064734F7AB24765B9AFF2C4F6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><clause id="HCA01C6963B1E49F6B76DF04C7E74B242"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">greenhouse gas emissions reduction planning; and </text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA08284B19CB140418834D990847C6AD6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment and administration of Environmental Quality Incentives Program</header><paragraph id="HF670F23D276242408481F0DCA608FDCA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240B(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2023</quote> and inserting <quote>2030</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H00F181A0351F4C02AE4239E05B617985"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240B(d)(7)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(d)(7)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H8E83F03B165042278EA1912EE4A00E39"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H678C3194C55644199D2FF49AE2ECD9EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5904E604A4FD4658A534E447DC6D6614"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H139BD52E699649CD912ACAF01E076A63" display-inline="no-display-inline"><clause id="H1080EBEB73E44569B9A96A645D066AFA"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increases carbon sequestration or reduces greenhouse gas emissions.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8DCF1312E2C345738D90E7C0CF20B7DC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation of funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240B(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H7869A68073CA465AB53E5082CEC3BAE5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2023</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2030</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F748B1F47DC4D93985339FB0AE9638F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>including grazing management</quote> and inserting <quote>of which not less than two thirds shall be targeted at practices relating to grazing management</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA1719DD82C8B48AF95A39D25D3707050"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Payments for conservation practices related to organic production</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240B(i) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H764A47B1274F4BAEA82BB663900E8789"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Conservation incentive contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240B(j) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(j)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H939AA352607049F68D458B405C85BC97"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H40964589544E4EE78CFCDBC9CBFEA184" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="HFD84FDDC1FE24A9DBAEB2553F07B28D5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Climate change adaptation and mitigation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of this subsection, priority resource concerns include climate change adaptation and mitigation.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC941FC389ACA4EEE85B026FFEFF97720"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)—</text><clause id="H91B4662515A64ECE89C93F488B69B70B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>or</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="H6943FF68456443E695D9AD0CBB69ECBE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H3B0311EF2F5D4FF599EC07AF1F9DC6AC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H2868605D7456422F9E976E053E65F39A" style="OLC"><subclause id="H89756EE6DD41481AA849BEED9D37F3AD"><enum>(III)</enum><text>funding, through annual payments, for a suite of incentive practices that are appropriate for the region and land use and that best enhance soil health and carbon sequestration and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6723EA4BC99A4CA0906CED7CDF2BF9D7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2)(B) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="H25B9F1F9DD4E4E29B5E56D975A5A00F5" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="HE46B1A9B6EF44CD296F640DC306AFC0E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Term</header><clause id="H0EA77B9EBB4344BCB17FA573345A7F81"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A contract under this subsection shall have a term of not less than 5, and not more than 10, years.</text></clause><clause id="HE20FD2F29FEC495AAE0838232BDC55D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Graduation option</header><text>The Secretary may reduce the term for a contract under this subsection if the producer enters into a conservation stewardship contract under section 1240K with respect to the eligible land that is subject to the contract under this subsection.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H302EABD87A144945853E2AF3B47C84AD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Environmental quality incentives plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240E(a)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-5">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–5(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, and a greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan</quote> after <quote>if applicable</quote>. </text></subsection><subsection id="H1E609C559D0E438F9D742C5B8889D160"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240G of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-7">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–7</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Not including payments made under section 1240B(j), a person or legal entity may not receive, directly or indirectly, cost-share or incentive payments under this subchapter that, in aggregate, exceed $450,000 for all contracts entered into under this subchapter by the person or legal entity during the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, or the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>A person or legal entity (including a joint venture and a general partnership) may not receive, directly or indirectly, cost-share or incentive payments under this subchapter that, in aggregate, exceed $450,000 for all contracts entered into under this subchapter by the person or legal entity during any 5-fiscal-year period</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="H4BB198ADE3BB4D099721B225A10EA42B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Conservation innovation grants</header><paragraph id="H7B2EF757EA4C48BFAB8650D8C0110626"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Air quality concerns from agricultural operations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240H(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-8">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H9571269B30D94FC8AA4AA53E24A5E19A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>and to meet Federal, State, and local goals with respect to greenhouse gas emissions reductions</quote> after <quote>local regulatory requirements</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86D90C797EF345D88A6A3FAB5192567F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>2019 through 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2021, and $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF0F1B73C80E14B1F8D4B724E5FA06D81"><enum>(2)</enum><header>On-farm conservation innovation trials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240H(c)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-8">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2019 through 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2021, $50,000,000 of the funds made available to carry out this subchapter for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, and $100,000,000 of the funds made available to carry out this subchapter for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2030</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD67023B361E942178D5C3CF679F3704D"><enum>303.</enum><header>Conservation Stewardship Program</header><subsection id="H17144866D62545C3921CC1CD89BBA806"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240I of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-21">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–21</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H61E54F33A2684578968CBCB3C9691EA4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph id="H8DF32F392E5148AAAB970BE1AD64050A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>enhancements,</quote> after <quote>practices,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6793472F9F164ED18C08EBC416D0B67F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(v), by inserting <quote>and climate change</quote> before the period at the end; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE49A5031355F4E72828D099EC95779C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting <quote>maintained, actively</quote> after <quote>implemented,</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H62365DB3650540859F6617C711D31295"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conservation Stewardship Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240J(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-22">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–22(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H0BC3CCB2A7D54C60A195519136FBA531"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2023</quote> and inserting <quote>2030</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H312ADC31FFC64C04AF544D960E2F6AAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H07373C571E9F4113A25435FC339C2C24" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H79EDC606F266474FA431A77CFBA221BB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by maintaining, actively managing, and, where possible, improving upon existing conservation activities; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE3305AF0206049ED98E7B1547F35F003"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by undertaking additional conservation activities.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7A47050D7F1A46A2983D430DE42C55FE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Stewardship contracts</header><paragraph id="H2270DE95397C46AF945F033195CE11DA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission of contract offers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240K(a)(2)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-23">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–23(a)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>improving, maintaining, and managing</quote> and inserting <quote>maintaining, actively managing, and, where possible, improving</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7693B3BE57E14C9EA79715D43FB5FE17"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Evaluation of contract offers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240K(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-23">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–23(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="HD6AA3DD352FB4D088A68FA4820F20D66"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1)(A)(iii) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8F0235EE5FBC4DBFB4D2CA3EA101BD07" display-inline="no-display-inline"><clause id="H87084210D0CA48A6B62888E1D953E806"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other criteria consistent with an equal weighting of the factors described in clauses (i) and (ii), as determined by the Secretary, including criteria the Secretary determines are necessary to ensure that—</text><subclause id="HB4B404B5935F4038B43DA6A01813855B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the program effectively targets improvements to soil health, increases in carbon sequestration, and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions; and</text></subclause><subclause id="HFDE3A754F2D34830836128EB54984F9F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>other national, State, and local priority resource concerns are effectively addressed.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2016B82C4C184550A759929DA4275C13"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H379C2402873B4EB781CF4211C9C8997B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Contract renewal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240K(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-23">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–23(e)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H333A5EB767524B60A703478971132532" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H62E3B0A649AF45CB8289907892AB8074"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Contract renewal</header><paragraph id="HA32CDBE3831547EDA0BEF2F2F14DD471"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide the producer an opportunity to renew an existing contract in the first half of the fifth year of the contract period if the producer—</text><subparagraph id="H3B7D35F74E9A4015A2CA0C877CF33598"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrates compliance with the terms of the existing contract; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16174EDDF71646559239C389DB5C1FDF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>agrees to adopt and continue to integrate new or improved conservation activities across the entire agricultural operation, demonstrating continued improvement during the additional 5-year period as determined by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H57CE080641524727820AEC42ED546C19"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">agrees, by the end of the contract period, to meet the stewardship threshold of at least 2 additional priority resource concerns on the agricultural operation, if applicable.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H471DFC3E6707479E8F0E456563378129"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ranking and payments</header><text>In determining whether to accept an application for contract renewal under this subsection, and when calculating payments for such renewal contracts, the Secretary shall consider the full conservation benefits across the entire agricultural operation, including—</text><subparagraph id="H83F8199227F045F6A63651915867575E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of priority resource concerns with respect to which the producer is expected to meet or exceed the stewardship threshold by the end of the contract period; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9FC4ED84B51B4186B1CA7E1BA60BAEA9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the active management and maintenance of ongoing conservation activities, including—</text><clause id="H3793E7FDF73E4F4DA525BF7336D3918C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the conservation activities adopted during a prior contract period; and</text></clause><clause id="HCFA9853A2D8D472AB0D1CD3D0892812B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the new or improved conservation activities to be adopted if a contract is renewed.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC02CE82743584E5998FA6739F00A6258"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties of the Secretary</header><paragraph id="HA6DF5BDDE7C44C1BA0428C0629A97419"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Climate change adaptation and mitigation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240L(a)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-24">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>(which may include climate change adaptation and mitigation)</quote> after <quote>priority resource concerns</quote>. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H815C35A3A71D4E9A83E0305E5D5D8CD8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conservation stewardship payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240L(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-24">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H0B2493FA1E81447F8DD1B5875DF2494C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="HBE8BB5D02E634325921F563DE5DCD345"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>on one or more types of eligible land covered by the contract</quote> after <quote>activities</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H932C00D8051347BCAA17E364C047B455"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>improving, maintaining, and managing</quote> and inserting <quote>maintaining, actively managing, and improving</quote>; </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4686F782289A4387A57FA5B7BC068F7F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="H05228EEA138C4FEABC4C9503A9BE15A5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H32D06258C00A4B6B83B16CF14F1CA08E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H5FC9C4A9207E4485BD1D26E6DDA271AF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Income forgone by the producer, including amounts that reflect—</text><clause id="H65037DBE3EE64A758B6BFA9F52AC8137"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increased economic risk; and</text></clause><clause id="HC56DAA7EB55F4C27BB21D8C866864A58"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>loss in revenue due to production changes, anticipated reductions in yield, transitioning to an organic system, resource-conserving cropping system, or perennial production system, or acreage converted to conservation uses.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="HB2AC5B1E2BD841D69AC32733CFE59D1A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E), by inserting <quote>, actively managed, and, where applicable, improved</quote> after <quote>maintained</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98349130F70D4BB0AAAAF50CD6BFB52F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H436637C35F2A46BCA93E6CD143392161" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HD2C67AD8E03743599373B9B089F8FCD5"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Payment for conservation activities related to organic production systems</header><subparagraph id="HFE976AED6EC44A6887F8C72825283F78"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide payments under this subsection for conservation activities related to—</text><clause id="HE3D9AE14BEB24A5189816925862802F2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>organic production; and</text></clause><clause id="H1CC4EDD9034247CFB28B203517E13040"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>transitioning to organic production.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB2D98F25E784808AD992E4F02B543EB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conservation activities</header><text>Such conservation activities may include both generally available and specifically tailored conservation activities, and both individual conservation activities and bundles of conservation activities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2225A587132741EF8683EF8FD21C4D5E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Minimum payment</header><text>The amount of an annual payment under the program shall be not less than $2,000.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBC8C7FA19E7541B496971484F7079828"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Supplemental payments</header><text>Section 1240L(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-24">16 U.S.C. 3839aa-24(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H2E2AC84228F24ABD8724D700B11B7429"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">, perennial production systems, and</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">rotations</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C44D90CF4FF4C39884E3951382E1146"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H543D3014A3F54481B42FD40984B5FF96" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H7C51408E63BB4ADFA7E4B48C0AF9A074"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Perennial production system</header><text>The term <term>perennial production system</term> means—</text><clause id="H43CDFD98FA0446448D3ED2460A02EEDE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the use of cropland for agroforestry, including alley cropping, silvopasture, and related production practices, as determined by the Secretary;</text></clause><clause id="HD1314570C45F439D9A3E0BB6A9EF079F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the use of woodland for agroforestry, including forest farming, multi-story cropping, and related production practices, as determined by the Secretary; and</text></clause><clause id="HC9A5D535A00E478EBFDD4BA813D7C0C9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the use of cropland for perennial forages or perennial grain crops.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A03B9BF6B64405AB7AA887D679040F5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="H091A7D28B83A4DE3B906A0FB3372D38A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="HF327BE8567BF4818B11E1225AF5FD7BB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H3C1980B31FC6435DBB60CECD80B99EE7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H251E615E7DBC405E8CF04BDD6CF35D64" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H8B0C3F1B36B443CD86536C173C68B76C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a perennial production system.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6AA43938AF4C46298A87B88EAD7A152B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>or advanced grazing management</quote> and inserting <quote>advanced grazing management, or a perennial production system</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7600E57F36F04C4B951669BEA23057F0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Payment for comprehensive conservation plan</header><text>Section 1240L(e)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-24">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="HCEB06427E6364A6A92661403E67B57C7" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H123D643395494D5B9AFC2FD63029D1B0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of comprehensive conservation plan</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>comprehensive conservation plan</term> means a conservation plan that—</text><subparagraph id="HBD75924FB1DC4227B6D9F7A4565F1900"><enum>(A)</enum><text>meets or exceeds the stewardship threshold for each priority resource concern identified by the Secretary under subsection (a)(2); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8CE06B2EDA514B4DB2CC16BE74A127B2" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to an organic production system—</text><clause id="H8F952A4DAD454508AEC053D4842B35D7" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is integrated with an organic system plan approved under the national organic program established under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6501">7 U.S.C. 6501</external-xref> et seq.); or</text></clause><clause id="HADCB7328D5B248849B1B6A4B4772101B" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>allows a producer to transition to organic production systems and pursue certification under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6501">7 U.S.C. 6501</external-xref> et seq.).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H315E758EAD2D4AED9B6708D7992851F3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Payment limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240L(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-24">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="HB29CD8D974FF4C59B34D7C854B4F4033"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>any consecutive 5-year period</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H326B66F64F104B31A864CF17FE009DA5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(including joint ventures and general partnerships)</quote> before the period at the end.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2191A5972CB5470DBB7E0A339AD262DF"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Specialty crop and organic producers</header><text>Section 1240L(g) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-24">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(g)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, and producers transitioning to organic production systems,</quote> after <quote>organic producers</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD8A26E1D5BF34F7DBB8D1F3509F1B6B0"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Soil health</header><text>Section 1240L(k) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-24">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(k)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD6A43DE6F9ED4C8983C6F179620525F5" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text>, including by—</text><paragraph id="H294D557405BE4AA4A93A7C344DF6FF05"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducting outreach to encourage the use of contracts to improve soil health and sequester carbon in the soil; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H81F707EE64DE4C88AF3EF679BB876C93"><enum>(2)</enum><text>offering payments for soil testing to provide producers and the Secretary with information on the soil health and carbon sequestration impacts of conservation activities.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H56FF5C3642694FBEA43207285E0BCBA9" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>On-Farm conservation stewardship innovation grants</header><text>Subchapter B of chapter 4 of subtitle D of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-21">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–21</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF6C3B21C2E20417784EA281479A76220" display-inline="no-display-inline"><section id="HBC82E4181FA24F7B81B43718F3F239B6" commented="no"><enum>1240L–2.</enum><header>On-farm conservation stewardship innovation grants</header><subsection id="H60B9D05A84BB40719F5F346E0E30FCD8" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>agricultural professional</term> means university researchers and educators, including extension agents and specialists, Federal agency field staff, agricultural consultants, State and local agency staff, tribal agency staff, Federally-Recognized Tribes Extension Program agents, and nonprofit organization staff assisting farmers and ranchers at the local level.</text></subsection><subsection id="HF93B6EAEFD5C4A9788A329AB92302B1F" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>Out of the funds made available to carry out this chapter, the Secretary may pay the cost of competitive grants that are intended to stimulate innovative approaches on farms and ranches to leverage Federal investment in conservation stewardship, in conjunction with agricultural production or forest resource management, through the program.</text></subsection><subsection id="H9DF5D0B2D487409499D547EC65C6BE75" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Participants</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out on-farm conservation innovation projects on eligible land of program participants—</text><paragraph id="H22F06055BEB143CB89704EAAC9BDE3BD" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>directly with producers participating in the program; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H52747790F4D64DAEA9F115C20D4BADCA" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>through partnerships between agricultural professionals and small groups of program participants.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H62E6C134CB92474EA3FBBD025A8F825A" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use</header><text>The Secretary may provide grants directly or through partnerships under this section to agricultural operations enrolled in the program, or groups of such operations, on a competitive basis, to carry out projects that—</text><paragraph id="HD3FF8B0BF7B54642AC7C2C93CC7FEA51" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>facilitate on-farm research and demonstration or pilot testing of new technologies or innovative conservation systems and practices that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonize agriculture;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF32629AC651941F0B3AFB5A8A354E160" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>facilitate on-farm research and demonstration or pilot testing of practices and systems with proven high impact for greenhouse gas emissions reduction and decarbonization with low national or regional adoption rates; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2F716D69FB6A4A31AEAD62524D704F15" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">help prepare program participants for participation in environmental services markets that have as a primary goal greenhouse gas emissions reduction or decarbonization of agriculture.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H49D95C3B2F7A43E49C09328AA51C4616" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Incentive payments</header><paragraph id="H3AFCF2B34AB7416F86AD577C268A527E" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agreements</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall enter into agreements with producers (either directly or through governmental or non-governmental organizations involved in a partnership) on whose land an on-farm conservation innovation trial is being carried out to provide payments to the producers to assist with adopting and evaluating new or innovative conservation approaches to achieve conservation benefits. Payments shall reflect the direct costs of the research and demonstration and compensation for foregone income, as appropriate to address the increased economic risk or lower economic return potentially associated with the innovative conservation approach.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF6CE1A16E33E4067BF4321FC87AB737E" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjusted gross income requirements</header><subparagraph id="H668CA06EE0334C7B92FBA2CA063E7431" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Adjusted gross income requirements under section 1001D(b)(1) shall—</text><clause id="H5524A1E009A942338DCAA0FBD5F6281B" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>apply to producers receiving payments under this subsection; and</text></clause><clause id="H389B37B7A7734FDE93C1BC5EBEAC4731" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be enforced by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D36C1A3C7A54366AA1C7F9F974EA72F" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>A governmental or non-governmental organization participating in an on-farm conservation stewardship innovation partnership project under this subsection shall report annually to the Secretary on the amount of payments made to individual farm operations under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1A5330EACE8849A4B550DA7B171B1ADF" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Research, technical assistance, and administrative expenses</header><text>The Secretary may provide partnerships under this section with up to $50,000 per project for research, technical assistance, and administrative expenses.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDBAB54E216EA469797E3C6101A359C7D" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Length of agreements</header><text>An agreement entered into under paragraph (1) shall be for a period determined by the Secretary that is—</text><subparagraph id="H960F90088F814F08894C730BC658CB9F" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less than 2 years; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBFDD5CF997B94A979C37ACE2E7D6D8F6" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if appropriate, more than 2 years, including if such a period is appropriate to support—</text><clause id="HE5061F2749D140DF939E9A9CF2E4CA2C" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>adaptive management over multiple crop years; and</text></clause><clause id="H0F829371AA4C4A4893AEAF830814C79E" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>adequate data collection and analysis by a producer or partnership to report the natural resource and agricultural production benefits of the new or innovative conservation approaches to the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFA65CF1792324237906A66E63A86AFBD"><enum>1240L–3.</enum><header>Contributions and contribution agreements</header><subsection id="H7741AC68CB3B4F58ABF89C1172FF6528"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Contributions</header><text>In carrying out the program, the Secretary may accept financial or other contributions from individuals and public and private entities, if the Secretary determines that the contributions will further the purposes of the program. Such contributions may include support for conservation activities to sequester carbon, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and achieve other related environmental benefits, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may require.</text></subsection><subsection id="H73BB33228CF046B7999A38B92E5D2128" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contribution agreements</header><paragraph id="HA3272ACA8F15482DAD23A77205D0B36F" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may accept a contribution to the program under subsection (a) from an individual or a public or private entity.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5904225C24D841659F223CB224F6A694" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In determining whether to accept a contribution under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider whether the contribution would target one or more of the following:</text><subparagraph id="HA4941A6D82D54F2AA0DB28794260ECCF" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Resource-conserving crop rotations, advanced grazing management, or perennial production systems.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7663FFC35D3D4FD9BC89A85EAA3EC87D" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Cover crop activities.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H231CD119316C4BAA958F8FBEE12F8221" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Organic production systems.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40F0162D353A433E84F987BBE5D92644" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, or other underserved producers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD537E144BA4E4B95AB16EFFC80148D81" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Agreements</header><text>Any contribution under this subsection shall be made subject to an agreement between the contributing individual or entity and the Secretary, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="HD9309F597B5F44D9BCCED65F2C9960E6" commented="no"><enum>304.</enum><header>State assistance for soil health</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 5 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb">16 U.S.C. 3839bb</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8DDDEACEBF364085ABF7E6072566776C" display-inline="no-display-inline"><section id="H224820E5CA994BC0AE43CAFAE7253DFB" commented="no"><enum>1240S.</enum><header>State assistance for soil health</header><subsection id="HE1F6FE0BC8044D92AB56A12D07A61911" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability and purpose of grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Using funds made available under subsection (k), the Secretary shall make grants to States or tribal governments for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030 to be used by State departments of agriculture or appropriate tribal authorities to develop and implement plans to improve soil health on agricultural lands.</text></subsection><subsection id="HDFEA374F77DB4B658865FA92B3F9FD7C" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><paragraph id="HB750EA663F204C8FB35DBA78B8637684" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State department of agriculture or tribal government requesting a grant under this section may prepare and submit, for approval by the Secretary, an application at such time, in such a manner, and containing such information as the Secretary shall require, including an assurance that grant funds received under this section shall supplement the expenditure of State or tribal funds in support of soil health, rather than replace State or tribal funds.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H371DC6B413D04B9C8948BA10FED428E0" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State or tribal government may request funds under this section to—</text><subparagraph id="HED4C576847E64B9D9370E63C40B8B430"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop or modify a State or tribal soil health plan; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E177774E98F4FC095C40399E05DA95B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implement a State or tribal soil health plan approved by the Secretary under this section, including through—</text><clause id="H05F4ADA9606440DBBDD94750ECE80C17" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>technical assistance;</text></clause><clause id="H9F415423D95B4B6BB9A5DE6484A414CA" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>financial assistance;</text></clause><clause id="H7EA705E7CFCF48A4AEB5BC07E2FE3276" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>on-farm research and demonstration;</text></clause><clause id="H30FBDFBA200447D7961B70AEDA33D19A" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>education, outreach, and training;</text></clause><clause id="H192DCB129A694DC0B2D0E5C3D8EB2286" commented="no"><enum>(v)</enum><text>monitoring and evaluation; or</text></clause><clause id="HD510E40E386C4E0E89A0DE5690CCB1F9" commented="no"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>such other activities as the Secretary deems appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD3CACB3FE6094B57BF967A36C1925190"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Plan components</header><text>Prior to approving a State or tribal soil health plan, the Secretary shall ensure that the plan, at a minimum—</text><subparagraph id="H8BBB290679734CEA846AACF9B1D045BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is broadly consistent with the soil health principles of the Natural Resources Conservation Service; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0796EF5122F841718A44A9C6CEACFAA6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifies effective strategies for increasing adoption of regionally appropriate soil health practices and systems on privately owned agricultural land under the jurisdiction of the applicable State or tribal government.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1696206D73BA412BA90450A86221D365"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>A State or tribal government may—</text><subparagraph id="HDAEA0FBBA94A4073815E76A06A114FDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>apply for a grant under paragraph (2)(A) at any time; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A03D2EDE8E0416D97A212806772B367"><enum>(B)</enum><text>apply for a grant under paragraph (2)(B) upon approval by the Secretary of its soil health plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H28F46AC59F0E43A7823E6B214B40BE77" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Tribal option</header><text>At the sole discretion of a tribal government, an Indian tribe or tribal organization shall have the option of being incorporated into a State application rather than submitting its own application.</text></subsection><subsection id="HD77992CB42BF47FFABAF0B9B26EB5918" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grant amount</header><paragraph id="HB667F442C6B6459BA4DB5C61F9418F16" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Maximum</header><text>The maximum grant any one State or tribal government may receive under this section for a fiscal year shall be—</text><subparagraph id="HA0125F99909043E493BC560FCA5B5E0B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a grant under subsection (b)(2)(A), $1,000,000.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF75001B0E42F40DFAE03A5F8BE4B1FF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a grant under subsection (b)(2)(B), $5,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H86FAA2F71B484D1189DAE28BCD7CAC58" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal share</header><subparagraph id="H2AED158E514F450B9B5D62AB12BBF43F" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Grants to States</header><text>The grant amount to a State shall not exceed 75 percent of the cost of developing or modifying a soil health plan, or 50 percent of the cost of implementing the soil health plan.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF908A620C0954CA7A39FCDA1EAD2C253" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Grants to tribes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The grant amount to a tribal government shall not exceed 90 percent of the cost of developing or modifying a soil health plan, or 75 percent of the cost of implementing the soil health plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7BA5C902773041FAB44E74A3AA04C751"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Non-Federal funds</header><text>A grant made under this section shall be made on the condition that the non-Federal share of expenditures under paragraph (2) be provided by non-Federal sources.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0B9D95D0117E4610A539299F44848267" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grant term</header><text>A grant under this section shall be for one year and may be renewed annually, at the discretion of the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection id="H79FB951D72B44E679B1ED097CBCADF5A" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall give priority to States or tribal governments with a climate action plan that includes soil health, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection id="H38CD8726B59E4C8D9ADCA34FDF2A60FD" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Performance measures and evaluation</header><paragraph id="H0A630AC251B941BE922301A90C9B1743" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Performance measures</header><text>Each application under subsection (b) shall include performance measures to be used to evaluate the results of the assistance received under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8064A8ECA27A4EC388CCD148F4C57DDB" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State department of agriculture or the tribal authority shall submit a review and evaluation of its progress using the performance measures under paragraph (1) to the Secretary at such intervals as the Secretary shall establish.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEC518C3F81404093832E7A67823FCACD" commented="no"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Effect of noncompliance</header><text>If the Secretary, after reasonable notice to a State or tribal government, finds that there has been a failure by the State or tribal government to comply with the terms of a grant made under this section, the Secretary may disqualify, for one or more years, the State or tribal government from receipt of future grants under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="H8CC55285FB8143E292FD38EEC4787F07" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Audit requirement</header><text>For each year that a State or tribal government receives a grant under this section, the State or tribal government shall conduct an audit of the expenditures of grant funds by the State or tribal government and shall submit a copy of the audit to the Secretary within 30 days of its completion.</text></subsection><subsection id="H514247073C114C1698FEED8AED61A754" commented="no"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Administration</header><paragraph id="H21B4341D6CD34E1F81D58E140BB1BDD5" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Department</header><text>The Secretary may not use more than 3 percent of the funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year for administrative expenses.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H75AA37B7D0E34473ABDDF37A820C6E0C" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>States or tribes</header><text>A State or tribal government receiving a grant under this section may not use more than 7 percent of the funds received under the grant for a fiscal year for administrative expenses.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB244839709F54F6FB9E2A05A20950B04" commented="no"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make grants under this section using—</text><paragraph id="HEB6ED3A39D8D499CA773F6FBAF207744" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$60,000,000 for fiscal years 2022 through 2023;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEC73B3109E9A4B219958273F48635CDA" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$80,000,000 for fiscal years 2024 through 2026; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8A15DA5F6493407F880756188A7BBBFF" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="HF24A54795B7B4C8AA5F46EDE61766E4D"><enum>305.</enum><header>Funding and administration</header><subsection id="H956E55CFA9594E3485DE9244D37FABDB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Commodity Credit Corporation</header><paragraph id="H58710B8FFA554B168673B969D40CBA61"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H9589B548EBE641C1AB991D34EADDDF75"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023, the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A27ABCD22E64868A7ED9BE47FAB708A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="H036CC71392604B57B692C78ADA6CA61D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, and $17,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2024 through 2030,</quote> after <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H9FF0C233A3F5482CAAE7AEBC1BEDBCBC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>and $70,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2024 through 2030, including not more than $5,000,000 to provide outreach and technical assistance,</quote> after <quote>technical assistance,</quote>; </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H605E071A432B48DF8629461BEA3E82DE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="H09BCCD4C7E394AB18BF4A9AC4BCF216A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></clause><clause id="HA7FC2F5C8BA34489A0AB11786DF45C54"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking <quote>2023.</quote> and inserting <quote>2022; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H05A5CD5ACA9642D586956A56260F71C7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H38723B2EF626427DB153B9369F424953" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H02350080481D48A9A1B5C2697B1FC98D" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$700,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2030.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E832A9BBF1F4F85B4ED355F3A225CB5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><clause id="H7B39D152CF1F4BCD852FF74B18544B0F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause id="H00AAE3E915BA4FA791F1831FE69F7313"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H67047F848D4D403FA18F8CCAFCA251A2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H6D10D5E65D3A403EB44E9ABAA90F22C7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><clause id="H270872F2B51747289025974B0564FC57"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,000,000,000 for fiscal years 2024 through 2030; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="HC19C7535DA004CC3AFA28BF4793FF04A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause id="HE73D6CBC847E476AA51C5C2178AA72E4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>$750,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$2,000,000,000</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="HE51D701A5FF043109B61D831A6927348"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking <quote>$800,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and</quote> and inserting <quote>$2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="HFF90E5A6178246B19AEC8575C3633C8B"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (v), by striking <quote>$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.</quote> and inserting <quote>$3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H1BFFD95504884D53AA14FC02D0087885"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HAA85EDE14C3E41B5BD8EC992CBE73F40" display-inline="no-display-inline"><clause id="H92C8B266E0284CD78003A79A922F3825"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,000,000,000 for fiscal years 2024 through 2030.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAE0C501ECE9741C5B09901486995F095"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2023</quote> and inserting <quote>2030</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HADA330997E0A40889E3FC0A6FEDA7661" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HEF38FFF0852A44C1BFE9C7BFF606B35E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H1AB393FB948749FD95409E82D3715E49" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Special initiative</header><subparagraph id="H173B13A04F9946B4A3645A3C676339B0" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Beginning in fiscal year 2022 and every year thereafter through fiscal year 2030, the Secretary shall use for a special technical assistance initiative to assist producers in mitigating and adapting to climate change, from the Commodity Credit Corporation, an amount equal to not less than 1 percent of Commodity Credit Corporation funds made available for a fiscal year for each of the programs specified in subsection (a).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9AF191FF70C24F0FA40550D251BD07CB" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Provision of technical assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall provide technical assistance under this special initiative to producers—</text><clause id="H770EBE69F1534815A7F33878D30EE263" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>directly;</text></clause><clause id="H564D53706B4E4C28BF55E596AA2F61B6" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>through an agreement with a third-party provider (as defined in section 1242), or, at the option of the producer, through a payment, as determined by the Secretary, to the producer for a third-party provider approved under section 1242, if available; or</text></clause><clause id="HAC12FAEB73B94389B8031EA52D018E08" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>through a cooperative agreement or contract with—</text><subclause id="H47B272C1B3D14118903E69C9A363137F" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a cooperative extension; </text></subclause><subclause id="H502C06D89BDC4D4493C213392EBBD52D" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a non-governmental organization; or</text></subclause><subclause id="H5EFDE6E66271497394CB45AF6D7FC2D1" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a State, tribal, or Federal agency.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2549AFD6142544C2B941876E246DB32C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Underserved producers</header><text>In providing technical assistance under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority to producers who are covered persons (as defined in section 1244(a)(2)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H935A6E39D1394F9CA093503E152E9F88"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Assistance to certain farmers or ranchers for conservation access</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H5E07B7A278204E6798DBE909B7E8AE98"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote>to the maximum extent practicable</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>to the maximum extent practicable, 30 percent to assist beginning farmers or ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B211A025BAD4A689D64D5F65CD4C6A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>2023</quote> and inserting <quote>2030</quote>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H69FF4034F6084ED69E91BBBC1C2B0378"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administrative requirements for conservation programs</header><paragraph id="HBADD9A39DF6B47D89ACAB3366601381B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Incentives for certain farmers and ranchers and Indian tribes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1244(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H877FC07999014BA5B67075A1CC71D72F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6404F7ABEBA8422D82CBE72031037FF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC336DEE787B6453CA6DE977C04DF1D34" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="HF658BAF4C0E04242907309091975E0AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to establish a new generation of producers who use the full array of climate-friendly conservation activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase soil carbon, and improve resilience to weather extremes; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H56B985D336CA4245BFBB127311850628"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to enhance other long-term environmental goals.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF7AE18ACFE8C48A2A65AC64F7DBDD850"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review and guidance for practice costs and payment rates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1244(j)(1)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844(j)(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="HFCA9FA799B4E4C2B81088FC97DA18515"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC62BEB81859C410EAA17D119E32EB521"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A94564E0FF74989875D6482D87490E8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB65E2A6B7182498D8B5D523A995ABE14" display-inline="no-display-inline"><clause id="HD5CBF1791BA0415EA39BF924E5979A2F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accelerates progress in meeting the goals established under title I of the <short-title>Agriculture Resilience Act</short-title>.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H94568530F30044D4905290730796D6A2" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Advanced grazing management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC3AD8FBFF39E44EF8A588714AE11D75F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H39B7F9FCDA844FDDAEDBB597E0E60D80" commented="no"><enum>(q)</enum><header>Advanced grazing management</header><paragraph id="H4DDB2A58DC1445E7A3C94AD69AC04B78" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out any conservation program administered by the Secretary, the Secretary shall encourage advanced grazing management, including management-intensive rotational grazing, as such terms are defined in section 1240L(d).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFF5CE1E1C7CC4AAAADAE404209220DF9" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reservation of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030, the Secretary shall use to carry out this subsection not less than two thirds of any funds available for activities related to livestock production under conservation programs administered by the Secretary under this title (other than the conservation reserve program established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D, except for acres enrolled under section 1231(d)(2)).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H65C2EF8364F94D3A9E2CE14C948500CB" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Environmental services markets</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1245 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3845">16 U.S.C. 3845</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3E26CA725530483BB763D294DC9B643C" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="HD68A68D6DFB14D7CBC800E12BD894394" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Soil health and greenhouse gas federal advisory committee</header><paragraph id="H01239945E6C84312A4151F45A218E97A" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall establish an advisory committee, to be known as the Soil Health and Greenhouse Gas Federal Advisory Committee.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE389FD620DF44635AE203213D5E3EBCE" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall appoint members to the advisory committee that reflect diversity in gender, age, race, and geography and include—</text><subparagraph id="HB5FC1CB667CB46BCABA5B68FC5DFA567" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">farmers and ranchers, including those operating small and mid-sized farms;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB206140808B4BCAB115E9CC039F555F" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">organizations representing farmers and ranchers, including those representing small and mid-sized farms;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H111E4D791A124F97B985B8C8C4A90474" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>scientists;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43002A5A0CB64806B51322856F572E16" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>environmental nonprofit organizations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7A390B144A2A4C0F97BD61A0846EDB32" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>existing private sector carbon and ecosystem services market development initiatives;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD508774EE004B23B23A4E62FBE09068" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>businesses working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in their supply chains;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9C4447CC55E40F3B32AC8DFFBCA14EC" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><text>relevant Federal agencies;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5C4D83A0BA4463B8255EC10517972A5" commented="no"><enum>(H)</enum><text>youth engaged in the agriculture or food sector;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H82A50C143B764025A147A82CFBB422AD" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>tribal communities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31759D51D3AD4BEE88B811A776B6B1DA" commented="no"><enum>(J)</enum><text>State agriculture agencies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3B7BAD19D26641D687BCEB2F69F094EA" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Terms</header><subparagraph id="HCD91FE93BDF14FD9B1F23CE39B91ADF7" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Term length</header><text>The term of a member of the advisory committee shall be 2 years.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC13D79CFA83B4B038A06C6E1E87E984B" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reappointment</header><text>The Secretary may reappoint a member for not more than 2 consecutive terms.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H23ADD5FB6DB94481A6A0DA1416E90FFA" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The advisory committee shall meet at least 4 times in the first year after it is established, and at least twice annually thereafter.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB6E4915C986D4E91A88DB2D07B277756" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date on which the advisory committee is established, and periodically thereafter, the advisory committee shall submit to the Secretary recommendations on—</text><subparagraph id="HF08101A355D247409A12A9D99C7C1679" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the feasibility of establishing reliable outcomes-based measurement systems, as described in subsection (g);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4FA2C7A7D8743D9AECE67CED4F1D749" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>existing technology that provides reliable measurement data;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34898322C0034F60BC46E43F9EE17D09" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for those parameters for which existing technology does not provide reliable measurement data, research and technical needs and, as appropriate, goals and plans for such research;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCD461A7917EE4859909E7F032B78CEA5" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standards for data collection and dissemination;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H15C7310D2A7B42459BCE9B75F733D673" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>farmer data management and privacy;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91FF6C3E39924D8FAA930FD4A6FAFCCB" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>greenhouse gas emissions and soil health inventories and databases, as described in subsection (h); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D9C350AF8EA40628753F45AAA98EE81" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><text>criteria for soil health and greenhouse gas emissions reductions payments and environmental markets, as described in subsection (i).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H909B471BE4F04581845B7CC86CC04DB3" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Measurement system</header><paragraph id="H4F0CE22BCA664D459D1633C6B839105F" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall evaluate existing outcomes-based measurement systems for recordkeeping, modeling, and measurement of farm-level greenhouse gas emissions and soil carbon sequestration, including measures of soil disturbance, plant diversity, continual living cover, residue management, advanced grazing management, and crop-livestock integration, to determine which such systems can be implemented quickly, improve in accuracy and ease over time, use the best available science and technology, and are cost-effective.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H93F7D933AFF0414DAA4D643E12F49C51" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall issue guidance on the outcomes-based measurement system evaluated under paragraph (1), based on recommendations from the advisory committee under subsection (f), and information from agroecosystem models (including COMET Farm and COMET Farm Planner), remote sensing data and analysis (including the Operational Tillage Information System), soil health demonstration trials carried out under section 1240H(c)(7), existing and emerging public and private environmental services protocols, measurement systems, and benchmarks, and field-level measurement.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1A85744E076E4B2DB5954E4E068B2C03" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The Secretary, based on recommendations from the advisory committee established under subsection (f), shall—</text><subparagraph id="HBA0187D960124937949488352AE85066"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish and maintain such an outcomes-based measurement system when feasible;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA6CDE5C85E744E4A824B1DF05E59C74E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conduct periodic review of such system, and any necessary updates; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBED07E7A7AA04458B5B517B85BF4D65E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish research and development goals and plans as needed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCD56148B1A1A4B68B7316284D19F96FA" commented="no"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Inventory</header><paragraph id="H679E5FDE8F134453BA9CDDF48B77F954" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the advisory committee established under subsection (f) and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall conduct a nationwide soil health and agricultural greenhouse gas emissions inventory that uses the best available science and data to establish expected average performance for soil carbon drawdown and storage and greenhouse gas emissions reduction by primary production type and production region.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF01332E8E7684FB6BBEED9AE0C62F687" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Database</header><text>The Secretary shall create an accessible and interoperable database for the information collected through the inventory conducted under paragraph (1), and shall improve and update such database at least once every two years as new data is collected.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAD1DB03ECFE847D99B1ABFB0390AC051" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the advisory committee established under subsection (f), shall establish criteria for payments, credits, or other forms of incentives to inform policy and markets established to promote soil carbon sequestration or greenhouse gas emissions reductions. The criteria shall—</text><paragraph id="HCF5CDC79A86947709F7C8C2B1E94F36F" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>have a documented likelihood to lead to long-term net increases in soil carbon sequestration and net reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, according to the best available science;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H89D763D0F3DC4DB8AA63F084E53816D0" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be based in part on environmental impact modeling of the changes of shifting from baseline agricultural practices to new or improved agricultural practices; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE4D0A9879C8C4744AB45B2FCC4C39FE9" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>be designed to prevent the degradation of other natural resource or environmental conditions.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB7CA76045DEB42FCB4F92FFD61FEDCF2" commented="no"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Demonstration trials</header><paragraph id="H512ABDB95F17402CBFC64FC36F9D99B3" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall periodically review the results from soil health demonstration trials carried out under section 1240H(c)(7), and other similar public and private demonstration trials the Secretary determines appropriate, to inform the activities under subsections (g), (h), and (i).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCDB310FA47604FB78116CE75389E9F2D" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>In submitting reports pursuant to section 1240H(c)(7)(C), the Secretary shall include any recommendations to Congress for changes or additions to the conservation programs under this Act the Secretary determines appropriate to accelerate net increases in soil carbon sequestration and other improvements in soil health.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="H25991A3069ED41E8962642B0D970706F"><enum>306.</enum><header>Carbon tax credit feasibility study</header><subsection id="H0635CAF8E3E14EC1AC9C6AFFE1B952D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Treasury (<quote>the Secretary</quote>), in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall conduct a study of the feasibility of developing a credit against tax to incentivize carbon capture on farms and ranches.</text></subsection><subsection id="H4DA99A1FEDDF48A9988DD7FA6B6B6770"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that describes the results of the study in subsection (a), including whether or not to proceed with a tax credit and, if so, detailed recommendations for—</text><paragraph id="H0535D25A898740DE92F67124978FAF7A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which taxpayers should be eligible for the credit; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1490C295CCCF4B968B243E231129FC6E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">methods for measuring (if feasible) or estimating baseline soil carbon conditions on a farm or ranch;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9488606A9686451EB595778D024E55D2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">methods for measuring (if feasible) or estimating the amount of soil carbon sequestered or abated on a farm or ranch;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3FD62849CF3D4A0AA001B25B84674926"><enum>(4)</enum><text>incentivizing early adoption of carbon capture practices;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6FF5E9135BC3416B9E6F1097BE4F6269"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the number of years a taxpayer should be eligible for the credit;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDB7567AB46D04C8A946D6769F58B1F44"><enum>(6)</enum><text>establishing rules for recapture in instances in which carbon capture ceases or carbon is not retained in soil; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE761E6B4A96748779EE6FF6BF716CD80"><enum>(7)</enum><text>establishing rules for recapture if ownership of land is transferred;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8769186734EA4C4B88F47BC229F042EA"><enum>(8)</enum><text>setting the dollar value of the tax credit;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H34E0D30FEF7547FBB1F81DBD98B7214C"><enum>(9)</enum><text>setting phase outs for tax credit eligibility;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFDD815EAB8C341C9A910BB988C217D03"><enum>(10)</enum><text>establishing certification requirements for carbon capture;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H89ECA457A9774B2EBE62311515A82164"><enum>(11)</enum><text>establishing rules for attributing the credit to a taxpayer;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5A31703EEF894628ACCC12EFE457D874"><enum>(12)</enum><text>establishing rules for carrying over unused credits; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H34ACBF87F7AC45ABA88A869D5B74AFB3"><enum>(13)</enum><text>such other provisions as the Secretary determines necessary.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H24E3D395B44D4276B0D5ABE4B21171B0"><enum>307.</enum><header>Conservation compliance</header><subsection id="HDC842A0DCC3347BC8108CE351A193AB2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><paragraph id="H912C6320B77E4228A2890E33D8F4B9B0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conservation plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1201(a)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3801">16 U.S.C. 3801(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H1284C3645E524335BA07E80E98906875"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>highly erodible</quote> each place it appears; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H587707DD735D4519967E2ED03D90288D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and conservation treatment measures</quote> and inserting <quote>crop rotation and cover crop systems, and other relevant conservation treatment measures</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3F2051614E3846108F3193974B0E962A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conservation system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1201(a)(4) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3801">16 U.S.C. 3801(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="H14897AE02C00476C9A671F626F1F1D8A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0195306ACB94E6DADCAE2D93F1EC7C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><clause id="HB5A0FE0D2D49406BA777E763F55B6E9A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or a substantial improvement in soil conditions on a field or group of fields containing highly erodible cropland</quote> and inserting <quote>and a substantial improvement in soil health conditions (including soil carbon levels) on a field or group of fields containing cropland</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H70112E072C494FAE9F5EDEDD294F011D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C8E164914844B2A9AC7EFD047D7782B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD0D53E23425B479A9DDFC4D62718C0D6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="HC6FBA5DB281A471C8DC8D73118E06535"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are designed to achieve, within five years of actively applying a conservation plan, a level of erosion not to exceed twice the soil loss tolerance level; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCAD9490ED95B4A2DAA1242D9AD9DD567"><enum>(D)</enum><text>are designed to effectively prevent the formation of new, or treat all existing, ephemeral gullies.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6304C01F4CB54F0889DE863FF206E5D8" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Highly erodible land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1201(a)(11)(A)(ii) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3801">16 U.S.C. 3801(a)(11)(A)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>excessive average annual rate of erosion in relation to</quote> and inserting <quote>average annual rate of erosion exceeding twice</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H209B3E52F9B442CA8EBE380F36FFC7A1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cropland conservation</header><paragraph id="H21D98FB373854019A92DB595DDEDAD16" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program ineligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1211 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3811">16 U.S.C. 3811</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="HDB7CF6E33F91488089868BD80E61F4B4" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><clause id="HEC5E3198B37F4448B1137134356013F7" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>produces an agricultural commodity on a field on which highly erodible land is predominant, or designates land on which highly erodible land is predominant to be set aside, diverted, devoted to conservation uses, or otherwise not cultivated under a program administered by the Secretary to reduce production of an agricultural commodity, as determined by the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>carries out an activity described in subsection (b), as determined by the Secretary,</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="HF5CBC20270D24D49A9CE14125B7B8805" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(D), by inserting <quote>cropland or</quote> before <quote>highly erodible land</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB799352B9B7340B599859869182B23DF" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H43B894667DBA4BB2BCC0928F49190D9B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="HAB00061FA484400CB8A5319A5E0CE7F4" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activities described</header><text>Activities described in this subsection are—</text><paragraph id="HBF732259655044C48B5F6DD6EE37637C" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the production of an agricultural commodity on a field on which highly erodible land is predominant;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB0F69A1D3B80479191DD11197D2445BF" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the designation of land on which highly erodible land cropland is predominant to be set aside, diverted, devoted to conservation uses, or otherwise not cultivated under a program administered by the Secretary to reduce production of an agricultural commodity; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H803EE46EFE1A4996BDAF226C6DAA054F" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the production of an agricultural commodity without having in place a conservation plan.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1BEDAF1097E74A26B02FE4C15B846B35" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority of Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall have, and shall not delegate to any private person or entity, authority to determine whether a person has complied with this subtitle.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H29BF277717B84B58AA5F26A1BA531E08"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exemptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1212 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3812">16 U.S.C. 3812</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="HAB907444D47D42B7844CDBD4C1B736A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(3), by striking <quote>only be required to apply a conservation plan established under this subtitle. The person shall not be required to meet a higher conservation standard than</quote> and inserting <quote>be required to apply a conservation plan established under this subtitle consistent with</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3696CA73AB724F6B847E751AFCC8DC8C" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(4)(A)—</text><clause id="H025D07B4B1764B75A19294521506767C" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>highly erodible</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H62CD7C1BC77E422DBF6E06C7B21E206D" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii)(II), by inserting <quote>and soil health</quote> after <quote>erosion control</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9F19F970F7B54E3193CA1AF59ADC9940"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Subtitle B of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3810">16 U.S.C. 3810</external-xref> et seq.) is amended in the subtitle heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subtitle" style="OLC">Highly Erodible Land</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subtitle" style="OLC">Cropland</header-in-text></quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HBBDB4DF35DD94CC9811F951F3B616CA0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>308.</enum><header>Agroforestry centers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1243 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1642">16 U.S.C. 1642</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/624">Public Law 101–624</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H08FA05B3536149D1ABC465174E69E5B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending the section heading to read as follows: <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">National and Regional Agroforestry Centers</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H990271F6E3C6423CB296F4E86DD0C454"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H86EBAC25717945E689EB6FC24FC829AE" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="HAAA93FD0AB4E4EFAA5C81923EA4C7C88"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National and Regional Agroforestry Centers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><italic></italic>The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish at the Forestry Sciences Laboratory of the United States Forest Service, in Lincoln, Nebraska, a Semiarid Agroforestry Research, Development, and Demonstration Center, and acting through the Chief of the Forest Service and in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, shall establish not less than three additional regional agroforestry centers at other locations to be determined by the Secretary (referred to in this section as the <quote>Centers</quote>). The Secretary shall appoint a National Director and Regional Directors to manage and coordinate the program established under subsection (b). </text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HCEA311B121A1449EBE971B283763401E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="H07E129960C0B451AA1D4E2199B81BFD5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Center</quote> and inserting <quote>Centers</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H968B5E24376848919B242236124957D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>on semiarid lands that</quote> and inserting <quote>that build soil health and</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9CAF2F3FBA44874AB90F0C75CAC6FD7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>from semiarid land</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB81CB19FC6674CADBE44D33E618BF6C3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text><clause id="H7A23E7371FE649938F114D7D769141B9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>in semiarid regions</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H32854B6DCA954C92A70573324693091E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Great Plains region</quote> and inserting <quote>particular regions</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1382363594BD4A05A8BC4A4B12BD46D2"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H43E69DB770BB4DD0BCE83F1E75CB73AC" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H49154AAC372D4938A70394B27C033204"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop improved silvopasture, alley cropping, forest farming, multistory cropping, riparian buffer, windbreak and shelterbelt, and other perennial production and conservation systems and technologies to improve soil health, carbon sequestration, drought preparedness, soil and water conservation, environmental quality, and biological diversity;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D3AE34205304476996F00BC0875101A"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>on semiarid lands</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB12F9504210D4FE3AECF72D22F86B9A2"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>on semiarid lands worldwide</quote> and inserting <quote>worldwide, including on semiarid lands</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9219E1C26CE641E0B8057D8AA5582242"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (9)—</text><clause id="HF00AB58571A2463C8192F340678536A7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>on semiarid lands</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="HDD47655D016C4ADEA63EAE38CB36BF0F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and climate change</quote> after <quote>pollution</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9741E7EF446E4457B949F22A2FFD032F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Center</quote> and inserting <quote>Centers</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFC6BC5D090A44A77BB8B41FB8234F31F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>through 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>through 2021 and $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Farmland preservation and farm viability</header><section id="H42AE6F13A3014CD18412E6FC7BAEAB30"><enum>401.</enum><header>Local Agriculture Market Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1627c">7 U.S.C. 1627c</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H4CD2D691418B42DCAAF4ABF4509235CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(12)—</text><subparagraph id="H9CEC6044B7AD4D1DBDFFE7C111F0A0F4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses (vi) and (vii), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFFCF7334554E42D69452D625E2DD4CA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (iii) the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4A780D227024458CAE73236022D99672" display-inline="no-display-inline"><clause id="H37540342A33145958B35B5ACAAE650A4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is produced and marketed in a manner that significantly improves soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions;</text></clause><clause id="H42ADE15850294253B94112FFDA1951C5"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">when added to the crop or grazing rotation on a farm, will significantly improve soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9CF49F9F3A5740719BD859F8BF34EA0E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="HCEB3712047C34E359F1BD437C4A6E147"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="H8D09FECDBD634B1BB0CF18B2A8E1903B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></clause><clause id="HD128334578874AF8B8F6A5A54A81F347"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, including value-added agricultural products from crops or animals that when added into crop or grazing rotations on a farm will significantly improve soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H6851DDA2B41348CC86C670F3344507EB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1C9553504E8E435AB26908CE95806973" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H10C7955564964FC3BC8264560BBA7157"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">markets for agricultural commodities and products produced in a manner that significantly improve soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H109FD76017014AA39FABCDA4D3610250"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><clause id="H4329AE841C18433B9738EB43B4DA6504"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and local</quote> and inserting <quote>, local</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H315645D419C94B568616534AE32D05F8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, and production and marketing approaches to significantly improve soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6AD62F1C13A42B29EFCC02B324086CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8BE8CD7794D45D9B9BB44F1CED1CE98"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H48582CA3307547269102F952A9BBCC04"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (5) the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1859E1475B074B60A03C9A6B4A0CBE7E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H18D5FEECFE4F443FAEE411AFBB185EDE"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhances the economic viability of producers and related agricultural enterprises; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H22FF46A211F641B286EA3BE7FF7DC498"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph id="H4FA600333A4948F881959B9BDC80DE54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="HBF59179DD27A49FC8655D6004FB85636"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text><subclause id="H5BB411B0E00B416688877A8A6C9FB971"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subclause><subclause id="H30DA6F1D6F2A48788429EB2A5208E784"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H1BC80AEB55AD4FFEB1C6EECECCE02606"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF56D4BB2FE204B5FA4988AF6A553389E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><clause id="HF059CBC56158437984DCAA9F016CC34F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">agricultural commodities and products that are produced and marketed in a manner that significantly improve soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, or that when added to a crop or grazing rotation on a farm will significantly improve soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="HF06463A618914E3883F46DC2C7282880"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking <quote>and value-added agricultural products in new and existing markets</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>, value-added agricultural products in new and existing markets, and agricultural commodities and products that are produced in a manner that enhances soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions, or that when added to a crop or grazing rotation on a farm will significantly improve soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBCCEEC5B5857442B80607AB1693425BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>and the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDB8255215FC84C0B814013E486BD4705"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i) as subsections (g), (h), (i), and (j), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF74430C0C0F7471ABAB9B3BB3FDEE953"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2AB8B1DF7A154EE7A4E438673F74F217" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H8CD9743C82B44CF98CD1426778D9284B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Farm viability and local climate resiliency centers</header><paragraph id="HA0CBCA9399464E64A6F20B41DBC7E801"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service and in coordination with Administrator of the Rural Business-Cooperative Service and the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, shall provide grants to eligible entities described in paragraph (2) to serve as farm viability and local climate resiliency centers (referred to in this section as <quote>centers</quote>) to support efforts to enhance farm viability, and the development, coordination, and expansion of markets for commodities and farm products that significantly improve soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3144BD5E50AD43C6B85AA7F0703265FB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity is eligible to receive a grant under this subsection if the entity is— </text><subparagraph id="H4789838528C34C9E8BB0BA63B15A99DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an agricultural cooperative or other agricultural business entity or a producer network or association; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D00F001435A44C0B75D6D0F448AB8F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a local, State or Tribal government; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A93947C69E6484E907D9AED2E522CA6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a nonprofit corporation; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF55ACC98730B440E976AAC4799CAFC03"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a public benefit corporation; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5EDD5CA79519498CAE84ACED019FCC3C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an economic development corporation; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2846213D2A474BB4B7ED221C9664DC61"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an institution of higher education; or </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B3A290953164250A0290FBC8A80FE8D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>such other entity as the Secretary may designate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB70A0B1E121D440594F5456D0F68D4BA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity receiving a grant under this subsection may use grant funds to provide to entities described in (d)(5)(B)— </text><subparagraph id="H77EB42AE4F19410180A3DDE2D9548398"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assistance for the development of business plans and feasibility studies; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA29076C6AEE84DEA9B1E36E07B86780B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assistance in developing marketing strategies for— </text><clause id="H3866F161B2A74FFC97432F39553C94FC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>local products; and</text></clause><clause id="H72C48A69E5A84D37B7C08EE52EA6D87D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>value-added agriculture products in new and existing markets; </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H56098339D8AA494096F7F9FA18DBF16E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assistance in enterprise development for the processing, aggregation, distribution, and storage of— </text><clause id="H6A73E44505304CEA9D24370D46DCE701"><enum>(i)</enum><text>local and regional food products that are marketed locally or regionally; and</text></clause><clause id="H2C465CE5AC3D429B8B9C154896A0CCDC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>value-added agricultural products; </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H920B036F45E0473FB0B3EF1EE45DC6A6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>assistance related to financial and recordkeeping;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D0551C43EFC45198D6984B165FA7A2F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>assistance related to enterprise and business management; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF2E2579CB17C44359DE7E774453D687F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>assistance related to ownership succession planning; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9CBA10F109404B49AEF9CC1510491E3C"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">outreach and assistance in the adoption of farming practices that enhance soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB45292DF2DF549F7AE0DB268327915A5"><enum>(H)</enum><text>outreach regarding assistance available under subsection (d); </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B9B21B6F630465CAE994155529EB542"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">outreach regarding assistance available through other programs administers by any other Federal Agency that supports the adoption of farming practices that enhance soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions; or </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7D88FAEEB004D0CA1F219F3FE7F902F"><enum>(J)</enum><text>at the request of such an eligible entity, provide assistance in applying for a grant under subsection (d), including acting on behalf of such a producer in applying for a grant under subsection (d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEAF9C82F3E98436CAC444EBB7A3A3F80"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Geographic diversity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure geographic diversity in selecting entities to receive a grant under this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC3B9B125749F4808BD0CA33497F775A9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Non-Federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity receiving a grant under this subsection shall provide funding in an amount equal to not less than 25 percent of the total amount of the Federal portion of the grant.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6C0CD36CEF754F2092A347F93B9D0839"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Applications</header><subparagraph id="HBBDCDE4CEF9C442C9DA8103CED7732E4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary considers necessary to evaluate and select applications.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7EE10DBB72C84094B9312ECCE7B97519"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Competitive process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary— </text><clause id="H89515281E4CB4597AA692F00F99D0A94"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall conduct a competitive process to select applications submitted under subparagraph (A); </text></clause><clause id="HC1105D6912154C14A558A4A568AE724B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may assess and rank applications with similar proposals as a group; and </text></clause><clause id="H4332974B03504DD5BD35BC97056D4F8A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall, prior to accepting applications under such subparagraph, make public the criteria to be used in evaluating such applications.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H764ABF6426AF4D08913DB818BDC36BB0"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may give priority to applications submitted under paragraph (1) that include—</text><subparagraph id="H9FF0CAB11E574FF588312A559140964F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>plans to use funds for 3 or more of purposes specified in paragraph (3); or </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2EB1C1E7F234022A3C596913DE8DD06"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">activities related to improving the utilization and expanded adoption of farming practices that enhance soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while simultaneously improving farm viability.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7FB15352B0A04C7C8FA67FB6C3F16C1B"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity receiving a grant under paragraph (1) may use not more than 4 percent of funds received through the grant for administrative expenses.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HDEE0C794C6D14F16A8EDA78C429E5570"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (i)(1) (as redesignated by paragraph (4)), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>subsection (i)(3)(E)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (j)(3)(E)</quote>; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF6A8D4EC679D4F20AB426E7CE1B73FCD"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (j) (as redesignated by paragraph (4))—</text><subparagraph id="H5B01E71B91BB498B94825455DEE42904"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>fiscal year 2019</quote> and inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2019 through 2021 and $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2022</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3664D1EBE1B54E5293200E6D92FADEFC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><clause id="HB4B3D92EDEE14B14AF3608120A7C84BF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking <quote>35</quote> and inserting <quote>36</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H2D94F9BE27134E118E384DCC5926B73A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H35074A58BABA48E9B20DBA9D68E60383" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="HA1132169A2B1484D9ED967184CEC3B52"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Farmers' market and local food promotion grants</header><clause id="H1064E03FF7A34C879DD6520D80679429"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, 36 percent shall be used for grants under subsection (d)(6).</text></clause><clause id="H1D95CFD661734EB6AABD7DAE93612AE5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Allocation among subprograms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds reserved under clause (i) for a fiscal year—</text><subclause id="H2AC54CFF0D3041B58B2D1A9907D5229A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>40 percent shall be made available for farmers market promotion program grants; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H9CC784DF2C15436AB31F729706033F06"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">60 percent shall be made available for local food promotion program grants.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB8CA27222F114DBAAF4A39112E0E7391"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71FFEBAAF5BB462590CAFF480AE66E6C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3AA348B9CA1D402CB319421D1E8656DB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H52B88F07B1134DC4A71CF3C0DEE0FA98"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Farm viability and local climate resiliency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, 10 percent shall be used to provide grants under subsection (f).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H480DE962258F4ED18A5BD179E3EF2B46"><enum>402.</enum><header>Organic certification cost-share program</header><subsection id="H42559120DB9642F8953483354554A02B"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10606(b)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6523">7 U.S.C. 6523(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$750</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="H672774255B0F4EEABC38E73A52659EFB"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10606(d)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C.6523(d)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>shall make available</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>shall use such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="H77D552E83CDE42BF8632E9EDE72B4191" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header>Exclusion of gain from sale of certain farm property and agricultural easements</header><subsection id="H6B1D7167DC6444989F2C91E828C87479"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Part III of subchapter B of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding after section 121 the following new sections:</text><quoted-block id="HC9CAB22D4A7646ED9CA5A87003EFB85D"><section id="H986FC16954844145AFECB33FCC870811"><enum>121A.</enum><header>Exclusion of gain from sale of qualified farm property</header><subsection id="H2A01501B1BDA43BAA379AAD9AB1DDFD5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Gross income shall not include gain from the sale or exchange of qualified farm property if such property is sold to or exchanged with a transferee who—</text><paragraph id="H74E8F48255654FD7940FFBEF2413BCB6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is a qualified farmer, and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H632C2ABFA3144343889F20794FFB92B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>meets the certification requirement of subsection (c).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H176B277ECBB442829AEBA4E261CE1622"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><paragraph id="H1A040425F0274C918FEADCFCEA11B5DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amount of gain excluded from gross income under subsection (a) with respect to any taxable year shall not exceed the excess, if any of—</text><subparagraph id="HFB3956481E47445CA8D5C6EDD58ACF81"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$500,000 ($1,000,000 in the case of a joint return), over</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0E8CAD50E6946CBB8FFD2BAB5B46051"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount excluded from the gross income of the taxpayer for all prior taxable years. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H26E332FAE23B4E63B10C92D5244F0C04"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special rule for joint returns</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of the exclusion under subsection (a) on a joint return for any taxable year shall be allocated equally between the spouses for purposes of applying the limitation under paragraph (1) for any succeeding taxable year.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD8230A016B7B41DC96C5AA3146DADAFE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A qualified farmer meets the certification requirement of this subsection if such person signs a written certification stating the following: </text><paragraph id="H25E561D38322494EA482926032A7BF39"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use certification as farm for farming purposes</header><text>The use of such property will be as a farm for farming purposes at all times during the recapture period. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8E0542604F7B4258B6C327FC3FEB4459"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recapture agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The transferee has been notified of the recapture liability arising from a disposition or change in the use of such property at any time during the recapture period. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5DCEE391BE514EF5AFE9C2C718A56AEB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Treatment of disposition or change in use of property</header><paragraph id="H24E3CB93615743FEA4488FF44B208A47" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If there is a recapture event during the recapture period with respect to any qualified farm property, then the tax imposed under this chapter on the transferee referred to in subsection (a) for the taxable year which includes the first such recapture event shall be increased by the amount excluded from the product of—</text><subparagraph id="HCC04998E1B4C4E1CAAD2A8C55E7D1F6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the transferor’s gross income under subsection (a) with respect to such qualified farm property, multiplied by</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H630C135ECAE74449AC387CFA2C4D557D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the rate of tax in effect under section (1)(h)(1)(D). </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H644729140BAC4D9089BB6C50DDCD72FB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recapture event defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>recapture event</term> means, with respect to any qualified farm property—</text><subparagraph id="H8CD5C8B160B54BE3A50F2D808CAAE242"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Cessation of operation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The cessation of the operation of such property as a farm for farming purposes at any time in the recapture period.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB62DB68A961046B5A6B3BB4D1E1DDBB9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Failure to materially participate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The failure of a qualified farmer to materially participate in the operation of the farm at any time during the recapture period. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07A0F44CB0CF4910AE272890E631F9BE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Change in ownership</header><clause id="H115E2C43E1C64D659D3BB2994664634B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in clause (ii), the disposition of any interest in such property by the transferee referred to in subsection (a) during the recapture period.</text></clause><clause id="HEF9CB2EF79544024827366C56E9326A0" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Agreement to assume recapture liability</header><text>Clause (i) shall not apply to any farm property if the person acquiring the interest referred to in such clause agrees in writing to assume the recapture liability of the person disposing of such interest. In the event of such an assumption, this subsection shall apply to the person acquiring such interest as though such person were the transferee referred to therein (and this subsection shall be applied as if there had been no change in ownership).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9DB0045064584B6B9DD5AC8F762BEA2A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special rules</header><subparagraph id="H7260261F510B41E49E5A2EC23674A868"><enum>(A)</enum><header>No credits against tax</header><text>Any increase in tax under this subsection shall not be treated as a tax imposed by this chapter for purposes of determining the amount of any credit under subpart A, B, or D of this part.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18DEAB4007EE41F2A44327B416C91313"><enum>(B)</enum><header>No recapture by reason of hardship</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The increase in tax under this subsection shall not apply to any disposition of property or cessation of the operation of any property as a farm for farming purposes if such disposition or cessation occurs by reason of any hardship.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9085A99F181D425685306316E24418FD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, rules similar to the rules of subsections (e) and (f) of section 121 shall apply.</text></subsection><subsection id="HAEA45D5596BC41CAAC6D67207D9EA224"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text><paragraph id="HD926444E93E64453ABB3B9B6B3C09024"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Qualified farmer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified farmer</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="H0A4421C3183F4162989210A4A890F58E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a beginning farmer, socially disadvantaged farmer, qualified veteran farmer, young farmer, or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDFB61EA572FC4A9898B4794567490D89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any entity if 50 percent or more of the capital and profits of such entity are owned by one or more individuals described in paragraph (A). </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H836C25759F3E4A96828551C88AA3FB38" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Beginning farmer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>beginning farmer</term> means an individual that—</text><subparagraph id="HFE80385B3C0D405ABF45711B6C6929A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has not operated a farm, or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE9267B98CA27410AB6939ED2DE1513BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has operated a farm for not more than 10 years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H473B24574D2743328F2CAECAC0FFB67A" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Socially disadvantaged farmer</header><text>The term <term>socially disadvantaged farmer</term> means an individual who is a member of one or more of the following groups:</text><subparagraph id="H4723F016CFBF4257A172046A5A8EDD49" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>American Indians.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA1C6999B7AB416E8E42B1482F81C47F" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Alaska Natives.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD24717780E814264AD7A59158B45DC65" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Asians.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9384BCEE37294BF9B1B9113310CA2AE1" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Blacks or African Americans.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AB6DE2D8920443ABB43FF8C14B8BB29" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86FE243E3ED7410480F261766A8C7F9F" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Hispanics.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18835E4FB785450A92B1B490CD84E033" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Women. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8AE561981EA94C16B192839F96C474D9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Qualified veteran farmer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified veteran farmer</term> means an individual who—</text><subparagraph id="H7AAD170BC7CF418B9EE70BF158111231"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">first obtained status as a veteran (as defined in section 101(2) of title 38 United States Code) in the most recent 10-year period, and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BFC80E14D364A62ACC0AA0CFC850294"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has not operated a farm for more than 10 years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC8E0D6779CAA40128918347FED934EA3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Young farmer</header><text>The term <term>young farmer</term> means an individual who has not attained age 46 as of the date of the sale or transfer referred to in subsection (a). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H61749C43A1194DC090B3F2D6FC9BEE08"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Qualified farm property</header><subparagraph id="HDB010F6BE4FF409C83AE9AAD8BFB9B41"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>qualified farm property</term> means real property located in the United States if—</text><clause id="HF2B290FAAF60487596E22D21DB31FDF3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during the 5-year period ending on the date of the sale or exchange referred to in subsection (a), such property has been used by the taxpayer or a member of the family of the taxpayer as a farm for farming purposes for periods aggregating 3 years or more, and </text></clause><clause id="HE4EA19AD0433409091E1F9D84A9BE8EE" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there was material participation by the taxpayer or a member of the family of the taxpayer in the operation of the farm during such 3 years.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H48BC617B95ED4CB1BC6EC9396AB1A9B7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rule for qualified farm property held by an entity</header><text>For purposes of this section, if the taxpayer referred to in paragraph (A) is other than an individual and all of the capital and profits interests of such entity are held by members of a single family, then such members shall be treated as members of the family of such taxpayer.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2FBA149D4B8F465796FAF79787AA3A18"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Recapture period</header><text>The term <term>recapture period</term> means the 10-year period following the sale or exchange of qualified farm property described in subsection (a). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H04754B4C97774CEDA9BEE89B49C4D5B1"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Other definitions</header><text>The terms <term>member of the family</term>, <term>farm</term>, <term>farming purposes</term>, and <term>material participation</term> have the respective meanings given such terms in section 2032A(e).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H0212502B12A94C0C853B76A61F6BE693"><enum>121B.</enum><header>Exclusion of gain from sale of agricultural conservation easement</header><subsection id="HE9669D59858D462A840D29071A30CDE6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Gross income shall not include gain from the sale or exchange of an agricultural conservation easement. </text></subsection><subsection id="HC781F6A8A70E40E2B75CD3E35F62FC61" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><paragraph id="H3BA002AAE2D743AB8BBA6627A410F959"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amount of gain excluded from gross income under subsection (a) with respect to any taxable year shall not exceed the excess, if any of—</text><subparagraph id="H364DE2FD98E148F5B0B2124FDC5762B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$500,000 ($1,000,000 in the case of a joint return), over</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79718613A3E2498FA098463CC0288CBC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount excluded from the gross income of the taxpayer for all prior taxable years. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD377F1BFE64744E3A57C8D1198722B34"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special rule for joint returns</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of the exclusion under subsection (a) on a joint return for any taxable year shall be allocated equally between the spouses for purposes of applying the limitation under paragraph (1) for any succeeding taxable year.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEC4B0E446F564E25B7559B51D5A40B8B" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agricultural conservation easement defined</header><text>The term <term>agricultural conservation easement</term> means an easement or conservation-related restriction on agricultural land (granted in perpetuity) that—</text><paragraph id="H11ECE46EE652456189923FF563B1614D" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is conveyed for the purpose of protecting natural resources and the agricultural nature of the land, and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1F6AC78071374EA08BDA328D65973A81" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>permits the landowner the right to continue agricultural production and related uses.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2469F8FC558C40A6BBF67CDABAF90A78"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, rules similar to the rules of subsections (e) and (f) of section 121 shall apply.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H8C5399F6B8B84D84A8546DE4493ACB5A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for part III of subchapter B of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding after the item relating to section 121 the following new items:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE47C76D22F374CC7B5F82AD5DCDABC7E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><toc container-level="quoted-block-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="H6262772E372846239EAB0547A33F153C" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"><toc-entry idref="H6262772E372846239EAB0547A33F153C" level="section">121A. Exclusion of gain from sale of qualified farm property. </toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">121B. Exclusion of gain from sale of agricultural conservation easement. </toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H70F0118A25A84F1D9419D4EAD8FBD502"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to any sale or exchange in taxable years ending after December 31, 2021.</text></subsection></section><section id="H2FBAB528DF6E4D6B822FC9106544AC4E"><enum>404.</enum><header>Farmland Protection Policy Act</header><subsection id="HC41C813DD47048A39AB3F9C41D1B91C3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings, Purpose, and Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1540 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/4201">7 U.S.C. 4201</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H64F47BEB58624A81B7B7DDA1BD19C0E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="H7781F9E8D8424B7CA9F1E49DD82E69E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (7) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E238291F1A34E86B498F7D83FF3A524"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD4C6A8EFA0714198BDFC8C00B8E669CB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H18C880FD4F454FB0BF3DEE6A6CF27890"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Nation’s farmland is a vital source of environmental services, such as carbon sequestration;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF736449E77134A1DAC0FBE16EDD913E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by inserting <quote>tribal,</quote> after <quote>State,</quote>; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6981F34AF3AA45F79C4BD0BE83F08941"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="HBBE7F3575BF9401994469E5B88615D30"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="HF1769F50B48A4833B193C7A94DB9FF69"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>that is used for</quote> and inserting <quote>that is suitable for</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H05AAF17F21DD4228AEFD13B826426659"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by inserting <quote>and is suitable</quote> after <quote>local importance</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H865C150D1AA04D97ABE093A76228D6E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96C2B09CAA9045D18C9251101BB759D0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC6FAEEF4874408293B2ABDD1FCC3528"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC1F42A6687A34DD69EED5CF58CB294B9" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H34928A2B94E34F588F2A59D137909D66"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>conversion</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="HD1DD77507F094B3DA906A439B2644C30"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the physical conversion of farmland to a nonagricultural use; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98413960348C4787AC6F899ED528FD00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the effective conversion of farmland as a consequence of physical conversion of adjacent farmland, which threatens the continued viability of the land for agricultural use; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3B61B5C0CE645ECBE29ABF8FA9D4B55"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a change in management of federally owned land historically used for agriculture to a non-agricultural use;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H808ED8C9EE1145DEADC0B86C6A80506F" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>farmland of national significance</term> is farmland that is the most suitable for intensive crop and food production, as determined by the Secretary, taking into consideration, among other factors, its physical and chemical characteristics; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB71140624F3B497394E4F4C5203BE46E" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the term <term>permanently protected farmland</term> means farmland encumbered by a conservation easement held by the Federal government, by a State, tribal, or local unit of government, or by a land conservation organization, that is perpetual or the maximum number of years allowed by State law.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5CD050D033CC42C290A72A3DFDEDC918"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Farmland protection policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1541 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/4202">7 U.S.C. 4202</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD7F98B9647BB4796A80CE50A3593F2B7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><section id="HCB8B0B67E33C4F65B3D382442B96425B" commented="no"><enum>1541.</enum><header>Farmland protection policy</header><subsection id="H2B97159D95BB4A4C9C26ED0FDC761A9E" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the policy of the United States that Federal programs—</text><paragraph id="HA1B10072FC324F9583DD3BB7AF662792"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall minimize the conversion of farmland to nonagricultural uses; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA19F56654882498F8718CF6596D64FAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall not convert to nonagricultural uses farmland—</text><subparagraph id="HD6CBA6FCE35743678AE4C177FB51D4B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that is permanently protected farmland;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H020E4C9285194384B86CE8324C8043FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that has been defined and delineated by the Secretary under subsection (b) as farmland of national significance; or </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0723D0734B9498BBCB685FE4FA58508"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that has been defined and delineated by a State as significant to the State or a priority for inclusion in a State farmland protection program and for which the State has submitted a description under subsection (b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD25EEEBF6BF949678E33F3EFBBE3A046"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition and delineation of land</header><paragraph id="H478B200CC11D484583838FDB00DCA4A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National significance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall define and delineate farmland of national significance, and shall convene a group of experts, including agronomists and soil scientists, to assist in such definition and delineation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7C400AF51B5C45ECA2B58D30EB46F2CF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State significance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any State wishing to have land recognized under subsection (a)(2)(C) shall provide a definition and delineation of such lands to the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H989536C682544CC7B71536DEDDE64A62"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Process and criteria</header><paragraph id="HBAA0427DEFC84C8CAD3E074039630F28"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Process and criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall develop a process, including criteria—</text><subparagraph id="H53B25ED3041742B5B1D45ABFE97C67D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to—</text><clause id="H1DD179F600FE4A15BFAB9B896F273E48"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determine the potential conversion of farmland as a consequence of any action or activity conducted through a Federal program;</text></clause><clause id="H380781DAB1B44732A339DE14A478DE78"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>minimize the conversion of farmland or, for land identified under subsection (a)(2), avoid conversion; and</text></clause><clause id="HFFDF508B6AB9477CB1BA38DFDD0B9468"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide notice regarding such actions to the Secretary; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DF573FD3D8E4FC9B4CA8FC5E6454FD1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that the Secretary shall use to make determinations under subsection (d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H514A2EC26CE143F2920988D46CBC6EBF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use required</header><text>Each department, agency, independent commission, and other unit of the Federal Government shall use the process and criteria developed under paragraph (1) in carrying out a Federal program. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9B6B5E07AC274B9D939E233F5C98FDB2" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a)(2) shall not apply if the Secretary determines, based on the process and criteria developed under subsection (c), that converting farmland to nonagricultural uses cannot be avoided. In instances where the Secretary makes such a determination, the Federal program shall minimize the conversion of land described in subsection (a)(2) to the maximum extent practicable.</text></subsection><subsection id="H5D831EF8FEB649148CB6A993AA33411C" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make available to States, units of local government, individuals, organizations, and other units of the Federal Government information—</text><paragraph id="H31B3B4E823B04E9F97268F80A3E4A6E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>useful in restoring, maintaining, and improving the quantity and quality of farmland; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H293D96F43B1048ED906525FDC59CA28F" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">concerning the location of permanently protected farmland.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8BCAC7552E3141478EE8A303DFAC4E2E" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall provide assistance to departments, agencies, independent commissions, and other units of the Federal Government, upon request, in using the process and criteria developed under subsection (c).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="H76185006352F4B75B6CE9E7DAA45A6D5"><enum>405.</enum><header>Agriculture conservation easement program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1265B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865b">16 U.S.C. 3865b</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H087F7E6F91694CBDA5DAAFDAC3E7B9B8" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="HD1A53837EF1C4BCF881F124F59CA7BDE" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(C)(iv), by striking <quote>only</quote>; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H537411A4F3CB491F8D300D21CC2ADA5A" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H89B00786C7B9479380C0C2AF2DB1C801" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="HE3878D6D446848D7B5B53918231370B9" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Condition of assistance</header><text>As a condition of receiving cost-share assistance under this section, the owner of eligible land must agree to have in place a conservation plan that addresses applicable resource concerns for the land subject to the easement, including soil health and greenhouse gas emissions reduction, not later than three years following the grant of the easement. The requirement of this subparagraph may be satisfied by having in place a conservation plan developed or recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H19229B1AD74F4D2AB0597AA03160691E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H927A28E2CB0E4E24A26B1B2FAF04D3CB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H3FF8813B40974CE2BC061AC585FDB70A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide technical assistance, if requested, to assist in—</text><paragraph id="H70431F6906934AFDBCF4822BC99AC9D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>compliance with the terms and conditions of easements; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB99876F184204C19AC90905D7D2E1853" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">development and implementation of a conservation plan required under subsection (b)(6), including, as applicable, a conservation plan for highly erodible land required under subsection (b)(4)(C)(iv) or a comprehensive conservation plan developed pursuant to subsection (e)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF8DE78DEB67D40D2828FD4DF29D87DAF" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Financial assistance</header><paragraph id="HF0BEF829AB30478E9B3A9825F2413FB6" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><subparagraph id="H32ADED2DA9DA462E96363273CBA073F9" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Enrollment in CSP</header><text>At the sole option of the owner of the land subject to the easement, the Secretary shall provide for the automatic enrollment of the land subject to the easement in the conservation stewardship program established by subchapter B of chapter 4 of subtitle D, including financial assistance for the development of a comprehensive conservation plan as provided by 1240L(e), if the person or entity farming the land is otherwise eligible for the program, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DF8C299CB7148BC91B8D0D425A9DD61" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination of compliance</header><text>Determining compliance with the terms of the conservation stewardship program contract is the sole responsibility of the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA216FA7D8F47438DB644E12713D41610" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Funding received by an eligible entity pursuant to this paragraph shall not be considered in the calculation of costs under subsection (b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB33A2350BE714E11AD529723C4A2AFB4" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The owner of the land subject to the easement shall have up to three years after the grant of the easement to exercise the option to enroll in the conservation stewardship program as provided under subparagraph (A).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><enum>V</enum><header>Pasture-based livestock</header><section id="H9B7721DC09B04B6B84B7545A36D30CAC"><enum>501.</enum><header>Animal raising claims</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7A58165EBE3B4B4DB2F6C149E4AD2DDA" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subtitle id="H99DD78C5F32B496EACFEAC1BA422C535"><enum>H</enum><header>Animal Raising Claims</header><section id="H797250B6C0694C91A5DB7BE5B3DA57F6"><enum>298.</enum><header>Required verification process for animal raising claims</header><subsection id="H03B0609F600F44BA99F93C212B03EE05"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to facilitate marketing, truth in labeling, and new economic opportunities for producers and businesses using animal raising claims, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service in coordination with the Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, shall establish, not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this subtitle, after providing notice and an opportunity to comment, and in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements<italic></italic>—</text><paragraph id="H449940734E034886A49916FC33625ADA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>mandatory standards with respect to animal raising claims that may be made on the labeling of any meat food products or poultry product;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0936300C5E7A4DBAAC99E785620DBBD3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>procedures to verify any such claims prior to the use in commerce of any meat food product or poultry product bearing labeling with such a claim; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H90FD6F8DB66B46518B74E35A6A8B4367"><enum>(3)</enum><text>procedures whereby any such verification is subsequently incorporated seamlessly with labeling requirements under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/601">21 U.S.C. 601</external-xref> et seq.) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/451">21 U.S.C. 451</external-xref> et seq.); and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6F3BA7C96FA546ACB6F3F1F085DC824D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>on-farm and supply chain auditing and verification procedures for ensuring the truthfulness of such claims. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDFC62E18F87B4594BB748760D8814F14"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standards</header><text>In developing and approving animal raising claim standards under subsection (a), the Secretary shall include standards relating to—</text><paragraph id="HDAEFB68B3C9D4552BB81059BB176974A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>diet claims, including grass-fed, vegetarian-fed, and fed no animal byproducts; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA395739A9C984FA8AE4E56FD890F2B1D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>living and raising condition claims, including but not limited to cage free, free range, and pasture raised; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H32C072C207394523B8BF574A088EB63E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>antibiotic and hormone claims, including but not limited to raised without antibiotics, no hormones added (beef cattle, sheep), and raised without growth promotants; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1C349736139B4A94B02357B425FA97B9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>source claims demonstrating the animal can be traced back to its farm of origin from birth to slaughter; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8D99350EBD7C449DA2EC247039D1E3AC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>age claims; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA17D7BF7EB0242DC983A20D1FB4B2063"><enum>(6)</enum><text>animal welfare claims; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0396F313BD5B475FA0CBA419565988FB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>environmental stewardship claims, including greenhouse gas reduction and carbon sequestration claims; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA9FE6DB56CEF48E89DD211E651CC32EC"><enum>(8)</enum><text>breed claims; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H592222393BA4465C97599600E960DBA9"><enum>(9)</enum><text>any other such claim as the Secretary determines is appropriate. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE6431C99658C482DA6C8757E5425C821"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Third-Party certification</header><text>A producer of a meat food product or a poultry product may use an animal raising claim that is verified by a third party so long as—</text><paragraph id="HD972EB75B07741A8890E58FC1FAC921D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the claim is made consistent with standards established by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE8F37191125B499580C4C2BFDD4DFFA0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the procedures used by such third party for purposes of that verification and any subsequent auditing are equivalent (as determined by the Secretary) to the procedures used by the Secretary for that verification and auditing. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6C89DB11160A477B9B5BDA712683EB7E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Approval process</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall require that a producer seeking to make an animal raising claim, submit to the Secretary prior to using the product that is the subject of such animal raising claim the following documentation to support such claim—</text><paragraph id="H84EEE07BFCBF4562A4F4C3830C87E988"><enum>(1)</enum><text>detailed written descriptions explaining the controls used for ensuring that the raising claim is valid from birth to harvest or the period of raising being referenced by the claim; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9CEE96A6CE1F4F98BB92908F8FFF363D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a signed and dated document describing how the animals are raised to support that specific claim made is truthful and not misleading; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2C4AEF6AD34243B8BD99293D7AF4C657"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a written description of the product tracing and segregation mechanism from time of slaughter or further processing through packaging and distribution; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDC6A9FC49AD047EE915703895E9AD1EB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a written description for the identification, control, and segregation of non-conforming animals or products; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1947977D4F6A4EF799DD67D1E9EC7ECB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>if a third party certifies a claim, a current copy of the certificate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA7BA2D36C26F4188BB0BC548E6A7023F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effect on other laws</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter the authority of the Secretary under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/601">21 U.S.C. 601</external-xref> et seq.) or the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/451">21 U.S.C. 451</external-xref> et. seq.). </text></subsection><subsection id="HB913F159862043DBAC44571D1950D19E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Consistency with other laws</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure consistency between the animal raising claims standards established pursuant to subsection (a) and the Organic Food Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6501">7 U.S.C. 6501</external-xref> et seq.) and any rules or regulations implementing that Act. </text></subsection><subsection id="H224ACC73FB6C41EA9F355A50CF827CC1"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Compliance requirements</header><text>Beginning on the date that is three years after the date of the enactment of this Act—</text><paragraph id="HF0EA4B9AF06548FF988F2D1A1EC5B11B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a domestic meat food product or poultry product—</text><subparagraph id="HE23FB6AD70E44936B7D1E1F4810BAC23"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a person may sell or label a meat food product or poultry product with an animal raising label claim only if such products is produced and handled in accordance with the standards established pursuant to subsection (a); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB3950B4D29D4A95A650EAD167E87F88"><enum>(B)</enum><text>no person may sell or label a meat food product or poultry product with an animal raising label claim that is not in compliance with such standards; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H708F5B93897B48AE972071F106EF21C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of an imported meat food product or poultry product, such a product may be sold or labeled with animal raising label claims if the Secretary determines such product has been produced and handled under a verification program that provides safeguards and guidelines that are at least equivalent to the requirements of the standards established pursuant to subsection (a). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD5D0ADA87AA84465A04879D6135A897A"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Violation of this title</header><paragraph id="H0C17197AE4984C3FA734F00CB772C013"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Misuse of label</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person who, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, is found by the Secretary to have knowingly sold or labeled any meat food product or poultry product with an animal raising claim, except in accordance with this subtitle, shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $10,000. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0BDB89F1B33345338DEABD5A70C142DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>False statement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person who after notice and an opportunity to be heard, has been found by the Secretary to makes a false, fraudulent, or fictitious statement to the Secretary, a governing Federal or State official, or a third-party certifier, or conceals, covers up, falsifies, or deceives a material fact to the Secretary, a governing Federal or State official, or a third-party certifier with respect to an animal raising claim subject to the requirements of this subtitle shall be subject to a penalty specified in section 1001 of title 18, United States Code. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H36F8F266E7A74D23BB53B38EA79108B7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle such sums as may be necessary.</text></subsection></section><section id="HDEF661B712344424B8F1031DB6EED375"><enum>299.</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle shall only apply to meat food products and poultry products that are subject to labeling requirements under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/601">21 U.S.C. 601</external-xref> et seq.) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/451">21 U.S.C. 451</external-xref> et seq.). </text></section><section id="HC8BE5565915743BE9760DB070CB935B0"><enum>300.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text><paragraph id="H67846286B3EB48D5B6E4A948DB47A344"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>animal raising claim</term> means a statement on the labeling of meat food products or poultry products used in interstate commerce that reference the way that the source animal for a meat food product or poultry product was raised, including production practices that were used, such as living or raising conditions, the breed, or the location or source of where the product is born, raised, and processed. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1CC3EE44937E4A6EB06378685E521AA6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>meat food product</term> has the meaning given such term in section 1(j) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/601">21 U.S.C. 601(j)</external-xref>). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF5AFE8E53E794D958EE38166F0478C61"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term <term>poultry product</term> has the meaning given such term in section 4(f) of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/453">7 U.S.C. 453(f)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H8C8DAB0899A2458C8BA8C6660E79D812"><enum>502.</enum><header>Processing Resilience Grant Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H5ECC47C2A4CF43C9805AB9A5012CD067" style="OLC"><section id="HF875C5FA47BA491785501090E666D401"><enum>210B.</enum><header>Processing Resilience Grant Program</header><subsection id="H9260069507254BE8832F53FEAE541A8E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text><paragraph id="HFF94FF630754464BAAC125904B1ED278"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a small or very small establishment, as defined in the final rule entitled <quote>Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems</quote> (61 Fed. Reg. 33806 (July 25, 1996));</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC502055FEF164DB988EE62D0E702A153"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a slaughtering or processing establishment operating under a State inspection program that meets the criteria specified in section 301(a) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/661">21 U.S.C. 661</external-xref>) or section 5 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/454">21 U.S.C. 454</external-xref>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB5B608A10B344B1491A9401B94124F6F"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE1532B2C83174D37B042C36280A2A384"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a person, firm, or corporation exempt from inspection under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/601">21 U.S.C. 601</external-xref> et seq.) pursuant to section 23 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/623">21 U.S.C. 623</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96B121CC866C44C19E7C16CFC4025DDA" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a retail dealer, poultry producer, or person exempt from inspection under the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/451">21 U.S.C. 451</external-xref> et seq.) pursuant to section 15 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/464">21 U.S.C. 464</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9B91EAA9E46C4778A6A2C7BCE0B18D61"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an entity seeking to establish and operate an establishment that would meet the criteria specified in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H117A21BCC16343DB8C465BE5C5AD5D6D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a grant program to provide competitive grants to eligible entities to expand processing capacity, create jobs, support health and safety, and enhance the resilience of the farm and food sector.</text></subsection><subsection id="H2610EACCE122482385622D9AF2392B32"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>An entity selected to receive a grant under this section may use the funds received through such grant for activities including—</text><paragraph id="HFBAC7DD4FB5D493482AE3D0D785CE7D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the cost of developing and issuing (other than the cost of labor), directly incurred or incurred by a consultant, a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plan for the eligible entity;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFCBEC9A82BE14CD9A49FD3FFC1B8B59B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the actual cost of any facilities, equipment, processes, and operations necessary for the establishment to comply with the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/601">21 U.S.C. 601</external-xref> et seq.) or Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/451">21 U.S.C. 451</external-xref> et seq.);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H97A9537555D642BD8246E82EFFC0245E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>cold storage, equipment, or transportation services;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H16D466E8DC2E4DB9A7E43BACC589D344"><enum>(4)</enum><text>constructing or acquiring humane handling infrastructure, including holding space for livestock holding prior to slaughter, shade structures, and knock box structures;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7222300D1B0A4C6E8B2567606BBBBF1C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>purchasing software and computer equipment for record keeping, production data, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points record review;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE7A6B0F001EE465988F5BB8785A02EF2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the costs of staff time and training for implementing and monitoring health and safety procedures;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2348886E2F7A4D179597F1F8CEF21251"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the development of a feasibility study or business plan for those interested in expanding or starting a new small establishment; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2C502D7C6B0B4C0EA34F2E139039A2D6"><enum>(8)</enum><text>other costs associated with expanding or establishing a small establishment or very small establishment, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCF16763F7E634A21942987C70A74FBF1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applications</header><paragraph id="HB3470F8A94F84361B15260CD23DF4D67"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible entity seeking a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application in accordance with an application process established by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEBE2E80EB0F14025B7FAC3CFA42162A8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Simplified process</header><text>In establishing the application process under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish a simplified, separate application of up to $100,000.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7B94C0BF7C5847C2903D82B3595FB785"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the application required under paragraph (2) is—</text><subparagraph id="HDADAF516425E428DA5438CEBBA2008D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as simple as is practicable;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB7DEE65978E4AB396408A503CF39182"><enum>(B)</enum><text>accessible online; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9FD9E20DF0154AA8AE710F6D7FA9BC43"><enum>(C)</enum><text>available through local staff of the Department of Agriculture.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEF67878F1C8E45FDBEECF38106041CBF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>The amount of a grant under this section shall be not more than $500,000.</text></subsection><subsection id="H1E3F0A49039F4C54886270DB4386BBE0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The administration of this section, including the promulgation of regulations to carry out this section, shall be without regard to—</text><paragraph id="H3F59AC0DE45C4750A7C082E89518830D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States Code; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCEC84E9CE36E43F3BC085469BE77908F"><enum>(2)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/44/35">chapter 35</external-xref> of title 44, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H46E70FA874674590A29E3BE5A219D213"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Process</header><paragraph id="H13CA3F8D453D4848931FBCD84E56627E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Outreach</header><text>During the period beginning on the date on which the Secretary begins to accept applications, the Secretary shall perform outreach to States and eligible entities relating to grants under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H75F226CA46F3469193C84A144C93682D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reapplication</header><text>In the case of a denial of an application under this section, the eligible entity submitting such application may submit a revised application, as specified by the Secretary in regulations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8AC9B4F308F34F43B376B7B592B804F9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In reviewing applications submitted under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to proposals that would—</text><subparagraph id="H3858D223EFD14464A6B9FB15234D1185"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increase farmer and rancher access to animal slaughter options within a 200 mile radius;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7EE17D80B9B47EC851C7E90DE631AA1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>support a small or very small plant with less than 150 employees; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA028E120384E4FEBA0B9B1D93DF08287"><enum>(C)</enum><text>support minority-owned businesses that are defined as for-profit businesses where not less than 51 percent of such business is owned by 1 or more Black American, Native American, Hispanic American, or Asian American individuals.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4EBE2211C1314CE189BFFEC7CB4A485C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>Funds provided under a grant under this section shall not exceed 50 percent of the costs referred to in subsection (c), as determined by the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection id="H362617A8CCC04F8398417B6CCB139F80"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="H9D794C696E16451CB38AD671808FB614"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mandatory funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1AF6AF9BA6DF4336A91C8F366F43292C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H5229BD74A00447F38AAEE0CDEBB38526"><enum>503.</enum><header>Conservation of private grazing land</header><subsection id="H916BF5509AD3482FA420CEC856C25F1F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240M(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb">16 U.S.C. 3839bb(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HC443A83B81014FA990CD07CB27750BDA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by inserting <quote>conserving water and</quote> before <quote>improving</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H58EA6D4CCC8B4973970D0DD9DA6A45A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5C94018B67A34FBE96B06FF2450B14C1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC57E27076CE24224B78A8AC0E9C0443B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE20F63D39EF54179B62034190DB1A6DB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H4AB96F111461436894D0B753A4EB8F44"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conserving and improving soil health and improving grazing system resilience in the face of climate change through advanced grazing management practices; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6A859E9A267D4BCD9161F976B2CB35E1"><enum>(10)</enum><text>providing support for producers transitioning from confinement and feedlot systems or continuous grazing to managed grazing-based systems, including support for pasture development and management.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC202AD3593B142E0B8B04E27A8775559"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240M(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb">16 U.S.C. 3839bb(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>hay land</quote> and inserting <quote>perennial hay land, including silvopasture</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="H87324836119D439A9963A8A90E715379"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Private grazing land conservation assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240M(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb">16 U.S.C. 3839bb(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H37B21141C0C54BFDBE849331BD26DC08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="H9FC2DC5480394B979FBDE1D58036677E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>and partnerships described in paragraph (2)(B)</quote> after <quote>local conservation districts</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9AF8249B0AEC45F7AB5F26127CE40035"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>grazing land management technologies</quote> and inserting <quote>regionally appropriate, advanced grazing land management technologies to improve soil health and maximize carbon sequestration</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9676F1B5168460E8A23A0DD805A0E51"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(iv), by inserting <quote>through integrated strategies that include rotational and multispecies grazing, integrated pest management, and other ecological practices</quote> after <quote>brush encroachment problems</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H706E483422CF40F38032DFA18B16E4F8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF41217C247A54EDCBE4029E15BFF972E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subparagraph (I), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1CAD1C8650234E13A069E8B8CC501268"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2FFD1B1118164A4D8C088C8631A07FA3" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H617F2B8916C34ECDB64AC75EA2B9E455"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assisting producers in transitioning from confinement or feedlot systems or continuous grazing to managed grazing-based systems, including assistance in pasture development and management.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBC4DAEAEAEA64826B6C45C016BCC6E4A" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0E7EE10CA99644CEA860ABAE2DE4982B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H39DEE578DA1B4E3F94992A45A5E1849F" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program elements</header><subparagraph id="HC4AD22DB8427479ABB61732A0F0F255A" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Technical assistance and education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personnel of the Department trained in pasture and range management shall be made available under the program to deliver and coordinate technical assistance and education to owners and managers of private grazing land, including owners and managers interested in developing new or improved pasture or grazing-based systems on their land, at the request of the owners and managers.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0662F145D1144C48BB1724335B0FA16" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Partnerships</header><text>In carrying out the program under this section, the Secretary shall provide research, demonstration, education (including conferences, workshops, field days, and trainings), workforce training, planning, and outreach activities through partnerships with—</text><clause id="H0A74F49F42F84FC9AD72918CC4AEA8B9" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>));</text></clause><clause id="H0EF0CF482B6842AFA834F8D9C83AD23F" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>nongovernmental organizations; and</text></clause><clause id="H6B3C47882B7F44DF80C8AC78EA7CD14F" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>tribal organizations.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF09D052FF86147BC89DC572BCA2C51E6" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Grants</header><clause id="HEE3631DD3B7D4663A0429C7B818E3655" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the program under this section, the Secretary shall provide funds on a competitive basis to partnerships to use for State or local action grants to conduct grazing land research, demonstration, education, workforce training, planning, and outreach projects.</text></clause><clause id="H0DBE9694FD5643BC81CE9C2963F34529" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Grants made by partnerships under this section shall be for a period not to exceed 3 years.</text></clause><clause id="H22B47D74A2004096A6CFD7C301D86EB1" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><text>A partnership that receives funding under this section shall ensure that any funded project provides, from non-Federal sources, funds or in-kind support valued at not less than 25 percent of the total cost of the project.</text></clause><clause id="H689FBE44F33247DF85F8014642750308"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Limitation on indirect costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A partnership that receives funding under this section may not use more than 15 percent of the total cost of the project for the indirect costs of carrying out the project.</text></clause><clause id="HB717EB50EB7C44EE81DE64BFDE6A09AC" commented="no"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>Priority shall be given to projects that—</text><subclause id="H3C4C230EA2BE4974BD9CFB198803C980" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>focus on sustainable grazing management systems and techniques that assist producers with multiple ecosystem services, including climate change adaptation and mitigation; and</text></subclause><subclause id="HB43B35D003CA4A53ABBB4B3AED646F32" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">involve beginning farmers and ranchers, socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, tribal producers, or new graziers (including State or federally registered apprenticeships).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0870F7026FFC4398BDEAE32EBD12E177"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grazing technical assistance self-Help</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240M(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb">16 U.S.C. 3839bb(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H8772C3E5763F4BBC8B405F1A32B6265C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting <quote>and for those interested in beginning grazing</quote> before the semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2253E6CAC965448E934893C3013C46DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>may establish 2</quote> and inserting <quote>may establish</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFA112B43F5CC4FF284100229F68A2ECF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(C)—</text><subparagraph id="H0007CF01018E404BAF40D9B52C04F3B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2441E798A4974D64B351D1EEE228CEB3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C2BF7E59F244E499B87E71BBF6A68C9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (ii) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD3A473D07D114859AD841D26265DEFED" display-inline="no-display-inline"><clause id="H1E62C86DB9E143E89F771BB8CB531989"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will improve climate change adaptation and mitigation; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8350D85AEDA94722A983530B92BB77B4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240M(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb">16 U.S.C. 3839bb(e)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE47069DC3B3A428EB61B2B06317F88DA" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H4A802840EAF64089A5CC189452DEBC6D" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="HB405663CB9A84DE581E1E66BDB90F199" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mandatory funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H25B61BBAD9AD4966AE3CA8E97A3DD903" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>Of the funds made available under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use not more than 40 percent to carry out subsection (c)(2)(C).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0340485D011440E498ABDB9EA5690148" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2030.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="H6DCCFC6A1DDB49C6A536173AC99E81FC"><enum>504.</enum><header>Conservation reserve program</header><subsection id="HA95A5565544A4AB39667E584105852C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conservation reserve</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831">16 U.S.C. 3831(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HD4215AED516D40828D5D0B1472E05C01"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="H2F29799ED6A74D199BF7C6E09AB93DD8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H587EE10C45244BC089D4046B67912401"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C74BA5AD56845AB9DB36B88500B9037"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H876DD6AC6AF64ACABC40B360D35692F6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="HCAEB07B745D34E90BC3E19D8C33B6138"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fiscal years 2024 through 2030, not more than 32,000,000 acres.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7011C77E8B024204BFA24C25E4B4A83E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A)—</text><subparagraph id="H6319888ED352463692E3914EB6A34031"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEF3269D7DF6E490EBBF1256997B95C0A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii)(III), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8917E5E72424477AFAE4D0645C9D546"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCA4D9C56DDAB48C3B5E8B7556E8B2CA5" display-inline="no-display-inline"><clause id="H7FDE773AABF64DF892592A767098BF19"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary shall enroll and maintain in the conservation reserve not fewer than 7,000,000 acres of land described in subsection (b)(3) by September 30, 2030, of which 5,000,000 acres shall be reserved for the pilot program established under section 1231C(c).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H274E23BC37C54E239B0E7955E485F446"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pilot programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231C of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831c">16 U.S.C. 3831c</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H303A1704B2B34D34AC9035700291D976" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="HE920F2DD4523438F9E6C99543F8357CD" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grasslands 30</header><paragraph id="H9021088C21AE430D891B1C9E695BFD71" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><subparagraph id="H8E082AFEB86E4DCC8F6F035B3AE33C3C" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Enrollment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a pilot program to enroll land in the conservation reserve program through a 30-year conservation reserve contract (referred to in this subsection as a <quote>Grassland 30 contract</quote>) in accordance with this subsection.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC1F8DE79BAF6465B85FBC61D5F25C3FE" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion of acreage limitation</header><text>For purposes of applying the limitations in section 1231(d)(1), the Secretary shall include acres of land enrolled under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA2DDDA6C598140BFAC4882205F72EB3B" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible land</header><text>Eligible land for enrollment through a Grassland 30 contract—</text><subparagraph id="HD7348A5E3F974772AC5D65D14B525BB8" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is land that is eligible to be enrolled in the conservation reserve program under the grasslands initiative described in section 1231(d)(2); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H49381E1E13224D0F82ED0D3D3EDAF6B2" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not be limited to land that is subject to an expired covered contract.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB674B2AB647141E8B9630505E8E2FB3F" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Expired conservation contract election</header><subparagraph id="H5D81BBE93D474E92B575AAC66CC60B21" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition of covered contract</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>covered contract</term> means a contract entered into under this subchapter that—</text><clause id="H62232196CAF64B17A8FE4EBF087559C6" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>expires on or after the date of enactment of this subsection; and</text></clause><clause id="HD41B0502066146CEB76B51A18F941FE8" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>covers land enrolled in the conservation reserve program under the grasslands initiative described in section 1231(d)(2).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAFCD2FE06E33465EBB7FBEDE4F8E15BE" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Election</header><text>On the expiration of a covered contract, an owner or operator party to the covered contract shall elect—</text><clause id="H55B8362F5A4F4FC4BC4DF31F98E234C8" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not to reenroll the land under the contract;</text></clause><clause id="H07D54EE8F8A049FBA9FE37940B84A90F" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to offer to reenroll the land under the contract if the land remains eligible under the terms in effect as of the date of expiration; or</text></clause><clause id="H625B25B69C4346FE89194EB3550F0E2B" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>not to reenroll the land under the contract and to enroll that land through a Grassland 30 contract under this subsection.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBB6A8CE8B40943D6BAC2A609B7EEE280" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The term of a Grassland 30 contract shall be 30 years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H562E9862FA8F421DACB544A3703169B9" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Agreements</header><text>To be eligible to enroll land in the conservation reserve program through a Grassland 30 contract, the owner of the land shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary—</text><subparagraph id="H8CF5CFE604CA42F3AFA0338FE018D29A" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to implement a conservation reserve plan developed for the land;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB915304973A479B896ADCB2667572AD" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to comply with the terms and conditions of the contract and any related agreements; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H089FAD570F8E4009974D37F0245D8046" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to temporarily suspend the base history for the land covered by the contract.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAA5C8ADFEE074DB6A020BC73D2734398" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Terms and conditions of Grassland 30 contracts</header><subparagraph id="H190CE412A6A84E5EBB28BB0B92276460" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A Grassland 30 contract shall include terms and conditions that promote sustainable grazing systems, protect and enhance soil carbon levels, and are compatible with wildlife habitat conservation, as determined by the Secretary, and may include any additional provision that the Secretary determines is appropriate to carry out this subsection or facilitate the practical administration of this subsection.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H66AC5967F5024465A14D1E2BFDC2E5CC" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Violation</header><text>On the violation of a term or condition of a Grassland 30 contract, the Secretary may require the owner to refund all or part of any payments received by the owner under the conservation reserve program, with interest on the payments, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA88C166BD1141B8B425CF6D1E667E68" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Compatible uses</header><text>Land subject to a Grassland 30 contract may be used for compatible economic uses, including hunting and fishing, if the use—</text><clause id="H16F15D61E7664BC0981F2EE6B6973DE9" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is specifically permitted by the conservation reserve plan developed for the land; and</text></clause><clause id="H07DEB8672561456BB898D4F58D864C69" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is consistent with the long-term protection and enhancement of the conservation resources for which the contract was established.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3B52894A41AE4A3CA3E1BEA33A39CD6A" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Compensation</header><subparagraph id="H69B65BF0C7134C80AE60BCE0174B500F" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Amount of payments</header><text>The Secretary shall provide payment under this subsection to an owner of land enrolled through a Grassland 30 contract using 30 annual payments in an amount equal to the amount that would be used if the land were to be enrolled in the conservation reserve program under section 1231(d)(2).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92555BCEB80149C897111A9528E738D2" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Form of payment</header><text>Compensation for a Grassland 30 contract shall be provided by the Secretary in the form of a cash payment in an amount determined under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB09C7866D76440DB840FB148CFC94519" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The Secretary shall provide any annual payment obligation under subparagraph (A) as early as practicable in each fiscal year.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H822FF777B3504A2E8AF03DDB89FD85CE" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Payments to others</header><text>The Secretary shall make a payment, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, in a manner as the Secretary determines is fair and reasonable under the circumstances, if an owner who is entitled to a payment under this section—</text><clause id="H61CA2B956DF04712B4F6D6A5732ED2F9" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>dies;</text></clause><clause id="HE34961CECE5F49C2926A28C223F92738" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>becomes incompetent;</text></clause><clause id="H6935E03661684BBB87CDE19DF33634AD" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is succeeded by another person or entity who renders or completes the required performance; or</text></clause><clause id="H81AFD132C47E464F901A566AF89527F3" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>is otherwise unable to receive the payment.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD33DC68DAC0841B08C7BC058947A23BE" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><subparagraph id="H2ABAC21C43E2419FBB3938F61D184EF4" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall assist owners in complying with the terms and conditions of a Grassland 30 contract.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2F13A495AF2B45BDB6CD8EF635D54A3F" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contracts or agreements</header><text>The Secretary may enter into 1 or more contracts with private entities or agreements with a State, nongovernmental organization, or Indian Tribe to carry out necessary maintenance of a Grassland 30 contract if the Secretary determines that the contract or agreement will advance the purposes of the conservation reserve program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H53F3A43FED024B689687303D1E069B1E" commented="no"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Administration</header><subparagraph id="H581217A81926452AB0F43B322BB87519" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Conservation reserve plan</header><text>The Secretary shall develop a conservation reserve plan for any land subject to a Grassland 30 contract, which shall include practices and activities necessary to maintain, protect, and enhance the conservation value of the enrolled land, including the protection and enhancement of soil carbon levels.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B6F5AE2B42848259BEB96C79BC6A814" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Delegation of contract administration</header><clause id="H53CCD8EAA2494D018D5FAE4027582760" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Federal, State, Tribal, or local government agencies</header><text>The Secretary may delegate any of the management, monitoring, and enforcement responsibilities of the Secretary under this subsection to other Federal, State, Tribal, or local government agencies that have the appropriate authority, expertise, and resources necessary to carry out those delegated responsibilities.</text></clause><clause id="H26D16D715C334E02B99410B5F0D38C50" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Conservation organizations</header><text>The Secretary may delegate any management responsibilities of the Secretary under this subsection to conservation organizations if the Secretary determines the conservation organization has similar expertise and resources.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="HA7D38BEFD3AE47C2A39A35CC34EF8061"><enum>505.</enum><header>Alternative Manure Management Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 5 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb">16 U.S.C. 3839bb</external-xref> et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H031FFABC940F43EB963ADE9FDCD8F0A4" display-inline="no-display-inline"><section id="HBAA3C957BA4E4FE0BA2D364FA2B208A5" commented="no"><enum>1240T.</enum><header>Alternative manure management program</header><subsection id="HD1ADE0B7CA0042EBBEFE037DF1024A44" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="H6748D8A17BCE4B3386E9BAEC796B10F7" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Pasture-based management</header><text>The term <term>pasture-based management</term> means a dairy or livestock production system in which the animals spend all or a substantial portion of their time grazing on fields in which some or all of the manure is deposited and left in the field and decomposes aerobically.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCEC38CB9A6FE4182B42930FAD3A195EC" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Non-digester dairy or livestock methane management method</header><text>The term <term>non-digester dairy or livestock methane management method</term> means a method that may be used by operators of dairy or livestock operations to transition from wet manure handling and storage, where anaerobic conditions are present, to dry manure handling and storage, including open solar drying or composting of manure onsite, conversion of dairy and livestock operations to pasture-based management, solid separation technologies, scrape conversion, and other strategies to mitigate methane emissions from manure management, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB7B62E9C78D24BD39F69E695C7889081" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Onsite open solar drying or composting of manure</header><text>The term <term>onsite open solar drying or composting of manure</term> means the collection, storage, and drying of dairy or livestock manure in a nonliquid environment on a farm or ranch.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC643F63FD22740D1B33513606FEF021E" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Scrape conversion</header><text>The term <term>scrape conversion</term> means the conversion of flush water lagoon systems to solid-scrape or dry manure management practices, including vacuum technologies for manure management.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8D8863F0E75B49E6B33BBD49616D03AC" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Solid separation technologies</header><text>The term <term>solid separation technologies</term> means technologies designed to separate liquid components of manure from mineral and organic solid components, for the purposes of reducing methane emissions.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H891DF07388A446FF87DEADA4F9FA32D6"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Eligible producer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible producer</term> means a dairy or livestock producer whose baseline manure management practices prior to enrollment in the program include the anaerobic decomposition of volatile solids stored in a lagoon or other predominantly liquid anaerobic environment. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6600B3B2D50B489AB93BEB9FB39BE800" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish an alternative manure management program to support non-digester dairy and livestock methane management strategies to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to maximize environmental benefits.</text></subsection><subsection id="H1E5F817159F14E27B71C680CBBCAA8DB" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payments</header><text>During the 2022 through 2030 fiscal years, the Secretary shall provide payments to eligible producers that enter into contracts with the Secretary under the program.</text></subsection><subsection id="HE2304949B439498887D8CA7A9192B71D" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Practices</header><text>Each eligible producer requesting funding for a project under the program shall include at least one of the following project components that reduce baseline methane emissions on the operation of the producer:</text><paragraph id="H41B37B5C2DB341CD8650FDA63521BE94" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Conversion of dairy and livestock operations to pasture-based management that eliminates or reduces the quantity of manure stored in anaerobic conditions, including—</text><subparagraph id="H9EEF4C32568B42D692B6AA04A3B9B4C9" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conversion of a non-pasture dairy or livestock operation to pasture-based management;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93B2A99DD48045A3B2CC64735A8F5457" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increasing the amount of time livestock spend at pasture at an existing pasture operation; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7A0F5AB7D4284EB8BA8CBDD06160C400" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improving pasture-based management, including transitioning to managed rotational grazing.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H800B9E3CA28D4ADB82E01F571FD66243" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Alternative manure treatment and storage practices, including—</text><subparagraph id="H72D530AECD1E4DD2A91CB6F636BA65C4" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>installation of a compost bedded pack barn that composts manure;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6304A751427B4B0F9C1750D7FB51E141" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>installation of slatted floor pit storage manure collection that must be cleaned out at least monthly; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC05CA4F334F8489193F3DACDD09CE778" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other similar practices, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H060091E2DBBA436CA3DEB7ABDB51164F" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Conversion to a solid separation system in which manure solids are separated prior to entry into a wet, anaerobic environment at a dairy or livestock operation, or installation of a new solid separation system with significantly higher separation efficiency than the existing solid separation system, in conjunction with one or more of the following practices:</text><subparagraph id="HE8112B90D1364659BF0C8B2B65D0BF94" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Open solar drying or composting of manure onsite.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H055D9FBEC407429B9398579136B8919E" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Solar drying in an enclosed environment.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3CD841F6DF414D37A4D71B5E895E2585" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Forced evaporation with natural-gas fueled dryers.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H733A401D554A4ED9A5922D3F0C3695DA" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Storage of manure in unconfined piles or stacks.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H134F0426B4444858A525867E16814451" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Composting in an enclosed vessel, with forced aeration and continuous mixing.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE07FF3665D14400AB8199001B422E289" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Composting in piles with forced aeration but no mixing.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB67D7878855453E8D002CC9173D9F52" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Composting in intensive windrows with regular turning for mixing and aeration.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB621B901CE0F49D58DB0CDBCE8F78BEA" commented="no"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Composting in passive windrows with infrequent turning for mixing and aeration.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF63AD943CF6F4AF8A2904D33A75053A3" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Scrape conversion in conjunction with one of the practices listed in paragraph (3).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H319C0AB68A6B4DA89E37D7BA639FE5A8" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Term</header><text>A contract under the program shall have a term that does not exceed 3 years.</text></subsection><subsection id="H4D4A6084134B4BC4A4A3DDE234EFC3B8" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Payments</header><paragraph id="H03817C06405B4BDDABE3E0359C37E762" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability of payments</header><text>Payments provided to an eligible producer under this section may be used to implement one or more practices described in subsection (d).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H859C3B3744BB4E14B6C1F793F8D507CD" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payment amounts</header><text>The Secretary may provide a payment to an eligible producer under the program for an amount that is up to 100 percent of the costs associated with planning, design, materials, equipment, installation, labor, management, maintenance, and training related to implementing a practice described in subsection (d).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC8C98ACC246C421FA9C3D459E2FA79BF" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person or legal entity (including a joint venture and a general partnership) may not receive, directly or indirectly, payments under the program that exceed $750,000 during any 5-year period.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6B01AFC9FEAA477A8B470622809B0430" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Advanced payments</header><text>The Secretary shall provide at least 50 percent of the amount of total payments to an eligible producer in advance for all costs related to purchasing materials and equipment or contracting.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF28760065F144063B661FC893F5F8F1E" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Modification or termination of contracts</header><paragraph id="H7CAF9D072EC2432D8F3595EA469925F0" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Voluntary modification or termination</header><text>The Secretary may modify or terminate a contract entered into with an eligible producer under the program if—</text><subparagraph id="H158B2CA7F0D64B549C725E605E88F0C1" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the producer agrees to the modification or termination; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C360781EC384BC59FE7A624916F978D" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that the modification or termination is in the public interest.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1451E7CBD1CB4F46A384144C8E6A8FB1" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Involuntary termination</header><text>The Secretary may terminate a contract under the program if the Secretary determines that the eligible producer violated the contract.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC27772B622C64F4287C8C7717E4B157F" commented="no"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Cluster applications</header><text>The Secretary shall establish procedures under which—</text><paragraph id="H6D5E16856F6D44A69F0004A89785D4BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>groups of eligible producers may submit a joint application in order to facilitate centralized composting facilities; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE01BC4659CBC49899F8D23E5E62AE730"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary will apportion payments to each eligible producer associated with such a joint application.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC39F2B7CA5D84B0AAA22B44DE7034694" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Evaluation of applications</header><paragraph id="H065312EF6B284F718101A25209974187" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Evaluation criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall develop criteria for evaluating applications that will ensure that the purposes of the program are fulfilled in a cost effective manner and in a manner that will maximize greenhouse gas emissions reductions and overall environmental benefits.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H85E2A06DA1514536B64DC013E1FCA54B" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grouping of applications</header><text>The Secretary may group and evaluate applications relative to other applications for similar farming operations.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAF98A23A8BAE4E94BEC020FB0FE258AB" commented="no"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Duties of producers</header><text>To receive payments under the program, an eligible producer shall agree—</text><paragraph id="HF48B2E4F2C624604B31D292257C0627F" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to implement an alternative manure management program plan that describes the greenhouse gas emissions reductions and other environmental benefits to be achieved through 1 or more practices that are approved by the Secretary;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAFD811C54DBD4362AC781787C94E7F75" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to supply information as required by the Secretary to determine compliance with the program plan and requirements of the program; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCC04EEAD70544783982AE670BCD20EA2" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to comply with such additional provisions as the Secretary determines are necessary to carry out the program plan.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7EBEC9E83FC046DDB7FA7A4AC7F38FB1" commented="no"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Duties of the secretary</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="H2BD2ED8D7AC442C78ED5D51EE6735661" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine and publish factors for estimating the emissions reductions for each program practice to aid eligible producers in development of applications and program plans; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6D28818778A34F378CE5F44210F92C91"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assist an eligible producer in achieving the greenhouse gas emissions reduction and other environmental goals of the program plan by—</text><subparagraph id="H3D2DE26F52F04F6DB22211FEED064655" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing payments for developing and implementing 1 or more practices, as appropriate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13E01E0C32F44FAD94AC33997D9BB485" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing the producer with information, technical assistance, and training to aid in implementation of the plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCB7D1A7230474D8A9DA80C58810274ED" commented="no"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the program (including the provision of technical assistance) using, to the maximum extent practicable, $1,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2030.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><enum>VI</enum><header>On-farm renewable energy</header><section id="H3F9CDB45C4DB45279B5E7915FE5EF652"><enum>601.</enum><header>Rural Energy For America Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8107">7 U.S.C. 8107</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H6E065839F08D4AC5878EA3FEC2F7A4B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="H3E84945593814BA5ACA2ECE76E17507E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and renewable energy development</quote> and inserting <quote>, renewable energy development, and the reduction of carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide equivalent emissions</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F34111E1DF04C5098028DDA185350E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and renewable energy systems</quote> and inserting <quote>, renewable energy systems, and carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide equivalent gas emissions reductions</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCE752904F068488A875E3B7A5D8EABD2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="H93D4A2EAE5C0433FA8FFB6C0FA372A85"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="H8098B4395D72446489C7D48D22E3FE54"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause id="HA2379C7B7F1342F6AFAC9CE2642AFFD1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (G); and</text></clause><clause id="HBD770EEA3C73405695D0159B797435C2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H6BDA7A6D32CA45BB8BD93F0F013D8ABF" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H16FB2378400743A785F1B370598BD16B"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a nonprofit corporation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE578B73EEA2F4E0BAC6866CA955B0750"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an agricultural cooperative or producer group; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H682CFC9938C04445A724E167C4CDD6DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(D), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, including carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide equivalent emissions reductions</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2F8ED95289C14B53900DD99F18D81E69"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text><clause id="H20DBAF3DC3324C2AA198B79059A03F4F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, agricultural processors,</quote> after <quote>agricultural producers</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="HD422D75C9E4742F4BAB7FF87CDAFDE1C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause id="H76D0ACA43AF3400D83766963F2E73242"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H6B1373639C0449EBA7B6C8F057010D6B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1E6FFCC0370A47D98BA3CB3A7B5216D3" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="HE961905E2E2445F39AAA17F3C738D44A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assisting in the development of feasibility studies and plans for implementing recommendations provided under subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC1A384B612044501AAC3F06E4B79AC9D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="HFB508244435648068A10750FC3C8A93A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A)(i), by inserting <quote>, agricultural processors,<italic></italic></quote> after <quote>agricultural producers</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3043D130929348428EC9283360D454E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="H8997DA9687FE43E8AA519CD2436AF012"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as subparagraphs (G) and (H), respectively; and</text></clause><clause id="H866E4392DBA84D1A865683639C24E291"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HBFCE053CAFAC47F9B104C898F7C0829D" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H3F40C0722BEB49198A622DCEB7741962"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carbon accounting assessments developed under subsection (d); </text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A0176D9829C4488BB1EECADAE7E1AAB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><clause id="HC900A140A7FA46E9AFA7BABE711F4C96"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC04FB584BBB740FA9A2BDF03B475DDAB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H34372F007C0E4B0A8C830ADB1FE4865A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (F), the amount of a grant under this subsection shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the activity carried out using funds from the grant.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="HEC8BA55425DC46A581D6A54D04AAD017"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>subsection (f)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (h)</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="H978064B9A04B441D9BEA18A04FEF544D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0ABC4BBA5FDA4522A3602421FA526874" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="HEA841AFFC8F1402D80B9BF707DD8B792"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Loan guarantee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The portion of a loan that the Secretary may guarantee under this section shall be—</text><clause id="H3CEAD61E592E45A9BA5073796C80ED8B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for loans of $1,000,000 or more, 80 percent of the principal amount of the loan; and</text></clause><clause id="HF14E126AB3E1468CA0BF52643F1B7DA4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for loans of less than $1,000,000, 90 percent of the principal amount of the loan.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58E47707472545B0AC44510E0FD3D02D"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Underserved producers</header><text>The amount of a grant under this subsection to an agricultural producer who is a beginning farmer or rancher, a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher, or a veteran farmer or rancher (as those terms are defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(a)</external-xref>)) shall not exceed 75 percent of the cost of the activity funded by the grant.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB5503727F1CF44038E81DA20E729FC4C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HAD6CB079E6C4474E90269E98DC47926F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H7E788100FB20466C8C7AAD6F6173E885"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Pre-approved technologies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to streamline the adoption of renewable energy systems and the adoption of energy efficiency improvements, the Secretary shall—</text><clause id="H505BDADBB5504A3088E5D3849F3993CF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>beginning with fiscal year 2022, develop a pre-approved technologies and products list and streamlined application process for projects utilizing pre-approved products; and</text></clause><clause id="HF4AB490150F747018BF9234076B630FF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>update such list every 2 fiscal years.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8BF94A27B7004CD79F88E533408430BE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2C68DED17B514DE79A9A9A78E27B66C0" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H420C4712EA094C1AA0FF3A8C7D5714A2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making grants or loan guarantees under this subsection, priority shall be provided to proposed projects that utilize technologies—</text><subparagraph id="H5B91B714AAC2458C8B2FA27F118E8ABC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with the lowest carbon footprint; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24F666E32A78492C99B81CE32CFC3813"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that the Secretary determines would result in the largest net decreases of carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide equivalent emissions as determined through the carbon accounting assessments under subsection (d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H10FC2EBB9B6744D4818EDE1122D74C7A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph id="HE3AD1165C2224B9D86862CE0C77FC800"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">and technical assistance</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Outreach</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BFCC8A2062F4696A8CF234883F10FBE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary shall</quote> and inserting <quote>Using funds made available under subsection (h)(4), the Secretary shall</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77D71C51477D44DA8B76C263BEB11421"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and technical assistance</quote> after <quote>outreach</quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H458DAC137E024BE29FF171165138A631"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H046E60559C0942248B1CB593CBE388D9"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC31353D507C04F03BD0850E99EFA117A" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="HD866098F12924E12B491C21C243F58B5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Carbon accounting</header><paragraph id="H5BC81594348B4768BB66DAC3CC8C6069"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall work with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory established pursuant to section 10 of the <italic></italic>Solar Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1974 to develop carbon accounting estimates for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency upgrades (including a pre-approved technologies list and reserve fund technologies), supported through assistance provided under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1EFE9473856D434481736D277350C14F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The results of the carbon accounting assessments shall be used to guide program actions as much as possible in order to achieve the purpose specified in subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H81363B4568CA439BA8D5B936A582998C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Demonstration practice</header><paragraph id="H15B427AE042B48C98A4D055D21DF1A20"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall hold regional demonstration projects that incentivize agricultural producers to reduce the carbon footprint or overall carbon equivalent emissions of such producers to the largest extent possible through the use of both energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy systems.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5F4F5E5C27AF47198EAE7EAAA042534E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall promote the results of the regional demonstration projects carried out under paragraph (1). </text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HC90C1016C9874413A7E347062D113058"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (h) (as redesignated by paragraph (5))—</text><subparagraph id="H9BD36DE9A83F49279B63D816D0082ECA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H6DCE67C253174759941C02C63993A121" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="H0E0E9778B0C8465D8D390132BD2A5D3D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2021;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6659F9F293D64C1E9AD3B363E40B1D6D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB2808732084F418582E89E60F7B2220E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F462AFB5EB543A0944387402C9EC394"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$300,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB13D5C746734F038E297366F4C30EE2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB92B9F8905564231B7A70467BF3C2D58"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B), by striking <quote>become available</quote> and inserting <quote>be used</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H688B54CA0119471E97C17DEF4500452D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H45DE9AFA37554D5A9DCE66D17705045A" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H252147C0011041B7A7D24BC1782094F9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 8 percent of the amount made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year may be used for administrative expenses incurred in carrying out this section. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="HAC2F197BE1B4432BB8DF8F6C37D30A06"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reservation of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve—</text><subparagraph id="H3A6AA09AB83D441099B9190A9F3C7BBF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not more than 10 percent for grants under subsection (c) to support the adoption of underutilized but proven, commercial technologies; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H886B325ED799428E8C76D6904628F775"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than 5 percent to carry out subsection (e) to hold regional demonstration projects and promote the results of such projects. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H61209454A5F2484DBA2BD5F96B89A5C2"><enum>602.</enum><header>Study on dual-use renewable energy systems</header><subsection id="H0B5D04DDEB1C48B598F992893D5F118C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a study on dual-use renewable energy systems, which shall include—</text><paragraph id="HBBB122CE4A13404C992BEB8AE7C16310"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment on the compatibility of different species of livestock with different dual-use renewable energy system designs, including—</text><subparagraph id="H3922AF5FEB74444DA27B011E97189EA2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the optimal height of and distance between solar panels for—</text><clause id="HE7D1AD46840F4869BA591A3365F7F1F7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>livestock grazing; and</text></clause><clause id="H1EEC166F8D4A4B88AFA5B1B00FC93937"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shade for livestock;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H959E9928588C4AFE81D10981C50DA161"><enum>(B)</enum><text>manure management considerations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E9DDF7D530446FDA14CFF9AA2E10B44"><enum>(C)</enum><text>fencing requirements; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08E58A55B16241E0A81587ED89727A89"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other animal handling considerations;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H08F3CE4F57D04C2085633E909397853B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment of the compatibility of different crop types with different dual-use renewable energy system designs, including—</text><subparagraph id="HBCCF742B7D804484954ED12C708634E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the optimal height of and distance between solar panels for—</text><clause id="H777061A3C42C47B7BB9958730C8623DD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>plant shading; and</text></clause><clause id="HEA4C272C08E540748E145EFC8AF7DE2B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>farm equipment use;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9AEE5C77ECD84425BEDCA9C4D7CE3C48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the impact on crop yield; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H688660A0868C4CCBA12DAA8CE361AC4B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>market opportunities to sell crops at a premium price;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H38C59DC823DA4634AD5B5BB70158FB33"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a risk-benefit analysis of dual-use renewable energy systems in different regions of the United States, including a comparison between the total greenhouse gas impact of dual-use renewable energy systems and renewable energy systems that displace agricultural production; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H433D9289C7B6429CBF00C198215E382B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a 5-year plan for how the research and extension activities of the Department of Agriculture could be used to better support dual-use renewable energy systems that do not displace agricultural production.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2A3E1270AF214F8EB522E97F68EB600B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of dual-Use renewable energy systems</header><text>In this section, the term <term>dual-use renewable energy systems</term> means renewable energy production and agricultural production, including crop or animal production, occurring together on the same piece of land.</text></subsection><subsection id="H5A9D09A86FF14CA8BC197CA7579939E5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a written report containing the results of the study required by subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><section id="H19277D0E3BEF440BA661FBB65A543331"><enum>603.</enum><header>AgSTAR program</header><subsection id="H778FBA1594DA4452909A7144EA0CA79F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture (in this section referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall maintain a program, to be known as the AgSTAR program, that—</text><paragraph id="HE797255D1F064AD2950EC4C35D266CB2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>supports anaerobic digestion in the agricultural sector to reduce methane emissions from livestock waste;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD5BCF2FEFA52407AB767B373773B7A8A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conducts outreach, education, and training on anaerobic digestion of livestock waste;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6128F0151BC4489BB8C7499262828F27"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provides technical and regulatory assistance on anaerobic digestion of livestock waste to stakeholders, including farmers and ranchers, on issues including—</text><subparagraph id="H11BC185DDCDE4BC1ACA5A45B3F9F2645"><enum>(A)</enum><text>permitting;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DDEE79231AE4281BB6942288A60DB42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>codigestion of multiple organic wastes in one digester; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4A243AEA0FD42BDBA9BF0F94707B141"><enum>(C)</enum><text>interconnection to physically link a digester to the electrical power grid;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2D6B95C7308D4769B9C26F8991A1C2D6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>promotes centralized, multi-farm digesters that use livestock waste from more than 1 farm or ranch;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8FC4C64B9D824AC99B8E5339634A0381"><enum>(5)</enum><text>collects and reports data on anaerobic digestion of livestock waste; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFAAD466B9B254016B8BE515FA7F7CAF1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>maintains a database of on-farm anaerobic digester projects in the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1010A72994834EA799DEF02D3F699E90"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transition</header><text>The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall take such steps as may be appropriate to provide for an orderly transition of the activities carried out under the AgSTAR program of the Environmental Protection Agency to the AgSTAR program under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="H824B75268B7F40EDB85896E9CA141A36"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out the program through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, in coordination with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and other Federal agencies as necessary, and in partnership with the Regional Climate Hubs, cooperative extension services, and other agencies of the Department of Agriculture.</text></subsection><subsection id="H643680F1D89040A3AE790B8CAC7E3079"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitations on authorization of appropriations</header><text>To carry out the AgSTAR program under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary not more than $5,000,000 for each fiscal year.</text></subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Food loss and waste</header><subtitle id="H2A759CAFE51F4C5FAD5EF8C79BCDEB46"><enum>A</enum><header>Food date labeling</header><section id="HBDED99936BBC4A07BF40156CF0DBB539"><enum>701.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph id="H0557C9EEABCE416FA9E4597F7FDD7E03"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administering Secretaries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>administering Secretaries</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="H3455024C84E2402A8B2505BA0DA7923A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to any product that is under the Secretary of Agriculture’s jurisdiction and is—</text><clause id="HFE808DF51DBA4A6587708C475E1E119C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a poultry product, as defined in section 4 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/453">21 U.S.C. 453</external-xref>);</text></clause><clause id="H14E9C713A2B745FB82905AD7454BCD2E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a meat food product, as defined in section 1 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/601">21 U.S.C. 601</external-xref>); or</text></clause><clause id="H2D66FB511D79467EB5A08B58FDD0E1F8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an egg product, as defined in section 4 of the Egg Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/1033">21 U.S.C. 1033</external-xref>); and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78712B5363DB4C4E84B8BA920590BC13"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to any product that is under the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ jurisdiction and is a food (as defined in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/321">21 U.S.C. 321</external-xref>)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6FB25EDB7FBD43FFBF9ADB7BF8AE86CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Discard date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>discard date</term> means a date voluntarily printed on food packaging, which signifies the end of the estimated period of shelf life under any stated storage conditions, after which the food labeler advises the product not be consumed.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC526DB5699FA41D7B28AF29AE469E776"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Food labeler</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>food labeler</term> means the producer, manufacturer, distributor, or retailer that places a date label on food packaging of a product.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H52123C8C743143A88520D9680C010AF3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Quality date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>quality date</term> means a date voluntarily printed on food packaging that is intended to communicate to consumers the date after which—</text><subparagraph id="HF6B63E089F1D4625A8E3FB9E98B44EA4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the quality of the product may begin to deteriorate; but</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6910252DC61143BF800F27362EF4A4A3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the product remains apparently wholesome food (as defined in subsection (b)(2) of section 22 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1791">42 U.S.C. 1791(b)(2)</external-xref>); also known as the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H2BD4336E9E5E4349A0E3E55A649A628C"><enum>702.</enum><header>Quality dates and discard dates</header><subsection id="HADFF386FA4FC474A97A12683858BE92C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Quality dates</header><paragraph id="H7F1B6ACD2BD1472485D01D55E57877DE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If a food labeler includes a quality date on food packaging, the label shall use the uniform quality date label phrase under paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7A0A9E6519C6437292B7D1EF3E7BDF1F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Uniform phrase</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The uniform quality date label phrase under this paragraph shall be <quote>BEST If Used By</quote> or, if permissible under subsection (c)(3), the standard abbreviation of <quote>BB</quote>, unless and until the administering Secretaries, acting jointly, specify through rulemaking another uniform phrase to be used for purposes of complying with paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2B9B223E9E8F4061B4D6E8DA4ABA9ECB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Option of the labeler</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The decisions on whether to include a quality date on food packaging and which foods should be so labeled shall be at the discretion of the food labeler.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA6E6F3CC94634AE9B79CB9E8BB269CCD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Discard dates</header><paragraph id="H6C10DEA58CCC45DEB4C3C459992608AB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a food labeler includes a discard date on food packaging, the label shall use the uniform discard date label phrase under paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3932CE9887B546BA838F1931C0E8D834"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Uniform phrase</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The uniform discard date label phrase under this paragraph shall be <quote>USE By</quote> or, if permissible under subsection (c)(3), the standard abbreviation of <quote>UB</quote>, unless and until the administering Secretaries, acting jointly, specify through rulemaking another uniform phrase to be used for purposes of complying with paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB8B511805D7E4A449B34632F84053009"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Option of the labeler</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The decisions on whether to include a discard date on food packaging and which foods should be so labeled shall be at the discretion of the food labeler.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2C5135A03900448E8ED022C57993C0A9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Quality date and discard date labeling</header><paragraph id="H869EB2427BF84288A63F4A066ED7743E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The quality date or discard date, as applicable, and immediately adjacent uniform quality date label phrase or discard date label phrase—</text><subparagraph id="H78A7B7597590448CB9F986EEAB813786"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be—</text><clause id="H64BACB2ECA0045099DBC40C94180E876"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in single easy-to-read type style; and</text></clause><clause id="H8A1E16C701394B4D8C17515F2E0C22D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">located in a conspicuous place on the package of the food; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA43E75F9D1C4C378419B78EEA7A3927"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may be on the label or, at the discretion of the food labeler, elsewhere on the package.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H977EBDEAC69E437ABE6C1434EB0BECE3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Date format</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each quality date and discard date shall be stated in terms of day and month and, as appropriate, year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE8A90904FFD4468AB267193852CFF9A8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Abbreviations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A food labeler may use a standard abbreviation of <quote>BB</quote> and <quote>UB</quote> for the quality date and discard date, respectively, only if the food packaging is too small to include the uniform phrase described in subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2), as applicable.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA9AEB50AF3AF499B8712A82BD943091C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Freeze by</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A food labeler may add <quote>or Freeze By</quote> following a quality date or discard date uniform phrase.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0FFF4F78FEDE4FE68531BC3993D6624B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Infant formula</header><text>This Act and the amendments made by this Act—</text><paragraph id="H0209141D256B4F81BF4081ACB13AD3BE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>do not apply with respect to infant formula (as defined in section 201(z) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/321">21 U.S.C. 321(z)</external-xref>)); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0087BE9029CE40EBAA96E3B7CE40C7F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall not be construed to affect the requirements pertaining to infant formula under section 412 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/350a">21 U.S.C. 350a</external-xref>) and other applicable provisions of law.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H51049A540E344BCBA43515E111B1A550"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the administering Secretaries, acting jointly, shall provide consumer education and outreach on the meaning of quality date and discard date food labels.</text></subsection><subsection id="H2D519E6FB8BE477DB9D723F15CDE91AF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Rule of construction; preemption</header><paragraph id="HA2176DB85D0A44499EB4746E62B554AB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed to prohibit any State or political subdivision of a State from establishing or continuing in effect any requirement that prohibits the sale or donation of foods based on passage of the discard date.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H21AB353647CD4AD48BA105056590B568"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No State or political subdivision of a State may establish or continue in effect any requirement that—</text><subparagraph id="H8128EC7E0A86435991CAC751E6BA4323"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">relates to the inclusion in food labeling of a quality date or a discard date that is different from or in addition to, or that is otherwise not identical with, the requirements of this Act and the amendments made by this Act; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85B67BDE7771482E89F47FAD1A93542D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prohibits the sale or donation of foods based on passage of the quality date.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF327839AB5EC448199F1D48C7BBEA207"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The administering Secretaries, acting jointly and in coordination with the Federal Trade Commission, shall ensure that the uniform quality date label phrase and uniform discard date label phrase are standardized across all food products.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HDA4B6F5E26084C57A438C70F021C7D12"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Savings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (2), nothing in this Act, nor any amendment made by this Act, nor any standard or requirement imposed pursuant to this Act, shall be construed to preempt, displace, or supplant any State or Federal common law rights or any State or Federal statute creating a remedy for civil relief, including those for civil damage, or a penalty for criminal conduct.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H396D2B4DCD9343E78EE0F02B96FB7B1D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Time temperature indicator labels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed to prohibit or restrict the use of time-temperature indicator labels or similar technology that is in addition to or in lieu of any uniform quality date label phrase under subsection (a)(2) or uniform discard date label phrase under subsection (b)(2).</text></subsection></section><section id="H803DF53F94F74791920C7C7A72351908"><enum>703.</enum><header>Misbranding</header><subsection commented="no" id="H822953A93D68432980C19E4EB96C394C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>FDA violations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/343">21 U.S.C. 343</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC43F75DFB4545718A1DCA6C706539EF" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="HC0E478B8A9BB4CAA94CC16C31D1E97F0"><enum>(z)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If it is food and its labeling is in violation of section 702 of the <short-title>Agriculture Resilience Act</short-title>.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H57F8705F0B4545979FA84186A1E608A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Poultry products</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(h) of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/453">21 U.S.C. 453(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HE70D3D968C574A4DAA1E8E61F3AE7755"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (11), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H5DBCBF672DBF4F8AAFD1694F0D8E64F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (12), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HCA08BEB4EEFF4A49A01B0CB0B55F846B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D3E46D1BE014A56823BEA017A39FF46" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HD2F26D8B1EE74793A785ED6863BCF711"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if its labeling is in violation of section 702 of the <short-title>Agriculture Resilience Act</short-title>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA13A895147E1487399920CFD875FED0E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Meat products</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1(n) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/601">21 U.S.C. 601(n)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H10799A52D6AD4CA9A67D10212BD783C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (11), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1274B85A849F47D1A34D623E59EF2D11"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (12), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9F9329B7C4D640E6A91FD6653B626416"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H708B9C42FBAC4352983F3B18F2ABD2AF" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HCC6B0F0865304D6AA909D148B4351302"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if its labeling is in violation of section 702 of the <short-title>Agriculture Resilience Act</short-title>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H12B5D7ECCC934FA3A509D3328C84D3F8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Egg products</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7(b) of the Egg Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/1036">21 U.S.C. 1036(b)</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by adding before the period at the end <quote>or if its labeling is in violation of section 702 of the <short-title>Agriculture Resilience Act</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="H76CA20B133AA4DDBA5E9626C50439D5F"><enum>704.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries, acting jointly, shall promulgate final regulations for carrying out the provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act.</text></section><section id="H8F65FC2A67F7492A81DD5A6BE8A6134E"><enum>705.</enum><header>Delayed applicability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall apply only with respect to food products that are labeled on or after the date that is 2 years after the date of promulgation of final regulations under section 704.</text></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H9406768ADF6D4F54BCAD6F2A66305AF6"><enum>B</enum><header>Other provisions</header><section id="H0329071A12654ECEA0C1FCC29E07DF46"><enum>711.</enum><header>Composting as conservation practice</header><subsection id="H9E47221345284B4C937B0E029E486A53"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 1201(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3801">16 U.S.C. 3801(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HD42C5C847562455EBDF19C9F90DEC49C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (27) as paragraphs (4) through (28), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H76EFCCCAE36A468E85CEE3D541C493C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text><quoted-block id="H19808E95A8944B2B97047CE351EA7EB3" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HD3615FAB445F49B1ABDB8EB87FB4F3F3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Composting practice</header><text>The term <term>composting practice</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="H4668BB4ED48F4E4FBCBB4CBCF7CF2116"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an activity (including an activity that does not require the use of a composting facility) to produce compost from organic waste that is—</text><clause id="H6C9479D7AC3B4B6DA2371049AE3461B6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>generated on a farm; or</text></clause><clause id="HD208B7879D3649A5B217E2453C33B42A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>brought to a farm from the nearby community; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H054CB27A9A3C4D5BB1055640D6B7BEA5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the use of compost on a farm to improve water retention and soil health, subject to the condition that such a use shall be in compliance with applicable Federal, State, and local laws.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE1EDB47E097641C6A0CC67BF223B4DDD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conservation stewardship program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240I(2)(B)(i) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-21">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–21(2)(B)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and composting practices</quote> after <quote>agriculture drainage management systems</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="HF5D2DC3D65DB49BE861EBCAA4665DF8B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Environmental quality incentives program</header><text>Section 1240A(6)(A)(ii) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-1">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–1(6)(A)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, including composting practices</quote> before the semicolon at the end.</text></subsection><subsection id="H68B486A7DC914A27869052706A7A10D2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Delivery of technical assistance</header><text>Section 1242(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3842">16 U.S.C. 3842(h)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H3590F4B35C6C4D0FA47FA31604E9EE86" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HEDBCAFA14B474151810D2B48747C33C5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Development of composting practice standard</header><text>In addition to conducting a review of any composting facilities practice standard under this subsection, the Secretary shall develop and implement a composting practice standard.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="H22F24703750D49A29619E56F540E0102" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>712.</enum><header>Amendments to Federal Food Donation Act</header><subsection id="HDE6EAB440DC54E00BF50BB7B66F97BD5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of the Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/247">Public Law 110–247</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1792">42 U.S.C. 1792</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>encourage</quote> and inserting <quote>require</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="H8A34278991A440E2855785224E07432F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 3 of the Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/247">Public Law 110–247</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1792">42 U.S.C. 1792</external-xref> note) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HDF5168F5F3F54181AD743078CEDAE3B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1436590DEFD54CA6A99C562496383305"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5B1256D239B49AD868FB21EEBBAF85D" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H59C3E6CB9F2F457E8383E8A7C181FB7F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Executive agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>executive agency</term> has the meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFA6858091B8F483CBCC0A5F1A140659B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report on food waste by certain Federal contractors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4 of the Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/247">Public Law 110–247</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1792">42 U.S.C. 1792</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H41EB2A2462A74AD79DA1827A34EC817D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H17ABC7DC496E42FB9ACA77D8C8573D16" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H27F7F441C92545ECB8721564A4AAF118"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><paragraph id="H78A355A6E39B458382339635121FFA58"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued in accordance with section 1121 of title 41, United States Code, shall be revised to provide that, except as provided in paragraph (2), all contracts of more than $10,000 for the provision, service, or sale of food in the United States, or for the lease or rental of Federal property to a private entity for events at which food is provided in the United States, shall include a clause that—</text><subparagraph id="HBE0241F16FF24ADC8032A4A53098021E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires the donation of excess, apparently wholesome food to nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to food-insecure people in the United States; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE356E660A69D497FBACD2C4069FD5A7B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">states the terms and conditions described in subsection (b); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAFB5E17F5C704E4A8F6DA0D4265FB968"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires the annual submission, in a form and manner specified by the executive agency awarding the contract, of the report described in subsection (d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB9F78912E8814D3A99F72AEF0E586566"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a contract with an executive agency that has issued a regulation in effect on the date of enactment of the Act that prohibits a donation described in paragraph (1)(A).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HAE55E2E2CE1C49448308F40ADFA56AC4" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsections:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40E5DBC764754D4F87616C5D0486998B" style="OLC"><subsection id="HD3D6FDA302534400985D6C974E2E4775"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application to Congress</header><paragraph id="H5E09FD3C00AA40D784905EB55C59C4EC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This Act shall apply to the House of Representatives and to contracts entered into by the House of Representatives, and to the Senate and to contracts entered into by the Senate, in the same manner and to the same extent as this Act applies to an executive agency and to contracts entered into by an executive agency.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H004FB255E3A141619BFBE32C24936517"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of carrying out paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="H6DC6CCCC818942329BA96E30289991BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall be considered to be the head of the House of Representatives; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6763036AD7694947B5550646A2092DA3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of the Senate shall be considered to be the head of the Senate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H69A27EAEE34841E587CFD51B018C1E51"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Data; reports</header><paragraph id="HB57973BD2701449392BA05EE3BE67CC5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report described in this subsection, with respect to a contract described in subsection (a) entered into by a contractor and an executive agency, is a report from the contractor to the executive agency that describes, for each month of performance of the contract during the year covered by the report, the weight of apparently wholesome food that was, pursuant to the contract, disposed of in each of the following manners:</text><subparagraph id="H1ACAAC1ABA404B14AE23F7D2FAEA1935"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Donation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Donation by the contractor pursuant to this Act (organized by the name of the organization receiving such food).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H565D5330AAEA49198175D5CCDF894E46"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Composting</header><text>Composting or other recycling by the contractor.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H65789EC11E634D8CAC4B170D3648748A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Discarding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Discarding by the contractor (organized by the reason such food was so discarded).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0B9005BB1A0F4405A77A3AF95792F10B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports to OMB</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date that an executive agency receives a report pursuant to paragraph (1)(C), the agency shall submit a copy of the report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H865B922F01E44735B497D5DA946BEEC8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress an annual report aggregating the information in the reports received pursuant to paragraph (2) during the year covered by the report.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H98A441172831411A97C72ABAB125CAD3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>The Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1792">42 U.S.C. 1792</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H626057E79D0D47BEBE70EAEEFFC2890D" style="OLC"><section id="H2D11524905A34330B4C8EE049E0A1DCA"><enum>5.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out this Act $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="HFBE0EB9ECD054645A77012B948C26FE0"><enum>713.</enum><header>Grants for composting and anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy projects</header><subsection id="HE63A16627C6940E1A62A28C9F64769BD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle G of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6971">42 U.S.C. 6971</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="H7A2F86BE8264438088937BE1851B8CC5" style="OLC"><section id="HFCA4C4B90BC2441BAAC8F058698D98DB"><enum>7011.</enum><header>Grants for composting and anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy projects</header><subsection id="HFDFA1C0AA5DD47BB8459309703DE836E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Administrator shall establish a grant program to award grants to States eligible to receive the grants under subsection (b)(1) to construct large-scale composting or anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy projects.</text></subsection><subsection id="HA823B7A6558C4350AAE4EE24647468EB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible States</header><paragraph id="HAC985333C2BC4304AFCE029AF8D5E519"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>In order to be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a State shall—</text><subparagraph id="H9543FB9C77C844DFADB083EB224743C4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have in effect a plan to limit the quantity of food waste that may be disposed of in landfills in the State; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H82C48DF274CB4FCE9043C0E8060DBBE5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide to the Administrator—</text><clause id="HBD06CED3DA7F4E0FB5DF541AFA939735"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a written commitment that the State has read and agrees to comply with the Food Recovery Hierarchy of the Environmental Protection Agency, particularly as applied to apparently wholesome food (as defined in section 22(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1791">42 U.S.C. 1791(b)</external-xref>)) that may be provided to or received by the State; and</text></clause><clause id="H641CA53A90AC4E78AD1DAB5457A3E6D4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a written end-product recycling plan that provides for the beneficial use of the material resulting from any anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy operation with respect to which the loan or grant is made, in a manner that meets all applicable Federal, State, and local laws that protect human health and the environment.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF31E6DF1381A47B6918DB1E3E68B4F9D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A grant under subsection (a) may not be used for an anaerobic digester that uses solely manure as undigested biomass.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC0A09D47BFB4E1190EAB5EC3E104DEF"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preference</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall give preference to grants under subsection (a) for anaerobic digesters that use primarily nonedible food, crop waste, or nonedible food and crop waste as undigested biomass.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFB1993AB8D504C929630E03FB81E4328"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each fiscal year.</text></subsection><subsection id="HF7A197491B424294A90977173F966E72"><enum>(d)</enum><header>State defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>State</term> means each State of the United States, the District of Columbia, each territory or possession of the United States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H700D942ACED14E808EF8039B95B1D1BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for the Solid Waste Disposal Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6901">42 U.S.C. 6901</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7010 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD291FF7F340C45C1B78A36F1645241AA" style="OLC"><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="section">Sec. 7011. Grants for composting and anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy projects.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="H1953514AE8A341AFBA49749660D2F8F4"><enum>714.</enum><header>School food waste reduction grant program</header><subsection id="H7A52FB2373374515A1E133D5F1667A5F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1769">42 U.S.C. 1769</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before subsection (b) the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H5F88C118C3BA41CB9D50151AAB54D0A6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H88E74E9102F34BC586071982FBB0F200"><enum>(a)</enum><header>School food waste reduction grant program</header><paragraph id="H95967406DF0F48FA85F1110DEE3E7DB2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grant program established</header><subparagraph id="H469BCA93BAFD4A69B9324BADA2A89476"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a program to make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible local educational agencies to carry out food waste measurement and reporting, prevention, education, and reduction projects.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H407E2F50D138493789848ACE6713E070"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Regional balance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that—</text><clause id="H8F06FBA2F0224FE99F002786A4DD6F73"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a grant is awarded to an eligible local educational agency in each region served by the Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service; and</text></clause><clause id="H3A7D3BB36DF645D6B8024EC34E0404DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>equitable treatment of rural, urban, and tribal communities. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEA7B1CCE1F60470381DF1E27D060D245"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible local educational agency shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H24871311E6714BEFA7DCDC0478F61094"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making grants under this subsection the Secretary shall give priority to an eligible local educational agency that demonstrates in the application under paragraph (2) that such eligible local educational agency will use the grant to—</text><subparagraph id="H5179CD2DC65A419FBF0FC7EAD6B2FE18"><enum>(A)</enum><text>carry out experiential education activities that encourage children enrolled in such eligible local educational agency to participate in food waste measurement and education; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18173130A4D443D697BE320DEF0B9798"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prioritize the best use of food in accordance with the Food Recovery Hierarchy published by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8275AFBE0464474BB75744470275640"><enum>(C)</enum><text>with respect to food waste prevention and reduction, collaborate with other eligible local educational agencies, tribes, nongovernmental and community-based organizations, and other community partners; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8030B427E854723A18860AFA292C3CD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>evaluate the activities described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) and make evaluation plans; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H872F5D6734AF4C66A28EE3C65D6903E4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>establish a food waste measurement, prevention, and reduction project with long-term sustainability.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDF927765CEEE4ACA8DCDB90FE3EA7D81"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Federal share</header><subparagraph id="H14DABE7DF4474BD9A1EE23BCC2A4E985"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal share of a food waste measurement, prevention, and reduction project funded through a grant awarded under this subsection shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of such food waste reduction project.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9C4090A825D41E69660775EF3214A5E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal matching</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of receiving a grant under this subsection, an eligible local educational agency shall provide matching funds in the form of cash or in-kind contributions, including facilities, equipment, or services provided by State and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and private sources.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEE8EDAB8D77241CA96D53F275C29BA3B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>An eligible local educational agency that receives a grant under this section shall use funds under such grant to carry out at least one of the following:</text><subparagraph id="H001AB85603264BF1863EC0A4A16E86DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Planning a food waste measurement, prevention, and reduction project.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCEA1BA6ED1D94F4DAD8B97635BBA06C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Carrying out activities under such a project.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H293557073E104D54BC777ACF8B088BF9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Providing training to support such a project.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC18D879580784458AE45E24421F8F434"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Purchasing equipment to support such a project.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9AF0EAB700784B79BBA1A7B9063D4171"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Offering food waste education to students enrolled in such eligible local educational agency. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4DD54870E80843C38253004756948489"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><subparagraph id="H6494FCB19C2F462DB6D812AE653D3B0C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Agreement</header><text>As a condition of receiving a grant under this subsection, each eligible local educational agency shall agree to cooperate in an evaluation by the Secretary of the project carried out using grant funds.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H561737D2ED86473C89D47DD3442A8E1E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Periodic evaluation</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall carry out an evaluation of the grants made under this section that includes—</text><clause id="HB0012FD8F367416583416BBC8CA51E6C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of Federal funds used to carry out such grants; and</text></clause><clause id="H1EF3C69DF4D84D389A2E36B0A4BEC2ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an evaluation of the outcomes of the projects carried out pursuant to such grants.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE668CB59DA184CF597FB4704E91C618E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Definition of eligible local educational agency</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>eligible local educational agency</term> means a local educational agency that participates in the school lunch program under this Act or the school breakfast program established under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H0194F62C746A46ACBDAE7DCBEF3F4057"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical <editorial></editorial>assistance</header><text>Section 21(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1769b-1">42 U.S.C. 1769b–1(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HCDE7FC00E0A84EBBBFFBB26B8C424450"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8756F39282BB4C428BCEB4A50C677E86"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H832E9AA713ED458FAA7D90D6F93E8F1E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H33D25CD2538F439EB3C5A57D6173C95A" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H5A599575387C4235BD3992D7C42A645D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">food waste measurement, prevention, and reduction. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>