3.0.0 2874 2023-01-11T13:42:30Z 2023-01-11T13:42:30Z Senate S 2018-05-17 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-05-17T16:32:50Z SOIL Stewardship Act 115 5188 HR 2018-03-06 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Related bill CRS 2018-05-17 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2018-05-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN N Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural practices and innovations Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Endangered and threatened species Farmland Fishes Minority and disadvantaged businesses Soil pollution Wetlands Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Agriculture and Food 00 2018-05-17 Introduced in Senate 2018-12-28T17:26:57Z Strengthening Our Investment in Land Stewardship Act or the SOIL Stewardship Act

This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to reauthorize and modify Department of Agriculture conservation programs, including the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and the Conservation Stewardship Program.

The bill addresses requirements for the programs relating to:

  • enrollment and funding levels,
  • the length and renewal process for contracts,
  • payment rates,
  • payment limitations,
  • coordinating the application and enrollment processes for the two programs,
  • set-asides and the enrollment process for beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers,
  • soil health and carbon storage, and
  • organic production.
]]> SOIL Stewardship Act Display Title SOIL Stewardship Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 with respect to land stewardship, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced SOIL Stewardship Act Short Titles as Introduced Strengthening Our Investment in Land Stewardship Act Introduced in Senate 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2874is/xml/BILLS-115s2874is.xml 2018-05-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.