3.0.0 2989 2023-01-11T13:42:12Z 2023-01-11T13:42:12Z Senate S 2018-06-05 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-06-05T19:38:02Z 2018-06-05 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2018-06-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO N Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural practices and innovations Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Farmland Food supply, safety, and labeling Higher education Livestock Soil pollution Agriculture and Food 00 2018-06-05 Introduced in Senate 2018-12-28T17:27:17Z Conservation for Very Erodible Row Cropland Act of 2018 or the COVER Act

This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs to authorize additional assistance for farm practices related to soil health and carbon storage.

The bill modifies the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to require USDA to provide payments under the program for practices that:

  • improve soil health,
  • enhance the ability of a farmer to absorb and recover from shocks and stresses to production,
  • increase the storage of carbon on agricultural land, and
  • achieve other conservation outcomes determined by USDA.

The bill modifies the Conservation Innovation Grants program to establish a pilot program to provide payments to encourage: (1) the measurement of outcomes relating to the planting of a regionally appropriate cover crop, and (2) opportunities to increase farm income. In carrying out the program, USDA must prioritize certain projects with third-party partners such as academic entities, carbon offset protocol developers, livestock producers, and food manufacturers.

]]> COVER Act Display Title COVER Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage soil health, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced COVER Act Short Titles as Introduced Conservation for Very Erodible Row Cropland Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2989is/xml/BILLS-115s2989is.xml 2018-06-05 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.