3.0.0 2388 2023-01-01T23:43:16Z 2023-01-01T23:43:16Z Senate S 2021-07-20 117 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-07-20T15:54:06Z COMPOST Act 117 4443 HR 2021-08-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2021-07-20 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2021-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2021-09-14 False Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 00 2021-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2022-08-08T16:50:00Z Cultivating Organic Matter through the Promotion Of Sustainable Techniques Act or the COMPOST Act

This bill makes composting a conservation practice for purposes of Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs. The bill also requires USDA to establish a competitive program to award grants and loan guarantees for projects that expand access to food waste composting.

]]> COMPOST Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the designation of composting as a conservation practice and activity, to provide grants and loan guarantees for composting facilities and programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title COMPOST Act Short Title(s) as Introduced COMPOST Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Cultivating Organic Matter through the Promotion Of Sustainable Techniques Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2388is/xml/BILLS-117s2388is.xml 2021-07-20 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.