118 HR 708 IH: Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act U.S. House of Representatives 2023-02-01 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.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 708IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 1, 2023Ms. Brownley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on AgricultureA BILLTo require the Natural Resources Conservation Service to review the national conservation practice standards, taking into consideration climate benefits, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act.

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Consideration of climate benefits in conservation practice standards

Section 1242(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3842(h)) is amended—(1)in paragraph (1)—(A)in subparagraph (A), by striking 1 year after the date of enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 and inserting 5 years after the date of enactment of the Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act;(B)in subparagraph (C), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon;(C)in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and(D)by adding at the end the following:(E)evaluate the climate benefits of the standards.;(2)in paragraph (3)(B), by striking conservation innovations and and inserting climate benefits, conservation innovations, and; and(3)by adding at the end the following:(5)

Climate benefit defined

In this subsection, the term climate benefit means—(A)a reduction in agricultural greenhouse gas emissions;(B)an increase in carbon sequestration; or(C)mitigation against, or adaptation to, increased weather volatility..