FOOD SECURITY ACT

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Agriculture: add flood prevention and mitigation measures to purposes of Regional Conservation Partnership Program (see H.R. 3972), H2787 [9JN]

——— address emissions of certain greenhouse gases and carbon storage through conservation incentive contracts (see S. 2564), S3753 [27JY] (see H.R. 5922), H4998 [11OC]

——— clarify land eligible for enrollment in Conservation Reserve Program (see S. 2798), S4525 [14SE] (see H.R. 5466), H4344 [14SE]

——— create permanent payments within Environmental Quality Incentives Program for soil health practices and carbon sequestration monitoring (see S. 2588), S3753 [27JY] (see H.R. 5043), H4140 [27JY]

——— designate composting as conservation practice and activity and provide grants and loan guarantees for composting facilities and programs (see S. 179), S172 [31JA] (see H.R. 651), H574 [31JA]

——— ensure equal treatment of buy-protect-sell transactions and certain other transactions under Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (see S. 2507), S3619 [26JY]

——— establish alternative manure management program (see S. 2479), S3522 [25JY] (see H.R. 4327), H3141 [23JN]

——— establish forest conservation easement program (see S. 2631), S3755 [27JY] (see H.R. 3424), H2424 [17MY]

——— establish groundwater conservation easement program (see S. 2250), S2311 [11JY] (see H.R. 4902), H4028 [26JY]

——— establish initiative to support peer-to-peer conservation education and training networks for farmers to reduce soil erosion (see H.R. 5500), H4345 [14SE]

——— establish moratorium on enrollment of land in Conservation Reserve Program and prohibit enrollment of prime farmland (see H.R. 3779), H2708 [31MY]

——— establish pilot program that focuses conservation funding on reducing runoff of most problematic nutrients into priority watersheds (see H.R. 6821), H6984 [14DE]

——— establish small farm environmental quality incentives program subprogram (see S. 2180), S2224 [22JN] (see H.R. 5354), H4228 [8SE]

——— exempt persons or legal entities that derive income from agriculture from agricultural conservation assistance programs payment limitations (see S. 2704), S3757 [27JY] (see H.R. 4800), H3887 [20JY]

——— exempt persons or legal entities that derive income from agriculture from agricultural disaster assistance programs payment limitations (see H.R. 4127), H2931 [14JN]

——— extend and reform Conservation Reserve Program (see S. 1509), S1602 [10MY]

——— improve agricultural productivity, profitability, resilience, and ecological outcomes through modernized data infrastructure and analysis (see S. 98), S120 [26JA]

——— improve Conservation Reserve Program by improving access to grazing, providing more enrollment options to producers, and addressing certain implementation issues (see S. 174), S172 [31JA] (see H.R. 2975), H2084 [27AP] (see H.R. 4017), H2807 [12JN]

——— include Indian Tribes among priority resource concerns (see S. 1998), S2097 [14JN] (see H.R. 5503), H4345 [14SE]

——— increase funding for Conservation Stewardship Program (see H.R. 3580), H2499 [22MY]

——— increase payments for drought-resilient or water-saving practices and to provide additional payments for perennial production systems (see H.R. 5764), H4713 [27SE]

——— modify Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (see S. 1224), S1293 [20AP] (see H.R. 4213), H2990 [20JN]

——— modify delivery of technical assistance (see S. 1400), S1463 [2MY] (see H.R. 3036), H2124 [2MY]

——— optimize sequestration of carbon and reduction of net emissions through agricultural practices (see H.R. 4163), H2957 [15JN]

——— provide for enrollment of citrus land in Conservation Reserve Program (see S. 1365), S1418 [27AP] (see H.R. 2942), H2083 [27AP]

——— reauthorize Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (see S. 1161), S1091 [30MR] (see H.R. 5186), H4180 [11AU]

——— reestablish Driftless Area Landscape Conservation Initiative (see H.R. 4248), H3070 [21JN]

——— streamline regulatory process for farmers participating in, and applying for, conservation programs (see S. 2603), S3754 [27JY] (see H.R. 6877), H6998 [19DE]

EPA: modify water conservation or irrigation efficiency practice waiver authority (see S. 2696), S3757 [27JY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Agriculture: establish pilot program that focuses conservation funding on reducing runoff of most problematic nutrients into priority watersheds (H.R. 6821), H6966 [14DE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Agriculture: establish alternative manure management program (S. 2479), S3525 [25JY]

——— exempt persons or legal entities that derive income from agriculture from agricultural conservation assistance programs payment limitations (S. 2704), S3766 [27JY]

——— improve agricultural productivity, profitability, resilience, and ecological outcomes through modernized data infrastructure and analysis (S. 98), S2448 [13JY]

——— improve Conservation Reserve Program by improving access to grazing, providing more enrollment options to producers, and addressing certain implementation issues, S5684 [30NO]

——— improve Conservation Reserve Program by improving access to grazing, providing more enrollment options to producers, and addressing certain implementation issues (S. 174), S216 [2FE], S2448 [13JY]

EPA: modify water conservation or irrigation efficiency practice waiver authority (S. 2696), S3764 [27JY]

Texts of

S. 174, Conservation Reserve Program Improvement Act, S174 [31JA]