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 wildlife conservation and organic production.
Agricultural conservation and pollutionAgricultural practices and innovationsAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditAir qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesEndangered and threatened speciesFarmlandFishesMinority and disadvantaged businessesSoil pollutionWetlandsWildlife conservation and habitat protection
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 with respect to land stewardship, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-5188| House
| Updated: 3/6/2018
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 wildlife conservation and organic production.
Agricultural conservation and pollutionAgricultural practices and innovationsAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditAir qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesEndangered and threatened speciesFarmlandFishesMinority and disadvantaged businessesSoil pollutionWetlandsWildlife conservation and habitat protection