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Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-4850| Senate 
| Updated: 10/23/2020
Ron Wyden

Ron Wyden

Democratic Senator

Oregon

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2020 This bill modifies the Environmental Quality Incentives Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide permanent incentive payments to producers to adopt practices designed to improve soil health through increasing carbon levels in soil. USDA must conduct a study regarding changes in soil health and soil organic carbon levels as a result of the adopted practices to improve soil health; develop ranking and scoring criteria under the program that prioritize practices that score highest in soil carbon sequestration on eligible land; create a soil organic carbon conservation activity plan under the program to measure and monitor sequestration and mitigation improvement levels from the practices; provide for streamlined and coordinated procedures for the program and the conservation stewardship program, including contracting, conservation planning, conservation practices, and related administrative procedures; and establish a program to provide grants to land-grant colleges and universities to conduct research relating to soil health and carbon science, and conduct research relating to soil health and carbon science at its agricultural research stations.
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Oct 23, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Oct 23, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  • October 23, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • October 23, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Agricultural conservation and pollutionAgricultural educationAgricultural researchAir qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesCongressional oversightEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchGovernment studies and investigations

Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-4850| Senate 
| Updated: 10/23/2020
Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2020 This bill modifies the Environmental Quality Incentives Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide permanent incentive payments to producers to adopt practices designed to improve soil health through increasing carbon levels in soil. USDA must conduct a study regarding changes in soil health and soil organic carbon levels as a result of the adopted practices to improve soil health; develop ranking and scoring criteria under the program that prioritize practices that score highest in soil carbon sequestration on eligible land; create a soil organic carbon conservation activity plan under the program to measure and monitor sequestration and mitigation improvement levels from the practices; provide for streamlined and coordinated procedures for the program and the conservation stewardship program, including contracting, conservation planning, conservation practices, and related administrative procedures; and establish a program to provide grants to land-grant colleges and universities to conduct research relating to soil health and carbon science, and conduct research relating to soil health and carbon science at its agricultural research stations.
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Timeline
Oct 23, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Oct 23, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  • October 23, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • October 23, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Ron Wyden

Ron Wyden

Democratic Senator

Oregon

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Agriculture and Food

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Agricultural conservation and pollutionAgricultural educationAgricultural researchAir qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesCongressional oversightEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchGovernment studies and investigations