• Committee on House Administration• Ways and Means Committee• Agriculture Committee• Energy Subcommittee• Trade Subcommittee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee
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Agriculture Resilience Act This bill establishes, expands, and revises multiple programs and activities of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) primarily to reduce carbon emissions from the agriculture sector. Specifically, USDA must finalize and implement a plan to achieve net-zero emissions from the sector by 2040. USDA must periodically review and revise the plan, as necessary, and annually report on its implementation. Additionally, the bill expands the scope of various USDA research, extension, and education programs; conservation programs; and livestock programs to incorporate climate change adaptation and mitigation. Expanded activities include efforts to improve soil health and preserve farmland and grassland. Further, the bill changes programs that support renewable energy in rural areas to address carbon emissions in the agriculture sector. Among these changes, the bill provides statutory authority for a program for reducing methane emissions from livestock waste that is carried out by the Environmental Protection Agency and transitions the program to USDA. The bill also addresses food waste, for example, by (1) standardizing the voluntary labels used by food producers to indicate the date by which food should be used or discarded, and (2) making composting activities eligible for support through USDA conservation programs. Moreover, the bill establishes grants to reduce and prevent food waste in landfills and in schools.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Advisory bodiesAgricultural conservation and pollutionAgricultural educationAgricultural insuranceAgricultural marketing and promotionAgricultural practices and innovationsAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditAgricultural researchAir qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsClimate change and greenhouse gasesCongressional oversightConsumer affairsDepartment of AgricultureEcologyEducation programs fundingElectric power generation and transmissionElementary and secondary educationEnergy efficiency and conservationEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchExecutive agency funding and structureFarmlandFood assistance and reliefFood industry and servicesFood supply, safety, and labelingForests, forestry, treesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationHorticulture and plantsIncome tax creditsIncome tax exclusionLand use and conservationLivestockMeatMedical researchMinority and disadvantaged businessesNutrition and dietPublic contracts and procurementResearch administration and fundingRural conditions and developmentSmall businessSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsSolid waste and recyclingState and local government operationsStudent aid and college costsVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Agriculture Resilience Act
USA117th CongressHR-2803| House
| Updated: 4/23/2021
Agriculture Resilience Act This bill establishes, expands, and revises multiple programs and activities of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) primarily to reduce carbon emissions from the agriculture sector. Specifically, USDA must finalize and implement a plan to achieve net-zero emissions from the sector by 2040. USDA must periodically review and revise the plan, as necessary, and annually report on its implementation. Additionally, the bill expands the scope of various USDA research, extension, and education programs; conservation programs; and livestock programs to incorporate climate change adaptation and mitigation. Expanded activities include efforts to improve soil health and preserve farmland and grassland. Further, the bill changes programs that support renewable energy in rural areas to address carbon emissions in the agriculture sector. Among these changes, the bill provides statutory authority for a program for reducing methane emissions from livestock waste that is carried out by the Environmental Protection Agency and transitions the program to USDA. The bill also addresses food waste, for example, by (1) standardizing the voluntary labels used by food producers to indicate the date by which food should be used or discarded, and (2) making composting activities eligible for support through USDA conservation programs. Moreover, the bill establishes grants to reduce and prevent food waste in landfills and in schools.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Committee on House Administration• Ways and Means Committee• Agriculture Committee• Energy Subcommittee• Trade Subcommittee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Advisory bodiesAgricultural conservation and pollutionAgricultural educationAgricultural insuranceAgricultural marketing and promotionAgricultural practices and innovationsAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditAgricultural researchAir qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsClimate change and greenhouse gasesCongressional oversightConsumer affairsDepartment of AgricultureEcologyEducation programs fundingElectric power generation and transmissionElementary and secondary educationEnergy efficiency and conservationEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchExecutive agency funding and structureFarmlandFood assistance and reliefFood industry and servicesFood supply, safety, and labelingForests, forestry, treesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationHorticulture and plantsIncome tax creditsIncome tax exclusionLand use and conservationLivestockMeatMedical researchMinority and disadvantaged businessesNutrition and dietPublic contracts and procurementResearch administration and fundingRural conditions and developmentSmall businessSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsSolid waste and recyclingState and local government operationsStudent aid and college costsVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitation