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Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-2588| Senate 
| Updated: 7/27/2023
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 2023 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 increase organic 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; develop ranking and scoring criteria under the program that prioritize soil health 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 for 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 to conduct research relating to soil health and carbon science at its agricultural research stations.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-4850
Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2020

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-1356
Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2021
Jul 27, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jul 27, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sep 19, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-5043
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-4850
    Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2020


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-1356
    Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2021


  • July 27, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 27, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.


  • September 19, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-5043
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

Agriculture and Food

Related Bills

  • HR 118-5043: Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2023
Agricultural conservation and pollutionAgricultural educationAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditAgricultural researchAir qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesCongressional oversightEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationMinority and disadvantaged businessesRural conditions and developmentSmall businessSoil pollution

Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-2588| Senate 
| Updated: 7/27/2023
Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2023 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 increase organic 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; develop ranking and scoring criteria under the program that prioritize soil health 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 for 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 to conduct research relating to soil health and carbon science at its agricultural research stations.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-4850
Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2020

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-1356
Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2021
Jul 27, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jul 27, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sep 19, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-5043
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-4850
    Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2020


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-1356
    Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2021


  • July 27, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 27, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.


  • September 19, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-5043
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Ron Wyden

Ron Wyden

Democratic Senator

Oregon

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Agriculture and Food

Related Bills

  • HR 118-5043: Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2023
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Agricultural conservation and pollutionAgricultural educationAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditAgricultural researchAir qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesCongressional oversightEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationMinority and disadvantaged businessesRural conditions and developmentSmall businessSoil pollution