118 S1016 IS: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023
U.S. Senate
2023-03-28
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary.
TITLE I—National Goals
Sec. 101. National goals.
Sec. 102. Action plan.
TITLE II—Research
Sec. 201. Research, extension, and education purpose.
Sec. 202. Regional hubs for risk adaptation and mitigation to climate change.
Sec. 203. Sustainable agriculture research and education resilience initiative.
Sec. 204. Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network.
Sec. 205. Public breed and cultivar research.
Sec. 206. ARS Climate Scientist Career Development Program.
Sec. 207. Agricultural Climate Adaptation and Mitigation through AFRI.
Sec. 208. Specialty crop research initiative.
Sec. 209. Integrated pest management.
Sec. 210. Appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program.
TITLE III—Soil Health
Sec. 301. Crop insurance.
Sec. 302. Environmental quality incentives program.
Sec. 303. Conservation stewardship program.
Sec. 304. State assistance for soil health.
Sec. 305. Funding and administration.
Sec. 306. Conservation compliance.
Sec. 307. National and regional agroforestry centers.
TITLE IV—Farmland Preservation and Farm Viability
Sec. 401. Local Agriculture Market Program.
Sec. 402. National organic certification cost-share program.
Sec. 403. Farmland Protection Policy Act.
Sec. 404. Agricultural conservation easement program.
TITLE V—Pasture-Based Livestock
Sec. 501. Animal raising claims.
Sec. 502. Processing resilience grant program.
Sec. 503. Conservation of private grazing land.
Sec. 504. Conservation reserve program.
Sec. 505. Alternative manure management program.
TITLE VI—On-farm renewable energy
Sec. 601. Rural Energy For America Program.
Sec. 602. Agrivoltaic systems.
Sec. 603. AgSTAR program.
TITLE VII—Food Loss and Waste
Subtitle A—Food Date Labeling
Sec. 701. Definitions.
Sec. 702. Quality dates and discard dates.
Sec. 703. Misbranding.
Sec. 704. Regulations.
Sec. 705. Delayed applicability.
Subtitle B—Other Provisions
Sec. 711. Composting as conservation practice.
Sec. 712. Amendments to Federal Food Donation Act.
Sec. 713. Grants for composting and anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy projects.
Sec. 714. School food waste reduction grant program.
Sec. 715. Support for national media campaigns to decrease incidence of food waste.
Sec. 716. Food waste research program.
2.In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. <enum>I</enum><header>National Goals</header> <section id="H770A1F4BE24C444887465D89D9D2882C"><enum>101.</enum><header>National goals</header> <subsection id="idF7822FFBE6B64BF785AC501A168F781B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the goals established under this title is to prevent climate change from exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above preindustrial levels through a national greenhouse gas emission reduction effort.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HF741AB3E23C04618B92276E4DC9EAAB1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National goals</header><text>The national goals for the agricultural sector shall be to achieve—</text> <paragraph id="id74886FC8828643E19E232BA51102F6C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not less than a 50-percent reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions, as compared to those levels during calendar year 2010, by not later than December 31, 2030; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id398C860C7C6B4B14A2B7CC5554BB3398"><enum>(2)</enum><text>net zero emissions by not later than December 31, 2040.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD60E97101E9E489CAD853B7D986EC6A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Subgoals</header><text>To achieve the national goals described in subsection (b), there are established the following subgoals:</text>
<paragraph id="HCE271AA1028E4BEBB76B8795D0B37F95"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total Federal investment in public food and agriculture research and extension should—</text> <subparagraph id="id3DBAC916C2F04EC1B6E78CFCD5F7DC3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at a minimum, as compared to that total Federal investment for fiscal year 2023—</text>
<clause id="id8708F6F3EDE1403D99560C7D1C79FB5B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">triple by not later than December 31, 2030; and </text></clause> <clause id="id129A1E7A88EF4AFA92762CF3EA24DFB0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">quadruple by not later than December 31, 2040; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idAAE11C62378F41BBA9FB397CCA4B0E70"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strongly focus on climate change adaptation and mitigation, soil health and carbon sequestration, nutrient and manure management to curb nitrous oxide and methane emissions, agroforestry, advanced grazing management and crop-livestock integration, perennial production systems, on-farm and food system energy efficiency and renewable energy production, farmland preservation and viability, food waste reduction, and any other related areas, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD90BD96E453C4886B7931E578C50DB2E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Soil health</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States should—</text>
<subparagraph id="H537D73DBB3FD4926B496361E1E643717"><enum>(A)</enum><text>immediately become a member of the Partners Forum and the Consortium of the 4 per 1000 Initiative, hosted by the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research, with the aim of increasing total soil carbon stocks by 0.4 percent annually to reduce carbon in the atmosphere, restore soil health and productivity, and thereby improve food security; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA75500B5AFC44F43BFD52F0247D35E34"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sufficiently expand adoption of soil health systems and practices (including diverse crop rotations, cover cropping, and conservation tillage), perennial crop and grass-based livestock production systems, agroforestry, composting, advanced nutrient budgeting and biologically based nutrient management, advanced grazing management (including silvopasture and management-intensive rotational grazing), and integrated crop-livestock systems— </text>
<clause id="HD3AC75A1FC39454A874D727974507DCD"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils, as compared to those levels during calendar year 2023—</text> <subclause id="id529FAC4E739A4D48B261E851911BC082"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by 25 percent by not later than December 31, 2030; and </text></subclause>
<subclause id="idF61BFDFE9403436E9314A9DB9D0299C8"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by 75 percent by not later than December 31, 2040; </text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HDA5E4639704F463E857AB9587F329B38"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to increase soil carbon stocks by 0.4 percent annually on at least 50 percent of agricultural land by not later than December 31, 2030; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id7547E92D33EC4341847EED1DC679F554"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to meet or exceed the threshold described in clause (ii) on all agricultural land by not later than December 31, 2040; </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2478E013C9FF487BA1445DA8401AD0BF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>expand implementation of regionally appropriate cover crops and other continual living cover so that—</text>
<clause id="H2430012A54764E90A34C5BFF75F5D041"><enum>(i)</enum><text>at least 50 percent of cropland acres include 1 or more cover crops or other continual living cover in the rotations of the cropland acres by not later than December 31, 2030;</text></clause> <clause id="idCAE4DDF6F913430EB2479E274B7549D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>at least 75 percent of cropland acres include 1 or more cover crops or other continual living cover in the rotations of the cropland acres by not later than December 31, 2040; </text></clause>
<clause id="H46B721BD7F444FB5803E577741B722EA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>cropland acres are covered by crops (including forages and hay crops), cover crops, or residue for an average of 75 percent of each calendar year by not later than December 31, 2030; and</text></clause> <clause id="id4B01D32BF4E9432F9CDC8979223910F6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>cropland acres are covered by crops (including forages and hay crops), cover crops, or residue for an average of 85 percent of each calendar year by not later than December 31, 2040; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3979BDE08FEE40AD8F0B0901787DCBDA"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage conversion of at least— </text> <clause id="id34940FBBD1F54A679409B46F01966CD0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">15 percent of annual grain crop acres, as in use on the date of enactment of this Act, to agroforestry, perennial grazing, perennial grain crops, or other perennial production systems by not later than December 31, 2030; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id8CF4B6C5D02445F3A29A6B7583BF3D5D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">30 percent of annual grain crop acres, as in use on the date of enactment of this Act, to agroforestry, perennial grazing, perennial grain crops, or other perennial production systems by not later than December 31, 2040. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0AB35953B1D54A3EB215E35FD529026A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Farmland preservation</header> <subparagraph id="idFA5CC247F6D6436FB2EB85AB8F02436E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>2030 goal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The rate of conversion of agricultural land to development, and the rate of conversion of grassland to cropping, should be reduced by at least 80 percent, as compared to those rates for calendar year 2023 by not later than December 31, 2030. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idBFFAF897E0284949BDD6AC9AC094AB11"><enum>(B)</enum><header>2040 goal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There should be no conversion of agricultural land to development, or grassland to cropping, by December 31, 2040. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H27CBAB012C41480284C30D1EDCC53D7A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pasture-based livestock</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The livestock sector should— </text>
<subparagraph id="H4138AD9A85C94021BDF68FC60765B696"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish advanced grazing management, including management-intensive rotational grazing, on at least—</text> <clause id="idE52FC975DE2A4A67AA859DB7216E8121"><enum>(i)</enum><text>50 percent of all grazing land by not later than December 31, 2030; and </text></clause>
<clause id="idFC1E60A6F2BB40EC954F8E4E12EB8D08"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>100 percent of all grazing land by not later than December 31, 2040; </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8C6D07754CA64ECA9EC057E37C48AF9D"><enum>(B)</enum> <clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id83ab0e00f4f44471b47e41802a1b9c28"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to feeding of ruminants by at least—</text>
<subclause id="id37161D68AB154187BB2E5179D7C5B3D7" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><fraction>1/3</fraction> by not later than December 31, 2030; and </text></subclause> <subclause id="id49519DC7E78F4F509C29A2D1CE6EF87C" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><fraction>1/2</fraction> by not later than December 31, 2040; and </text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="idCEFC96F0F9EE47D8B9C04C9016D01E78" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accomplish the reductions described in clause (i) by—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56fdf5cd6ed54793b8ea26e0e34da37e"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reducing nongrazing feeding of ruminants;</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5eb2b93215224633bc25238cede48131"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">growing feed grains and forages with soil health and nutrient management practices that minimize net greenhouse gas emissions from cropland; and </text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb06ae0d198e44de08026b612d8db9997"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">designing livestock feed mixtures and supplements to mitigate enteric methane emissions;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H10DA6439C6D04C3FB7DE05449F57F83D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">re-integrate livestock and crop production systems at farm, local, and regional levels to facilitate environmentally sound management and field application of manure and reduce the need for long-term manure storage by increasing acreage on individual farms under crop-livestock integrated management by at least—</text> <clause id="idC56F8B44179B46F9B0C7B393ECD6C87E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">100 percent as compared to calendar year 2017 levels by not later than December 31, 2030; and </text></clause>
<clause id="id89BA02D83B7944CFA4E1F3FCCDD1C064"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">300 percent as compared to calendar year 2017 levels by not later than December 31, 2040; and </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idca895c1fffcb4279b12e95ee04150d44"><enum>(D)</enum><text>reduce greenhouse gas emissions resulting from manure management by— </text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id825111feeac24ff4889f602af6444435"><enum>(i)</enum><text>immediately ceasing building any new or expanded waste lagoons for confined animal feeding operations; and </text></clause> <clause id="id04846CAA2BE94707B530634E98AC4B07"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>converting—</text>
<subclause id="id9EF704FFB753471C87B3CA054A2E967E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by not later than December 31, 2030, at least <fraction>1/3</fraction> of wet manure handling and storage to non-digester dairy or livestock methane management methods (as defined in section 1240T(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="id43EBD90FAD044AC49139CB78147BA7D0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by not later than December 31, 2040, at least <fraction>2/3</fraction> of wet manure handling and storage to non-digester dairy or livestock methane management methods (as so defined). </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEEF5E3A5E36946F492974BB6B152191F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>On-farm renewable energy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The agricultural sector should—</text> <subparagraph id="HE3044848B5E8418690495A46764991A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>implement energy audits and energy efficiency improvements on at least—</text>
<clause id="idE61E65A0AB4841D18F985CB9030882C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>50 percent of farms by not later than December 31, 2030; and </text></clause> <clause id="id660311F935574BEAB5DC5C1A9DDC2629"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>100 percent of farms by not later than December 31, 2040;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H010232C418154016AB24D2BC6CE2E5DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>expand on-farm clean renewable energy production to a level that is at least—</text> <clause id="idB982E36E83414B88B9BDE2C347C0302B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>double the 2017 level by not later than December 31, 2030; and</text></clause>
<clause id="idDE9B5460FEBA482C965D1BD562E38401"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>triple the 2017 level by not later than December 31, 2040; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H40BE492798BD4C23BB63EF7A13DBF9BD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">install and manage on-farm renewable energy infrastructure in a manner that does not—</text>
<clause id="id278AB16B73414E00809A47C02E31EC46"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">compromise the climate resilience and greenhouse gas mitigation goals of this Act; or </text></clause> <clause id="idACDD81BAC383402E841737177C026486"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adversely impact farmland, soil, and water resources, or food production.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7036D21CB0C34E9BB3701CD5494DEDE2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Food loss and waste</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with the Food Waste Challenge launched by the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency in June 2013, and the national food loss and waste goal announced in September 2015, the food and agricultural sector should commit to—</text> <subparagraph id="H93F8121B137A4D0CB6FD614D059E4437"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at least a 50-percent reduction in food loss and waste by not later than December 31, 2030; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H285D3069D0A9426CB68199C3259CE353"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least a 75-percent reduction in food loss and waste by not later than December 31, 2040; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HED94043348DF47A192E1B4151B4CCF93"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in a manner consistent with the Food Recovery Hierarchy established by the Environmental Protection Agency, diverting from landfills through composting and other means at least—</text>
<clause id="idC827639C852244FCB6A7CF6EE4343CD9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent of unavoidable food waste and food processing byproducts by not later than December 31, 2030; and </text></clause> <clause id="id67D629CF906A4588857940E5CBBDCF83"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">90 percent of unavoidable food waste and food processing byproducts by not later than December 31, 2040.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HA3839FF1467C4BDAA67D2D589EADF1D6"><enum>102.</enum><header>Action plan</header>
<subsection id="H0B0C6D031F584FF684EE6F50EB7E75EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="id7F57C9F627B442579CDA93A14E710475"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop a plan (referred to in this section as the <quote>plan</quote>), which may involve actions to be taken by other Federal agencies, to make significant and rapid progress to achieve the national goals described in section 101; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id43499E9A74EA4F37A084B0C924945D8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make the plan available for public comment for a period of not less than 90 days.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDC80884D6A614C9B88BFB4B7B67FAE31"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Actions</header><text>Actions under the plan shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idA7B0D8E948A541A89CB9C3919D36670B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>include issuing regulations, providing incentives, carrying out research and development programs, and any other actions the Secretary determines are necessary to achieve the national goals described in section 101; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD6A3CB33575B41FCAB056D697C773A4D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be designed—</text>
<subparagraph id="H28D4B89F17BD4EB3B42B4D44F7064371"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to fully implement the provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H049822A6153546E786B9F10C54BC5D32"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide benefits for farmers and ranchers, rural communities, small businesses, and consumers; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2C8B6C27CCE3490D9DE47272C2D9D939"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to improve public health, resilience, and environmental outcomes, especially for rural and low-income households, communities of color, Tribal and indigenous communities, and communities that are disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, air and water pollution, and other resource degradation; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7AA89D3696214FCE9211D551F05B545F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to prioritize investments that reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and sequester carbon while simultaneously helping to solve other pressing agro-environmental resource concerns, increase farming and ranching opportunities, create quality jobs, improve farmworker working conditions and living standards, and make communities more resilient to the effects of climate change. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id1B3267BF8A1C464E8F49A3EEC35DF001"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Final plan</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="id5321422104084E8FBD49E707442A2869"><enum>(1)</enum><text>finalize the plan, taking into account any public comments received on the plan;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idECFA464D5DA243078E4E452D24008B2E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>begin implementation of the plan; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idFD643A8383FA442DB8854AD02E083AAC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>submit the plan to Congress.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H37E2531B97C54E18A48116CC9898E822"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>Beginning 2 years after the date on which the Secretary submits the plan to Congress under subsection (c)(3), and not less frequently than biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="id9256019B40854523BFC70823C9A2478F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review and revise the plan to ensure that the plan is sufficient to achieve the national goals described in section 101; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9DD6ABFCF63D411A8F02CFB9696CDF9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit the revised plan to Congress.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H218C9221D45448FD86518F3F7F82828C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary submits the plan to Congress under subsection (c)(3), and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress, and make publicly available, an annual report that describes, for the period covered by the report—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id976CCAFA791B4CA483337FD9B8172553"><enum>(1)</enum><text>actions taken pursuant to the plan and the effects of those actions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73C05ED307E24A6EA6CD19D470BECC26"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the conclusion of the most recent review of the plan conducted under subsection (d), if applicable; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1EC393B2703245E19B56C5C3EA4CABCF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a summary of any revisions made to the plan under that subsection. </text></paragraph></subsection></section> <enum>II</enum><header>Research</header> <section id="HBE8ECE250EA84197B21D0FA21DBC460A"><enum>201.</enum><header>Research, extension, and education purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1402 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3101">7 U.S.C. 3101</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD202B5D4B554444280EB3CD74B2E54E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs (9) and (11), respectively;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7546C58773654E4DA4721A82F4F63D4A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: </text>
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<paragraph id="H50BF5B3FABB145D6A3117FBECEA3FFC2"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accelerate the ability of agriculture and the food system of the United States to first achieve net-zero carbon emissions and then be carbon negative by removing additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68028cf1b80f425b800dbdc36d6a9cb5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd5b2dfd46ba94ef9a38ae0bda283fd14"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (9) (as so redesignated) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9AA758352A6543018E324140FAEBE0CB"> <paragraph id="id4841e548faa8475586ff44d3d809826e"><enum>(10)</enum><text>develop food systems that are healthful, sustainable, equitable, and resilient to extreme weather, other impacts of climate change, and other potential intersecting global and national disruptions; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ebbd41186ed4c6cb034748fd1dd81b1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (11) (as so redesignated), in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>and delivering to agricultural producers</quote> after <quote>improving</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H84327FD140CA4C479FC9BAC33F69942F"><enum>202.</enum><header>Regional hubs for risk adaptation and mitigation to climate change</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IV of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 is amended by inserting before section 404 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7624">7 U.S.C. 7624</external-xref>) the following:</text>
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<section id="HBE59ED586C7448699DD56A85BAD3CF64"><enum>401.</enum><header>Regional hubs for risk adaptation and mitigation to climate change</header>
<subsection id="HE356D6A4BBA7426B804D0C4AF554A908"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a national network of regional hubs for risk adaptation and mitigation to climate change to provide to farmers, ranchers, forest landowners, and other agricultural and natural resource managers—</text> <paragraph id="id5957C2D6025F4450BDD42363BBFE4532"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">science-based, region-specific, cost-effective, and practical information and program support for science-informed decision making in light of the increased costs, opportunities, risks, and vulnerabilities associated with a changing climate; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5E252E2B79DD4ABDB21C9109E256CB0B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">access to assistance to implement that decision making.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF3F8D032AE1F4959A2DCB860193A122F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity shall be eligible to be selected as a regional hub under subsection (a) if the entity is any office of the Agricultural Research Service, the Forest Service, or any other agency of the Department of Agriculture that the Secretary determines to be appropriate. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H8F550DE1D9CF4EFABE5CE4D96391F22E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administration</header>
<paragraph id="H8DFFFB2D404843F3A10E6B93F53B7FE8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The network established under subsection (a) shall be designated and administered jointly by the Agricultural Research Service and the Forest Service, in partnership with other Federal agencies, including the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H85FC2FD980404AA4B259318A9BA64DF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Within the Department of Agriculture, the following agencies: </text>
<clause id="HF1C532539FE944D59802BFE4823156A5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Natural Resources Conservation Service.</text></clause> <clause id="H56C068EE59EF4B44A6AB9E4DA5FD184E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The Farm Service Agency.</text></clause>
<clause id="HA85CBFD5706943A896A023AA0C66F050"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The Risk Management Agency.</text></clause> <clause id="H530BBE17DFBE444BB8FC675B8279305A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.</text></clause>
<clause id="HCF881BB9D45C489EA1024F032D51004E"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Institute of Food and Agriculture.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H67847355D6B648E2AE66414C00B47CAF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Department of the Interior.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8E821F09089543D38C69418553B6AE46"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Department of Energy.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDC91091CAFE34A2E99BA28E42BD855A9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Environmental Protection Agency.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA4E1329A3A3240988F6239BB26124440"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States Geological Survey.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5838CBE09A394B8AB5A01C3C9C8A8272"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9CD5D33D554340B6ACE03DF2BD193D47"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The National Aeronautics and Space Administration. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H06168529331D4C5480D3BAF16AC635F0"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Such other Federal agencies as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3EF1BD52B33A435CA3E46030D3B34B85"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Partners</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The regional hubs established under subsection (a) shall work in close partnership with other stakeholders and partners, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H772F0756B82945B0A40C9952A9F7246A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)); </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9368ECF47C2A499D93D6C7425390282F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cooperative extension services (as defined in that section); </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF8629915976F458BB7C72920A0598B6A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State agricultural experiment stations (as defined in that section);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD048F4808A6E4C8B89320CFCE493F8B5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>private entities; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H203FC852BFD941FAA5E4EF6BCDB3C0A6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>State, local, and regional governments; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H38C697BCA8334A52851DAB11497926C2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Indian Tribes;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H135645CA7E80440F99D0B20E7BE52504"><enum>(G)</enum><text>agriculture and commodity organizations;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF0D4E0A5C02A4FB089C7C6D0C6347538"><enum>(H)</enum><text>nonprofit and community-based organizations; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H56933E2607BB4424AC229F534E4AA4BE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>other partners, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H509FD923112A48A69B1B04E4B6CBDE3F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>A regional hub established under subsection (a) shall—</text> <paragraph id="HE5BF71A0D4534DFD92BCD5DCDBD823A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offer tools, strategic management options, and technical support to farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners to help those farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners mitigate and adapt to climate change; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2FAA8010BEF040D7BC045258797CBB55"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">direct farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners to Federal agencies that can provide program support to enable those farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners to implement science-informed management practices that address climate change;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA8DA7CA1E85B47C8B00DBCD4680C38E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine how climate and weather projections will impact the agricultural and forestry sectors;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3DC4ED366D244E5DAFEC832DC68062EF"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide periodic regional assessments of risk and vulnerability in the agricultural and forestry sectors—</text> <subparagraph id="idCA439F2D03334BB5A5ACD161EAC868E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to help farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners better understand the potential direct and indirect impacts of climate change; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idCCE9DDB12EA24547A5EB6318F94619B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to inform the United States Global Change Research Program established under section 103 of the Global Change Research Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2933">15 U.S.C. 2933</external-xref>); </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H78CBC17390714CA19AAC303EA1D3C593"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide to farmers, ranchers, forest landowners, and rural communities outreach, education, and extension on science-based risk management through partnerships with the land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)), cooperative extension services (as defined in that section), and other entities;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H30DEFCF1F6B24B7E8D90C1C64CD6107E"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">work with any cooperative extension services (as defined in section 1404 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)), conservation districts, and nongovernmental organizations involved in farmer outreach in the region served by the hub to assist producers in developing business plans and conservation plans that take into account emerging climate risk science with respect to crop, production, and conservation system changes that will help producers adapt to a changing climate; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1C8FD1230DC14637AEE63EF609FD836E"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish, in partnership with programs and projects carried out under subtitle B of title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5801">7 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.</external-xref>), additional partnerships with farmers and nonprofit and community-based organizations to conduct applied on-farm research on climate change.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9FCF3A424D4E4741B8E1FD21E3A0982E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A regional hub established under subsection (a) shall prioritize synthesis and dissemination of research and data collection activities in the following areas:</text> <paragraph id="HDCAD1ECDC6BF4E21AE56ADD2870CC119"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Improved measurement and monitoring of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2A8BF6E2722C41DC931E077B7C092647"><enum>(A)</enum><text>soil organic carbon sequestration; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF5DD41DEDB974CF28602A02ADE7FBD27"><enum>(B)</enum><text>total net greenhouse gas impacts of different farming systems and practices.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA55589EDF42C4F1EBA3A81020D549468"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Lifecycle analysis for total net greenhouse gas emissions related to—</text> <subparagraph id="H6932401499044D78BE6FBA9E0DF356BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>alternative cropping systems;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF6EA04EDDCBD4246AA5B95D9A0FEF71D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>alternative livestock production systems; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC273675B73B04AE9941B1EB516F65481"><enum>(C)</enum><text>integrated cropping-livestock systems;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H67BAE076CAC041D890219EA1F1CF554C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>alternative biofuel crop production systems and biofuel end uses; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDD452E75FA944D0793CAC4F396961002"><enum>(E)</enum><text>alternative agroforestry practices and systems; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEED289B05ECB471FB8B15005BCB6738B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>alternative forestry management systems.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE187B03422034E1299F412589CEAA762"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Research and education on— </text>
<subparagraph id="H29BAEB77CFCA46B690883D3BA66C13A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>optimal soil health management systems and practices;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H32A68EA9F4AE432383FECC63D3169B95"><enum>(B)</enum><text>advanced biological nutrient management based on optimal soil health practices; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE33473E0C8394F088C598A504ADEBB36"><enum>(C)</enum><text>enhanced synergies between crop roots and soil biota;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8952C6BE07E147AEB62CA0B425D89DE3"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">linkages between soil, plant, animal, and human health;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9DE45AFB80014CEB91E15EFC3AA9ACB2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>adaption and mitigation needs of stakeholders;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H58F67FB2DE224831BBEBEFBCAFDAFEE3"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">new crops or new varieties to help producers be profitable while implementing soil health management systems and adapting to a changing climate;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA339B5A814194AD2ACCDB7B460008A97"><enum>(G)</enum><text>social and economic barriers to stakeholder adoption of new practices that improve adaptation, mitigation, and soil sequestration; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5A963BF09B0445A48284986F15BFD3AB"><enum>(H)</enum><text>evaluation and assessment of climate-related decision tools of the Department of Agriculture. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7FD46C6118D44BBDBF0B6BFEB3016BD2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Grazing-based livestock management systems to optimize the net greenhouse gas footprint, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H568590D884C244FCAB1C2D50B36DFE08"><enum>(A)</enum><text>grazing land carbon sequestration;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5b1ffd362da74375b1d691d16edf0bb9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reduction of nitrous oxide emissions from manure deposited on grazing land; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H597940DAA6F240368205C4A74912F068"><enum>(C)</enum><text>mitigation of enteric methane.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1C1C29848FE34ECE97AE710CED3958AD"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Perennial production systems that sequester carbon, enhance soil health, and increase resilience, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HA41D790740D240C7B9B1BB1D1E4A36D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>perennial forages;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB956368741524C49931ED1A701FE18CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>perennial grains; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H504350462DE14D58B7FBF82E00878FD8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>agroforestry.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA498A84B8BD94EAF94AA909A5D57F91F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Stakeholder input</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each regional hub established under subsection (a)—</text> <paragraph id="idEE72D31545C64482B7399C050CFDA881"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall solicit input from stakeholders on pressing needs, important issues, and outreach strategies through a variety of mechanisms, including regional stakeholder committees; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idADCD54D54C8D43D2A2C55C94398A8479"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may partner with stakeholders in conducting research and developing tools.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H78661E76982B4AEFA57E0A8FD37C0097"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Risk management</header> <paragraph id="H4A0759422F8B426E810EF12622A85BE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint a team of individuals representing the regional hubs established under subsection (a), partners with those regional hubs, and the Risk Management Agency to develop recommendations to better account for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4EC29E531A2F4999A7DFB9DAE33B090E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>climate risk in actuarial tables; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBED3816260224385956AC70C4E12783D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>soil health and other risk-reducing conservation activities under the Federal crop insurance program under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1501">7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.</external-xref>). </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCEF7E4FC618A4488B866F73E4C623A27"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission of recommendations</header><text>The team appointed under paragraph (1) shall submit to the Secretary, on an iterative basis, but not less frequently than once every 2 years, the recommendations developed by the team under that paragraph.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8FC2296E71374224ACE82EA40B408D9F"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H73514E59111340EAB6F99644FE667A18"><enum>203.</enum><header>Sustainable agriculture research and education resilience initiative</header>
<subsection id="HFB24D97B47DF461F95002A6D796159DA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sustainable agriculture research and education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1619 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5801">7 U.S.C. 5801</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB504B1C457B14978BE2FF5FEE668FBED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H85BFB62994964AF3A8AE9830080D4EA6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H32929C15794A4F85BD6A754CB064A41B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC4FEC7E3B82E4951A786768427EBB8BC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B12A046EA5A47D0B25910DBAA776CFD"> <paragraph id="H1BFE2271BD794F4E84DFC44FC2DC36A3"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase resilience in the context of a changing climate and related economic, social, and environmental shocks.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA85C4D687E804090876951F7069B3A87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="HCE0FB72446B9459896032A7B97CAEC76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H98C61724115B447381F1E5B811242644" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>integrated crop management</quote> and inserting <quote>integrated crop and livestock management system or practice</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H4F1E3A40F9E242E09BECA22BC58D834D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>resilience,</quote> after <quote>profitability,</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA2C549BA862D4B27A22506296914A355"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01B4FAE43FF5449DAA67E9931C1CCF30"> <paragraph id="HC204C9D6EA2440EE87F566E4139EAC1C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>resilience</term> means, with respect to an agricultural management system, the ability of that system to absorb and recover from climate and other disturbances, such that the system is not impacted by severe shocks.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H78745C1485104CC69BDDF5AD27EBDF34"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility of Tribal colleges To enter into research and extension project agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1621(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5811">7 U.S.C. 5811(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>or Federal or State</quote> and inserting <quote>1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>)), or Federal, State, or Tribal</quote>. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H3D0A39C09D744710AB96114806DE588F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agricultural and food system resilience initiative</header> <paragraph id="H47C92F10F87C4077BA2358F8372E7427"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1627 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5821">7 U.S.C. 5821</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE19BFD8AE7434B18BDEE30FF4F94FC2F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">Integrated management systems</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">Agricultural and food system resilience initiative</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2B80235D7C67416B839A962CD4E7F8B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37B8EE4D8E914A4D9EB4D93AE0FFFD03">
<subsection id="idF2ACF6EAA5454D41B4B66C8ED7B6FDAF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ce9081b1aee449aa4e85e02f52a7e7f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In close conjunction with programs and projects established under sections 1621 and 1623, the Secretary shall establish a research, education, extension, and outreach initiative to increase the resilience and climate change mitigation potential of agriculture and the food system in the context of a changing climate and related economic, social, and environmental shocks, which may include—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4152b0703eef420ebcdbe612127a4880"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">farmer and rancher research and demonstration grants; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf98c2e18196749eb92e8d35a3f394fc2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the use of an interdisciplinary approach wherever appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idF6A7BD156C1347C897B2865A44F6EF4A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of the initiative established under paragraph (1) shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9DF668B79C9F4D4090EAFBEED944887C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to equip farmers to prepare, adapt, and transform the farming systems of the farmers when confronted by shocks and stresses to the agricultural production and livelihoods of the farmers;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB2F6D4A51CAD42B09129B19E6084144E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to support local and regional food systems that support resilience and enhance local access to and control over productive resources;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="iddd8f3703c5374136b5771f9cc0d6c5ae"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to encourage producers to adopt practices and systems that provide living cover year-round throughout the farm, including through the use of cover crops and perennial plants in diversified combinations, and that are designed to support crop, livestock, and crop-livestock integrated systems that—</text> <clause id="id0fde7515e87948ce893868d07f9ed2d9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>minimize or abate adverse climate and environmental impacts;</text></clause>
<clause id="id8b00286ca0934d5c8137a422e23c5b21"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>increase soil carbon sequestration and storage;</text></clause> <clause id="id5b27a9118aac4ecca28a7494f1ddf525"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>reduce soil erosion and loss of water and nutrients;</text></clause>
<clause id="idc7a9d582e612430d9d2b79316be51e8c"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>enhance soil quality and the efficient use of on-farm and off-farm inputs;</text></clause> <clause id="ide72b6d639e5745b188f3e196e2616dda"><enum>(v)</enum><text>reduce dependency on fossil fuels; and</text></clause>
<clause id="idc79aa5d0f56549ddaeb2fcb4481c1fb0"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>maintain or increase profitability and long-term productivity;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id17e87cc7c8b644b18c6eee84a50a25a2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to develop knowledge and information and conduct outreach on living cover systems and practices, including greater use of perennials, and integrated crop and livestock management systems and practices to increase resilience and assist agricultural producers in the adoption of those systems and practices;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5f2d07e3e68242969d8c274fa8ad6749"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to facilitate the adoption of year-round living cover and perennial production systems supporting whole-farm integrated crop and livestock management systems and practices through demonstration projects on individual farms, including small and limited resource farms, throughout the United States; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idfec04c2f81d244618156ce6ccf01c833"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to evaluate and recommend appropriate policies and programs to improve food and agricultural system resilience.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H901A2F089CCA412C9FC67EB6AEC38A1E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking subsections (b), (c), and (d) and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67514F59FB994BC2946106D09D0328EF"> <subsection id="HFD57CBC412084390A678626EF138C040"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header> <paragraph id="HD9C57D195AE84A6C82CC5781A2EFBC74"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mandatory funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE34008385C11425A9CD6B9BF315221FC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Discretionary funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2028.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE8C2D6A5122748818645D5480AE89CDB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The chapter heading of chapter 2 of subtitle B of title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5821">7 U.S.C. 5821</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows: <quote><header-in-text level="chapter" style="OLC">Agricultural and food system resilience initiative</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H82BFACBFC9CE4FA6A8A749186E9DEBEB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical guides and books</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1628 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5831">7 U.S.C. 5831</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbaef4339eac64a3ab8af7e76ee951dff"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and outreach resources and</quote> after <quote>educational</quote> each place it appears;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb1fe80ac23a94d74922cdd6c07fe1dc8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92cafe9735aa4cc3b6cbd567e5d11707"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking the second sentence; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCFEFD19BE3984BD385634901717DC8C7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7772DB4E422D44E2A08363D4C6317311"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2C6A3B01259F471CBBE1C28EE4C00546"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7525260870814967929A8C022728F88B"> <paragraph id="HCB081C8AF45541748434E72A8221B758"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adapting to and mitigating the effects of climate change;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H379E7B90D6D845A891797D155653EBDC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>Soil Conservation</quote> and inserting <quote>Natural Resources Conservation</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id33f6fe1fffc24620afc4bc32fcfcb334"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(2), by striking <quote>2023</quote> and inserting <quote>2028</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6FF6F569CEC04FD7823E11217E9044B2"><enum> (e)</enum><header>National training program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1629 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5832">7 U.S.C. 5832</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6D8065FD0DE04F41A005B91702A981F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H616EF64D7877435BBFD775C4A0A88FE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>Soil Conservation Service and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service</quote> and inserting <quote>Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Farm Service Agency</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF3F89D70A04F4677A24992C07E3CDCC1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11) as paragraphs (11) and (12), respectively; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H836EDA7035C14C5D8C40CB1B6B27744E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (9) the following; </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF069626DABC549948665361F1B4258E8"> <paragraph id="HD7133207845F447EB9C75F228C3EEB10"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop and provide information concerning climate change adaptation and mitigation developed under this subtitle and other research and education programs of the Department;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H57D6B42B5DC1416098663599B36F4CE7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (h), by striking <quote>Soil Conservation Service</quote> and inserting <quote>Natural Resources Conservation Service</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H093C007B698D4278995B19AF334E940D" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (i), by inserting <quote>, and $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028</quote> before the period at the end.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H480C797A3C15466BBE9022BCF79E3246"><enum>204.</enum><header>Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IV of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7624">7 U.S.C. 7624 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 401 (as added by section 202) the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81386CAD1D494440BFC479FC385690C5"> <section commented="no" id="HB45CB6C49E4B4F57AB63402F72D7D286"><enum>402.</enum><header>Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H407C91C1B5A0449CB58D34715532DD9A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="id5BE4B14F2C974BAD920D89701D6F7380"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service, shall provide for the establishment and maintenance of a network of research sites operated by the Agricultural Research Service for research on the sustainability of agricultural systems in the United States, to be known as the <quote>Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Network</quote>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idAD1EEB135B1D4671911ED579C4229E1A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Network shall have the following goals:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H38E4E95531BA4D4083CEE0A577E8D506"><enum>(A)</enum><text>To understand and enhance the sustainability of agriculture.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD823809CB96048948A6641ED1446A8F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To integrate research projects with common standardized measurements on multiple agroecosystems and land uses, including cropland, rangeland, and pastureland.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H67573AECE5624A9E83C4CCE920270614"><enum>(C)</enum><text>To develop new farming systems, practices, and technologies to address agricultural challenges and opportunities, including challenges and opportunities posed by climate change.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB79D0952311C484595A1C773EA1EA45B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activities described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The activities of the Network shall include—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HD75F2B06A8554D2C82B6ABE6E6D682BB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>research conducted for a minimum of 30 years to develop novel scientific insights at regional and national scales and evaluate the applicability of and adaptation to local conditions;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE6C38B4222944866B095E088210C0325"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the establishment and maintenance of multiple sites or research centers that capture the diversity of agricultural production systems that function as a network; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE9CA82EB809B48198DFEF4A8ECEE491C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the coordination, management, and analysis of large-scale data collection relating to the sustainability of agricultural systems and the provision of infrastructure to research sites to allow for analyzing and disseminating that data.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H129C6B5BCBA745049CE91DCFBFC877E4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination of research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, in carrying out subsection (a)—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H29DD808AD2C34E47BF7F8162E9082C1A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate long-term agroecological research to improve understanding within the Department of how agroecosystems function at the field, regional, and national scales;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H017AE260848A4B968B910EAE0920CDDE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>designate research sites for inclusion in the Network that are representative of major agricultural regions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H08E168E977854096860B4126EEA4FE9A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure that each research site included in the Network conducts experiments with common standardized goals and methods—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA3FFBB0929D241EEAD409B44830397D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to increase agricultural productivity and profitability;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H16A23491BCEE4E3FBED582C76FF3CC5A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to enhance agricultural resilience and the capacity to mitigate and adapt to climate change;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H107FD88888E746B68651ACB7789F47E0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to boost the provision of ecosystem services from agricultural landscapes; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H27538B649522499EA51F90CB1BC1E86F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to improve opportunities for rural communities;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H94561222FFCE4950835A348CCDB7676F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>make data collected at research sites included in the Network open to researchers and the public whenever practicable, and integrate data across the network and partner sites; </text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H566D7F79EDC749368A9D02BD5C6A39C7"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide infrastructure to research sites included in the Network for data collection, common measurements, and data streams that complement other national networks, such as the National Ecological Observatory Network and the Long-Term Ecological Research network;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9566b0765a9e40f28a7f3831cc933ff3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>coordinate with Department of Agriculture Climate Hubs to share research findings and data insights; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7626792d9546468781f8f525582d6760"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collaborate with Department of Agriculture Climate Hubs to translate research findings into educational, outreach, and technical assistance materials for agricultural producers. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H76ABA5BC47A342B987EF9BAE83D32BFD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out activities of the Network under this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="id79b52ba720f74680b4c45b473d09db27"><enum>205.</enum><header>Public breed and cultivar research</header> <subsection id="id91714af56a7548ec8a523cf02223304f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idfbe3e1fca6194077963ca466e19bb83a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd510bc341bee458e9748c4b7e26bc42a"> <paragraph id="idd6ab635c371948e1a6e06180edb922b3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<subparagraph id="id519e10663c794395b63a593f83063935"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Conventional breeding</header><text>The term <term>conventional breeding</term> means the development of a new variety of an organism through controlled mating and selection without the use of transgenic methods.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id42ee419ddf0d4bd2844229ad761f6f70"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Cultivar</header><text>The term <term>cultivar</term> means a variety of a species of plant that has been intentionally selected for use in cultivation because of the improved characteristics of that variety of the species.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id76f49bc298a04a129c65b96bf6168253"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Public animal breed</header><text>The term <term>public animal breed</term> means an animal breed that is the commercially available end product of a publicly funded breeding program that has been sufficiently tested to demonstrate improved characteristics and stable performance.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id38bdcc34a54b4b7faf194da7b0001559"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Public cultivar</header><text>The term <term>public cultivar</term> means a cultivar—</text>
<clause id="id0ab21ea515bf4e4bbb110dddf66b4c41"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that is the commercially available end product of a publicly funded breeding program that has been sufficiently tested to demonstrate improved characteristics and stable performance; and</text></clause> <clause id="id7dd339ef0e3e4712b676563d591a4ef2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to which, if intellectual property rights are asserted, the intellectual property rights are in the form of plant patents or plant variety protection and not utility patents.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9f85b349baea41bc9b1ff62dee0643cd"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Public cultivar or animal breed</header><text>The term <term>public cultivar or animal breed</term> means—</text> <clause id="id1fe88a71070d4195bb39acb2413e607a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a public animal breed; and</text></clause>
<clause id="idf98078ab616540659215b39febb9a1b3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a public cultivar.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="idb82e1b757f0b487db25ecbf8dcb4e976"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id41242518f24b4052bd5a19553f4381c1"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Public breed and cultivar development funding</header>
<paragraph id="idb9fe8e21d91e42be8317bc5d3d7535c5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the total amount of grants made under the provisions of law described in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall ensure that not less than $75,000,000 for each fiscal year is used for competitive research grants that support the development of public cultivars and animal breeds.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="ide73588ac922541b7b035939733c32048"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicable programs</header><text>The provisions of law referred to in paragraph (1) are—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide7a52aeb0a5344488412bf287ebf05b5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subsections (a) and (b);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id378522c3f75d436e9b9c843e14b01ef0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 1672B(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925b">7 U.S.C. 5925b(e)</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id99ec80ede3cb4eadbf2a642c1d358296"><enum>(C)</enum><text>sections 1619 through 1624 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5801">7 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idb48d58dd805645dcab9136fbb4ac8f40"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any relevant competitive grant program authorized by section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7626">7 U.S.C. 7626</external-xref>), as determined by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idc42e7e5bc0ba4f15a0a2a550ec04219b"><enum>(E)</enum><text>section 412 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7632">7 U.S.C. 7632</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id72c57008efcf44d991750ba4f3f479c7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In making grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to high-potential research projects that lead to the release of regionally adapted public cultivars and animal breeds that assist producers in mitigating and adapting to climate change, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1968af5e4a8d4a38a7ff4ba77c71e0fb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>regionally adapted public cultivars and animal breeds;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idfe48b227163547b296ec45a14c40b578"><enum>(B)</enum><text>public cultivars and animal breeds bred for environmental resilience, including resilience to changing climates, mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, and sequestering carbon;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="iddaba139d1b77472dbbe271515e39796f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>public animal breeds adapted to grazing and overwintering as appropriate for the applicable production region;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id61114ab2675840e88b0c65160d2afc47"><enum>(D)</enum><text>public cultivars and animal breeds bred to enhance the nutritional and health outcomes of local and Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian populations;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id874a5821450348319282caf828de07dc"><enum>(E)</enum><text>public cultivars and animal breeds of indigenous and place-based importance that are endangered; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idd0b93c8d0c874e08a521311be6670759"><enum>(F)</enum><text>public cultivars and animal breeds with beneficial and compatible characteristics and behaviors for dual-use renewable energy-agricultural systems.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id41b3c404c8844f339a689ffbbfc2a4cf"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that—</text> <subparagraph id="id932b696d77df4cadb3dcaf0ab90755a8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the terms and renewal process for any competitive grants made under subsection (b) in accordance with paragraph (1) facilitates the development and commercialization of public cultivars and animal breeds through long-term grants not less than 5 years in length; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id0b7a70b55026415cb7cb3c8060b1b6c8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Tribal consultation occurs to ensure public cultivar or animal breed development does not infringe on the abilities of Tribes to maintain culturally sensitive animal breeds and cultivars.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="ide14806bc757045b0beeb12f529120ea7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Requirement for domestic production</header><text>No person that receives title to a plant patent or plant variety protection relating to any public cultivar or animal breed developed using funds received under this subsection, and no assignee of any such person, shall grant to any person the exclusive right to use or sell that public cultivar or animal breed unless that person agrees that any cultivars or animals embodying the public cultivar or animal breed or produced through the use of the public cultivar or animal breed will be produced substantially in the United States.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8ccb1360e73f4cf8a7950f72cbeb9d3f"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than October 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that provides information on all public cultivar and animal breeding research funded by the Department of Agriculture, including—</text> <subparagraph id="id1f5d0995426b437282625f966e3d6b7e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a list of public cultivars and animal breeds developed and released in a commercially available form;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5ead8a7ec29943579c5492043ed3f605"><enum>(B)</enum><text>areas of high-priority research;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idf443ef0b19ff459891cf1d2d1062b839"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identified research gaps relating to public cultivar and animal breed development; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2e58ae8d2b734371bae697d339d98a0a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an assessment of the state of commercialization for public cultivars and animal breeds.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idddd77a0529a4415088d9d2ce6a03217c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public breed and cultivar research activities coordination</header> <paragraph id="id7e0fce9519b34249b7c082c9516ef0ad"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 251 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6971">7 U.S.C. 6971</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="ida7f3cee01a2f43a8a50111a5c1ad72aa"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id057DAC11F68340948A62DAA89AF4D034"> <paragraph id="id33f27e0b37d3496caea98f2a42d06e65"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Public breed and cultivar research activities coordinator</header> <subparagraph id="id455d88d308e944969fee0ec0c291167e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Under Secretary shall appoint a coordinator within the Office of the Chief Scientist that reports to the Under Secretary to coordinate research activities at the Department relating to the breeding of public cultivars and animal breeds (as defined in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157(a)</external-xref>)).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idb725363a8aa84ec6b6c40bdfb1d732f3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Duties of coordinator</header><text>The coordinator appointed under subparagraph (A) shall—</text> <clause id="id33bce19089404def838cfe2bb01d0892"><enum>(i)</enum><text>coordinate plant and animal breeding research activities funded by the Department relating to the development of public cultivars and animal breeds;</text></clause>
<clause id="id41b32ff427e94c2796e35cafe8f42ee6"><enum>(ii)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id379c1c2d3b3e45bbbfe59f426a119163"><enum>(I)</enum><text>carry out ongoing analysis and track activities for any Federal research funding supporting plant and animal breeding (including any public cultivars and animal breeds developed with Federal funds); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="id96747988b3f349a9b0cd8bdb7b8a007a" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>ensure that the analysis and activities are made available to the public not later than 60 days after the last day of each fiscal year;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="id68888272a045472eb1b56b4d57306fe1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>develop a strategic plan that establishes targets for public cultivar and animal breed research investments across the Department to ensure that a diverse range of crop and animal needs are being met in a timely and transparent manner, with a strong focus on delivery of resource-efficient, stress-tolerant, regionally adapted public cultivar and animal breeds that—</text> <subclause id="id392aec2459f04170bca31a398e22859a"><enum>(I)</enum><text>help build agricultural resilience to climate change; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id52808c4bae63469db6aa941f266f205e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>support on-farm carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas mitigation, nutritional quality, and other farmer-identified priority agronomic and market traits;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="id7ccc156613e94f1ca9bc922e9b2d00bd"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>convene a working group to carry out the coordination functions described in this subparagraph comprised of individuals who are responsible for the management, administration, or analysis of public cultivar and animal breeding programs within the Department from—</text>
<subclause id="idede920bb696d49c5858907943bec3944"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the National Institute of Food and Agriculture;</text></subclause> <subclause id="id148eb04447954621b4923e4351863094"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Agricultural Research Service; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="idad1010bd4a0e41328ec0b898f0f0287e"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Economic Research Service;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="id92812576ca334eaea2ffba77e964bc74"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in order to maximize delivery of public cultivars and animal breeds, promote collaboration among—</text>
<subclause id="id06cd8fd0594e41938571038b893ba1d7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the coordinator;</text></subclause> <subclause id="idf480b4c3ad944b6486fef3eb2c4aceb6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the working group convened under clause (iv);</text></subclause>
<subclause id="idd9fc176aacc8453c8d3499c3b151511e"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the advisory council established under section 1634 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5843">7 U.S.C. 5843</external-xref>);</text></subclause> <subclause id="id4b98eaab987546ffb6b9f7b21bb85e3b"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>genetic resource conservation centers;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id978cdfdde5604f35a7a3d52e7e07c8b8"><enum>(V)</enum><text>land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>));</text></subclause> <subclause id="idd175dd43a3574407aac03bd8e6644bcd"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Hispanic-serving institutions (as defined in section 502(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101a">20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)</external-xref>));</text></subclause>
<subclause id="ida04b2e424a3241d1ab7fd3d6a68441e9"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Native American-serving nontribal institutions (as defined in section 371(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1067q">20 U.S.C. 1067q(c)</external-xref>));</text></subclause> <subclause id="id3c1cf97d80ea4d959da698e28414a6a8"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Tribal Colleges and Universities (as defined in section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059c">20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)</external-xref>)) and federally recognized Tribes extension programs;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="idf17e4d8d414644bc86794d035bb62ffe"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>nongovernmental organizations with interest or expertise in public breeding; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="id1200e5e5a5834fef9ce6b5d8709d5522"><enum>(X)</enum><text>public and private plant and animal breeders, including small-scale organic breeders;</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="id60716458dace480fa65e9cd37c07fba2"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>convene regular stakeholder listening sessions to provide input on national and regional priorities for public cultivar and animal breed research activities across the Department; and</text></clause> <clause id="id26f93d7dcc174e82b77d7637a66ed9fc"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>evaluate and make recommendations to the Under Secretary on training and resource needs to meet future breeding challenges.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id81554ad2c6a042988439802d4c6f8c88"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(1)(D)(i), by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/450i">7 U.S.C. 450i(b)</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157(b)</external-xref>)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idf18c33ab64904562b44fb75d506f134a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 296(b)(6)(B) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7014">7 U.S.C. 7014(b)(6)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Scientist; and</quote> and inserting <quote>Scientist (including the public breed and cultivar research activities coordinator under subsection (e)(7) of that section); and</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id752fcb30a0f64023ae89dd8872ea2134"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public breed and cultivar development</header><text>Subtitle H of title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5921">7 U.S.C. 5921 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3da80e0e605748b0a275a6b91553448c"> <section id="id04bebc388bab4e92a4f71f8749e49888"><enum>1681.</enum><header>Public breed and cultivar development</header> <subsection id="ida057f6079ed242ab9fab3db31960f665"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) and in conjunction with the Director of the National Genetic Resources Program appointed under section 1633, shall support the development of public breeds and cultivars (as defined in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157(a)</external-xref>)) by Federal researchers.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="iddd915318c3fc4101b8c792fab64585ce"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In supporting research under subsection (a) using funds made available pursuant to subsection (d), the Secretary shall give priority to high-potential research projects that lead to the release of regionally adapted public breeds and cultivars that assist producers in mitigating and adapting to climate change.</text></subsection> <subsection id="id77104099cdca49869c29d520e57b9c22"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than October 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that provides information on all public breed and cultivar research funded by the Agricultural Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, including—</text>
<paragraph id="ida80dcb7a30e34712aea75a8867853270"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a list of public breeds and cultivars developed and released in a commercially available form;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id3924bf428c6f417981db4de2b397cfd5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>areas of high-priority research;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id353936e03b004bba8a5d829d72e7d5eb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identified research gaps relating to public breed and cultivar development, including newly emerging needs stemming from climate change; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id30a07c2ca1834174948cc24e90353add"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an assessment of the state of commercialization for breeds and cultivars that have been developed.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idcd331a89f5104ba5b01d340dd8c34a32"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds made available to the Secretary for a fiscal year, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HFCC8F6DA18CB40CA9F525FD88439DC50"><enum>206.</enum><header>ARS Climate Scientist Career Development Program</header> <subsection id="H98ADEF32912D4261B168DDC31F0FF709"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, in accordance with section 922 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279c">7 U.S.C. 2279c</external-xref>), carry out an internship program within the Agricultural Research Service for graduate students pursuing a degree or conducting research relating to climate change and agriculture.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H51EBDA3E0B4A4C2ABF50307A5241B788"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary may use to carry out the program described in subsection (a) not more than $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. </text></subsection></section> <section id="H80BDB00BE496439B95BD0E6DB10603B4"><enum>207.</enum><header>Agricultural Climate Adaptation and Mitigation through AFRI</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (b)(2) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: </text>
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<subparagraph id="H6FA405F494664A4E91B79DCB081C6405"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Agricultural climate adaptation and mitigation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural climate adaptation and mitigation, including—</text> <clause id="iddd9c17d6a17e4a108cc001c28e5cec2d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>strategies for agricultural adaptation to climate change and drought, including strategies for small and medium-sized farms and ranches;</text></clause>
<clause id="id89e0d6c313d24c3fa00c959baf9df10f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>on-farm mitigation strategies and solutions, including infrastructure, equipment, and ecosystems-based strategies;</text></clause> <clause id="idf6e1e623e2cb423480a45c18e0b2425a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>economic and social costs and benefits of adopting conservation practices to mitigate and adapt to climate change;</text></clause>
<clause id="id3bf03a5c1c19478dae4e8f6c0c8ee700"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>ecosystem services co-benefits of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change;</text></clause> <clause id="id487627003d654f199c4949d354783e65"><enum>(v)</enum><text>new technologies, methods, and models to measure and predict greenhouse gas emissions and soil carbon sequestration; and</text></clause>
<clause id="idd1d0a3834a97475dab61c397906cde8d"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the intersection of agricultural production, soil health, climate change, and human health.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HD67918627F4F46B8B9F194E7E1074F9C"><enum>208.</enum><header>Specialty crop research initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 412 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7632">7 U.S.C. 7632</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4C2CD1F91D5E44F69567AE7140AE1279"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H3498E22E881A41C49C60C3240E1E674E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, diverse multi-crop production systems,</quote> after <quote>specific crops</quote>; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14a7358de7d14258afedd5ebf2baf538"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), by striking <quote>pesticide application systems</quote> and inserting <quote>ecologically based pest management, pesticide application systems,</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC8360ABCDCAD4811B6EAA2C2DAFC810E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8FD7852567A74F198C7F7C3969A780B5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDE9A037A244D48F9935048ADE5CC7B06"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text>
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<paragraph id="H389DCFE67037426C945F5AF39FFFF1CC"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H674748F66E774D82833557F5F5D2D2F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on-farm mitigation strategies and solutions, including agricultural ecosystems-based strategies; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5EF0527ED8DB4E7DA959BD56B81E8C8E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conservation practices and technologies designed to improve soil health, including practices and technologies that sequester carbon in soil; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4E2C86C1D292408E9231866DABB6DDB6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>breeding research and cultivar development to help adapt to climate change.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5F0A679E69C647EDB2FBB257ED9419CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)(3)(A), by striking <quote>equal to not less than the amount of the grant</quote> and inserting <quote>in an amount that is equal to not less than 25 percent of the funds provided through the grant</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HD3C355DF5DFE422AA134D15322447C0E"><enum>209.</enum><header>Integrated pest management</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7626">7 U.S.C. 7626</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2B57C348C15449DF9E776937DB3FE503"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H26975B41F6C947518493895E3E0A1D6F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HB63724DE6C894CE4BBE2BCAAB641389F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Emphasis on climate resilience</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that grants made under this section are, where appropriate, consistent with the development of food and agricultural systems that improve climate resilience.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE3DF3E9DAFEA4F74A2D5A26754CE98A4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Ecologically based pest management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that grants made under this section to support pest management prioritize ecologically based approaches that—</text>
<paragraph id="idBC381B8332724E63BACB71F93834E2AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are effective, affordable, and environmentally sound;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id115A23CE52864E3CA7E9B0A34E37F1BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintain agricultural productivity and healthy communities; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id63F1D7933D724E4CA349F1429A36A5DF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve climate resilience.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide62ae160c1734db387dea532ce698a2f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (h) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>2023</quote> and inserting <quote>2028</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HE55E74042EAA48CDB3A22DF0E7E45F8E"><enum>210.</enum><header>Appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program</header>
<subsection id="HB0282865ADA545FD8E1483CEB3BDA059"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Section 310B(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(i)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA77326B1C4114871B45965DA8619A4D6" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, including a beginning farmer or rancher and a veteran farmer or rancher (as those terms are defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(a)</external-xref>)) and a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher (as defined in section 355(e)),</quote> after <quote>producers</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0658764A42CF4CC69A6FCB71EC27A253"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3002C6303AF24076AAC0F1D566708AC4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC0AFCB2DB7DD469FB329902E89BB5313"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4ACA2175FCF2470189DE48BD307EE48F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H97E76B20661748BEA5DF031F6760A84A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase on-farm resilience to extreme weather by enhancing soil health and adopting other conservation practices;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H300649EF3EB24E84A4A50BDAFAE02D60"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8B637E28175B4E76829500E5B5EBFF99"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H32C5F11C7AFB4C94A72F89BCA47D699C"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve farm viability and strengthen local, regional, and national supply chains.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE39C31EB337243FD8FAFF0FB3EF3631F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>Section 310B(i)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(i)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H48460D02997F4E109DCF53A83DAB21FD"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Eligibility for and use of other funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A national nonprofit agricultural assistance institution that receives a grant or enters into a cooperative agreement under this subsection—</text> <clause id="H6F1F52655719473EAD12770ABF39D1CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may not, as a result of that grant or cooperative agreement, be treated as ineligible for a grant under any other Federal program; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H61C6F6D5BE4D444FA8F53B99AC53CC3A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may utilize, in accordance with applicable law, other public and private funds made available to the institution to expand the resources and outreach of the program established under this subsection.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HFDB7E00C6F234A24BD8C947ECDB2CC6F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 310B(i) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HB1A585264FCF48BCBC67BC261F9BDB5B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection—</text> <subparagraph id="HAAB303911859467093F50F62DF2594BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD6192BBCDBE34D9FAB9ECE135FB9D633" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$8,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <enum>III</enum><header>Soil Health</header> <section section-type="subsequent-section" id="HA9E2990182F148E0AFBA1EA18366D77D"><enum>301.</enum><header>Crop insurance</header> <subsection id="H272E320EE3604B7B8EF7FFD3597693B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Voluntary good farming practices</header><text>Section 508(a)(3)(A)(iii) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(3)(A)(iii)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id47EA8392CEB647028CF96A886D1BB407"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>including scientifically</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id116277C9529E40438F032D21E3187F99"><text>including—</text>
<subclause id="HB3545E158700438A8AA47FBDAC8332AE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>scientifically</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="id2C90C1EC460B40079E51F99180DCF005"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subclause (I) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9BEAAEA21F44472E861766E11EAF03E3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDABE5702379D44BDB458C5BB0BEF635B"> <subclause id="id31E1B3C7CA404AA2A68DDC31829E03A4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>conservation practices and enhancements that are approved by—</text>
<item id="H7C4AC0D4B0F54F45BF95EBE560E98F53"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the Natural Resources Conservation Service; or</text></item> <item id="H1958E2116CB9447E8D178B75F1DE5E83"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>an agricultural expert, as determined by the Secretary.</text></item></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE1C36B6A0DEE4FD2966856337E7B981F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Risk-Reduction Based discounts</header><text>Section 508(d) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id4FD554C06E27471BAA91689A404A668E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB4A25D761F0148B188E0F7C426A3C231"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H6B35E9A2F59547A1B419403D078E26EA"> <paragraph id="HB4A7DE5598D04955B67FCE02733E66A7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Risk-reduction based discount</header> <subparagraph id="H8E547AC6C60F438E9AA2FDD3EDFBE196"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Effective beginning with the 2024 reinsurance year, the Corporation may provide a risk-reduction based premium discount for a producer of an agricultural commodity who uses risk-reduction farming practices, as determined by the Corporation in accordance with subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC91FC31343434FDA97BC08E1450C74D3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Risk-reduction farming practices</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), a risk-reduction farming practice may include any of the following:</text> <clause id="H33CAC72CAE06435983FBFA0CA2E8B95F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The use of a cover crop.</text></clause>
<clause id="H7FA397DED4BB40649118C4F7746B1C96"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A resource-conserving crop rotation.</text></clause> <clause id="HFC0FEA35490147D699A3B62DE300CE12"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management-intensive rotational grazing.</text></clause>
<clause id="idb592bf7c411d4c8797f17a8fa60557de"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A compost or biochar application. </text></clause> <clause id="idf3dbd7a862404bd4821157603509c4b3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>An agroforestry or other perennial production system.</text></clause>
<clause id="H34F5E89234B74A6A862E3ADBA032B99F"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Other risk-reducing and soil health-promoting farming practices, as determined by the Corporation.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDDCE54E0F7574F25B72B61B30A93FD4F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Crop production on native sod applicability</header> <paragraph id="HE9FC1AA0BE834ED38F5BD5223BE18525"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application to certain States</header><text>Section 508(o) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(o)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (3).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H947F419E9DC049FAA1014F7D263F76B0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the first day of the first reinsurance year that begins after the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section section-type="subsequent-section" id="HE5B2338D41CF4C998162A7DD87E2821E"><enum>302.</enum><header>Environmental quality incentives program</header> <subsection id="H5DB8947A25374FA5BFD066B90BF5B1EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa">16 U.S.C. 3839aa</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H39E7A2FFF77F492F8B816C0179E60FA5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and environmental quality</quote> and inserting <quote>environmental quality, and climate change adaptation and mitigation</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1ADE2FCB09684839BC21D9760ECDEDA2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H21FF11DEA0E046A4BAF525C1203B2D58"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBA875DE132C6432BB8601275D4973EE5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8612475D764E4783B8708698CCCC12D3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9EE35F823BF84BEDBD48C6DB0892A299"> <subparagraph id="H34976F0663CE43EFBEBE541D5E579F0F"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">greenhouse gas emissions reduction and carbon sequestration;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1EE44F169A5F493F967A1AE7D7EC207A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting <quote>sequestering carbon, increasing drought resilience, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and</quote> before <quote>conserving energy</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H832D28F197DD4199998900C370E02728"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>climate change and</quote> before <quote>increasing weather volatility</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCF81DB0F5FA34903B9A57494B9798C53"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-1">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–1</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ec0de9c34e64827bf1854c5e678a8e1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0964523D70ED4F7DB317AA8CCA5E67C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (v), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB57293C44BEC4493B9C7F1EDA0324FBE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9BC92C25CED04A4D9C73F5DE4000A430"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (v) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80298F1064734F7AB24765B9AFF2C4F6"> <clause id="HCA01C6963B1E49F6B76DF04C7E74B242"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">greenhouse gas emissions reduction planning; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id749bf482998e40448f1b7e434896793c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>natural resource concern or problem</quote> and inserting <quote>resource concern</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5129ae91e5c341a98c95467837d1f2b2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (9) and (10) as paragraphs (10) and (11), respectively; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd9eb9b73a7704f3991ff1453281ce119"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA95F37E1DFE457DB7EBCA2E703A4149"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfdce1c5ebb9647d8867dea74ae2b6734"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Resource concern</header><text>The term <term>resource concern</term> means a natural resource condition of the soil, water, air, plant, animal, or energy resource base that impairs the sustainability or intended uses of the resource.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA08284B19CB140418834D990847C6AD6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment and administration of environmental quality incentives program</header>
<paragraph id="H00F181A0351F4C02AE4239E05B617985"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240B(d)(7)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(d)(7)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H8E83F03B165042278EA1912EE4A00E39"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H678C3194C55644199D2FF49AE2ECD9EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5904E604A4FD4658A534E447DC6D6614"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause id="H1080EBEB73E44569B9A96A645D066AFA"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increases carbon sequestration or reduces greenhouse gas emissions.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8DCF1312E2C345738D90E7C0CF20B7DC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation of funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240B(f)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(f)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD6A6CBD118DB459FBB5F192E62CDC3FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2023</quote> and inserting <quote>2031</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id1554A8ACC0E54BC7A3DC976BEC2816D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>including grazing management</quote> and inserting <quote>of which not less than <fraction>2/3</fraction> shall be targeted at practices relating to grazing management</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA1719DD82C8B48AF95A39D25D3707050"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Payments for conservation practices related to organic production</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240B(i) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="id0FBFB87BB4ED4881B75381BC3A5CF8E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (3); and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id464FB39769EA481A9506F61E3AF68D93"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H764A47B1274F4BAEA82BB663900E8789"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conservation incentive contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240B(j) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(j)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H939AA352607049F68D458B405C85BC97"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="id8397D6A529EA4FFBAD37C6A3C8E43318"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, which may include climate change adaptation and mitigation,</quote> after <quote>priority resource concerns</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="idBCB41C1C28FF4B8C9CD86A7A421E0AB4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>, which may include climate change adaptation and mitigation</quote> before the period at the end; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC941FC389ACA4EEE85B026FFEFF97720"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="id644C9C4AF2B148869EB4BAEE5E6BCA03"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(ii)—</text> <subclause id="H91B4662515A64ECE89C93F488B69B70B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H6943FF68456443E695D9AD0CBB69ECBE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H3B0311EF2F5D4FF599EC07AF1F9DC6AC"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subclause id="H89756EE6DD41481AA849BEED9D37F3AD"><enum>(III)</enum><text>funding, through annual payments, for a suite of incentive practices that are appropriate for the region and land use and that best enhance soil health and carbon sequestration and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause> <clause id="H6723EA4BC99A4CA0906CED7CDF2BF9D7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HE46B1A9B6EF44CD296F640DC306AFC0E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Term</header>
<clause id="H0EA77B9EBB4344BCB17FA573345A7F81"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A contract under this subsection shall have a term of not less than 5, and not more than 10, years.</text></clause> <clause id="HE20FD2F29FEC495AAE0838232BDC55D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Graduation option</header><text>The Secretary may reduce the term for a contract under this subsection if the producer enters into a conservation stewardship contract under section 1240K with respect to the eligible land that is subject to the contract under this subsection.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida78d41ac7f5e42a599ad04e6401f26a4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7dfcc5fbc4c44c2cb32846e53aa98dde"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33d92cd5bbcb42b19e3d0173f1f879dc"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34ab3e5ae46f464e96bd410b6a4225fd"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida03cb7ecad914db398399d742ee5e957"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>give priority to applications that cover eligible land that, on expiration of a contract under this subsection, may be enrolled in a conservation stewardship contract under section 1240K.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H302EABD87A144945853E2AF3B47C84AD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Environmental quality incentives plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240E(a)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-5">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–5(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, and a greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan</quote> after <quote>if applicable</quote>. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H1E609C559D0E438F9D742C5B8889D160"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240G of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-7">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–7</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Not including payments</quote> and all that follows through <quote>2023</quote> and inserting <quote>A person or legal entity (including a joint venture and a general partnership) may not receive, directly or indirectly, cost-share or incentive payments under this subchapter that, in aggregate, exceed $450,000 for all contracts entered into under this subchapter by the person or legal entity during any 5-fiscal-year period</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4BB198ADE3BB4D099721B225A10EA42B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Conservation innovation grants</header> <paragraph id="H7B2EF757EA4C48BFAB8650D8C0110626"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Air quality concerns from agricultural operations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240H(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-8">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9571269B30D94FC8AA4AA53E24A5E19A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="idB9331321DF864AB786E6681519EB8F31"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>practices to address</quote> in the first sentence and all that follows through <quote>The funds</quote> in the second sentence and inserting the following: “practices—</text>
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<clause id="idC27ECB0926564C6C870F8B31E9791F09"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to address air quality concerns from agricultural operations; and</text></clause> <clause id="idEF48847030E44F9B96B5E457618CB131"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to meet Federal, State, and local—</text>
<subclause id="id20F8337A575D41CEADB0DCA4E9DFDA94"><enum>(I)</enum><text>regulatory requirements; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="id0DD0FF4772C04DCC8B3561E6E1ACBE1B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>goals with respect to greenhouse gas emissions reductions.</text></subclause></clause>
<subparagraph id="id988D1155296843F2BEF79348F071109B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Basis of availability and use</header><text>Funds for payments under subparagraph (A)</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause> <clause id="id68F93128C05A49088FE53F0C38B2F248"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so designated), by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id1E242AC1909E457ABC40E75823D93788"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H86D90C797EF345D88A6A3FAB5192567F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>$37,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2031</quote> and inserting <quote>$37,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, and $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2031</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0F1B73C80E14B1F8D4B724E5FA06D81"><enum>(2)</enum><header>On-farm conservation innovation trials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240H(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-8">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92f9c8526ff34d729df25e48b817e450"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)(i)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide1b839a4483d4af29b785af55cda9d2b"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (II), by inserting <quote>on-farm nutrient recycling,</quote> after <quote>plans,</quote>;</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd797cb56f9274acd8046b3fa7516bdff"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subclause (VI), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ead24111b6144e19e7f1af724f9f2ac"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27D6DF9549224012A4F8AF09E844BAAF"> <subclause id="id237d7f33569e43abbce3afe385fdf529"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>perennial production systems, including agroforestry and perennial forages and grain crops; and </text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf36ad73c3d7b48f699dbeec43e7d63a4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>2019 through 2031</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023, $50,000,000 of the funds made available to carry out this subchapter for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and $100,000,000 of the funds made available to carry out this subchapter for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HD67023B361E942178D5C3CF679F3704D"><enum>303.</enum><header>Conservation stewardship program</header> <subsection id="H17144866D62545C3921CC1CD89BBA806"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240I of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-21">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–21</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H61E54F33A2684578968CBCB3C9691EA4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="H8DF32F392E5148AAAB970BE1AD64050A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>enhancements,</quote> after <quote>practices,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6793472F9F164ED18C08EBC416D0B67F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(v), by inserting <quote>and climate change</quote> before the period at the end;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE49A5031355F4E72828D099EC95779C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting <quote>maintained, actively</quote> after <quote>implemented,</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57fbd9c09818479e8f8229faed4a7e64"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>natural resource concern or problem</quote> and inserting <quote>resource concern</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id62c2dfddba394ef38f04cba3b566f4cf"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60f10bb73ba948c592d555fb2f10aeae"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8FDAF768DE654A129CA0BC5C29F591FD"> <paragraph id="ida6d11c73eeb443e0b9767ecd7defb9dd"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Resource concern</header><text>The term <term>resource concern</term> means a natural resource condition of the soil, water, air, plant, animal, or energy resource base that impairs the sustainability or intended uses of the resource.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H62365DB3650540859F6617C711D31295"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conservation Stewardship Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240J(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-22">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–22(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07373C571E9F4113A25435FC339C2C24"> <paragraph id="H79EDC606F266474FA431A77CFBA221BB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by maintaining, actively managing, and, where practicable, improving existing conservation activities; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE3305AF0206049ED98E7B1547F35F003"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by undertaking additional conservation activities.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H7A47050D7F1A46A2983D430DE42C55FE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Stewardship contracts</header> <paragraph id="H2270DE95397C46AF945F033195CE11DA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission of contract offers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240K(a)(2)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-23">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–23(a)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>improving, maintaining, and managing</quote> and inserting <quote>maintaining, actively managing, and, where practicable, improving</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7693B3BE57E14C9EA79715D43FB5FE17"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Evaluation of contract offers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240K(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-23">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–23(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="id22A048CF584044C8A546232A5D4E05CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(A), by striking clause (iii) and inserting the following:</text>
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<clause id="H87084210D0CA48A6B62888E1D953E806"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other criteria consistent with an equal weighting of the factors described in clauses (i) and (ii), as determined by the Secretary, including criteria the Secretary determines are necessary to ensure that—</text> <subclause id="HB4B404B5935F4038B43DA6A01813855B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the program effectively targets improvements to soil health, increases in carbon sequestration, and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HFDE3A754F2D34830836128EB54984F9F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>other national, State, and local priority resource concerns are effectively addressed.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id1C367C1E0DDA41A2AE3C39C5572F6330"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H379C2402873B4EB781CF4211C9C8997B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Contract renewal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240K(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-23">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–23(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="id696609E70D4E4DD7952D2DD5CC9C9FA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="id07B415D42FF24E5984EC76985AA65B1C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (B);</text></clause> <clause id="idB4BC413332F5437A9477EB686C3289D6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>; or</quote> at the end and inserting <quote>, if applicable.</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="idC932DBAFF6F647B38C89AE81B8720431"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>period—</quote> in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and all that follows through <quote>to meet</quote> in subparagraph (A) and inserting <quote>period, to meet</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idDB82A79E84E64CE1955155D5278D7627"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idE634153F25D24F8187D97BE0541E93BE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H333A5EB767524B60A703478971132532"> <paragraph id="idBFB1AE0D55814352BFE9FF9B6C8F72D6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id879DD3ED13B14D74B620849003BA293E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C19D0721E4942E1BD2766D4328DD7C5"> <paragraph id="H471DFC3E6707479E8F0E456563378129"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ranking and payments</header><text>In determining whether to accept an application for contract renewal under this subsection, and when calculating payments for those renewed contracts, the Secretary shall consider the full conservation benefits across the entire applicable agricultural operation, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H83F8199227F045F6A63651915867575E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of priority resource concerns with respect to which the producer is expected to meet or exceed the stewardship threshold by the end of the contract period; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9FC4ED84B51B4186B1CA7E1BA60BAEA9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the active management and maintenance of ongoing conservation activities, including—</text>
<clause id="H3793E7FDF73E4F4DA525BF7336D3918C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the conservation activities adopted during a prior contract period; and</text></clause> <clause id="HCFA9853A2D8D472AB0D1CD3D0892812B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the new or improved conservation activities to be adopted if a contract is renewed.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC02CE82743584E5998FA6739F00A6258"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties of the Secretary</header>
<paragraph id="HA6DF5BDDE7C44C1BA0428C0629A97419"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Climate change adaptation and mitigation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240L(a)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-24">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>(which may include climate change adaptation and mitigation)</quote> after <quote>priority resource concerns</quote>. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H815C35A3A71D4E9A83E0305E5D5D8CD8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conservation stewardship payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240L(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-24">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B2493FA1E81447F8DD1B5875DF2494C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="HBE8BB5D02E634325921F563DE5DCD345"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>on 1 or more types of eligible land covered by the contract</quote> after <quote>activities</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H932C00D8051347BCAA17E364C047B455"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>improving, maintaining, and managing</quote> and inserting <quote>maintaining, actively managing, and improving</quote>; </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4686F782289A4387A57FA5B7BC068F7F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H05228EEA138C4FEABC4C9503A9BE15A5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32D06258C00A4B6B83B16CF14F1CA08E"> <subparagraph id="H5FC9C4A9207E4485BD1D26E6DDA271AF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Income forgone by the producer, including amounts that reflect—</text>
<clause id="H65037DBE3EE64A758B6BFA9F52AC8137"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increased economic risk; and</text></clause> <clause id="HC56DAA7EB55F4C27BB21D8C866864A58"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>loss in revenue due to—</text>
<subclause id="idA50F35C833E64C8799527FE0E9F65413"><enum>(I)</enum><text>production changes;</text></subclause> <subclause id="id42EDF58BB80C4DDBBEFB9E754E4988F3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>anticipated reductions in yield;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id0C4CE0AFBA5E4AF1A34FAE1A3053E52E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>transitioning to an organic, resource-conserving cropping or grazing, or perennial production system; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="id70362617C3244FC08C368415D837E3CE"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>acreage converted to conservation uses.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="HB2AC5B1E2BD841D69AC32733CFE59D1A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E), by inserting <quote>, actively managed, and, where applicable, improved</quote> after <quote>maintained</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H98349130F70D4BB0AAAAF50CD6BFB52F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HD2C67AD8E03743599373B9B089F8FCD5"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Payments for conservation activities related to organic production systems</header>
<subparagraph id="HFE976AED6EC44A6887F8C72825283F78"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide payments under this subsection for conservation activities relating to—</text> <clause id="HE3D9AE14BEB24A5189816925862802F2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>organic production; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H1CC4EDD9034247CFB28B203517E13040"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>transitioning to organic production.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDB2D98F25E784808AD992E4F02B543EB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conservation activities</header><text>Conservation activities described in subparagraph (A) may include—</text>
<clause id="id8DE4257CE7B74B89A6963F640AB2C02B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>generally available and specifically tailored conservation activities; and </text></clause> <clause id="id0829C5867FAB402B885A973B4D288BA0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>individual conservation activities and bundles of conservation activities.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2225A587132741EF8683EF8FD21C4D5E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Minimum payment</header><text>The amount of an annual payment under the program shall be not less than $2,000.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBC8C7FA19E7541B496971484F7079828"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Supplemental payments</header><text>Section 1240L(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-24">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2E2AC84228F24ABD8724D700B11B7429"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">, perennial production systems,</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">rotations</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9C44D90CF4FF4C39884E3951382E1146"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="id072136D7E6D04605B88F680C9EFCB3D4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and</text></clause> <clause id="idA9C0ECFC3DDE4967B58E9382CF004954"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H7C51408E63BB4ADFA7E4B48C0AF9A074"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Perennial production system</header><text>The term <term>perennial production system</term> means—</text> <clause id="H43CDFD98FA0446448D3ED2460A02EEDE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the use of cropland for agroforestry, including alley cropping, silvopasture, and related production practices, as determined by the Secretary;</text></clause>
<clause id="HD1314570C45F439D9A3E0BB6A9EF079F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the use of woodland for agroforestry, including forest farming, multistory cropping, and related production practices, as determined by the Secretary; and</text></clause> <clause id="HC9A5D535A00E478EBFDD4BA813D7C0C9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the use of cropland for perennial forages or perennial grain crops.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1A03B9BF6B64405AB7AA887D679040F5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="H091A7D28B83A4DE3B906A0FB3372D38A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause id="HF327BE8567BF4818B11E1225AF5FD7BB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3C1980B31FC6435DBB60CECD80B99EE7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H8B0C3F1B36B443CD86536C173C68B76C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a perennial production system.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6AA43938AF4C46298A87B88EAD7A152B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>or advanced grazing management</quote> and inserting <quote>, advanced grazing management, or a perennial production system</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7600E57F36F04C4B951669BEA23057F0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Payment for comprehensive conservation plan</header><text>Section 1240L(e)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-24">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="idC784F9791EEF41F9A4C52966982A13E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: “; and</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="id894365D808274D49BD7EFB642AD46C69"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to an organic production system—</text> <clause commented="no" id="id7A2E4E63468943E8B017D2FA387206E0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is integrated with an organic system plan approved under the national organic program established under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6501">7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="id7E039FD602E6404EA736212EC00710C2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>allows a producer to transition to organic production systems and pursue certification under that Act.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id3834D7AC8EB74F44B3B35FE4DC4AC399"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (B) (as added by subparagraph (A)), by striking <quote>plan that meets</quote> and inserting the following: “plan that—</text>
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<subparagraph id="id4C1AEB6B989B4F8290EDF1968C85D03F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>meets</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H315E758EAD2D4AED9B6708D7992851F3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Payment limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240L(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-24">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3C7EDC41E7104D41B5A9EEA99115099B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(including a joint venture and a general partnership)</quote> after <quote>A person or legal entity</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB29CD8D974FF4C59B34D7C854B4F4033"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>any consecutive 5-fiscal-year period</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2191A5972CB5470DBB7E0A339AD262DF"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Specialty crop and organic producers</header><text>Section 1240L(g) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-24">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(g)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, and producers transitioning to organic production systems,</quote> after <quote>organic producers</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD8A26E1D5BF34F7DBB8D1F3509F1B6B0"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Soil health</header><text>Section 1240L(k) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-24">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(k)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD6A43DE6F9ED4C8983C6F179620525F5"><text>, including by—</text> <paragraph id="H294D557405BE4AA4A93A7C344DF6FF05"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducting outreach to encourage the use of contracts to improve soil health and sequester carbon in the soil; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H81F707EE64DE4C88AF3EF679BB876C93"><enum>(2)</enum><text>offering payments for soil testing to provide producers and the Secretary with information on the soil health and carbon sequestration impacts of conservation activities.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H56FF5C3642694FBEA43207285E0BCBA9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>On-Farm conservation stewardship innovation grants</header><text>Subchapter B of chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-21">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–21 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" id="HBC82E4181FA24F7B81B43718F3F239B6"><enum>1240L–2.</enum><header>On-farm conservation stewardship innovation grants</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H60B9D05A84BB40719F5F346E0E30FCD8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of agricultural professional</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>agricultural professional</term> means a university researcher or educator, including an extension agent or specialist, Federal agency field staff, an agricultural consultant, State and local agency staff, Tribal agency staff, a Federally-Recognized Tribes Extension Program agent, and nonprofit organization staff assisting farmers and ranchers at the local level.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HF93B6EAEFD5C4A9788A329AB92302B1F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>Using funds made available to carry out this subchapter, the Secretary shall provide competitive grants to carry out on-farm conservation innovation projects on eligible land of program participants for the purpose of stimulating innovative approaches on farms and ranches to leverage Federal investment in conservation stewardship, in conjunction with agricultural production or forest resource management, through the program.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H9DF5D0B2D487409499D547EC65C6BE75"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Participants</header><text>The Secretary shall provide grants under this section—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H22F06055BEB143CB89704EAAC9BDE3BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>directly to agricultural operations, or groups of agricultural operations, participating in the program; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H52747790F4D64DAEA9F115C20D4BADCA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>through partnerships between agricultural professionals and small groups of agricultural operations participating in the program.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H62E6C134CB92474EA3FBBD025A8F825A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use</header><text>An entity that receives a grant under this section directly or through a partnership in accordance with subsection (c) shall carry out an on-farm conservation innovation project that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD3FF8B0BF7B54642AC7C2C93CC7FEA51"><enum>(1)</enum><text>facilitates on-farm research and demonstration or pilot testing of new technologies or innovative conservation systems and practices that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonize agriculture;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HF32629AC651941F0B3AFB5A8A354E160"><enum>(2)</enum><text>facilitates on-farm research and demonstration or pilot testing of practices and systems with a proven high impact for greenhouse gas emissions reduction and decarbonization and low national or regional adoption rates; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2F716D69FB6A4A31AEAD62524D704F15"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">helps to prepare program participants for participation in environmental services markets that have as a primary goal greenhouse gas emissions reduction or decarbonization of agriculture.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H49D95C3B2F7A43E49C09328AA51C4616"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Incentive payments</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3AFCF2B34AB7416F86AD577C268A527E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agreements</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idBF4AF5A9BB27479FA9F201ABD64F71C0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall enter into agreements with agricultural operations (directly or through governmental or nongovernmental organizations involved in a partnership with 1 or more agricultural operations) on whose land an on-farm conservation innovation project is being carried out under this section to provide payments to the agricultural operations to assist with adopting and evaluating new or innovative conservation approaches to achieve conservation benefits. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idFA46BB16FA4F4B75A7A7023EDE6DD4C8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>Payments provided under subparagraph (A) shall reflect the direct costs of the research and demonstration and compensation for foregone income, as appropriate to address the increased economic risk or lower economic return potentially associated with the applicable innovative conservation approach.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id4D30F265762B427EB9895351E1ED0F56"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjusted gross income requirements</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id8A84D737E43843FB8FA0566301BECAFD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Adjusted gross income requirements under section 1001D(b)(1) shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id5E60666810AA4C489662A4E59FDB90B1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>apply to producers receiving payments under this subsection; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="id6F213FFA3B3D4CD78FE16222FB633073"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be enforced by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF6CE1A16E33E4067BF4321FC87AB737E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>A governmental or nongovernmental organization participating in an on-farm conservation innovation project under this subsection shall submit to the Secretary an annual report describing the amount of payments that the organization made to each agricultural operation under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H1A5330EACE8849A4B550DA7B171B1ADF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Research, technical assistance, and administrative expenses</header><text>The Secretary may provide to a partnership described in paragraph (1)(A) not more than $50,000 for each on-farm conservation innovation project for research, technical assistance, and administrative expenses.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDBAB54E216EA469797E3C6101A359C7D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Length of agreements</header><text>An agreement entered into under paragraph (1)(A) shall be for a period determined by the Secretary that is—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H960F90088F814F08894C730BC658CB9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less than 2 years; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBFDD5CF997B94A979C37ACE2E7D6D8F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if appropriate, more than 2 years, including if the longer period is appropriate to support—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HE5061F2749D140DF939E9A9CF2E4CA2C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>adaptive management over multiple crop years; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H0F829371AA4C4A4893AEAF830814C79E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>adequate data collection and analysis by an agricultural operation or partnership to report the natural resource and agricultural production benefits of the new or innovative conservation approaches to the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="HD9309F597B5F44D9BCCED65F2C9960E6"><enum>304.</enum><header>State assistance for soil health</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 5 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb">16 U.S.C. 3839bb et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" id="H224820E5CA994BC0AE43CAFAE7253DFB"><enum>1240S.</enum><header>State assistance for soil health</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE1F6FE0BC8044D92AB56A12D07A61911"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability and purpose of grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Using funds made available under subsection (k), the Secretary shall make grants to States or Tribal governments for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028 to be used by State departments of agriculture or appropriate Tribal authorities to develop and implement plans to improve soil health on agricultural land.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HDFEA374F77DB4B658865FA92B3F9FD7C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB750EA663F204C8FB35DBA78B8637684"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State department of agriculture or Tribal government requesting a grant under this section shall prepare and submit for approval by the Secretary an application at such time, in such a manner, and containing such information as the Secretary shall require, including an assurance that grant funds received under this section shall supplement the expenditure of State or Tribal funds in support of soil health, rather than replace State or Tribal funds for those purposes.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H371DC6B413D04B9C8948BA10FED428E0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State or Tribal government may request funds under this section—</text> <subparagraph id="HED4C576847E64B9D9370E63C40B8B430"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop or modify a State or Tribal soil health plan; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3E177774E98F4FC095C40399E05DA95B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to implement a State or Tribal soil health plan approved by the Secretary under this section, including through—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H05F4ADA9606440DBBDD94750ECE80C17"><enum>(i)</enum><text>technical assistance;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H9F415423D95B4B6BB9A5DE6484A414CA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>financial assistance;</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H7EA705E7CFCF48A4AEB5BC07E2FE3276"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>on-farm research and demonstration;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H30FBDFBA200447D7961B70AEDA33D19A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>education, outreach, and training;</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H192DCB129A694DC0B2D0E5C3D8EB2286"><enum>(v)</enum><text>monitoring and evaluation; or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HD510E40E386C4E0E89A0DE5690CCB1F9"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>such other activities as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3CACB3FE6094B57BF967A36C1925190"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Plan components</header><text>Prior to approving a State or Tribal soil health plan, the Secretary shall ensure that the plan, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8BBB290679734CEA846AACF9B1D045BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is broadly consistent with the soil health principles of the Natural Resources Conservation Service; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0796EF5122F841718A44A9C6CEACFAA6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifies effective strategies for increasing adoption of regionally appropriate soil health practices and systems on privately owned agricultural land under the jurisdiction of the applicable State or Tribal government.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1696206D73BA412BA90450A86221D365"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>A State or Tribal government may—</text> <subparagraph id="HDAEA0FBBA94A4073815E76A06A114FDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>apply for a grant for the purposes described in paragraph (2)(A) at any time; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0A03D2EDE8E0416D97A212806772B367"><enum>(B)</enum><text>apply for a grant for the purposes described in paragraph (2)(B) on approval by the Secretary of a soil health plan for the State or Tribal government.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H28F46AC59F0E43A7823E6B214B40BE77"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Tribal option</header><text>At the sole discretion of a Tribal government, an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization shall have the option of being incorporated into a State application rather than submitting an application for the Indian Tribe or Tribal organization.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD77992CB42BF47FFABAF0B9B26EB5918"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grant amount</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB667F442C6B6459BA4DB5C61F9418F16"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Maximum</header><text>The maximum grant any 1 State or Tribal government may receive under this section for a fiscal year shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="HA0125F99909043E493BC560FCA5B5E0B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a grant for the purposes described in subsection (b)(2)(A), $1,000,000; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF75001B0E42F40DFAE03A5F8BE4B1FF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a grant for the purposes described in subsection (b)(2)(B), $5,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H86FAA2F71B484D1189DAE28BCD7CAC58"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal share</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H2AED158E514F450B9B5D62AB12BBF43F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Grants to States</header><text>The amount of a grant to a State under this section shall not exceed—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id0FE4635304944E9F869CEAAD474301FC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>75 percent of the cost of developing or modifying a soil health plan; or </text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="idAA8609F2C1624975B4C009D2A1CDC306"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>50 percent of the cost of implementing the soil health plan.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF908A620C0954CA7A39FCDA1EAD2C253"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Grants to Tribes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of a grant to a Tribal government under this section shall not exceed—</text> <clause commented="no" id="idC03885485D8249C0BBDDCAB40614D133"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">90 percent of the cost of developing or modifying a soil health plan; or </text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="id54AC4E4B130547A6978A70ADF05D040B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">75 percent of the cost of implementing the soil health plan.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7BA5C902773041FAB44E74A3AA04C751"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Non-Federal funds</header><text>A grant made under this section shall be made on the condition that the non-Federal share of expenditures under paragraph (2) be provided by non-Federal sources.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0B9D95D0117E4610A539299F44848267"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grant term</header><text>A grant under this section shall be for 1 year and may be renewed annually, at the discretion of the Secretary.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H79FB951D72B44E679B1ED097CBCADF5A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall give priority to States or Tribal governments with a climate action plan that includes soil health, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H38CD8726B59E4C8D9ADCA34FDF2A60FD"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Performance measures and evaluation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0A630AC251B941BE922301A90C9B1743"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Performance measures</header><text>Each application under subsection (b) shall include performance measures to be used to evaluate the results of the assistance received under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H8064A8ECA27A4EC388CCD148F4C57DDB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each applicable State department of agriculture or Tribal authority shall submit to the Secretary a review and evaluation of the progress of the State department of agriculture or Tribal authority, using the performance measures under paragraph (1), at such intervals as the Secretary shall establish.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HEC518C3F81404093832E7A67823FCACD"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Effect of noncompliance</header><text>If the Secretary, after reasonable notice to a State or Tribal government, determines that there has been a failure by the State or Tribal government to comply with the terms of a grant made under this section, the Secretary may disqualify, for 1 or more years, the State or Tribal government from receipt of future grants under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H8CC55285FB8143E292FD38EEC4787F07"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Audit requirement</header><text>For each year that a State or Tribal government receives a grant under this section, the State or Tribal government shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id54382130DA6B4063AB1BCE78DD5F9FD0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct an audit of the expenditures of grant funds by the State or Tribal government; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id560FE1153E15496F8FE8765EA6C57CA8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not later than 30 days after the completion of the audit under paragraph (1), submit to the Secretary a copy of the audit.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H514247073C114C1698FEED8AED61A754"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Administration</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H21B4341D6CD34E1F81D58E140BB1BDD5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Department</header><text>The Secretary may not use more than 3 percent of the funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year for administrative expenses.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H75AA37B7D0E34473ABDDF37A820C6E0C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>States and Tribes</header><text>A State or Tribal government receiving a grant under this section may not use more than 7 percent of the funds received under the grant for a fiscal year for administrative expenses.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB244839709F54F6FB9E2A05A20950B04"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to make grants under this section—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HEB6ED3A39D8D499CA773F6FBAF207744"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEC73B3109E9A4B219958273F48635CDA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A15DA5F6493407F880756188A7BBBFF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="HF24A54795B7B4C8AA5F46EDE61766E4D"><enum>305.</enum><header>Funding and administration</header>
<subsection id="H956E55CFA9594E3485DE9244D37FABDB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Commodity Credit Corporation</header>
<paragraph id="H58710B8FFA554B168673B969D40CBA61"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H1A27ABCD22E64868A7ED9BE47FAB708A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H036CC71392604B57B692C78ADA6CA61D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, and $17,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2024 through 2028,</quote> after <quote>2023</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H9FF0C233A3F5482CAAE7AEBC1BEDBCBC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>and $70,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2024 through 2028, including not more than $5,000,000 to provide outreach and technical assistance,</quote> after <quote>technical assistance,</quote>; </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H605E071A432B48DF8629461BEA3E82DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="H09BCCD4C7E394AB18BF4A9AC4BCF216A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause id="HA7FC2F5C8BA34489A0AB11786DF45C54"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking <quote>2031.</quote> and inserting <quote>2023; and</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H05A5CD5ACA9642D586956A56260F71C7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="H02350080481D48A9A1B5C2697B1FC98D"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$700,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2031.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7E832A9BBF1F4F85B4ED355F3A225CB5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="H7B39D152CF1F4BCD852FF74B18544B0F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subclause id="H00AAE3E915BA4FA791F1831FE69F7313"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; </text></subclause>
<subclause id="id30CBF795B96E44C49773A3E02E80A9F4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (v), by striking <quote>each of fiscal years 2023 through 2031</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal year 2023</quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H67047F848D4D403FA18F8CCAFCA251A2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause id="H270872F2B51747289025974B0564FC57"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2031; and </text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause> <clause id="HC19C7535DA004CC3AFA28BF4793FF04A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="idA0DAC6E17FE84817BC34E912C966F16D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subclause> <subclause id="id2D6072BF3BCB473C81B592E0CE05ABCA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (v), by striking <quote>each of fiscal years 2023 through 2031.</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal year 2023; and</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H1BFFD95504884D53AA14FC02D0087885"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA85EDE14C3E41B5BD8EC992CBE73F40"> <clause id="H92C8B266E0284CD78003A79A922F3825"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2031.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HADA330997E0A40889E3FC0A6FEDA7661"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF38FFF0852A44C1BFE9C7BFF606B35E"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H1AB393FB948749FD95409E82D3715E49"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Special initiative</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H173B13A04F9946B4A3645A3C676339B0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Beginning in fiscal year 2022, and each year thereafter through fiscal year 2028, the Secretary shall use for a special technical assistance initiative to assist producers in mitigating and adapting to climate change, of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, an amount equal to not less than 1 percent of Commodity Credit Corporation funds made available for the applicable fiscal year for each of the programs described in subsection (a).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9AF191FF70C24F0FA40550D251BD07CB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Provision of technical assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall provide technical assistance under the special initiative under this paragraph to producers—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H770EBE69F1534815A7F33878D30EE263"><enum>(i)</enum><text>directly;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H564D53706B4E4C28BF55E596AA2F61B6"><enum>(ii)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idAA4FD7A68FA9492EAED0A7F5A0E7619A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>through an agreement with a third-party provider (as defined in section 1242(a)); or </text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="id20EE2C3516994CAC9E5307BFB2DC0513" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>at the option of the producer, through a payment, as determined by the Secretary, to the producer for a third-party provider approved under section 1242, if available; or</text></subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HAC12FAEB73B94389B8031EA52D018E08"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>through a cooperative agreement or contract with—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H47B272C1B3D14118903E69C9A363137F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a cooperative extension; </text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H502C06D89BDC4D4493C213392EBBD52D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a nongovernmental organization; or</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="H5EFDE6E66271497394CB45AF6D7FC2D1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a State, Tribal, or Federal agency.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2549AFD6142544C2B941876E246DB32C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Underserved producers</header><text>In providing technical assistance under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority to producers who are persons described in section 1244(a)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H935A6E39D1394F9CA093503E152E9F88"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistance to certain farmers or ranchers for conservation access</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb97541621b6423ba3d072cf719bed57"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote>practicable—</quote> in the matter preceding clause (i) and all that follows through the period at the end of clause (ii) and inserting <quote>practicable, 30 percent to assist beginning farmers or ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3fab8c4ecb44d318260ed9d3e0cd734"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>section 2501(e)</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(a)</external-xref>)) that qualifies under paragraph (1)(B).</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id008e3599ec064bcd8a0fc714c1cd10ff"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Delivery of technical assistance</header><text>Section 1242 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3842">16 U.S.C. 3842</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5a600491d7b74785b11a5656a2383234"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b2ad7b1a8f54d39ae3ffef885fbf79a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>an individual,</quote> before <quote>a commercial entity</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02a9cb4ffb7a4b33846668b4a5f0598c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>State or local</quote> and inserting <quote>State, local, or Tribal</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5a67d1517ebf4a269774bcf0815d0be6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>nutrient management planning,</quote> and inserting <quote>soil health planning, greenhouse gas emissions reduction planning, nutrient management planning, integrated pest management planning, agroforestry planning, organic transition planning,</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3bed0e5c3374e30819299c406dc5b1c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4c6c35ee6e76417687aed9ba4cc60df8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(A)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ca49b2dae8c4803956d3ec04d9e46aa"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>individuals,</quote> before <quote>commercial entities,</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5306629dfbca490ebbcdbfb4a4b9947c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>State or local</quote> and inserting <quote>State, local, or Tribal</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfeb0d834aded47bca5187648c0251422"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by inserting <quote>or organic</quote> after <quote>sustainability</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id890d4f963f88482c9d2a7b6b61a08a8f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (i)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf320618454f45b892e031dc795fc6b0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subsection heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="subsection">perennial agriculture system,</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="subsection">organic,</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id853b75f3a6d14be38c20e6584428d33c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>a perennial agriculture system,</quote> after <quote>production,</quote> each place it appears.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H69FF4034F6084ED69E91BBBC1C2B0378"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administrative requirements for conservation programs</header> <paragraph id="HBADD9A39DF6B47D89ACAB3366601381B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Incentives for certain farmers and ranchers and Indian tribes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1244(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce053a0a507c4d46a87e3355e0b680bc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>incentives</quote> and inserting <quote>incentives, including higher payment rates, advance payments, transition payments, and farm infrastructure assistance,</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H877FC07999014BA5B67075A1CC71D72F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6404F7ABEBA8422D82CBE72031037FF8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC336DEE787B6453CA6DE977C04DF1D34"> <subparagraph id="HF658BAF4C0E04242907309091975E0AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to establish a new generation of producers who use the full array of climate-friendly conservation activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase soil carbon, and improve resilience to weather extremes; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H56B985D336CA4245BFBB127311850628"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to enhance other long-term environmental goals.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF7AE18ACFE8C48A2A65AC64F7DBDD850"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review and guidance for practice costs and payment rates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1244(j)(1)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844(j)(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFCA9FA799B4E4C2B81088FC97DA18515"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC62BEB81859C410EAA17D119E32EB521"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9A94564E0FF74989875D6482D87490E8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB65E2A6B7182498D8B5D523A995ABE14"> <clause id="HD5CBF1791BA0415EA39BF924E5979A2F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accelerates progress in meeting the goals established under title I of the <short-title>Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023</short-title>.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H94568530F30044D4905290730796D6A2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Advanced grazing management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC3AD8FBFF39E44EF8A588714AE11D75F"> <subsection commented="no" id="H39B7F9FCDA844FDDAEDBB597E0E60D80"><enum>(q)</enum><header>Advanced grazing management</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H4DDB2A58DC1445E7A3C94AD69AC04B78"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out any conservation program administered by the Secretary, the Secretary shall encourage advanced grazing management, including management-intensive rotational grazing (as those terms are defined in section 1240L(d)(1)).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFF5CE1E1C7CC4AAAADAE404209220DF9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reservation of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028, the Secretary shall use to carry out this subsection not less than <fraction>2/3</fraction> of any funds available for activities relating to livestock production under conservation programs administered by the Secretary under this title (other than the conservation reserve program established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D, except for acres enrolled in that program under section 1231(d)(2)).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H65C2EF8364F94D3A9E2CE14C948500CB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Environmental services markets</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1245 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3845">16 U.S.C. 3845</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E26CA725530483BB763D294DC9B643C">
<subsection commented="no" id="HD68A68D6DFB14D7CBC800E12BD894394"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration monitoring and measurement Federal advisory committee</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H01239945E6C84312A4151F45A218E97A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall establish an advisory committee, to be known as the <quote>Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Carbon Sequestration Monitoring and Measurement Federal Advisory Committee</quote> (referred to in this subsection as the <term>advisory committee</term>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE389FD620DF44635AE203213D5E3EBCE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall appoint members to the advisory committee that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id9D9AB78044A948F48AC10D0C60B8B5E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reflect diversity in gender, age, race, and geography; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id84BAA7FB552E4E44A7CA48CD94698F00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HB5FC1CB667CB46BCABA5B68FC5DFA567"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">farmers and ranchers, including farmers and ranchers operating small and mid-sized farms;</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HCB206140808B4BCAB115E9CC039F555F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">organizations representing farmers and ranchers, including organizations representing farmers and ranchers operating small and mid-sized farms;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H111E4D791A124F97B985B8C8C4A90474"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>scientists;</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H43002A5A0CB64806B51322856F572E16"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>environmental nonprofit organizations;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H7A390B144A2A4C0F97BD61A0846EDB32"><enum>(v)</enum><text>existing private sector carbon and ecosystem services market development initiatives;</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HBD508774EE004B23B23A4E62FBE09068"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>businesses working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in the supply chains of the businesses;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HD9C4447CC55E40F3B32AC8DFFBCA14EC"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>relevant Federal agencies;</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H82A50C143B764025A147A82CFBB422AD"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>Tribal communities; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H31759D51D3AD4BEE88B811A776B6B1DA"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>State agriculture agencies.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3B7BAD19D26641D687BCEB2F69F094EA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Terms</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HCD91FE93BDF14FD9B1F23CE39B91ADF7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Term length</header><text>The term of a member of the advisory committee shall be 3 years.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC13D79CFA83B4B038A06C6E1E87E984B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reappointment</header><text>The Secretary may reappoint a member of the advisory committee for not more than 2 consecutive terms.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H23ADD5FB6DB94481A6A0DA1416E90FFA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The advisory committee shall meet—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id3C2F0B7C5E7B4DFB94FE0DDFE524DD91"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not fewer than 4 times in the first year after the advisory committee is established; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idEDBC9A10EEAC4D4A93178B8BFAE4B981"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not less frequently than twice annually thereafter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB6E4915C986D4E91A88DB2D07B277756"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the advisory committee is established, and periodically thereafter, the advisory committee shall submit to the Secretary recommendations on—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HF08101A355D247409A12A9D99C7C1679"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the feasibility of establishing reliable outcomes-based measurement systems, as described in subsection (g);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA4FA2C7A7D8743D9AECE67CED4F1D749"><enum>(B)</enum><text>existing technology that provides reliable measurement data;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H34898322C0034F60BC46E43F9EE17D09"><enum>(C)</enum><text>with respect to parameters for which existing technology does not provide reliable measurement data, research and technical needs and, as appropriate, goals and plans for that research;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCD461A7917EE4859909E7F032B78CEA5"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standards for data collection and dissemination;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H15C7310D2A7B42459BCE9B75F733D673"><enum>(E)</enum><text>farmer data management and privacy;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H91FF6C3E39924D8FAA930FD4A6FAFCCB"><enum>(F)</enum><text>greenhouse gas emissions and soil health inventories and databases, as described in subsection (h); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H6D9C350AF8EA40628753F45AAA98EE81"><enum>(G)</enum><text>criteria for soil health and greenhouse gas emissions reductions incentives, as described in subsection (i).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H909B471BE4F04581845B7CC86CC04DB3"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Measurement system</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4F0CE22BCA664D459D1633C6B839105F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall evaluate existing outcomes-based measurement systems for recordkeeping, modeling, and measurement of farm-level greenhouse gas emissions and soil carbon sequestration, including measures of soil disturbance, plant diversity, continual living cover, residue management, advanced grazing management, and crop-livestock integration, to determine which of those systems—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id31190005B71E49B5B761EFF5CB1E00BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">can be implemented quickly;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idAC8AD5AAE9BC418DBAF7D5E7F970508D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">can improve in accuracy and ease over time;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id9996426D4BAE418FBA4E34AEC9BF123F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use the best available science and technology;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35b9c967f5204294b41e6907dea1645a"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">estimate uncertainty; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id843AFDDB891740988A9C916E5C625C52"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are cost-effective.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H93F7D933AFF0414DAA4D643E12F49C51"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall issue guidance on the outcomes-based measurement systems evaluated under paragraph (1), based on—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idBD15C35361EF4D13853B5D317EF45C0E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations from the advisory committee established under subsection (f); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idA98BFBEC690549579665CE75975ECB3A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information from—</text> <clause commented="no" id="id58184C1D71AF4C14AEBA06737203EF60"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">existing and emerging agroecosystem models;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="id9664AF2091D241FB89E7EE4E08AD5E59"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">remote sensing data and analysis; </text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="id610F4AB7869A4E0D9D3ACAF9F0D9994F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">soil health demonstration trials carried out under section 1240H(c)(7);</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="id6375F1BAD3D14762A05A21CF3251AA8B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">existing and emerging public environmental services protocols, measurement systems, and benchmarks, including uncertainty predictions and measurements;</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="idF9216E5BEB9F4B99AEE1F06B9EDAA8B0"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">field-level measurement, including field-based data collected under section 21002(a)(2) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/169">Public Law 117–169</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6936">7 U.S.C. 6936</external-xref> note; 136 Stat. 2018);</text></clause>
<clause id="ide1d19d0011a341eea4b0059f50261288"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the Conservation Evaluation and Monitoring Activity for the Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Assessment; and</text></clause> <clause id="id8a285182fca84a4ea7ca20c04f67959c"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>such other sources as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1A85744E076E4B2DB5954E4E068B2C03"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The Secretary, based on recommendations from the advisory committee established under subsection (f), shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HBA0187D960124937949488352AE85066"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish and maintain an outcomes-based measurement system in accordance with the guidance issued under paragraph (2) when feasible;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA6CDE5C85E744E4A824B1DF05E59C74E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conduct a periodic review of that system;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id5C29304E61764A44827DF399FE1591F5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>periodically make any necessary updates to that system; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBED07E7A7AA04458B5B517B85BF4D65E"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish research and development goals and plans, as necessary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HCD56148B1A1A4B68B7316284D19F96FA"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Inventory</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H679E5FDE8F134453BA9CDDF48B77F954"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the advisory committee established under subsection (f) and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall conduct a nationwide soil health and agricultural greenhouse gas emissions inventory that uses the best available science and data to establish expected average performance for soil carbon drawdown and storage and greenhouse gas emissions reduction by primary production type and production region.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF01332E8E7684FB6BBEED9AE0C62F687"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Database</header><text>Drawing on the field-based data collected under section 21002(a)(2) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/169">Public Law 117–169</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6936">7 U.S.C. 6936</external-xref> note; 136 Stat. 2018), the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id8F657BAB34764EFD982F1640BF52721C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish an accessible and interoperable database for the information collected through the inventory conducted under paragraph (1); and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idEB730F9569C446128C4B4DABE85C4ABC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improve and update that database not less frequently than once every 2 years as new data is collected.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HAD1DB03ECFE847D99B1ABFB0390AC051"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Criteria</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="idCDDD7131C97249CCBD28947345DD5A54"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the advisory committee established under subsection (f), shall establish criteria for payments, credits, or other forms of incentives to inform policy established to promote soil carbon sequestration or greenhouse gas emissions reductions. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idA074DED58BF642CFA5BF059981B3E381"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The criteria established under paragraph (1) shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HCF5CDC79A86947709F7C8C2B1E94F36F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have a documented likelihood to lead to long-term net increases in soil carbon sequestration and net reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, according to the best available science;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H89D763D0F3DC4DB8AA63F084E53816D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be based in part on environmental impact modeling of the changes of shifting from baseline agricultural practices to new or improved agricultural practices; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HE4D0A9879C8C4744AB45B2FCC4C39FE9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>be designed to prevent the degradation of other natural resource or environmental conditions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB7CA76045DEB42FCB4F92FFD61FEDCF2"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Demonstration trials</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H512ABDB95F17402CBFC64FC36F9D99B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall periodically review the results from soil health demonstration trials carried out under section 1240H(c)(7), and other similar public and private demonstration trials that the Secretary determines to be appropriate, to inform the activities under subsections (g), (h), and (i).</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCDB310FA47604FB78116CE75389E9F2D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>In submitting reports pursuant to section 1240H(c)(7)(C)(ii), the Secretary shall include any recommendations to Congress for changes or additions to the conservation programs under this Act that the Secretary determines to be appropriate to accelerate net increases in soil carbon sequestration and other improvements in soil health.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H24E3D395B44D4276B0D5ABE4B21171B0"><enum>306.</enum><header>Conservation compliance</header>
<subsection id="HDC842A0DCC3347BC8108CE351A193AB2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 1201(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3801">16 U.S.C. 3801(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id95C036143C3E4AA482670AFFEBC9CACA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1284C3645E524335BA07E80E98906875"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>highly erodible</quote> each place it appears; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H587707DD735D4519967E2ED03D90288D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and conservation treatment measures</quote> and inserting <quote>crop rotation and cover crop systems, and other relevant soil conservation and soil health management treatment measures</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id18B2E00F59024B78AF23D83C5633BE3E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <subparagraph id="H14897AE02C00476C9A671F626F1F1D8A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF0195306ACB94E6DADCAE2D93F1EC7C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <clause id="HB5A0FE0D2D49406BA777E763F55B6E9A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or a substantial improvement in soil conditions on a field or group of fields containing highly erodible cropland</quote> and inserting <quote>and a substantial improvement in soil health conditions (including soil carbon levels) on a field or group of fields containing cropland</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H70112E072C494FAE9F5EDEDD294F011D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8C8E164914844B2A9AC7EFD047D7782B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0D53E23425B479A9DDFC4D62718C0D6">
<subparagraph id="HC6FBA5DB281A471C8DC8D73118E06535"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are designed to achieve, within 5 years of actively applying a conservation plan, a level of erosion not to exceed twice the soil loss tolerance level; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCAD9490ED95B4A2DAA1242D9AD9DD567"><enum>(D)</enum><text>are designed to effectively prevent the formation of new, or treat all existing, ephemeral gullies.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id7AF7EC1ABD9B4BF9BB323EC1615733E7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (11)(A)(ii), by striking <quote>excessive average annual rate of erosion in relation to</quote> and inserting <quote>average annual rate of erosion exceeding twice</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H209B3E52F9B442CA8EBE380F36FFC7A1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cropland conservation</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H21D98FB373854019A92DB595DDEDAD16"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program ineligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1211 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3811">16 U.S.C. 3811</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDB7CF6E33F91488089868BD80E61F4B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HEC5E3198B37F4448B1137134356013F7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>produces an agricultural commodity</quote> and all that follows through <quote>as determined by the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>carries out an activity described in subsection (b), as determined by the Secretary,</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HF5CBC20270D24D49A9CE14125B7B8805"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(D), by inserting <quote>cropland or</quote> before <quote>highly erodible land</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id968F8CD8E69F42849F5721A25C045DB2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB799352B9B7340B599859869182B23DF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43B894667DBA4BB2BCC0928F49190D9B"> <subsection commented="no" id="HAB00061FA484400CB8A5319A5E0CE7F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activities described</header><text>Activities referred to in subsection (a) are—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBF732259655044C48B5F6DD6EE37637C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the production of an agricultural commodity on a field on which cropland is predominant;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB0F69A1D3B80479191DD11197D2445BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the designation of land on which cropland is predominant to be set aside, diverted, devoted to conservation uses, or otherwise not cultivated under a program administered by the Secretary to reduce production of an agricultural commodity; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H803EE46EFE1A4996BDAF226C6DAA054F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the production of an agricultural commodity without having in place a conservation plan.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id5954FE80FEC74E79B6FD927D93D1CA7D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), by striking the heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Authority of Secretary</header-in-text>.—</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H29BF277717B84B58AA5F26A1BA531E08"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exemptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1212 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3812">16 U.S.C. 3812</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe12fdb2cade4edfa9dfa4f834546799"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idedb05c1437934b8b80df5e08f82c71d2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking <quote>highly erodible land</quote> and inserting <quote>cropland</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HAB907444D47D42B7844CDBD4C1B736A4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the first and second sentences, by striking <quote>only be required to apply a conservation plan established under this subtitle. The person shall not be required to meet a higher conservation standard than the standard applied to other highly erodible</quote> and inserting <quote>be required to apply a conservation plan established under this subtitle consistent with the standard applied to other</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0cb3d02fa6c74f468337bfd7c3afac62"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1), by striking <quote>highly erodible land</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>cropland</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H3696CA73AB724F6B847E751AFCC8DC8C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(4)(A)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H025D07B4B1764B75A19294521506767C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>highly erodible</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H62CD7C1BC77E422DBF6E06C7B21E206D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii)(II), by inserting <quote>and soil health</quote> after <quote>erosion control</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F19F970F7B54E3193CA1AF59ADC9940"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Subtitle B of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3811">16 U.S.C. 3811 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended in the subtitle heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subtitle" style="OLC">Highly Erodible Land</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subtitle" style="OLC">Cropland</header-in-text></quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section section-type="subsequent-section" id="HBBDB4DF35DD94CC9811F951F3B616CA0"><enum>307.</enum><header>National and regional agroforestry centers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1243 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1642">16 U.S.C. 1642</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/624">Public Law 101–624</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H08FA05B3536149D1ABC465174E69E5B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the section heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">National and regional agroforestry centers</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idebe0130070c644c8a83a97695b895302"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (f), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H990271F6E3C6423CB296F4E86DD0C454"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86EBAC25717945E689EB6FC24FC829AE"> <subsection id="HAAA93FD0AB4E4EFAA5C81923EA4C7C88"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of agroforestry</header><text>In this section, the term <term>agroforestry</term> means a management system that intentionally integrates trees and shrubs into crop and animal farming systems to build more profitable and weather-resilient farms, ranches, and communities, address natural resource concerns and conservation needs, and establish productive and sustainable land use practices, including—</text>
<paragraph id="idfc7b01799e19442b869c33d20f18cca0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>riparian forest buffers and managed waterbreaks;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idaacff2f4de544a5ebb93fda479210bce"><enum>(2)</enum><text>alley cropping;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idfca919867e234263a74ddbd6e26f066b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>silvopasture;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id20f53f16d1fe47b7a3fad2716955d750"><enum>(4)</enum><text>forest farming and multistory cropping; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idce7dea080a5d4ed7b43adbcf76771c98"><enum>(5)</enum><text>windbreaks, shelterbelts, hedgerows, field borders, and living snow fences. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8319b1aa3b5b4b2a9eb3346191925ed6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National and Regional Agroforestry Centers</header> <paragraph id="idBC147D3F512E40CE8FE4238EB4FC2F1D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><italic></italic>The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the <term>Secretary</term>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id293AE8BC88784715B4BCFD3B49703C9D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall establish at the Forestry Sciences Laboratory of the Forest Service, in Lincoln, Nebraska, a National Agroforestry Research, Development, and Demonstration Center; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idD430C47D87324339B8361CE5301DA56E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acting through the Chief of the Forest Service and in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, shall establish not fewer than 3 additional regional agroforestry centers at other locations, as determined by the Secretary. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id81EE7199BF3F41A386B6CE5810C97B55"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National and Regional Directors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall appoint a National Director and Regional Directors to manage and coordinate the program established under subsection (c).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCEA311B121A1449EBE971B283763401E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H07E129960C0B451AA1D4E2199B81BFD5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idacf6ed4a744f4047bbfc5195c0da8e8b"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Center</quote> and inserting <quote>Centers established under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(1) (referred to in this section as the <term>Centers</term>)</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7cfd54f9771f442dab4972ae0afcb4b8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and organizations</quote> after <quote>nonprofit foundations</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H968B5E24376848919B242236124957D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce891947944d4b4589c01668d4615e52"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>on semiarid lands that</quote> and inserting <quote>that build soil health and</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id436bdeb9aa7a457e8930a38d673675cb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, including agroforestry systems on semiarid land and other fragile agroecosystems in which restoration of permanent woody perennial plant communities will enhance carbon sequestration and reduce greenhouse gas emissions</quote> before the semicolon;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC9CAF2F3FBA44874AB90F0C75CAC6FD7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>forestry products for commercial sale from semiarid land</quote> and inserting <quote>agroforestry products for commercial sale</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB81CB19FC6674CADBE44D33E618BF6C3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause id="H7A23E7371FE649938F114D7D769141B9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>in semiarid regions</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H32854B6DCA954C92A70573324693091E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Great Plains region</quote> and inserting <quote>particular regions</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5bc5df51530f467894dd3dbbde880b46"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by inserting <quote>technical assistance and</quote> before <quote>technology</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1382363594BD4A05A8BC4A4B12BD46D2"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H49154AAC372D4938A70394B27C033204"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop improved silvopasture, alley cropping, forest farming, multistory cropping, riparian buffer, windbreak and shelterbelt, and other perennial production and conservation systems and technologies to improve soil health, carbon sequestration, drought preparedness, soil and water conservation, environmental quality, and biological diversity;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1D3AE34205304476996F00BC0875101A"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>on semiarid lands</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB12F9504210D4FE3AECF72D22F86B9A2"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>on semiarid lands worldwide</quote> and inserting <quote>worldwide, including on semiarid land</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9219E1C26CE641E0B8057D8AA5582242"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (9)—</text>
<clause id="HF00AB58571A2463C8192F340678536A7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>on semiarid lands</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HDD47655D016C4ADEA63EAE38CB36BF0F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and climate change</quote> after <quote>pollution</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9741E7EF446E4457B949F22A2FFD032F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d) (as so redesignated)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5152af184ede4a11ac6270565aa7ffde"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Center</quote> and inserting <quote>Centers</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc3fa2cf6e2004e2189294562beaa32de"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idf1bcadd918ee446cbe078906bebc5be8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1d9ae3a00f4b48dfb8fb6d053230de83"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78BF1B9AFEEF4E06BBAE315CB0AF3A01"> <paragraph id="idc94dcb538b01469dbfd4db8f4f70c7d9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>facilitate agroforestry adoption by disseminating comprehensive information on Federal, State, local, and Tribal programs that provide support for agroforestry.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idac27ebd66ce941558400242cc95f7c84"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (d) (as so redesignated) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE71C8A2DC424FD182AB666CDEACFF95"> <subsection id="id6e341ffc77d64c7ca7d858a63a50df00"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Secretary may establish regional grant programs at each of the Centers to support agroforestry projects, including demonstration farms.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC6BC5D090A44A77BB8B41FB8234F31F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>and $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028</quote> after <quote>through 2023</quote>. </text></paragraph></section> <enum>IV</enum><header>Farmland Preservation and Farm Viability</header> <section id="H42AE6F13A3014CD18412E6FC7BAEAB30"><enum>401.</enum><header>Local Agriculture Market Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1627c">7 U.S.C. 1627c</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4CD2D691418B42DCAAF4ABF4509235CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(12)(A)—</text> <subparagraph id="H9CEC6044B7AD4D1DBDFFE7C111F0A0F4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses (vi) and (vii), respectively; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFFCF7334554E42D69452D625E2DD4CA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (iii) the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A780D227024458CAE73236022D99672"> <clause id="H37540342A33145958B35B5ACAAE650A4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is produced and marketed in a manner that significantly improves soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions;</text></clause>
<clause id="H42ADE15850294253B94112FFDA1951C5"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">when added to the crop or grazing rotation on a farm, will significantly improve soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9CF49F9F3A5740719BD859F8BF34EA0E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCEB3712047C34E359F1BD437C4A6E147"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="H8D09FECDBD634B1BB0CF18B2A8E1903B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause id="HD128334578874AF8B8F6A5A54A81F347"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting <quote>, including value-added agricultural products from crops or animals that, when added into crop or grazing rotations on a farm, will significantly improve soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H6851DDA2B41348CC86C670F3344507EB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text>
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<subparagraph id="H10C7955564964FC3BC8264560BBA7157"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">markets for agricultural commodities and products produced in a manner that significantly improve soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H109FD76017014AA39FABCDA4D3610250"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="H4329AE841C18433B9738EB43B4DA6504"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and local</quote> and inserting <quote>, local</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H315645D419C94B568616534AE32D05F8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, and production and marketing approaches to significantly improve soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions</quote> before the semicolon at the end;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE6AD62F1C13A42B29EFCC02B324086CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA8BE8CD7794D45D9B9BB44F1CED1CE98"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H48582CA3307547269102F952A9BBCC04"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (5) the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1859E1475B074B60A03C9A6B4A0CBE7E"> <paragraph id="H18D5FEECFE4F443FAEE411AFBB185EDE"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhances the economic viability of producers and related agricultural enterprises; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H22FF46A211F641B286EA3BE7FF7DC498"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph id="id24D03329E1B6493BA9A8285862AB7334"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcceff98efbec4f278f86ff8fe6b35784"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>subsection (i)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (j)</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9cadd9aca9b435eaf3a250034988c1d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2023</quote> and inserting <quote>2028</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4FA600333A4948F881959B9BDC80DE54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="HBF59179DD27A49FC8655D6004FB85636"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<subclause id="H5BB411B0E00B416688877A8A6C9FB971"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H30DA6F1D6F2A48788429EB2A5208E784"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H1BC80AEB55AD4FFEB1C6EECECCE02606"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF56D4BB2FE204B5FA4988AF6A553389E"> <clause id="HF059CBC56158437984DCAA9F016CC34F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">agricultural commodities and products that are produced and marketed in a manner that—</text>
<subclause id="id2028E2590E904099871B2839AE6716E2"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">significantly improves soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions; or </text></subclause> <subclause id="idAD7D3DC3AE84419A8019FAB0E504280D"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">when added to a crop or grazing rotation on a farm will significantly improve soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions;</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HF06463A618914E3883F46DC2C7282880"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking <quote>producers of local food products and value-added agricultural products in new and existing markets</quote> and inserting the following: “producers of—</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C5B105049E9409990FF0CF0FE7E333E"> <clause id="id31CB2EE1C62F417FAA4E59B01AF85875"><enum>(i)</enum><text>local food products;</text></clause>
<clause id="id267610CB9D364B128DE6ACCD5459D8B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>value-added agricultural products in new and existing markets; and </text></clause> <clause id="idA377A5B664AF4B8A8947923EA5D6B64C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>agricultural commodities and products that are produced in a manner that—</text>
<subclause id="id714A33BF9E3242F8B84ED4730238F6AF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>enhances soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions; or </text></subclause> <subclause id="id707D2B4AA56C4C57A01ED363E5AE0507"><enum>(II)</enum><text>when added to a crop or grazing rotation on a farm, will significantly improve soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions;</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBCCEEC5B5857442B80607AB1693425BC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting <quote>and the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service</quote> before the period at the end;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id2B722CD6DB7A40739E8FFA13DC29EF85"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(2)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4ce82ea5f3b48b3a471a5b7a16f43fd"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>subsection (i)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (j)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea8bd6f480c84130bce0d498bbb48d1b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2023</quote> and inserting <quote>2028</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDB8255215FC84C0B814013E486BD4705"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i) as subsections (g), (h), (i), and (j), respectively;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF74430C0C0F7471ABAB9B3BB3FDEE953"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (e) the following: </text>
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<subsection id="H8CD9743C82B44CF98CD1426778D9284B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Farm viability and local climate resiliency centers</header>
<paragraph id="HA0CBCA9399464E64A6F20B41DBC7E801"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service and in coordination with the Administrator of the Rural Business-Cooperative Service and the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, shall provide grants to eligible entities described in paragraph (2) to serve as farm viability and local climate resiliency centers (referred to in this section as <term>centers</term>) to support—</text> <subparagraph id="idA42B7096EA7C41B9A1B29195AC699C14"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">efforts to enhance farm viability; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id62945FF64B3D42779FBA939399EE5C7C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development, coordination, and expansion of markets for commodities and farm products that significantly improve soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3144BD5E50AD43C6B85AA7F0703265FB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity is eligible to receive a grant under this subsection if the entity is— </text>
<subparagraph id="H4789838528C34C9E8BB0BA63B15A99DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an agricultural cooperative or other agricultural business entity or a producer network or association; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8D00F001435A44C0B75D6D0F448AB8F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a local, State, or Tribal government; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0A93947C69E6484E907D9AED2E522CA6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a nonprofit corporation; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF55ACC98730B440E976AAC4799CAFC03"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a public benefit corporation; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5EDD5CA79519498CAE84ACED019FCC3C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an economic development corporation; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2846213D2A474BB4B7ED221C9664DC61"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an institution of higher education; or </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7B3A290953164250A0290FBC8A80FE8D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>such other entity as the Secretary may designate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB70A0B1E121D440594F5456D0F68D4BA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity receiving a grant under this subsection shall use grant funds to provide to entities described in subsection (d)(5)(B)— </text>
<subparagraph id="H77EB42AE4F19410180A3DDE2D9548398"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assistance for the development of business plans and feasibility studies; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA29076C6AEE84DEA9B1E36E07B86780B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assistance in developing marketing strategies for— </text>
<clause id="H3866F161B2A74FFC97432F39553C94FC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>local products; and</text></clause> <clause id="H72C48A69E5A84D37B7C08EE52EA6D87D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>value-added agricultural products in new and existing markets; </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H56098339D8AA494096F7F9FA18DBF16E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assistance in enterprise development for the processing, aggregation, distribution, and storage of— </text> <clause id="H6A73E44505304CEA9D24370D46DCE701"><enum>(i)</enum><text>local and regional food products that are marketed locally or regionally; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H2C465CE5AC3D429B8B9C154896A0CCDC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>value-added agricultural products; </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H920B036F45E0473FB0B3EF1EE45DC6A6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>assistance relating to finances and recordkeeping;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1D0551C43EFC45198D6984B165FA7A2F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>assistance relating to enterprise and business management; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF2E2579CB17C44359DE7E774453D687F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>assistance relating to ownership succession planning; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9CBA10F109404B49AEF9CC1510491E3C"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">outreach and assistance in the adoption of farming practices that enhance soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB45292DF2DF549F7AE0DB268327915A5"><enum>(H)</enum><text>outreach regarding assistance available under subsection (d); </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8B9B21B6F630465CAE994155529EB542"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">outreach regarding assistance available through other programs administered by any other Federal agency that supports the adoption of farming practices that enhance soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions; or </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF7D88FAEEB004D0CA1F219F3FE7F902F"><enum>(J)</enum><text>at the request of the entity described in subsection (d)(5)(B), assistance in applying for a grant under subsection (d), including acting on behalf of the entity in applying for the grant.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEAF9C82F3E98436CAC444EBB7A3A3F80"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Geographic diversity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure geographic diversity in selecting eligible entities to receive a grant under this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC3B9B125749F4808BD0CA33497F775A9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Non-Federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity receiving a grant under this subsection shall provide funding in an amount equal to not less than 25 percent of the total amount of the Federal portion of the grant.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6C0CD36CEF754F2092A347F93B9D0839"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<subparagraph id="HBBDCDE4CEF9C442C9DA8103CED7732E4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary considers necessary to evaluate and select applications.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7EE10DBB72C84094B9312ECCE7B97519"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Competitive process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary— </text>
<clause id="H89515281E4CB4597AA692F00F99D0A94"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall conduct a competitive process to select applications submitted under subparagraph (A); </text></clause> <clause id="HC1105D6912154C14A558A4A568AE724B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may assess and rank applications with similar proposals as a group; and </text></clause>
<clause id="H4332974B03504DD5BD35BC97056D4F8A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall, prior to accepting applications under that subparagraph, make public the criteria to be used in evaluating the applications.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H764ABF6426AF4D08913DB818BDC36BB0"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may give priority to applications submitted under paragraph (6)(A) that include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9FF0CAB11E574FF588312A559140964F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>plans to use funds for 3 or more of purposes described in paragraph (3); or </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD2EB1C1E7F234022A3C596913DE8DD06"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">activities relating to improving the use and expanded adoption of farming practices that enhance soil health and carbon sequestration or significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while simultaneously improving farm viability.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7FB15352B0A04C7C8FA67FB6C3F16C1B"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity receiving a grant under this subsection may use not more than 4 percent of the funds received through the grant for administrative expenses.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDEE0C794C6D14F16A8EDA78C429E5570"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (i)(1) (as so redesignated), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>subsection (i)(3)(E)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (j)(3)(E)</quote>; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF6A8D4EC679D4F20AB426E7CE1B73FCD"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (j) (as so redesignated)—</text> <subparagraph id="H5B01E71B91BB498B94825455DEE42904"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>fiscal year 2019</quote> and inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 and $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2024</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3664D1EBE1B54E5293200E6D92FADEFC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="HB4B3D92EDEE14B14AF3608120A7C84BF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking <quote>35</quote> and inserting <quote>36</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H2D94F9BE27134E118E384DCC5926B73A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35074A58BABA48E9B20DBA9D68E60383"> <subparagraph id="HA1132169A2B1484D9ED967184CEC3B52"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Farmers' market and local food promotion grants</header> <clause id="H1064E03FF7A34C879DD6520D80679429"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, 36 percent shall be used for grants under subsection (d)(6).</text></clause>
<clause id="H1D95CFD661734EB6AABD7DAE93612AE5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Allocation among subprograms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available for grants under subsection (d)(6) for a fiscal year—</text> <subclause id="H2AC54CFF0D3041B58B2D1A9907D5229A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>40 percent shall be made available for farmers' market promotion grants; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H9CC784DF2C15436AB31F729706033F06"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">60 percent shall be made available for local food promotion grants.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB8CA27222F114DBAAF4A39112E0E7391"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H71FFEBAAF5BB462590CAFF480AE66E6C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AA348B9CA1D402CB319421D1E8656DB"> <subparagraph id="H52B88F07B1134DC4A71CF3C0DEE0FA98"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Farm viability and local climate resiliency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, 10 percent shall be used to provide grants under subsection (f).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idBAEC981184034BFFA51CC1F227C09FF8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>or (C)</quote> and inserting <quote>(C), or (D)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H480DE962258F4ED18A5BD179E3EF2B46"><enum>402.</enum><header>National organic certification cost-share program</header> <subsection id="H42559120DB9642F8953483354554A02B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10606(b)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6523">7 U.S.C. 6523(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$750</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,500</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H672774255B0F4EEABC38E73A52659EFB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mandatory funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10606(d)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6523">7 U.S.C. 6523(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>shall make available</quote> in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and all that follows through the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting <quote>shall use such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H2FBAB528DF6E4D6B822FC9106544AC4E"><enum>403.</enum><header>Farmland Protection Policy Act</header> <subsection id="HC41C813DD47048A39AB3F9C41D1B91C3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings, Purpose, and Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1540 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/4201">7 U.S.C. 4201</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H64F47BEB58624A81B7B7DDA1BD19C0E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7781F9E8D8424B7CA9F1E49DD82E69E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (7) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3E238291F1A34E86B498F7D83FF3A524"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4C6A8EFA0714198BDFC8C00B8E669CB"> <paragraph id="H18C880FD4F454FB0BF3DEE6A6CF27890"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Nation’s farmland is a vital source of environmental services, such as carbon sequestration;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF736449E77134A1DAC0FBE16EDD913E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by inserting <quote>Tribal,</quote> after <quote>State,</quote>; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6981F34AF3AA45F79C4BD0BE83F08941"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF61BA32280E24E99B361048BBE726599"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (7), (8), and (6), respectively, and moving the paragraphs so as to appear in numerical order;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id790347AFB22140AE943BF3B9DBC908C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H34928A2B94E34F588F2A59D137909D66"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>conversion</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HD1DD77507F094B3DA906A439B2644C30"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the physical conversion of farmland to a nonagricultural use; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H98413960348C4787AC6F899ED528FD00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the effective conversion of farmland as a consequence of physical conversion of adjacent farmland, which threatens the continued viability of the land for agricultural use; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA3B61B5C0CE645ECBE29ABF8FA9D4B55"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a change in management of federally owned land historically used for agriculture to a nonagricultural use;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBBE7F3575BF9401994469E5B88615D30"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)—</text> <clause id="HF1769F50B48A4833B193C7A94DB9FF69"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>that is used for</quote> and inserting <quote>that is suitable for</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H05AAF17F21DD4228AEFD13B826426659"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by inserting <quote>and is suitable</quote> after <quote>local importance</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBC6FAEEF4874408293B2ABDD1FCC3528"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H808ED8C9EE1145DEADC0B86C6A80506F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>farmland of national significance</term> means farmland that is the most suitable for intensive crop and food production, as determined by the Secretary, taking into consideration, among other factors, the physical and chemical characteristics of the farmland; </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idF1225639AF444ED983DE5E310B7A674A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id67FD92013AD848778AA67B611F1C69FA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75B0D7381EE94AA19EE325CF569E807B"> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB71140624F3B497394E4F4C5203BE46E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term <term>permanently protected farmland</term> means farmland encumbered by a conservation easement—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id5FF9625AFF7E4F4F998CE8190DCB80ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>held by the Federal Government, a State, Tribal, or local unit of government, or a land conservation organization; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idCD13F9E5EC5A4FA486638413B02F4C7D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that is perpetual or the maximum number of years allowed by State law;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idA35BC1D2542F40A084E0D1EA3F08BA81"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id890F6F22307F4D34AE0824F492289803"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4D362382961F4030819543A831875076"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5CD050D033CC42C290A72A3DFDEDC918"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Farmland protection policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1541 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/4202">7 U.S.C. 4202</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section commented="no" id="HCB8B0B67E33C4F65B3D382442B96425B"><enum>1541.</enum><header>Farmland protection policy</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2B97159D95BB4A4C9C26ED0FDC761A9E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the policy of the United States that Federal programs—</text> <paragraph id="HA1B10072FC324F9583DD3BB7AF662792"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall minimize the conversion of farmland to nonagricultural uses; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA19F56654882498F8718CF6596D64FAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subject to subsection (d), shall not convert to nonagricultural uses farmland—</text> <subparagraph id="HD6CBA6FCE35743678AE4C177FB51D4B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that is permanently protected farmland;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H020E4C9285194384B86CE8324C8043FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that has been defined and delineated by the Secretary under subsection (b)(1) as farmland of national significance; or </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF0723D0734B9498BBCB685FE4FA58508"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that has been defined and delineated by a State as significant to the State or a priority for inclusion in a State farmland protection program and for which the State has submitted a definition and delineation under subsection (b)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD25EEEBF6BF949678E33F3EFBBE3A046"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition and delineation of land</header>
<paragraph id="H478B200CC11D484583838FDB00DCA4A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National significance</header>
<subparagraph id="id6D32BF49558C4C558182A46A182B8359"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall define and delineate farmland of national significance.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idDFF715CDA594486BA32DBF94C72BF0A9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Experts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall convene a group of experts, including agronomists and soil scientists, to assist the Secretary in carrying out subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7C400AF51B5C45ECA2B58D30EB46F2CF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State significance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any State wishing to have farmland recognized under subsection (a)(2)(C) shall provide to the Secretary a definition and delineation of the farmland.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H989536C682544CC7B71536DEDDE64A62"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Process and criteria</header> <paragraph id="HBAA0427DEFC84C8CAD3E074039630F28"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Process and criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall develop a process, including criteria—</text>
<subparagraph id="H53B25ED3041742B5B1D45ABFE97C67D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to determine the potential conversion of farmland as a consequence of any action or activity conducted through a Federal program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H380781DAB1B44732A339DE14A478DE78"><enum>(B)</enum> <clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id060381191AD74BF8A09B3AD390990FBA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to minimize the conversion of farmland to nonagricultural uses; or</text></clause>
<clause id="id260A975932FB43F9915E4436642CCD39" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of farmland identified under subsection (a)(2), to avoid conversion of the farmland to nonagricultural uses; </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFFDF508B6AB9477CB1BA38DFDD0B9468"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to provide to the Secretary notice regarding actions described in subparagraphs (A) and (B); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4DF573FD3D8E4FC9B4CA8FC5E6454FD1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>that the Secretary shall use to make determinations under subsection (d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H514A2EC26CE143F2920988D46CBC6EBF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use required</header><text>Each department, agency, independent commission, and other unit of the Federal Government shall use the process and criteria developed under paragraph (1) in carrying out a Federal program. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H9B6B5E07AC274B9D939E233F5C98FDB2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exemption</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id9ED2208BD74D43CAB0EC612216187F07"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a)(2) shall not apply if the Secretary determines, based on the process and criteria developed under subsection (c)(1), that converting farmland to nonagricultural uses cannot be avoided. </text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id7504E8C2CF0D416B98646805D97BE4AC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimization of conversion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In a case in which the Secretary makes a determination under paragraph (1), the Federal program shall minimize the conversion of farmland described in subsection (a)(2) to the maximum extent practicable.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5D831EF8FEB649148CB6A993AA33411C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make available to States, units of local government, individuals, organizations, and other units of the Federal Government information—</text> <paragraph id="H31B3B4E823B04E9F97268F80A3E4A6E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>useful in restoring, maintaining, and improving the quantity and quality of farmland; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H293D96F43B1048ED906525FDC59CA28F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">concerning the location of permanently protected farmland.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H8BCAC7552E3141478EE8A303DFAC4E2E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall provide assistance to departments, agencies, independent commissions, and other units of the Federal Government, on request, in using the process and criteria developed under subsection (c)(1).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H76185006352F4B75B6CE9E7DAA45A6D5"><enum>404.</enum><header>Agricultural conservation easement program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1265B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865b">16 U.S.C. 3865b</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H087F7E6F91694CBDA5DAAFDAC3E7B9B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD1A53837EF1C4BCF881F124F59CA7BDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(C)(iv), by striking <quote>only</quote>; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H537411A4F3CB491F8D300D21CC2ADA5A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HE3878D6D446848D7B5B53918231370B9"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Condition of assistance</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idD52A09466D7544AEA3A5CA5AC72DA5FA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As a condition of receiving cost-share assistance under this section, the owner of eligible land shall agree to have in place a conservation plan that addresses applicable resource concerns for the land subject to the easement, including soil health and greenhouse gas emissions reduction, not later than 3 years after the date on which the easement is granted. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id937128B29FB4408CA5D038EA707297EF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Bureau of Indian Affairs</header><text>Subparagraph (A) may be satisfied by having in place a conservation plan developed or recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H19229B1AD74F4D2AB0597AA03160691E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H927A28E2CB0E4E24A26B1B2FAF04D3CB"> <subsection id="H3FF8813B40974CE2BC061AC585FDB70A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide technical assistance, if requested, to assist in—</text>
<paragraph id="H70431F6906934AFDBCF4822BC99AC9D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>compliance with the terms and conditions of an easement; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB99876F184204C19AC90905D7D2E1853"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">development and implementation of a conservation plan required under subsection (b)(6), including, as applicable—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id66C17A48FF55431A8530163B3A62991D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a conservation plan for highly erodible land required under subsection (b)(4)(C)(iv); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idD9EF9BFED4594256BF3BC99EB90D4776"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a comprehensive conservation plan developed pursuant to subsection (e)(1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF8DE78DEB67D40D2828FD4DF29D87DAF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Financial assistance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF0BEF829AB30478E9B3A9825F2413FB6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H32ADED2DA9DA462E96363273CBA073F9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Enrollment in CSP</header><text>At the sole option of the owner of the eligible land subject to an easement, the Secretary shall provide for the automatic enrollment of the eligible land subject to the easement in the conservation stewardship program established by subchapter B of chapter 4 of subtitle D, including financial assistance for the development of a comprehensive conservation plan under section 1240L(e), if the person or entity farming the eligible land is otherwise eligible for the conservation stewardship program, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H0DF8C299CB7148BC91B8D0D425A9DD61"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination of compliance</header><text>In the case of eligible land enrolled in the conservation stewardship program pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall have the sole responsibility of determining compliance with the terms of the conservation stewardship program contract.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA216FA7D8F47438DB644E12713D41610"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Funding received by an eligible entity pursuant to this paragraph shall not be considered in the calculation of costs under subsection (b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB33A2350BE714E11AD529723C4A2AFB4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The owner of the eligible land subject to an easement may exercise the option under paragraph (1)(A) during the 3-year period beginning on the date on which the easement is granted.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<enum>V</enum><header>Pasture-Based Livestock</header>
<section id="H9B7721DC09B04B6B84B7545A36D30CAC"><enum>501.</enum><header>Animal raising claims</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A58165EBE3B4B4DB2F6C149E4AD2DDA"> <subtitle id="H99DD78C5F32B496EACFEAC1BA422C535"><enum>H</enum><header>Animal Raising Claims</header> <section id="HC8BE5565915743BE9760DB070CB935B0"><enum>298A.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="H67846286B3EB48D5B6E4A948DB47A344"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Animal raising claim</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>animal raising claim</term> means a statement on the labeling of a meat food product or poultry product used in interstate commerce that references—</text> <subparagraph id="idBA16A5A500D246BD85C561FFA5D558BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the manner in which the source animal for the meat food product or poultry product was raised, including—</text>
<clause id="id881AA95A7EC542748C1B83012319FD55"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">production practices that were used, such as living or raising conditions; and</text></clause> <clause id="id81E14895662F48AAB330AD5AF9E6CE2A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the location or source where the source animal was born, raised, and processed; or</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2BF983DA5CDC4BCD9E650958A2925571"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the breed of the source animal.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CC3EE44937E4A6EB06378685E521AA6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Meat food product</header><text>The term <term>meat food product</term> has the meaning given the term in section 1 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/601">21 U.S.C. 601</external-xref>). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5AFE8E53E794D958EE38166F0478C61"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Poultry product</header><text>The term <term>poultry product</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/453">21 U.S.C. 453</external-xref>). </text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC4EC91646B842B088844D02A71146D0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, in coordination with the Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service. </text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H797250B6C0694C91A5DB7BE5B3DA57F6"><enum>298B.</enum><header>Required verification process for animal raising claims</header>
<subsection id="id102876A9D2F44DBF9D06DB85F8DE9AC4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to facilitate marketing, truth in labeling, and new economic opportunities for producers and businesses using animal raising claims.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H03B0609F600F44BA99F93C212B03EE05"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standards and procedures</header> <paragraph id="id4DDF07BF1AA043269AEAF75E38BB0D28"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subtitle, after providing notice and an opportunity to comment, and in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements, t<italic></italic>he Secretary shall establish—</text>
<subparagraph id="H449940734E034886A49916FC33625ADA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>mandatory standards with respect to animal raising claims, including the standards described in paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0936300C5E7A4DBAAC99E785620DBBD3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>procedures—</text>
<clause id="id397B18E90598494CBA1F960834F939AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to verify an animal raising claim prior to the use in commerce of any meat food product or poultry product bearing that claim; and</text></clause> <clause id="H90FD6F8DB66B46518B74E35A6A8B4367"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that are incorporated seamlessly with the labeling requirements under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/601">21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.</external-xref>) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/451">21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.</external-xref>); and </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6F3BA7C96FA546ACB6F3F1F085DC824D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>on-farm and supply chain auditing and verification procedures to ensure the truthfulness of animal raising claims.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDFC62E18F87B4594BB748760D8814F14"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standards</header><text>In developing and approving animal raising claim standards under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall include standards relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDAEFB68B3C9D4552BB81059BB176974A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>diet claims, including claims that the source animal was grass fed, vegetarian fed, or fed no animal byproducts; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA395739A9C984FA8AE4E56FD890F2B1D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>living and raising condition claims, including claims that the source animal was cage free, free range, or pasture raised; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H32C072C207394523B8BF574A088EB63E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>antibiotic and hormone claims, including claims that the source animal was raised without antibiotics, had no hormones added, or was raised without growth promotants; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1C349736139B4A94B02357B425FA97B9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>source claims that the source animal can be traced back to its farm of origin from birth to slaughter; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8D99350EBD7C449DA2EC247039D1E3AC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>age claims; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA17D7BF7EB0242DC983A20D1FB4B2063"><enum>(F)</enum><text>animal welfare claims; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0396F313BD5B475FA0CBA419565988FB"><enum>(G)</enum><text>environmental stewardship claims, including greenhouse gas reduction and carbon sequestration claims; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA9FE6DB56CEF48E89DD211E651CC32EC"><enum>(H)</enum><text>breed claims; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H592222393BA4465C97599600E960DBA9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any other claim that the Secretary determines appropriate. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB913F159862043DBAC44571D1950D19E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consistency with other laws</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure consistency between the animal raising claim standards established under this subsection and the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6501">7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.</external-xref>) and any rules or regulations implementing that Act. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE6431C99658C482DA6C8757E5425C821"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Third-Party certification</header><text>A producer of a meat food product or a poultry product may use an animal raising claim that is verified by a third party if—</text> <paragraph id="HD972EB75B07741A8890E58FC1FAC921D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the claim is consistent with standards established by the Secretary under subsection (b); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE8F37191125B499580C4C2BFDD4DFFA0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the procedures used by the third party to verify the claim, and for any subsequent auditing, are equivalent to the verification and auditing procedures established under subsection (b)(1)(C), as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6C89DB11160A477B9B5BDA712683EB7E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Approval process</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall require that a producer seeking to make an animal raising claim shall submit to the Secretary, prior to using the label on the meat food product or poultry product that is the subject of the animal raising claim, the following documentation to support the animal raising claim:</text>
<paragraph id="H84EEE07BFCBF4562A4F4C3830C87E988"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A detailed written description explaining the controls used for ensuring that the animal raising claim is valid, as applicable—</text> <subparagraph id="id426D2E79C5AB43D3B8C5236544996B70"><enum>(A)</enum><text>from birth to harvest; or </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idDB93CA050078470DB43A6709DCB13415"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the period of raising referenced in the animal raising claim. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9CEE96A6CE1F4F98BB92908F8FFF363D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A signed and dated document describing the manner in which the source animals were raised.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2C4AEF6AD34243B8BD99293D7AF4C657"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A written description of the product tracing and segregation mechanism used with respect to the applicable meat food product or poultry product from the time of slaughter of the source animal or further processing through the packaging and distribution of the meat food product or poultry product.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDC6A9FC49AD047EE915703895E9AD1EB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A written description of the identification, control, and segregation of nonconforming animals or products.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1947977D4F6A4EF799DD67D1E9EC7ECB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In the case of a meat food product or poultry product certified by a third party, a current copy of the third-party certificate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H224ACC73FB6C41EA9F355A50CF827CC1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Compliance requirements</header><text>Beginning on the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of this subtitle—</text>
<paragraph id="HE23FB6AD70E44936B7D1E1F4810BAC23"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a person may sell or label a domestic meat food product or poultry product with an animal raising claim only if the animal raising claim and the meat food product or poultry product is in compliance with the standards established under subsection (b); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H708F5B93897B48AE972071F106EF21C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an imported meat food product or poultry product may be sold or labeled with an animal raising claim if, as determined by the Secretary, the animal raising claim and the meat food product or poultry product is in compliance with a verification program that provides safeguards and guidelines that are at least equivalent to the standards established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD5D0ADA87AA84465A04879D6135A897A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Violations</header>
<paragraph id="H0C17197AE4984C3FA734F00CB772C013"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Misuse of label</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person who, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, is found by the Secretary to have knowingly sold or labeled any meat food product or poultry product with an animal raising claim in violation of this subtitle, including the standards and procedures established under subsection (b), shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $10,000. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0BDB89F1B33345338DEABD5A70C142DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>False statement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person who, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, is found by the Secretary to have made to the Secretary, a Federal or State official, or a third-party certifier a false, fraudulent, or fictitious statement, or to have concealed to, hidden from, falsified to, or deceived the Secretary, official, or certifier regarding a material fact, with respect to an animal raising claim subject to the requirements of this subtitle, shall be subject to a penalty described in section 1001 of title 18, United States Code. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA7BA2D36C26F4188BB0BC548E6A7023F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Effect on other laws</header><text>Nothing in this section alters the authority of the Secretary under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/601">21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/451">21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.</external-xref>). </text></subsection></section> <section id="HDEF661B712344424B8F1031DB6EED375"><enum>298C.</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle shall only apply to meat food products and poultry products that are subject to labeling requirements under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/601">21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/451">21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.</external-xref>). </text></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="H36F8F266E7A74D23BB53B38EA79108B7"><enum>298D.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to carry out this subtitle.</text></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HF4425BC8E06C4A4FA29CF558B56FC2A8"><enum>502.</enum><header>Processing resilience grant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H01ACCB31179A48369ED5BA40BB85A83B"><enum>210B.</enum><header>Processing resilience grant program</header>
<subsection id="H3D92DA904C2443F9B6D46EE435AC2BB5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="ide0b76faa2ff340579f5da71b170e4083"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Business enterprise owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals</header><text>The term <term>business enterprise owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals</term> has the meaning given the term in section 3002 of the State Small Business Credit Initiative Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/5701">12 U.S.C. 5701</external-xref>). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6B1BDADA8E1E4FF4B90D6CC15A1D26B8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HBFCF913663754F1E9E420372BFA02CA1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a smaller establishment or very small establishment (as those terms are defined in the final rule entitled ‘Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems’ (61 Fed. Reg. 33806 (July 25, 1996))); </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCCBB446E5B72494CA598D5E30245F33A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a slaughtering or processing establishment subject to—</text> <clause id="id1F8B6A80D6F74B3DA5974042AD01CC5C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a State meat inspection program pursuant to section 301 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/661">21 U.S.C. 661</external-xref>); or </text></clause>
<clause id="id0E8F65271AD84047B0FB2EAFCAD090D7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a State poultry product inspection program pursuant to section 5 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/454">21 U.S.C. 454</external-xref>);</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id955018869C67417581645D4A8F38D9E1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a person engaging in custom operations that is exempt from inspection under—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id921DBA7569F64FD2885B1F13C1C46C3A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>section 23 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/623">21 U.S.C. 623</external-xref>); or</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="idB64D08C698E841F18683F48EB17FDE90"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>section 15 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/464">21 U.S.C. 464</external-xref>); and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id2111F7A267114281B7446FD26B3BBA27"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a person seeking—</text> <clause commented="no" id="id331ABA6C07064721BFE518AFB46B936A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to establish and operate an establishment described in subparagraph (A) or (B); or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="idD97B24057B424392AC9F5F6872F61DBE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to engage in custom operations described in subparagraph (C). </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idd5579b669ebe4ee78634f40002ae320e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDC8AD60CEEAE4100A19BD1195686621C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header>
<paragraph id="id5BDF05E913AC4109A398A2F64B7CAA03"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall award competitive grants to eligible entities for activities to increase resiliency and diversification of the meat processing system, including activities that— </text> <subparagraph id="H66629EC2312748A98B5024E5E97889A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>support the health and safety of meat and poultry plant employees, suppliers, and customers;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC9E47AFBA75848F6A06F027FDB7AC83F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>support increased processing capacity; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9795FED104DF4767B9F2C5D432A13E4D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>otherwise support the resilience of the small meat and poultry processing sector.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFF8DE250DE8544F1BE83C2145E0408C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>The maximum amount of a grant awarded under this section shall not exceed $500,000. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idC8096A2592944EA6A29FB03066785445"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>The term of a grant awarded under this section shall not exceed 3 years. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H164D6D0AAD2B4999B9581530CE9EB6A6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph id="HF287C735D0A4472FA7FF487531E44C66"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity desiring a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H21994E8FE4454CF0883655168E6F0B73"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applications for small grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a separate, simplified application process for eligible entities applying for a grant under this section of not more than $100,000.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7FB11D5A99D444968A6574711E99385E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that any application for a grant under this section is—</text> <subparagraph id="HDFBED33464B54BE486CFAC07CA1CC297"><enum>(A)</enum><text>simple and practicable;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB8B44C1C0E6347C2A07781A18D9BCF3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>accessible online; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB263582041DB41B3BB92E934AD016FC0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>available through local staff of the Department of Agriculture.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5E06424B2A664074BB949FE5B39F7CA9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>Not later than 14 days before the date on which the Secretary begins to accept applications under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall publish a notice of funding opportunity with respect to the grants available under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBAC7EAB0441D4D148DBB59AA8F027900"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reapplication</header><text>If an application of an eligible entity under this subsection is denied by the Secretary, the eligible entity may submit a revised application.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDCD7A35618AC4AD38476B8E5FC6EB8E7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In reviewing applications submitted under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to proposals that will—</text> <subparagraph id="H8CD6BD8F6015421491E52F1E500DD770"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increase farmer and rancher access to animal slaughter options within a 200-mile radius of the location of the farmer or rancher;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1D77C105E7C94EA086911F4861FF02C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>support an eligible entity described in subsection (a)(2)(A); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H094F11707D904057B6415FAFD6EB14EC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>support an eligible entity that is a business enterprise owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFD17D4A33CA8448784FD96053040CD37"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of grant</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant funds to carry out activities in support of the purposes described in subsection (b)(1), including through—</text> <paragraph id="HE356BC21FF004B7B801D8C44B7EB1487"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the development and issuance of a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plan for the eligible entity, which may be developed by a consultant;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2D1C46ACBAD6479790A1F499BF6240C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the purchase or establishment, as applicable, of facilities, equipment, processes, and operations necessary for the eligible entity to comply with applicable requirements under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/601">21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/451">21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H278EBC7B21AC4989B5A161DF9AACB7D1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the purchase of cold storage, equipment, or transportation services;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCA582D486DD24A79B25CF02CEDD676D3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the purchase of temperature screening supplies, testing for communicable diseases, disinfectant, sanitation systems, hand washing stations, and other sanitizing supplies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB4AC10EF065946BD948E015368DF8290"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the purchase and decontamination of personal protective equipment;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDCC1BBD9BC2F4B03AA2F1200AD74176C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the construction or purchase of humane handling infrastructure, including holding space for livestock prior to slaughter, shade structures, and knock box structures;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idf498c2d49a974627a2d6032deceb624b"><enum>(7)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idFC103B5710A742148883AC94F5038B76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the purchase of software and computer equipment for record keeping, production data, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points record review, and facilitation of marketing and sales of products in a manner consistent with the social distancing guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id24E05F9BB30544E49DB084A2EAA68B67" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the provision of guidelines and training relating to that software and computer equipment;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE5D7D23442764C4487E6BA6AD778ADAB"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the provision of staff time and training for implementing and monitoring health and safety procedures; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H064AC50131F24C35B90CB3E92AE07AF7"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the development of a feasibility study or business plan for, or the carrying out of any other activity associated with, establishing or expanding a small meat or poultry processing facility;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id3335f231eb2d4c488ea40ac4e6ce5a21"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the purchase of equipment that enables the further use or value-added sale of coproducts or byproducts, such as organs, hides, and other relevant products; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id2879bb701a71402ba1e203d68f114d97"><enum>(11)</enum><text>other activities associated with expanding or establishing an eligible entity described in subsection (a)(2)(A), as determined by the Secretary. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7FB90E76BFC243FFA7056102214273CF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Outreach</header><text>During the period beginning on the date on which the Secretary publishes the notice under subsection (c)(4) and ending on the date on which the Secretary begins to accept applications under subsection (c)(1), the Secretary shall perform outreach to States and eligible entities relating to grants under this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H76103DA92959421C81343C1F1ADC5D0D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Federal share</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id98128BA3E6834F158B365DA8D82263A5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Federal share of the activities carried out using a grant awarded under this section shall not exceed—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id0264C996A7E0459D8E37FC73C843CB79"><enum>(A)</enum><text>90 percent in the case of a grant in the amount of $100,000 or less; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id59FA25AAB3034C338B72ED6825DFF18C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>75 percent in the case of a grant in an amount greater than $100,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H38BF2A1430B54591B61B0DF0A6075A56"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fiscal years 2023 and 2024</header><text>An eligible entity awarded a grant under this section during fiscal year 2023 or 2024 shall not be required to provide non-Federal matching funds with respect to the grant.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idfb972ec99d3a4cc5a904ed9734fd85fd"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The promulgation of regulations under, and administration of, this section shall be made without regard to—</text> <paragraph id="idd873277c2f7d4c8aa2c3170ae9f1ce16"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States Code; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idde5ce5d3a470459e9794838d8e5735cc"><enum>(2)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/44/35">chapter 35</external-xref> of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Paperwork Reduction Act</quote>). </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6E2F82C711F441449D70F348E9D69967" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H5229BD74A00447F38AAEE0CDEBB38526"><enum>503.</enum><header>Conservation of private grazing land</header>
<subsection id="H916BF5509AD3482FA420CEC856C25F1F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240M(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb">16 U.S.C. 3839bb(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC443A83B81014FA990CD07CB27750BDA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by inserting <quote>conserving water and</quote> before <quote>improving</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H58EA6D4CCC8B4973970D0DD9DA6A45A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5C94018B67A34FBE96B06FF2450B14C1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC57E27076CE24224B78A8AC0E9C0443B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE20F63D39EF54179B62034190DB1A6DB"> <paragraph id="H4AB96F111461436894D0B753A4EB8F44"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conserving and improving soil health and improving grazing system resilience in the face of climate change through advanced grazing management practices; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6A859E9A267D4BCD9161F976B2CB35E1"><enum>(10)</enum><text>providing support for producers transitioning from confinement and feedlot systems or continuous grazing to managed grazing-based systems, including support for pasture development and management.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC202AD3593B142E0B8B04E27A8775559"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240M(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb">16 U.S.C. 3839bb(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>hay land</quote> and inserting <quote>perennial hay land, including silvopasture</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H87324836119D439A9963A8A90E715379"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Private grazing land conservation assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240M(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb">16 U.S.C. 3839bb(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H37B21141C0C54BFDBE849331BD26DC08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9FC2DC5480394B979FBDE1D58036677E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>and partnerships described in paragraph (2)(B)</quote> after <quote>local conservation districts</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide5a76211d54c48ae9bf4d2026a85d25e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H9AF8249B0AEC45F7AB5F26127CE40035"><enum>(B)</enum><text>planning and implementing regionally appropriate, advanced grazing land management technologies to improve soil health and maximize carbon sequestration;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF9676F1B5168460E8A23A0DD805A0E51"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(iv), by inserting <quote>through integrated strategies that include rotational and multispecies grazing, integrated pest management, and other ecological practices</quote> after <quote>brush encroachment problems</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H706E483422CF40F38032DFA18B16E4F8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF41217C247A54EDCBE4029E15BFF972E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subparagraph (I), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1CAD1C8650234E13A069E8B8CC501268"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FFD1B1118164A4D8C088C8631A07FA3"> <subparagraph id="H617F2B8916C34ECDB64AC75EA2B9E455"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assisting producers in transitioning from confinement or feedlot systems or continuous grazing to managed grazing-based systems, including assistance in pasture development and management.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBC4DAEAEAEA64826B6C45C016BCC6E4A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E7EE10CA99644CEA860ABAE2DE4982B"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H39DEE578DA1B4E3F94992A45A5E1849F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program elements</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HC4AD22DB8427479ABB61732A0F0F255A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Technical assistance and education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personnel of the Department trained in pasture and range management shall be made available under the program to deliver and coordinate technical assistance and education to owners and managers of private grazing land, including owners and managers interested in developing new or improved pasture or grazing-based systems on the land of the owners and managers, at the request of the owners and managers.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE0662F145D1144C48BB1724335B0FA16"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Partnerships</header><text>In carrying out the program under this section, the Secretary shall provide research, demonstration, education (including conferences, workshops, field days, and trainings), workforce training, planning, and outreach activities through partnerships with—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H0A74F49F42F84FC9AD72918CC4AEA8B9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>land-grant colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>));</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H0EF0CF482B6842AFA834F8D9C83AD23F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>nongovernmental organizations; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H6B3C47882B7F44DF80C8AC78EA7CD14F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Tribal organizations.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF09D052FF86147BC89DC572BCA2C51E6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Cooperative agreements</header>
<clause commented="no" id="HEE3631DD3B7D4663A0429C7B818E3655"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the program under this section, the Secretary shall provide funds on a competitive basis for cooperative agreements to regional, State, or local partnerships to use to conduct grazing land research, demonstration, education, workforce training, planning, and outreach projects.</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H0DBE9694FD5643BC81CE9C2963F34529"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Grants made by partnerships under this subparagraph shall be for a period not to exceed 3 years.</text></clause>
<clause id="H689FBE44F33247DF85F8014642750308"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Limitation on indirect costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A partnership that receives funding under this subparagraph may not use more than 15 percent of the total cost of the project for the indirect costs of carrying out the project.</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HB717EB50EB7C44EE81DE64BFDE6A09AC"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>A partnership that receives funding under this subparagraph shall give priority to projects that—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H3C4C230EA2BE4974BD9CFB198803C980"><enum>(I)</enum><text>focus on sustainable grazing management systems and techniques that assist producers with multiple ecosystem services, including climate change adaptation and mitigation; and</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="HB43B35D003CA4A53ABBB4B3AED646F32"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">involve beginning farmers and ranchers, socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, Tribal producers, or new graziers (including State or federally registered apprenticeships).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0870F7026FFC4398BDEAE32EBD12E177"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grazing technical assistance training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240M of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb">16 U.S.C. 3839bb</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1268D9282B7346E295DC1C83AF3653E4"> <subsection id="idceca5e3ec24d43e9bc5a9910e6dbd205"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grazing technical assistance training</header><text>In carrying out the program under this section, the Secretary shall provide funds to establish training programs to foster a new generation of technical assistance providers to support advanced grazing management.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H8350D85AEDA94722A983530B92BB77B4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240M of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb">16 U.S.C. 3839bb</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CC02380EAAB4171B8176D8AB01C2F14"> <subsection commented="no" id="H4A802840EAF64089A5CC189452DEBC6D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB405663CB9A84DE581E1E66BDB90F199"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mandatory funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0340485D011440E498ABDB9EA5690148"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id0d069f1df4de433f8f33c3ca76f71e68"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cooperative agreements</header><text>Of the funds made available under paragraphs (1) and (2), the Secretary shall use not less than 80 percent to carry out subsection (c)(2)(C).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id847a1410b7954d188482e60ca0ceca09"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Technical assistance training</header><text>Of the funds made available under paragraphs (1) and (2), the Secretary shall use not more than 10 percent to carry out subsection (d).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H6DCCFC6A1DDB49C6A536173AC99E81FC"><enum>504.</enum><header>Conservation reserve program</header> <subsection id="HA95A5565544A4AB39667E584105852C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conservation reserve</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831">16 U.S.C. 3831</external-xref>) is amended— </text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb1beff18983481ca3ee64a5e0df67d4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>2023</quote> and inserting <quote>2028</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id675622b576c840b9943c82a3ff507cf7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD4215AED516D40828D5D0B1472E05C01"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5EC6B804D1824B6CBC27B13F0CBFC258"> <subparagraph id="id64a326c6a4bd4b0b98a1a75199c49df5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>fiscal year 2024, not more than 28,000,000 acres;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id818cacae2ddc4dd482fe773864f23929"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fiscal year 2025, not more than 29,000,000 acres;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idc3e45a72e2cc4689a4a296b81afe4b27"><enum>(C)</enum><text>fiscal year 2026, not more than 30,000,000 acres;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id077e302604874dada13842ffb031a8a9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>fiscal year 2027, not more than 31,000,000 acres; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id43f8004cf56d4b74874fe0570daafc01"><enum>(E)</enum><text>fiscal year 2028, not more than 32,000,000 acres.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7011C77E8B024204BFA24C25E4B4A83E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A)—</text> <clause id="H6319888ED352463692E3914EB6A34031"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause id="HEF3269D7DF6E490EBBF1256997B95C0A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii)(III), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HC8917E5E72424477AFAE4D0645C9D546"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause id="H7FDE773AABF64DF892592A767098BF19"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary shall enroll and maintain in the conservation reserve not fewer than 7,000,000 acres of land described in subsection (b)(3) by September 30, 2028, of which not fewer than 5,000,000 acres shall be reserved for the pilot program established under section 1231C(c).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H274E23BC37C54E239B0E7955E485F446"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pilot programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231C of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831c">16 U.S.C. 3831c</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HE920F2DD4523438F9E6C99543F8357CD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grassland 30</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9021088C21AE430D891B1C9E695BFD71"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8E082AFEB86E4DCC8F6F035B3AE33C3C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Enrollment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a pilot program to enroll land in the conservation reserve program through a 30-year conservation reserve contract (referred to in this subsection as a <term>Grassland 30 contract</term>) in accordance with this subsection.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HC1F8DE79BAF6465B85FBC61D5F25C3FE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion of acreage limitation</header><text>For purposes of applying the limitations in section 1231(d)(1), the Secretary shall include acres of land enrolled under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA2DDDA6C598140BFAC4882205F72EB3B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible land</header><text>Eligible land for enrollment through a Grassland 30 contract—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HD7348A5E3F974772AC5D65D14B525BB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is land that is eligible to be enrolled in the conservation reserve program under the grasslands initiative described in section 1231(d)(2); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H49381E1E13224D0F82ED0D3D3EDAF6B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not be limited to land that is subject to a covered contract (as defined in paragraph (3)(A)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB674B2AB647141E8B9630505E8E2FB3F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conservation contract election</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H5D81BBE93D474E92B575AAC66CC60B21"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition of covered contract</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>covered contract</term> means a contract entered into under this subchapter that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H62232196CAF64B17A8FE4EBF087559C6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>expires on or after the date of enactment of this subsection; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HD41B0502066146CEB76B51A18F941FE8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>covers land enrolled in the conservation reserve program under the grasslands initiative described in section 1231(d)(2).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAFCD2FE06E33465EBB7FBEDE4F8E15BE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Expiring contracts</header><text>On the expiration of a covered contract, an owner or operator party to the covered contract shall elect—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H55B8362F5A4F4FC4BC4DF31F98E234C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not to reenroll the land under the contract;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H07D54EE8F8A049FBA9FE37940B84A90F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to offer to reenroll the land under the contract if the land remains eligible under the terms in effect as of the date of expiration; or</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H625B25B69C4346FE89194EB3550F0E2B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>not to reenroll the land under the contract and to enroll that land through a Grassland 30 contract under this subsection.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id44a4ad75f1404bf8b6d91faf83f4a289"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Unexpired contracts</header><text>Prior to the expiration of a covered contract, an owner or operator party to the covered contract may elect to terminate the contract and to enroll that land through a Grassland 30 contract under this subsection. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HBB6A8CE8B40943D6BAC2A609B7EEE280"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The term of a Grassland 30 contract shall be 30 years.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H562E9862FA8F421DACB544A3703169B9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Agreements</header><text>To be eligible to enroll land in the conservation reserve program through a Grassland 30 contract, the owner of the land shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H8CF5CFE604CA42F3AFA0338FE018D29A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to implement a conservation reserve plan developed for the land;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBB915304973A479B896ADCB2667572AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to comply with the terms and conditions of the contract and any related agreements; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H089FAD570F8E4009974D37F0245D8046"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to temporarily suspend the base history for the land covered by the contract.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAA5C8ADFEE074DB6A020BC73D2734398"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Terms and conditions of Grassland 30 contracts</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H190CE412A6A84E5EBB28BB0B92276460"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A Grassland 30 contract—</text> <clause commented="no" id="id220622D5E66146768DEF2B2EE65E9017"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall include terms and conditions that promote sustainable grazing systems, protect and enhance soil carbon levels, and are compatible with wildlife habitat conservation, as determined by the Secretary; and </text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="id9900306E1F3A4089A782AD5B3CBE1ECF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may include any additional provision that the Secretary determines is appropriate to carry out this subsection or facilitate the practical administration of this subsection.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H66AC5967F5024465A14D1E2BFDC2E5CC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Violation</header><text>On the violation of a term or condition of a Grassland 30 contract, the Secretary may require the owner to refund all or part of any payments received by the owner under the conservation reserve program, with interest on the payments, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAA88C166BD1141B8B425CF6D1E667E68"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Compatible uses</header><text>Land subject to a Grassland 30 contract may be used for compatible economic uses, including hunting and fishing, if the use—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H16F15D61E7664BC0981F2EE6B6973DE9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is specifically permitted by the conservation reserve plan developed for the land; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H07DEB8672561456BB898D4F58D864C69"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is consistent with the long-term protection and enhancement of the conservation resources for which the contract was established.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3B52894A41AE4A3CA3E1BEA33A39CD6A"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Compensation</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H69B65BF0C7134C80AE60BCE0174B500F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Amount of payments</header><text>The Secretary shall provide payment under this subsection to an owner of land enrolled through a Grassland 30 contract using 30 annual payments in an amount equal to the amount that would be used if the land were to be enrolled in the conservation reserve program under section 1231(d)(2).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H92555BCEB80149C897111A9528E738D2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Form of payment</header><text>Compensation for a Grassland 30 contract shall be provided by the Secretary in the form of a cash payment in an amount determined under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HB09C7866D76440DB840FB148CFC94519"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The Secretary shall provide any annual payment obligation under subparagraph (A) as early as practicable in each fiscal year.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H822FF777B3504A2E8AF03DDB89FD85CE"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Payments to others</header><text>The Secretary shall make a payment, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, in a manner as the Secretary determines is fair and reasonable under the circumstances, if an owner who is entitled to a payment under this section—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H61CA2B956DF04712B4F6D6A5732ED2F9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>dies;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HE34961CECE5F49C2926A28C223F92738"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>becomes incompetent;</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H6935E03661684BBB87CDE19DF33634AD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is succeeded by another person or entity who renders or completes the required performance; or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H81AFD132C47E464F901A566AF89527F3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>is otherwise unable to receive the payment.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HD33DC68DAC0841B08C7BC058947A23BE"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H2ABAC21C43E2419FBB3938F61D184EF4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall assist owners in complying with the terms and conditions of a Grassland 30 contract.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2F13A495AF2B45BDB6CD8EF635D54A3F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contracts or agreements</header><text>The Secretary may enter into 1 or more contracts with private entities or agreements with a State, nongovernmental organization, or Indian Tribe to carry out necessary maintenance of a Grassland 30 contract if the Secretary determines that the contract or agreement will advance the purposes of the conservation reserve program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H53F3A43FED024B689687303D1E069B1E"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Administration</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H581217A81926452AB0F43B322BB87519"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Conservation reserve plan</header><text>The Secretary shall develop a conservation reserve plan for any land subject to a Grassland 30 contract, which shall include practices and activities necessary to maintain, protect, and enhance the conservation value of the enrolled land, including the protection and enhancement of soil carbon levels.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3B6F5AE2B42848259BEB96C79BC6A814"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Delegation of contract administration</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H53CCD8EAA2494D018D5FAE4027582760"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Federal, State, Tribal, or local government agencies</header><text>The Secretary may delegate any of the management, monitoring, and enforcement responsibilities of the Secretary under this subsection to other Federal, State, Tribal, or local government agencies that have the appropriate authority, expertise, and resources necessary to carry out those delegated responsibilities.</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H26D16D715C334E02B99410B5F0D38C50"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Conservation organizations</header><text>The Secretary may delegate any management responsibilities of the Secretary under this subsection to conservation organizations if the Secretary determines the conservation organization has similar expertise and resources.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="id8fc734d9c09c4598bbf769b2de0e7ab7"><enum>505.</enum><header>Alternative manure management program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 5 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb">16 U.S.C. 3839bb et seq.</external-xref>) (as amended by section 304) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id359a72d534fe4dafbfcd6300080a785d"> <section id="id4f3193849aa546738ef1e729abe9cfe1"><enum>1240T.</enum><header>Alternative manure management program</header> <subsection id="id050eaba9c21c4132a45b736b230de89d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="id4a83c97a04df4642bb77f566c264f1f1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Alternative manure management program</header><text>The term <term>alternative manure management program</term> means the program established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id02d1f3f545cb41cebf38ee0931a1c8b4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered management measure</header><text>The term <term>covered management measure</term> means a dairy or livestock operation method that is used by an eligible producer to reduce baseline methane emissions and, where applicable, improve carbon sequestration on the operation of that eligible producer, including the measures described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection (f)(2).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idd70ba81a50d84411a0360a9eb959637b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible producer</header><text>The term <term>eligible producer</term> means a dairy or livestock producer who agrees to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by adopting at least 1 covered management measure as an alternative or complement to anaerobic systems that capture methane emissions.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id90e151c3aeca40f38e783c31fe18059c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pasture-based management</header><text>The term <term>pasture-based management</term> means a dairy or livestock production system—</text>
<subparagraph id="idc2fb22c1451245aeb9d34624db0107d7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that eliminates or reduces the quantity of manure stored in anaerobic conditions; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id5d9ea76d9abc478a85a8fe9d6d14aef4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in which the animals spend all or a substantial portion of their time grazing on fields in which some or all of the manure is deposited and left in the field and decomposes aerobically.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id472254532fe449d7877075c02ec05ff8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Solid separation system</header><text>The term <term>solid separation system</term> means a system designed to separate liquid components of manure from mineral and organic solid components of that manure.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idb549abfd23bd4111a386459e4d8c1297"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish an alternative manure management program to award contracts to eligible producers to support carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions reductions by implementing covered management measures.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="id92bb4a3f01c34f2e95546f56785c957b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submission of contract offers</header><text>To be eligible to participate in the alternative manure management program, an eligible producer shall submit to the Secretary a contract offer that details any management measure to be used on the operation of the eligible producer.</text></subsection> <subsection id="id69e77f04d986422bafd45e05679675e3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cluster contract offers</header><text>The Secretary shall establish procedures under which—</text>
<paragraph id="id873bce67002b4be78cc522fcec4057e4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>groups of eligible producers may submit a joint contract offer for a shared composting facility; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idd9881d0f54ce4f3f83f061e16d0629a8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary shall allocate payments to each eligible producer associated with a joint contract described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idea410d373d334304a7815eccc0cd149d"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Duties of the Secretary</header>
<paragraph id="idffbaa663594647c59024c7ba6304232f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Evaluation criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall develop criteria for evaluating applications that will maximize—</text> <subparagraph id="idb1a60e3784a44fb0b28d9048803e7a3f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>carbon sequestration;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3a84ba2e50e44136a76d19182d6add31"><enum>(B)</enum><text>greenhouse gas emissions reductions; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id18cab7b261cb4ee9aaebc618b7520074"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the overall environmental and public health benefits.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3aea5d27ab4942559dc1568c6218d6bb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In awarding contracts under this section, the Secretary, using criteria developed under paragraph (1), shall give priority to contract offers that address air quality, water quality, or other public health concerns associated with dairy and livestock operations located near low-income or underserved communities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idc1c540ded463425595e9b3a42af2d2cb"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grouping of applications</header><text>The Secretary may group and evaluate contract offers relative to other contract offers for similar farming operations.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id05463a0e93674b0fb7347fcb1d1caa49"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Geographical diversity</header><text>In awarding contracts under this section, the Secretary shall ensure geographical diversity.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id8bba8578aff645bda070a4de8da9c77e"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Contract provisions</header> <paragraph id="id550a3837fcd648f2953636e97b4cb895"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Term</header><text>A contract awarded under this section shall have a term that does not exceed 3 years.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ide67a0088e00945b3a0c3a19f5c58d16f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered management measures</header><text>Each eligible producer requesting funding for a project under the alternative manure management program shall implement at least 1 of the following management measures:</text> <subparagraph id="id761d9fe0b6644cdc8793185fe0eadeb8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>With respect to pasture-based management—</text>
<clause id="id4730e30b4c34424e9e643d0145ca0722"><enum>(i)</enum><text>adopting pasture-based management;</text></clause> <clause id="id6c6f69b13bce417b973ca0765ecc3dd4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>converting a non-pasture dairy or livestock operation to pasture-based management;</text></clause>
<clause id="id22772395d48144aa8e642bba12897cf1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>increasing the amount of time livestock spend at pasture at an existing pasture operation; or</text></clause> <clause id="id82b6ab09a9a642c1a0b182fd67e401ce"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>improving pasture-based management, including transitioning to management-intensive rotational grazing (as defined in section 1240L(d)(1)).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idd1cbbbd4cc924388aa04302fb8737a83"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Adopting alternative manure treatment and storage practices, including—</text> <clause id="idb624e8fbedc647f588b5597c45ea4413"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the installation of a compost-bedded pack barn that composts manure;</text></clause>
<clause id="id34bc05d69e5c4c6c9e146b96ae95517d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the installation of slatted floor pit storage manure collection that is cleaned out at least once a month; or</text></clause> <clause id="id37d4aa791f97442cab30b5cdb6e0ea5f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other similar practices, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id1d91f06f27ac449d9ff331b360267044"><enum>(C)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id6ed252d6f49c4f08a967dbe3df709547"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Adopting a solid separation system, installing a new solid separation system that has a significantly higher separation efficiency than any existing solid separation system, or developing or retrofitting a manure management system that primarily avoids wet handling infrastructure; and</text></clause> <clause id="id03db9c4586694210bb786c954f8565d8" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in conjunction with 1 or more of the following management measures:</text>
<subclause id="idab4400acfd4448e4bb9b8d3622fb36d4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Open solar drying or composting of manure onsite.</text></subclause> <subclause id="id228fc9ab8a2f4caeafb325fd33235d96"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Solar drying in an enclosed environment.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id95fb7096535543bf8693c179e435aba3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Forced evaporation with natural-gas fueled dryers.</text></subclause> <subclause id="id7f1981fba3734bbb8feec9cdce60f5a1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Storage of manure in unconfined piles or stacks.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id260ae6057cb84e6daacb47a72a54b38f"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Composting in an enclosed vessel, with forced aeration and continuous mixing.</text></subclause> <subclause id="id20d6a8394856477295382cef044609d6"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Composting in piles with forced aeration without mixing.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id1fd4f6f3887144f9a748a93c3076d898"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Composting in intensive windrows with regular turning for mixing and aeration.</text></subclause> <subclause id="id7f1208079d51496888a799abcf49a136"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Composting in passive windrows with infrequent turning for mixing and aeration.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id5c561630960e4b9f811aa70a3b9a1076"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>Vermiculture or vermifiltration.</text></subclause> <subclause id="idfe8b4280234f4c4db687564c18b4188a"><enum>(X)</enum><text>Other similar activities, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idf0b9a9ef70744a2ab97e4d993d97dd8a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Adopting scrape technologies, in conjunction with 1 of the management measures described in subclauses (I) through (X) of subparagraph (C)(ii).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id6c8e826cf8de4517832c51d4ed7e8aec"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties of eligible producers under contract</header><text>To receive payments under the alternative manure management program, an eligible producer shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idc29dfc8661534dc389c2e8a673b9625b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>implement 1 or more management measures;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ida3d78c852d0143909df5318b9fcdf675"><enum>(B)</enum><text>supply information as required by the Secretary to determine compliance with the requirements of the alternative manure management program; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idb8207bce95dd45568e8dc02093d62c43"><enum>(C)</enum><text>comply with such additional provisions as the Secretary determines are necessary to carry out the alternative manure management program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id0d1785ca091b4f07824ba2c3e56ad7fb"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Payments to eligible producers</header> <paragraph id="id0940da80a60e48b9a0b09e5facbbb5f4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>During each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028, the Secretary shall provide payments to eligible producers that enter into contracts with the Secretary under the alternative manure management program.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id7f0fca84d7d14c92a05f899eef39057a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability of payments</header><text>Payments provided to an eligible producer under this section may be used to implement 1 or more covered management measures.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id12535f6fca794e83b06a8a6a73467f96"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Payment amounts</header><text>The Secretary may provide a payment to an eligible producer under the alternative manure management program for an amount that is up to 100 percent of the costs associated with planning, design, materials, equipment, installation, labor, management, maintenance, and training relating to implementing a covered management measure.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ide3dff48849b5452691d2202304fe593d"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation on payments</header><text>A person or legal entity (including a joint venture and a general partnership) may not receive, directly or indirectly, payments under the program that exceed $825,000 during any 5-year period.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id4993f22483994fe2acffefe011ff4eae"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Advanced payments</header><text>The Secretary shall provide not less than 50 percent of the amount of total payments to an eligible producer in advance for all costs relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id66d281b01e0348d7a64178ee81684d83"><enum>(A)</enum><text>purchasing or contracting materials and equipment; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id7c3816a4310d40c48019f701120fa8eb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any technical assistance provided by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id434bfa23d53149df8e7c3dfdd6f89aab"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Modification or termination of contracts</header>
<paragraph id="idfdf3d74fc92a4dc984620e8275ea6e88"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Voluntary modification or termination</header><text>The Secretary may modify or terminate a contract entered into with an eligible producer under the alternative manure management program if—</text> <subparagraph id="id2170c992e5594029bce5c6730fd5c414"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the producer agrees to the modification or termination; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id17a3883352424c958919bec30d773595"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that the modification or termination is in the public interest.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id71aefb9aa70e4b94b9a3d163213d313c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Involuntary termination</header><text>The Secretary may terminate a contract under the alternative manure management program if the Secretary determines that the eligible producer violated the contract.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id5630f6c584e54fec998ce89d6fdeb335"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Duties of the Secretary</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="idf7201affff17421a977b5e7ccba5bfbb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determine and publish factors for estimating the carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions reductions for each covered management measure described in subclauses (I) through (X) of subsection (f)(2)(C)(ii);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idecd980d7c23c4763ab6999854d797407"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assist an eligible producer in achieving the carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, and other environmental and public health goals of the alternative manure management program plan by—</text> <subparagraph id="id0f2d937730ce47ba9efb3596a59c4bf9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing payments for developing and implementing 1 or more covered management measures, as appropriate; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id400294bc50a64a8385ca2888c026e097"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing that eligible producer with information, technical assistance, and training to aid in implementation of the covered management measures; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id57996134648e4fb0854a3763236f01c7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>review the adequacy of existing conservation practice standards for supporting the covered management measures and, if necessary—</text>
<subparagraph id="idf612d26d8d9940178bcdd5585bd62b0b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>revise existing conservation practice standards; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ida88d14193fc8434f8ba9ccb633e58d95"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop new conservation practice standards.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idcf3eaa99c0b84b36853214c06536e68f"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>In providing technical assistance under the alternative manure management program, the Secretary shall apply sections 1241(c) and 1242, except that the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="id55ccd76d5b4c4bb7944df91d2cfbab08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>apportion not more than 15 percent of the total funding available for the alternative manure management program for the provision of technical assistance; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idbef35a07650b4abf8bf22063f5099aca"><enum>(2)</enum><text>enter into cooperative agreements with third-party providers with relevant expertise in the covered management measures to ensure adequate technical services are available to alternative manure management program applicants.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="ida9b6ca86b716424c98273ae5ce226f47"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Funding</header> <paragraph id="id2f1ba8f68cb042c39e1c21688c513be7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the alternative manure management program (including the provision of technical assistance described in subsection (j)) using $1,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id36dbd15b217f4dfab862bbce29c0012a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reservations of funds</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, use a majority of the funds made available by paragraph (1) for contract offers from small and mid-sized dairy and livestock operations, including—</text> <subparagraph id="ida1f267f51eca4bf082e9cca2a2d79d77"><enum>(A)</enum><text>beginning farmers or ranchers;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idc022e6a3155d4666a288aea12180f500"><enum>(B)</enum><text>limited resource farmers and ranchers; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idb783c95606554692a502dc47c36d2b06"><enum>(C)</enum><text>socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<enum>VI</enum><header>On-farm renewable energy</header>
<section id="H3F9CDB45C4DB45279B5E7915FE5EF652"><enum>601.</enum><header>Rural Energy For America Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8107">7 U.S.C. 8107</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6E065839F08D4AC5878EA3FEC2F7A4B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3E84945593814BA5ACA2ECE76E17507E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and renewable energy development</quote> and inserting <quote>, renewable energy development, and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5F34111E1DF04C5098028DDA185350E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by adding <quote>that reduce greenhouse gas emissions</quote> before the period at the end;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCE752904F068488A875E3B7A5D8EABD2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H93D4A2EAE5C0433FA8FFB6C0FA372A85"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H8098B4395D72446489C7D48D22E3FE54"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause> <clause id="HA2379C7B7F1342F6AFAC9CE2642AFFD1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (G); and</text></clause>
<clause id="HBD770EEA3C73405695D0159B797435C2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6BDA7A6D32CA45BB8BD93F0F013D8ABF"> <subparagraph id="H16FB2378400743A785F1B370598BD16B"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a nonprofit corporation;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE578B73EEA2F4E0BAC6866CA955B0750"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an agricultural cooperative or producer group; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H682CFC9938C04445A724E167C4CDD6DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(D), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, including greenhouse gas emissions reductions</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2F8ED95289C14B53900DD99F18D81E69"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <clause id="H20DBAF3DC3324C2AA198B79059A03F4F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, agricultural processors,</quote> after <quote>agricultural producers</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HD422D75C9E4742F4BAB7FF87CDAFDE1C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause> <clause id="H76D0ACA43AF3400D83766963F2E73242"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H6B1373639C0449EBA7B6C8F057010D6B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E6FFCC0370A47D98BA3CB3A7B5216D3"> <subparagraph id="HE961905E2E2445F39AAA17F3C738D44A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assisting in the development of feasibility studies and plans for implementing recommendations provided under subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC1A384B612044501AAC3F06E4B79AC9D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="HFB508244435648068A10750FC3C8A93A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A)(i), by inserting <quote>, agricultural processors,<italic></italic></quote> after <quote>agricultural producers</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3043D130929348428EC9283360D454E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="H8997DA9687FE43E8AA519CD2436AF012"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as subparagraphs (G) and (H), respectively; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H866E4392DBA84D1A865683639C24E291"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBFCE053CAFAC47F9B104C898F7C0829D"> <subparagraph id="H3F40C0722BEB49198A622DCEB7741962"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carbon accounting assessments developed under subsection (d) with respect to the renewable energy system to be installed or the energy efficiency upgrade to be undertaken;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5A0176D9829C4488BB1EECADAE7E1AAB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="HC900A140A7FA46E9AFA7BABE711F4C96"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>The amount</quote> and all that follows through <quote>25 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in subparagraph (F), the amount of a grant under this subsection shall not exceed 50 percent</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="idC2AFB0BC7F70489B9AE6153006DA784B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively;</text></clause> <clause id="id87FAB007A35F4783BC79AB77EDAB78C9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF08B6E72E854D70A1337103F1C78338">
<subparagraph id="HEA841AFFC8F1402D80B9BF707DD8B792"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Maximum percentage of loan guarantee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The portion of a loan that the Secretary may guarantee under this section shall be—</text> <clause id="H3CEAD61E592E45A9BA5073796C80ED8B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a loan in the amount of not less than $1,000,000, 80 percent of the principal amount of the loan; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HF14E126AB3E1468CA0BF52643F1B7DA4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a loan in an amount less than $1,000,000, 90 percent of the principal amount of the loan. </text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause> <clause id="HEC8BA55425DC46A581D6A54D04AAD017"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>subsection (f)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (h)</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H978064B9A04B441D9BEA18A04FEF544D"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0ABC4BBA5FDA4522A3602421FA526874"> <subparagraph id="H58E47707472545B0AC44510E0FD3D02D"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Underserved producers</header><text>The amount of a grant provided under this subsection to an agricultural producer who is a beginning farmer or rancher, a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher, or a veteran farmer or rancher (as those terms are defined in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(a)</external-xref>)) shall not exceed 75 percent of the cost of the activity funded by the grant.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB5503727F1CF44038E81DA20E729FC4C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id584DEFC0EB5C4C849DA3B4BE9A7720EE"> <subparagraph id="id6220ca78761a408ca90d42d54a779434"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Pre-approved technologies</header><text>In order to streamline the adoption of renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements, the Secretary shall develop a streamlined application process for projects utilizing pre-approved products and technologies included on the list described in paragraph (5).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8BF94A27B7004CD79F88E533408430BE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C68DED17B514DE79A9A9A78E27B66C0"> <paragraph id="idcaf314608b6b44eb98d732272a395ea9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Pre-approved list</header><text>The Secretary shall, beginning in fiscal year 2024—</text>
<subparagraph id="idb9a2602b012146d58c02299e5724de46"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop a list of pre-approved technologies and products for purposes of paragraph (4)(F); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idc8c54e33d4c346fca400fa077e21f21f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>update that list every 2 fiscal years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4ECA7FDF91EF4BC89785A00C0C1191A0"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making grants or loan guarantees under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to proposed projects that utilize technologies—</text> <subparagraph id="H5B91B714AAC2458C8B2FA27F118E8ABC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with a substantially low carbon footprint; or </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H24F666E32A78492C99B81CE32CFC3813"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that would result in significant net decreases of greenhouse gas emissions, as determined by the Secretary using the carbon accounting assessments developed under subsection (d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H458DAC137E024BE29FF171165138A631"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H046E60559C0942248B1CB593CBE388D9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC31353D507C04F03BD0850E99EFA117A"> <subsection id="HD866098F12924E12B491C21C243F58B5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Carbon accounting</header> <paragraph id="H5BC81594348B4768BB66DAC3CC8C6069"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023</short-title>, the Secretary, in collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, shall develop carbon accounting assessments for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency upgrades (including technologies on the list described in subsection (c)(5)(A) and technologies described in subsection (h)(5)(A)) supported by assistance provided under this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idf739c52e5ddf4b22bdd16f13c1d75a0b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Methodologies</header><text>In developing the carbon accounting assessments under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, create accurate methodologies for assigning greenhouse gas emission values, including land use change. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1EFE9473856D434481736D277350C14F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Program guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, use the carbon accounting assessments developed under paragraph (1) as guides in carrying out this section.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H81363B4568CA439BA8D5B936A582998C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regional demonstration projects</header>
<paragraph id="H15B427AE042B48C98A4D055D21DF1A20"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out regional demonstration projects that incentivize agricultural producers to reduce their carbon footprint or overall carbon equivalent emissions to the maximum extent practicable through the use of energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy systems.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5F4F5E5C27AF47198EAE7EAAA042534E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Publicization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall publicize the results of the regional demonstration projects carried out under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H10FC2EBB9B6744D4818EDE1122D74C7A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (f) (as so redesignated)—</text> <subparagraph id="HE3AD1165C2224B9D86862CE0C77FC800"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">and technical assistance</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Outreach</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5BFCC8A2062F4696A8CF234883F10FBE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary shall</quote> and inserting <quote>Using funds made available under subsection (h)(4), the Secretary shall</quote>; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H77D71C51477D44DA8B76C263BEB11421"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and technical assistance</quote> after <quote>outreach</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idDC49309A63A04996B620CCC47382D068"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or provided, as applicable,</quote> after <quote>conducted</quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id38BA9861A6A8458DA40EF9E9025A49BB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>subsection (f)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>subsection (h)</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC90C1016C9874413A7E347062D113058"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (h) (as so redesignated)—</text> <subparagraph id="H9BD36DE9A83F49279B63D816D0082ECA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DCE67C253174759941C02C63993A121">
<subparagraph id="H0E0E9778B0C8465D8D390132BD2A5D3D" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1F462AFB5EB543A0944387402C9EC394" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEB13D5C746734F038E297366F4C30EE2" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2025;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97569e0f367b48c88c62597f879afc49"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$300,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e897685f27b47c99722ff33a043d092"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB92B9F8905564231B7A70467BF3C2D58"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B), by striking <quote>become available</quote> and inserting <quote>be used</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H688B54CA0119471E97C17DEF4500452D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45DE9AFA37554D5A9DCE66D17705045A"> <paragraph id="H252147C0011041B7A7D24BC1782094F9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall use not more than 8 percent for administrative expenses.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC2F197BE1B4432BB8DF8F6C37D30A06"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reservation of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve—</text> <subparagraph id="H3A6AA09AB83D441099B9190A9F3C7BBF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not more than 15 percent to provide grants under subsection (c) to support the adoption of underutilized but proven commercial technologies; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H886B325ED799428E8C76D6904628F775"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than 5 percent to carry out subsection (e).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H61209454A5F2484DBA2BD5F96B89A5C2"><enum>602.</enum><header>Agrivoltaic systems</header> <subsection id="H2A3E1270AF214F8EB522E97F68EB600B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of agrivoltaic system</header><text>In this section, the term <term>agrivoltaic system</term> means a system under which solar energy production and agricultural production, including crop or animal production or apiculture, occurs in an integrated manner on the same piece of land.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c0171ed645342a58d10605827b879b4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="H0B5D04DDEB1C48B598F992893D5F118C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study on agrivoltaic systems that shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="HBBB122CE4A13404C992BEB8AE7C16310"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of the compatibility of different species of livestock with different agrivoltaic system designs, including—</text>
<clause id="H3922AF5FEB74444DA27B011E97189EA2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the optimal height of and distance between solar panels for—</text> <subclause id="HE7D1AD46840F4869BA591A3365F7F1F7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>livestock grazing; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H1EEC166F8D4A4B88AFA5B1B00FC93937"><enum>(II)</enum><text>shade for livestock;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H959E9928588C4AFE81D10981C50DA161"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>manure management considerations;</text></clause>
<clause id="H3E9DDF7D530446FDA14CFF9AA2E10B44"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>fencing requirements; and</text></clause> <clause id="H08E58A55B16241E0A81587ED89727A89"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>other animal handling considerations;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idbca8fd60c7e84a5094f258c0c69d6787"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment of animal breeding research needs with respect to beneficial and compatible characteristics and behaviors of different species of grazing animals in agrivoltaic systems; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H08F3CE4F57D04C2085633E909397853B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an assessment of the compatibility of different crop types with different agrivoltaic system designs, including—</text>
<clause id="HBCCF742B7D804484954ED12C708634E6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the optimal height of and distance between solar panels for—</text> <subclause id="H777061A3C42C47B7BB9958730C8623DD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>plant shading; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HEA4C272C08E540748E145EFC8AF7DE2B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>farm equipment use;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H9AEE5C77ECD84425BEDCA9C4D7CE3C48"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the impact on crop yield; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H688660A0868C4CCBA12DAA8CE361AC4B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>market opportunities to sell crops at a premium price; </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id3350d6bbc3414ee7b6273cc518924078"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an assessment of plant breeding research needs with respect to beneficial and compatible characteristics of different crops, including specialty and perennial crops, in agrivoltaic systems; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H38C59DC823DA4634AD5B5BB70158FB33"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a risk-benefit analysis of agrivoltaic systems in different regions of the United States, including a comparison between the total greenhouse gas impact of agrivoltaic systems and solar energy systems that displace agricultural production;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id24cf46a5e4b647c68f1952e81e047b35"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an assessment of the types of agricultural land best suited and worst suited for agrivoltaic systems;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id166eb7cda6b04e7986138143edc91953"><enum>(G)</enum><text>an assessment of how to best develop agrivoltaic systems on a national and local scale consistent with—</text> <clause id="idc6526c8fb4a44b1cbec7f0954ac23aaa"><enum>(i)</enum><text>maintaining or increasing agricultural production;</text></clause>
<clause id="id76dcd9502d084c2f93187b6fad911379"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>increasing agricultural resilience;</text></clause> <clause id="idcd4d8bf47a314c9888cbfa478cde6b29"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>retaining prime farmland;</text></clause>
<clause id="ide86b4544e72f41fcab0cbc46e9bfc98a"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>increasing economic opportunities in farming and rural communities;</text></clause> <clause id="id5190397152ee408bb38be61579f56b50"><enum>(v)</enum><text>reducing nonfarmer ownership of farmland; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id8ea1b3d06202455cb2d390d7f536939d"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>enhancing biodiversity;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id685c3945db1c4af4833350f8cd72bbaa"><enum>(H)</enum><text>an assessment of the unique risk management and crop insurance needs of agrivoltaic systems;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idd6ea18f04d5447eab22435f0c8d04af4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an assessment of how Federal procurement of agricultural products could help build a market for agricultural products from farms with agrivoltaic systems; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id89bfb84a7eaf43a9bc6f6df823931ba9"><enum>(J)</enum><text>an assessment of how Federal agricultural conservation programs, renewable energy programs, and investment tax credits can better support agrivoltaic systems. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H433D9289C7B6429CBF00C198215E382B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>5-year plan</header><text>Based on the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall develop a 5-year plan for using the research, extension, outreach, conservation, and renewable energy activities of the Department of Agriculture to better support agrivoltaic systems that do not displace agricultural production.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5A9D09A86FF14CA8BC197CA7579939E5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report containing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id5a15f14330a54cdc977d27f13ff6c851"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agrivoltaic system research and demonstration</header>
<paragraph id="id628ed72653664af985828875339f9492"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service and in coordination with the relevant research programs of the Department of Energy, shall establish and maintain a network of research and demonstration sites operated by the Agricultural Research Service to investigate and demonstrate agrivoltaic systems in multiple regions of the United States, including arid, semi-arid, and wet agricultural zones, that—</text> <subparagraph id="id3498134ece6a452b85efc1259e396029"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increase agricultural productivity and profitability;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id633186f82e34463791e06809b2daa77c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enhance agricultural resilience and the capacity to mitigate and adapt to climate change;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id64fd9504e09e4ee19be6ec4614960966"><enum>(C)</enum><text>protect biodiversity; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id6e7e894a1b4a4bca85a8ca9318c913ad"><enum>(D)</enum><text>increase economic opportunities in farming and rural communities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="ida1269d00c7644a618d4f1fc6eec62314"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In establishing and maintaining the network described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall collaborate with USDA Climate Hubs to share research findings and translate research findings into educational, outreach, and technical assistance materials for agricultural producers.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3a80765001b64e5f9abaa341209d8870"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter. </text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H19277D0E3BEF440BA661FBB65A543331"><enum>603.</enum><header>AgSTAR program</header> <subsection id="H778FBA1594DA4452909A7144EA0CA79F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall maintain the program known as the <quote>AgSTAR program</quote> within the Department of Agriculture, under which the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HE797255D1F064AD2950EC4C35D266CB2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>support the use of anaerobic digestion in the agricultural sector to reduce methane emissions from livestock waste;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD5BCF2FEFA52407AB767B373773B7A8A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conduct outreach, education, and training on anaerobic digestion of livestock waste;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6128F0151BC4489BB8C7499262828F27"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide technical and regulatory assistance on anaerobic digestion of livestock waste to stakeholders, including farmers and ranchers, on issues including—</text> <subparagraph id="H11BC185DDCDE4BC1ACA5A45B3F9F2645"><enum>(A)</enum><text>permitting;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4DDEE79231AE4281BB6942288A60DB42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>codigestion of multiple organic wastes in one digester; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB4A243AEA0FD42BDBA9BF0F94707B141"><enum>(C)</enum><text>interconnection to physically link a digester to the electrical power grid;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2D6B95C7308D4769B9C26F8991A1C2D6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>promote centralized, multifarm digesters that use livestock waste from more than 1 farm or ranch;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8FC4C64B9D824AC99B8E5339634A0381"><enum>(5)</enum><text>collect and report data on anaerobic digestion of livestock waste; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFAAD466B9B254016B8BE515FA7F7CAF1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>maintain a database of on-farm anaerobic digester projects in the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1010A72994834EA799DEF02D3F699E90"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transition from EPA</header> <paragraph id="id7443FB435A25481ABA5A2D903449DAB0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall take such steps as are necessary to provide for an orderly transition for the activities carried out under the AgSTAR program by the Environmental Protection Agency to be carried out by the Secretary, in accordance with subsection (c).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id310D3D3172B944F58FD52EFF06F485F5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall finish carrying out paragraph (1) by not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, such that the Secretary has sole jurisdiction of the AgSTAR program by that date. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H824B75268B7F40EDB85896E9CA141A36"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out the AgSTAR program through the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service—</text>
<paragraph id="id630E79A05DA94E058B374392F4044297"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in coordination with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and other Federal agencies as necessary; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id536634F1E81E4AA9BE4C450A395A63DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in partnership with the climate hubs, cooperative extension services, and agencies of the Department of Agriculture.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H643680F1D89040A3AE790B8CAC7E3079" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the AgSTAR program not more than $5,000,000 for each fiscal year. </text></subsection></section> <enum>VII</enum><header>Food Loss and Waste</header> <subtitle id="H2A759CAFE51F4C5FAD5EF8C79BCDEB46"><enum>A</enum><header>Food Date Labeling</header> <section id="HBDED99936BBC4A07BF40156CF0DBB539"><enum>701.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="H0557C9EEABCE416FA9E4597F7FDD7E03"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administering Secretaries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>administering Secretaries</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HD459C089851D4A41BAF05BEDCC6FEC74"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary, with respect to any product that is—</text>
<clause id="id8C07AD85586347B1A4856A5A9AD768EA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under the jurisdiction of the Secretary; and</text></clause> <clause id="HDAB42596325E4AD5B01B1FC6E796CC00"><enum>(ii)</enum> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idA5D7A6323FEA4229BA99894E14FA198D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a poultry product (as defined in section 4 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/453">21 U.S.C. 453</external-xref>));</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id83545803A3394BCBBA0DF37AAF55292E" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a meat food product (as defined in section 1 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/601">21 U.S.C. 601</external-xref>)); or</text></subclause> <subclause id="idE999E93CD35647528B184E421E1EAA8A" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>an egg product (as defined in section 4 of the Egg Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/1033">21 U.S.C. 1033</external-xref>)); and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE7708E095AFF48B68BFC7DA1AC1CD063"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with respect to any product that is—</text> <clause id="id128BB4C72BFB42E29E7F33AA07685832"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and</text></clause>
<clause id="idE04E78C6EB4B495995FEA65EBAEBE73C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a food (as defined in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/321">21 U.S.C. 321</external-xref>)).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6FB25EDB7FBD43FFBF9ADB7BF8AE86CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Discard date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>discard date</term> means a date voluntarily printed on food packaging that signifies the end of the estimated period of shelf life under any stated storage conditions, after which the food labeler advises the product not be consumed.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC526DB5699FA41D7B28AF29AE469E776"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Food labeler</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>food labeler</term> means the producer, manufacturer, distributor, or retailer that places a date label on food packaging of a product.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H52123C8C743143A88520D9680C010AF3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Quality date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>quality date</term> means a date voluntarily printed on food packaging that is intended to communicate to consumers the date after which—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF6B63E089F1D4625A8E3FB9E98B44EA4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the quality of the product may begin to deteriorate; but</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H356E756BF27E45C0A67A42883BD983BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the product remains apparently wholesome food (as defined in subsection (b) of the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1791">42 U.S.C. 1791(b)</external-xref>)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H2BD4336E9E5E4349A0E3E55A649A628C"><enum>702.</enum><header>Quality dates and discard dates</header>
<subsection id="HADFF386FA4FC474A97A12683858BE92C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Quality dates</header>
<paragraph id="H7F1B6ACD2BD1472485D01D55E57877DE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If a food labeler includes a quality date on food packaging, the label shall use the uniform quality date label phrase under paragraph (2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7A0A9E6519C6437292B7D1EF3E7BDF1F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Uniform phrase</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The uniform quality date label phrase under this paragraph shall be <quote>BEST If Used By</quote> or, if permissible under subsection (c)(3), the standard abbreviation of <quote>BB</quote>, unless and until the administering Secretaries, acting jointly, specify through rulemaking another uniform phrase to be used for purposes of complying with paragraph (1).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B9B223E9E8F4061B4D6E8DA4ABA9ECB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Option of the labeler</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The decisions on whether to include a quality date on food packaging and which foods should be so labeled shall be at the discretion of the food labeler.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA6E6F3CC94634AE9B79CB9E8BB269CCD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Discard dates</header> <paragraph id="H6C10DEA58CCC45DEB4C3C459992608AB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a food labeler includes a discard date on food packaging, the label shall use the uniform discard date label phrase under paragraph (2).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3932CE9887B546BA838F1931C0E8D834"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Uniform phrase</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The uniform discard date label phrase under this paragraph shall be <quote>USE By</quote> or, if permissible under subsection (c)(3), the standard abbreviation of <quote>UB</quote>, unless and until the administering Secretaries, acting jointly, specify through rulemaking another uniform phrase to be used for purposes of complying with paragraph (1).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB8B511805D7E4A449B34632F84053009"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Option of the labeler</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The decisions on whether to include a discard date on food packaging and which foods should be so labeled shall be at the discretion of the food labeler.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2C5135A03900448E8ED022C57993C0A9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Quality date and discard date labeling</header>
<paragraph id="H869EB2427BF84288A63F4A066ED7743E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The quality date or discard date, as applicable, and immediately adjacent uniform quality date label phrase or discard date label phrase—</text> <subparagraph id="H78A7B7597590448CB9F986EEAB813786"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be—</text>
<clause id="H64BACB2ECA0045099DBC40C94180E876"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in single easy-to-read type style; and</text></clause> <clause id="H8A1E16C701394B4D8C17515F2E0C22D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">located in a conspicuous place on the package of the food; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFA43E75F9D1C4C378419B78EEA7A3927"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may be on the label or, at the discretion of the food labeler, elsewhere on the package.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H977EBDEAC69E437ABE6C1434EB0BECE3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Date format</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each quality date and discard date shall be stated in terms of day and month and, as appropriate, year.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE8A90904FFD4468AB267193852CFF9A8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Abbreviations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A food labeler may use a standard abbreviation of <quote>BB</quote> and <quote>UB</quote> for the quality date and discard date, respectively, only if the food packaging is too small to include the uniform phrase described in subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2), as applicable.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA9AEB50AF3AF499B8712A82BD943091C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Freeze by</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A food labeler may add <quote>or Freeze By</quote> following a quality date or discard date uniform phrase.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H51049A540E344BCBA43515E111B1A550"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the administering Secretaries, acting jointly, shall provide consumer education and outreach on the meaning of quality date and discard date food labels.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2D519E6FB8BE477DB9D723F15CDE91AF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rules of construction; preemption</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H0FFF4F78FEDE4FE68531BC3993D6624B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Infant formula</header><text>This title and the amendments made by this title shall not—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0209141D256B4F81BF4081ACB13AD3BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>apply to infant formula (as defined in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/321">21 U.S.C. 321</external-xref>)); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H0087BE9029CE40EBAA96E3B7CE40C7F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>affect the requirements relating to infant formula established under section 412 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/350a">21 U.S.C. 350a</external-xref>) or other applicable provisions of law.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA2176DB85D0A44499EB4746E62B554AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sale or donation of food based on discard date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this title or an amendment made by this title prohibits any State or political subdivision of a State from establishing or continuing in effect any requirement that prohibits the sale or donation of foods based on passage of the discard date.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H396D2B4DCD9343E78EE0F02B96FB7B1D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Time temperature indicator labels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this title or an amendment made by this title prohibits or restricts the use of time-temperature indicator labels or similar technology that is in addition to or in lieu of any uniform quality date label phrase under subsection (a)(2) or uniform discard date label phrase under subsection (b)(2). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H21AB353647CD4AD48BA105056590B568"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Preemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No State or political subdivision of a State may establish or continue in effect any requirement that—</text> <subparagraph id="H8128EC7E0A86435991CAC751E6BA4323"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">relates to the inclusion in food labeling of a quality date or a discard date that is different from or in addition to, or that is otherwise not identical with, the requirements of this Act and the amendments made by this Act; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H85B67BDE7771482E89F47FAD1A93542D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prohibits the sale or donation of foods based on passage of the quality date.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF327839AB5EC448199F1D48C7BBEA207"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The administering Secretaries, acting jointly and in coordination with the Federal Trade Commission, shall ensure that the uniform quality date label phrase and uniform discard date label phrase are standardized across all food products.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDA4B6F5E26084C57A438C70F021C7D12"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Savings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (4), nothing in this title, any amendment made by this title, or any standard or requirement imposed pursuant to this title preempts, displaces, or supplants any State or Federal common law rights or any State or Federal statute creating a remedy for civil relief, including a remedy for civil damage, or a penalty for criminal conduct.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H803DF53F94F74791920C7C7A72351908"><enum>703.</enum><header>Misbranding</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H822953A93D68432980C19E4EB96C394C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>FDA violations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/343">21 U.S.C. 343</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HC0E478B8A9BB4CAA94CC16C31D1E97F0"><enum>(z)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If it is food and its labeling is in violation of section 702 of the <short-title>Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023</short-title>.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H57F8705F0B4545979FA84186A1E608A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Poultry products</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(h) of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/453">21 U.S.C. 453(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE70D3D968C574A4DAA1E8E61F3AE7755"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (11), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5DBCBF672DBF4F8AAFD1694F0D8E64F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (12), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCA08BEB4EEFF4A49A01B0CB0B55F846B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D3E46D1BE014A56823BEA017A39FF46"> <paragraph id="HD2F26D8B1EE74793A785ED6863BCF711"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if its labeling is in violation of section 702 of the <short-title>Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023</short-title>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA13A895147E1487399920CFD875FED0E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Meat products</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1(n) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/601">21 U.S.C. 601(n)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H10799A52D6AD4CA9A67D10212BD783C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (11), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1274B85A849F47D1A34D623E59EF2D11"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (12), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9F9329B7C4D640E6A91FD6653B626416"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HCC6B0F0865304D6AA909D148B4351302"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if its labeling is in violation of section 702 of the <short-title>Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023</short-title>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H12B5D7ECCC934FA3A509D3328C84D3F8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Egg products</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7(b) of the Egg Products Inspection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/1036">21 U.S.C. 1036(b)</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by inserting <quote>or if its labeling is in violation of section 702 of the <short-title>Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023</short-title></quote> before the period at the end.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H76CA20B133AA4DDBA5E9626C50439D5F"><enum>704.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the administering Secretaries, acting jointly, shall promulgate final regulations for carrying out this title and the amendments made by this title.</text></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="H8F65FC2A67F7492A81DD5A6BE8A6134E"><enum>705.</enum><header>Delayed applicability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title and the amendments made by this title shall apply only with respect to food products that are labeled on or after the date that is 2 years after the date of promulgation of final regulations under section 704.</text></section></subtitle>
<subtitle commented="no" id="H9406768ADF6D4F54BCAD6F2A66305AF6"><enum>B</enum><header>Other Provisions</header>
<section id="id9f67cda7fd524ad88d847d45892b46a2"><enum>711.</enum><header>Composting as conservation practice</header>
<subsection id="id1eeb61f6993e4c7f94386ff29fdf8999"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conservation standards and requirements</header><text>Section 1241(j) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(j)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id632bc35a2a6d488a97c86ffaf9b43717"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id576c336b13b04281831ceb486fe70911"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8e5a0380efd0475ca6f531e92601f87e"> <paragraph id="id2d5d01d7071140c3966123fb59435499"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Composting as conservation practice and activity</header> <subparagraph id="idf7cb19f1d83a4bdc883d2973ba9c9569"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall, by regulation, provide that composting is a conservation practice and a conservation activity for the purposes of this title.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id77711043b19649fe978d3c27444e89dc"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definition of composting</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6b05540c4484a2195b1a5e49d170f43"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>composting</term> means—</text> <subclause id="id8d2e92f61e484c5284a02023c60b082e"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an activity (including an activity that does not require the use of a composting facility) to produce compost from organic waste that is—</text>
<item id="id9a28d4d484954ecb8a8d80a498e4873d"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>generated on a farm; or</text></item> <item id="idebb2c33c262d4653b40eeef72a42c2c0"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>brought to a farm from a nearby community and used to produce compost on that farm; and</text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="idbef41b8f6c614474ab44237becc5811b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the use and active management of compost on a farm, in accordance with any applicable Federal, State, or local law, to improve water retention and soil health.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="id5d2633ada5d44902b13854db11716a81"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Determination of nearby communities</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall issue regulations for determining whether a community is nearby for purposes of clause (i)(I)(bb), which shall ensure that bringing organic waste from the community to the farm to produce compost results in a net reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id52a23ef1287d43f5b9c9923a8ae66b95"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conservation stewardship program</header><text>Section 1240I(2)(B)(i) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-21">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–21(2)(B)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and composting (as defined in section 1241(j)(2)(B))</quote> after <quote>agriculture drainage management systems</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="id54aad35c1c8c4e158433a6bcd5e037b7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Environmental quality incentives program</header><text>Section 1240A(6)(A)(ii) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-1">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–1(6)(A)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, including composting (as defined in section 1241(j)(2)(B))</quote> before the semicolon at the end.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="iddaf8d54d21de4881a75e9b90a8566b34"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Delivery of technical assistance</header><text>Section 1242(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3842">16 U.S.C. 3842(h)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide7b29e36bb0243ec98f03cea6ac59883"> <paragraph id="id5478f59913384d69a428e1c105af736a"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Development of composting practice standard</header><text>In addition to conducting a review under this subsection of any composting facilities practice standard established before the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall develop and implement a composting practice standard under the process developed under paragraph (3).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section section-type="subsequent-section" id="H22F24703750D49A29619E56F540E0102"><enum>712.</enum><header>Amendments to Federal Food Donation Act</header>
<subsection id="HDE6EAB440DC54E00BF50BB7B66F97BD5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of the Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/247">Public Law 110–247</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1792">42 U.S.C. 1792</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>encourage</quote> and inserting <quote>require</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8A34278991A440E2855785224E07432F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 3 of the Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/247">Public Law 110–247</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1792">42 U.S.C. 1792</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDF5168F5F3F54181AD743078CEDAE3B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1436590DEFD54CA6A99C562496383305"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H59C3E6CB9F2F457E8383E8A7C181FB7F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Executive agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>executive agency</term> has the meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFA6858091B8F483CBCC0A5F1A140659B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report on food waste by certain Federal contractors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4 of the Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1792">42 U.S.C. 1792</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H41EB2A2462A74AD79DA1827A34EC817D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17ABC7DC496E42FB9ACA77D8C8573D16"> <subsection id="H27F7F441C92545ECB8721564A4AAF118"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header> <paragraph id="H78A355A6E39B458382339635121FFA58"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023</short-title>, the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued in accordance with section 1121 of title 41, United States Code, shall be revised to provide that, except as provided in paragraph (2), all contracts greater than $10,000 for the provision, service, or sale of food in the United States, or for the lease or rental of Federal property to a private entity for events at which food is provided in the United States, shall include a clause that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBE0241F16FF24ADC8032A4A53098021E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires the donation of excess, apparently wholesome food to nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to food-insecure people in the United States; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE356E660A69D497FBACD2C4069FD5A7B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">states the terms and conditions described in subsection (b); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAFB5E17F5C704E4A8F6DA0D4265FB968"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires the submission of a report, annually if applicable—</text> <clause id="id41AFB293A814442FA0AD9DEAF1C4A4EC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in a form and manner specified by the executive agency awarding the contract; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id75B6E1FBBFD348F29BF86C301A741B95"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that describes, for each month of performance of the contract during the period covered by the report, the weight of apparently wholesome food that was disposed of pursuant to the contract by—</text> <subclause id="H1ACAAC1ABA404B14AE23F7D2FAEA1935"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">donation, organized by the name of the organization receiving the food;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H565D5330AAEA49198175D5CCDF894E46"><enum>(II)</enum><text>composting or other recycling; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H65789EC11E634D8CAC4B170D3648748A"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">discarding, organized by the reason that the food was discarded. </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB9F78912E8814D3A99F72AEF0E586566"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a contract with an executive agency that has issued a regulation in effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023</short-title> that prohibits a donation described in paragraph (1)(A).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE55E2E2CE1C49448308F40ADFA56AC4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HD3D6FDA302534400985D6C974E2E4775"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application to Congress</header>
<paragraph id="H5E09FD3C00AA40D784905EB55C59C4EC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This Act shall apply to the House of Representatives and the Senate, and to contracts entered into by the House of Representatives and the Senate, in the same manner and to the same extent as this Act applies to an executive agency and to contracts entered into by an executive agency pursuant to this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H004FB255E3A141619BFBE32C24936517"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of carrying out paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6DC6CCCC818942329BA96E30289991BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall be considered to be the head of the House of Representatives; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6763036AD7694947B5550646A2092DA3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of the Senate shall be considered to be the head of the Senate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H69A27EAEE34841E587CFD51B018C1E51"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="H0B9005BB1A0F4405A77A3AF95792F10B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report to OMB</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date on which an executive agency receives a report described in subsection (a)(1)(C), the executive agency shall submit a copy of the report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H865B922F01E44735B497D5DA946BEEC8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress an annual report aggregating the information in the reports received under paragraph (1) during the year covered by the report to Congress.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H98A441172831411A97C72ABAB125CAD3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>The Federal Food Donation Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/247">Public Law 110–247</external-xref>; 122 Stat. 2314) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H626057E79D0D47BEBE70EAEEFFC2890D"> <section id="H2D11524905A34330B4C8EE049E0A1DCA"><enum>5.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out this Act $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="HFBE0EB9ECD054645A77012B948C26FE0"><enum>713.</enum><header>Grants for composting and anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy projects</header>
<subsection id="HE63A16627C6940E1A62A28C9F64769BD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle G of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6971">42 U.S.C. 6971 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4AEEB8AED4A14372B3031F8318EFC476"> <section id="HFCA4C4B90BC2441BAAC8F058698D98DB"><enum>7011.</enum><header>Grants for composting and anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy projects</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id331CF0CB22CF4E478F1C7E95ECAF440E"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>State</term> means—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6CE9FB48CA354F829246C2E1F93054F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each of the several States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96E5F312826C4EB9A2AAF00CCFFDD495"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the District of Columbia;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A1884E0149348D4B6165BFA36DD03C7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each territory or possession of the United States; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76852945C8F7418DB5AC4818EE2E8A0F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each federally recognized Indian Tribe.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFDFA1C0AA5DD47BB8459309703DE836E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The Administrator shall establish a grant program to award grants to States eligible to receive the grants under subsection (c)(1) to construct large-scale composting or anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy projects.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA823B7A6558C4350AAE4EE24647468EB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible States</header> <paragraph id="HAC985333C2BC4304AFCE029AF8D5E519"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a State shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9543FB9C77C844DFADB083EB224743C4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have in effect a plan to limit the quantity of food waste that may be disposed of in landfills in the State; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H82C48DF274CB4FCE9043C0E8060DBBE5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide to the Administrator—</text>
<clause id="HBD06CED3DA7F4E0FB5DF541AFA939735"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a written commitment that the State has read and agrees to comply with the Food Recovery Hierarchy of the Environmental Protection Agency, particularly as applied to apparently wholesome food (as defined in section 22(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1791">42 U.S.C. 1791(b)</external-xref>)) that may be provided to or received by the State; and</text></clause> <clause id="H641CA53A90AC4E78AD1DAB5457A3E6D4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a written end-product recycling plan that provides for the beneficial use of the material resulting from any anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy operation with respect to which the grant is made, in a manner that meets all applicable Federal, State, and local laws that protect human health and the environment.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF31E6DF1381A47B6918DB1E3E68B4F9D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A grant under subsection (b) may not be used for an anaerobic digester that uses solely manure as undigested biomass.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC0A09D47BFB4E1190EAB5EC3E104DEF"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preference</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall give preference to grants under subsection (b) for anaerobic digesters that use primarily nonedible food, crop waste, or nonedible food and crop waste as undigested biomass.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFB1993AB8D504C929630E03FB81E4328"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each fiscal year.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H700D942ACED14E808EF8039B95B1D1BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for the Solid Waste Disposal Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6901">42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7010 the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 7011. Grants for composting and anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy projects.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H1953514AE8A341AFBA49749660D2F8F4"><enum>714.</enum><header>School food waste reduction grant program</header>
<subsection id="H7A52FB2373374515A1E133D5F1667A5F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1769">42 U.S.C. 1769</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before subsection (b) the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F88C118C3BA41CB9D50151AAB54D0A6"> <subsection id="H88E74E9102F34BC586071982FBB0F200"><enum>(a)</enum><header>School food waste reduction grant program</header> <paragraph id="id14274524E3044B8286D5689D636A275C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of eligible local educational agency</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>eligible local educational agency</term> means a local educational agency that participates in the school lunch program under this Act or the school breakfast program established under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773</external-xref>). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H95967406DF0F48FA85F1110DEE3E7DB2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a program to make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible local educational agencies to carry out food waste measurement, prevention, and reduction projects.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H407E2F50D138493789848ACE6713E070"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regional balance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8F06FBA2F0224FE99F002786A4DD6F73"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that a grant is awarded to an eligible local educational agency in each region served by the Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3A7D3BB36DF645D6B8024EC34E0404DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>equitable treatment of rural, urban, and tribal communities. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC784019AB3E74C8EABA17738978105DD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Grants</header>
<subparagraph id="HEA7B1CCE1F60470381DF1E27D060D245"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible local educational agency shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H24871311E6714BEFA7DCDC0478F61094"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to an eligible local educational agency that demonstrates in the application submitted under subparagraph (A) that the grant will be used—</text>
<clause id="H5179CD2DC65A419FBF0FC7EAD6B2FE18"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to carry out experiential education activities that encourage children enrolled in the eligible local educational agency to participate in food waste measurement and education; </text></clause> <clause id="H18173130A4D443D697BE320DEF0B9798"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to prioritize the best use of food in accordance with the Food Recovery Hierarchy published by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE8275AFBE0464474BB75744470275640"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>with respect to food waste prevention and reduction, to collaborate with other eligible local educational agencies, Indian Tribes, nongovernmental and community-based organizations, and other community partners; </text></clause> <clause id="H872F5D6734AF4C66A28EE3C65D6903E4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to establish a food waste measurement, prevention, and reduction project with long-term sustainability; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HF8030B427E854723A18860AFA292C3CD"><enum>(v)</enum><text>to evaluate the activities described in clauses (i) through (iv) and make evaluation plans. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEE8EDAB8D77241CA96D53F275C29BA3B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>An eligible local educational agency that receives a grant under this subsection shall use the grant to carry out 1 or more of the following activities:</text>
<clause id="H001AB85603264BF1863EC0A4A16E86DF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Planning a food waste measurement, prevention, and reduction project.</text></clause> <clause id="HCEA1BA6ED1D94F4DAD8B97635BBA06C0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Implementing a food waste measurement, prevention, and reduction project.</text></clause>
<clause id="H293557073E104D54BC777ACF8B088BF9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Providing training to support a food waste measurement, prevention, and reduction project.</text></clause> <clause id="HC18D879580784458AE45E24421F8F434"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Purchasing equipment to support a food waste measurement, prevention, and reduction project.</text></clause>
<clause id="H9AF0EAB700784B79BBA1A7B9063D4171"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Offering food waste education to students enrolled in the eligible local educational agency. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDF927765CEEE4ACA8DCDB90FE3EA7D81"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Cost-sharing</header> <clause id="H14DABE7DF4474BD9A1EE23BCC2A4E985"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amount of a grant provided under this subsection shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the project for which the grant is provided.</text></clause>
<clause id="idc675b9a05a894a86b71bd36f18802c04"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Non-federal share</header><text>An eligible local educational agency that receives a grant under this subsection shall use non-Federal funds in the form of cash or in-kind contributions, including facilities, equipment, or services provided by State and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and private sources, to pay for the remaining cost of the project for which the grant is provided.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4DD54870E80843C38253004756948489"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Evaluation</header> <subparagraph id="H6494FCB19C2F462DB6D812AE653D3B0C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text>As a condition of receiving a grant under this subsection, each eligible local educational agency shall agree to cooperate in an evaluation by the Secretary of the project carried out by the eligible local educational agency as part of the evaluation conducted by the Secretary under subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H561737D2ED86473C89D47DD3442A8E1E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Periodic evaluation</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023</short-title>, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall evaluate the grants made under this subsection, including—</text> <clause id="HB0012FD8F367416583416BBC8CA51E6C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of Federal funds used to award those grants; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H1EF3C69DF4D84D389A2E36B0A4BEC2ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an evaluation of the outcomes of the projects carried out using those grants.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id5139989FD1E2419AA0BCB853651C9721"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to Congress as a report each evaluation carried out under subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H0194F62C746A46ACBDAE7DCBEF3F4057"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical <editorial></editorial>assistance</header><text>Section 21(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1769b-1">42 U.S.C. 1769b–1(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCDE7FC00E0A84EBBBFFBB26B8C424450"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8756F39282BB4C428BCEB4A50C677E86"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H832E9AA713ED458FAA7D90D6F93E8F1E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text>
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<paragraph id="H5A599575387C4235BD3992D7C42A645D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">food waste measurement, prevention, and reduction.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="id439e71435d0048119384639000024426"><enum>715.</enum><header>Support for national media campaigns to decrease incidence of food waste</header> <subsection id="idbd322264f57143c0aff7955f1cb463eb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall support national media campaigns to decrease the incidence of food waste.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="idb762fad93ecc424898e7e24ecedc3db1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H42084330BF174A09ABDAF03838DDBEAC"><enum>716.</enum><header>Food waste research program</header> <subsection id="HDFDC851BDB264EF18C5FCFC62C0E8CD5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Food Loss and Waste Reduction Liaison of the Department of Agriculture (in this section referred to as the <quote>Liaison</quote>) shall establish a partnership with 5 regional partner institutions, selected under subsection (c), to carry out a Food Waste Research Program (in this section referred to as the <quote>Program</quote>). </text></subsection>
<subsection id="HCE00A06411FE479DBF521F660E0B6446"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Food waste research program requirements</header>
<paragraph id="HF7010DFE94264EC5A13B82209DB61D0E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the Program, the Liaison, in partnership with the 5 regional partner institutions selected under subsection (c), shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HBA4BA57BF293456CA1CF7F1C754A0E7E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>plan, conduct, and arrange for public research, data, education, and recommendations within the areas of study specified in paragraph (2), as such areas relate to food waste reduction and food recovery issues nationwide, regionally, and locally; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H29303CB37E5B47D3A952EE2635B3B552"><enum>(B)</enum><text>carry out the activities of the Program within a variety of regions in the United States, which are identified and categorized by the Liaison based on the specific food recovery and food waste reduction issues of such regions;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE42EE02E6D574BC584EC09AC59727534"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identify areas to increase efficiency in the allocation of resources and the coordination, cooperation, and consolidation of efforts as they relate to local, statewide, Tribal, regional, and Federal food recovery and food waste reduction efforts;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEC3DF9925A53491FB785242608986B2C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>create a Program website, as described in paragraph (4), to disseminate information to the public; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H676C039E18A147BF96D523AB0E2E79B7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>collaborate with other colleges, universities, and nonprofit organizations in the regions selected by the Liaison that have demonstrated capability for research, information dissemination, and professional training in order to develop regional networks that are knowledgeable in food waste reduction issues. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA0EE2D7392D84138B6BF4B01E62A833B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Areas of Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the duties listed in paragraph (1), the Liaison and the regional partner institutions shall consider the following areas of study: </text> <subparagraph id="HBA45E7638F4D4F0E9BE5A5D1B8F0BDE3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Reducing the volume of surplus food produced.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6B8E38C82D134E158C13A7727B1B3B80"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Utilizing excess food to feed individuals in need, including through the use of donations of surplus food. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H659A0D95E4924995A99EAA3534E9F03C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Diverting food unusable for purposes described in subparagraph (B) to feed animals.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAA1F18110DE94D8C8780CF91F2DD54EF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Utilizing food waste to create renewable energy sources. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5910D0F29DAD47B085084174DAB70610"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Composting food waste to create nutrient rich soil.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD54C0658D3654F4C956ABFD28D2E74BB"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Diminishing the deposits of food waste in landfills and reducing the incineration of food waste.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4443CE9421294869B18A395374558838" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of Funds</header> <subparagraph id="HF5AF7F7308394941AB1AD39325BC0E6F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Liaison may make funds available under this section to improve the capacities and facilities of the regional partner institutions to a level that meets the requirements of the role of a regional partner institution.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8E29533B98A84553AB662B2A365F42BE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A regional partner institution may not receive any funding for any facility upgrade under subparagraph (A), unless—</text> <clause id="HA9E4F8435A244F5DA5B86C943F7EFC9E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the regional partner institution submits to the Liaison a plan detailing the type of facility construction or improvements to take place (including any land acquisition, engineering, design, and staffing and equipment needs, in addition to other information as required by the Liaison); and</text></clause>
<clause id="HB09980091F454A138E81964541F4F69D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Liaison approves such plan. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H987D78F7CCB64D58A9B8D9CC6B7CE781"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Non-Federal Cost Share for Facility Improvement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A regional partner institution shall be required to provide at least a 20-percent non-Federal cost share for facility improvement or construction projects pursued by a regional partner institution under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H731E5787DF3245FBB328226D09B567F6"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Matching Funds for Operating Expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A regional partner institution shall be required to provide at least a 30-percent non-Federal cost share for all Program operating expenses related to such regional partner institution.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6D38FF144DDB468C8CD2D5951D73B2A9"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Wage Rate Requirements</header><text>A construction activity carried out pursuant to this subsection shall meet Federal prevailing wage requirements as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of part A of subtitle II of title 40, United States Code (commonly referred to as the <quote>Davis-Bacon Act</quote>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE3BB318AE1F14B04A3061D6FF21E80A2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Food waste research program website</header><text>The Liaison shall establish a website that shall contain at least the following information:</text> <subparagraph id="H5FD57EB3869B43B58F8707A32A3607FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Key findings and best practices.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFFB9A0025E0F41C4BB33E1AA24688CD1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A list of collaborations and partnerships carried out pursuant to this subsection.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBDAEE98D9D2F49E7A96403C93A5AB00C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Annual reports and other pertinent information on the duties of the Program.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD0D37DB9590B4B71BBA2A8C44209ADDF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The location and contact information for regional partner institutions.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4740FA04D1F542F58EAE4FC8F8C33CBB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Federal, State, local, and regionally specific public research, data, education, and policy recommendations that shall be updated in a timely manner with new information.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H920AC88A91B94B03A218BA670F287CCE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Tools for tracking reduction efforts and measuring food waste production.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2DE57DEF376F45A89AE26E11CBEB614F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection of regional partner institutions</header> <paragraph id="H148EC50DF5784EAC8C07C1B599DCDDC8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Liaison shall select 5 regional partner institutions to partner with to carry out the requirements of the Program under subsection (b).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9B520848F48D4DC285D2DCBDFCF0C44E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criteria for Regional Partner Institutions</header><text>In making a selection under paragraph (1), the Liaison shall select an institution of higher education that—</text> <subparagraph id="HF30E1192EA98421685788F368DA8CB9D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has a focus or expertise in at least one of the areas of study described in subsection (b)(2); </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB54066B8418B45E6BF46C744ED0D760F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has the ability to plan, conduct, and arrange for public research, data, education, and recommendations related to food waste reduction and the areas of study described in subsection (b)(2);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF509129D2B7E47CFA84503A1C32E7673"><enum>(C)</enum><text>can assist the Liaison in fulfilling the duties listed in subsection (b)(1);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2BEAB5890AC74AA5B9361D5AB6940F74"><enum>(D)</enum><text>can contribute the required non-Federal funding to maintain a regional partner institution center; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H13D41C9209D347DBA4BF0B98E831EB5F"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">satisfies any other criteria determined by the Liaison.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB0DC4F4E8BC346DBAEA2B6604A31704B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible sub-awardees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State, Tribal, or local government, local educational agency, agricultural or commodity organization, farmer, or other organization focused on food waste prevention may serve as an eligible sub-awardee of a regional partner institution if the entity meets the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB500A4D462D04996BC8BB0BDA0C4ED21"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Employment status</header><text>Members of regional partner institutions shall not be considered Federal employees for any purpose. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H11E066FCF63644D1904BAD998A29EFA0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Collaboration with Federal, regional, State, Tribal, and local governments and organizations</header><text>The Liaison, in conjunction with the 5 regional partner institutions selected under subsection (c), shall collaborate and share best practices on regional, State, Tribal, and locally specific food waste and food waste reduction issues with—</text> <paragraph id="H235E22D25717413591C9809F9F4DF84B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>State and county governments;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD22FCC6B56FB4C8D88EAD3ED88422879"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Tribal governments; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H42C9A54F09EF4100A68B7785EBA3872B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>units of local government;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD1127F993C6648B597E8FCEC0EDE97FC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>local educational entities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB065C5E18E85473FA5492F5970062FD5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>colleges and universities;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H669951AF88924646974157B93DBDC578"><enum>(6)</enum><text>agricultural and commodity organizations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC80889063B094E4ABB01C9DC78FAA408"><enum>(7)</enum><text>farmers; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBBBCA78FE9BE401EB1EFD3401680D867"><enum>(8)</enum><text>organizations focused on food waste prevention. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H254D64AD187E439F96A41E3680EE5679"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Information collection and dissemination</header> <paragraph id="H561B8B8FA4A74B84B909F939D653987F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report of regional partner institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the regional partnership institutions shall submit to the Liaison a report containing the activities, partnerships, collaborations, Federal policy recommendations, previous and continuing budgets, findings, and any other applicable information carried out under the Program.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H583D4930CCBC4F8AAC7EF69E8E89C645"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Liaison report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Liaison shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and publish on the Program website an annual report containing a compilation of the activities, partnerships, collaborations, Federal policy recommendations, previous and continuing budgets, findings, and any other applicable information relating to the Program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9A509A65FE74425D90463EEF9358C5EF" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review of report</header><text>The Liaison shall review the annual report from the regional partner institutions to ensure that funds are being used efficiently according to the duties of the Program and that the Program is producing utilizable public research, data, education, and recommendations related to food waste and food waste reduction issues. </text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>