HR 2508
117th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Accounting and auditing
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farmland
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Livestock
Public contracts and procurement
Naturally Offsetting Emissions by Managing and Implementing Tillage Strategies Act of 2021
Introduced: April 14, 2021
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 14, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Apr 14, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Naturally Offsetting Emissions by Managing and Implementing Tillage Strategies Act of 2021 or the NO EMITS Act
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out activities to improve soil health, including to address climate change.
Specifically, USDA must
- establish a program that provides agricultural producers incentives (i.e., payments) for and technical assistance with adopting or maintaining practices or cropping systems to improve soil health,
- award grants to states and Indian tribes for implementing soil health programs, and
- use a portion of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide agricultural producers with technical assistance for mitigating and adapting to climate change.
The bill also (1) makes practices related to livestock production eligible for certain competitive grants under the On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials program, and (2) increases funding for the program.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Committees of jurisdiction
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