Naturally Offsetting Emissions by Managing and Implementing Tillage Strategies Act of 2021
Official title: To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to optimize the sequestration of carbon and the reduction of net emissions through agricultural practices, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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.
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Bodies those filers lobbied
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
- Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)
- Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2508: Naturally Offsetting Emissions by Managing and Implementing Tillage Strategies Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2508/
"H.R. 2508: Naturally Offsetting Emissions by Managing and Implementing Tillage Strategies Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2508/.
H.R. 2508, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2508/.
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