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HR 5043 118th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural education Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Agricultural research Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Government studies and investigations Higher education Minority and disadvantaged businesses Rural conditions and development Small business Soil pollution

Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2023

Introduced: August 22, 2023 Introduced by: Salinas, Andrea Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
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Became law
Sep 19, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Jul 27, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jul 27, 2023
Introduced in House
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Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2023

This bill modifies the Environmental Quality Incentives Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide permanent incentive payments to producers to adopt practices designed to increase organic carbon levels in soil.

USDA must

  • conduct a study regarding changes in soil health and soil organic carbon levels as a result of the adopted practices;
  • develop ranking and scoring criteria under the program that prioritize soil health practices that score highest in soil carbon sequestration on eligible land;
  • create a soil organic carbon conservation activity plan under the program to measure and monitor sequestration and mitigation improvement levels from the practices;
  • provide for streamlined and coordinated procedures for the program and the Conservation Stewardship Program, including for contracting, conservation planning, conservation practices, and related administrative procedures; and
  • establish a program to provide grants to land-grant colleges and universities to conduct research relating to soil health and carbon science and to conduct research relating to soil health and carbon science at its agricultural research stations.
What's happening now September 19, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
Caraveo, Yadira
· Aug 22, 2023
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Jul 27, 2023
 D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Jul 27, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5043: Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5043/
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"H.R. 5043: Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5043/.
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