Naturally Offsetting Emissions by Managing and Implementing Tillage Strategies Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 4/14/2021
Actions
- 2021-04-14Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 2021-04-14Introduced in House
- 2021-04-14Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-04-14 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (2)
- Eric Crawford (R-AR)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
Subjects
- 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
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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