HR 1854
Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act
Summary
Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act This bill requires the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to consider climate benefits in reviews or revisions of its conservation practice standards. Climate benefits include a reduction in agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, an increase in carbon sequestration, or mitigation against (or adaptation to) increased weather volatility. As background, NRCS administers most of the Department of Agriculture conservation programs, which assist producers and landowners who wish to practice conservation on agricultural lands. The NRCS conservation practice standards provide guidance and set out minimum quality criteria for implementing federally funded conservation practices.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA-26]
- Cosponsors
- 6
- Policy area
- Agriculture and Food
- Introduced
- 2025-03-05
- Latest action
- 2025-03-28: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-03-28: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- 2025-03-05: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 2025-03-05: Introduced in House
- 2025-03-05: Introduced in House