To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct research relating to measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct research relating to measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Agriculture, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Advancing Research on Agricultural Climate Impacts Act of 2023.
- Section idD5B45614D19B4786A4BE12BD5817D452: 2. Definition of Secretary In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture.
- Section id9CCF70DF23AA47359272FAE01B4385E1: 3. Standard soil carbon measurement methodology Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a standardized...
- Section id9D2E0A6FEA004BD5AE439F4221BA1774: 4. Development of new measurement tools under AFRI Section 2(b)(2)(D) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 3157(b)(2)(D))...
- Section id2aceb555a97f410d9aaded61d9d9f525: 5. Soil health and carbon demonstration trials Section 1240H(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(c)) is amended— in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct research relating to measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Agriculture, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct research relating to measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Sponsors
Tina Smith
D-MN | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Smith (for herself and Mr. Young) introduced the following …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
- "administrator_of_epa"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a contiguous area of eligible land that has similar resource characteristics. The term resource characteristics means— geographic, climate, natural resource, and soil type characteristics
a contiguous area of eligible land that has similar resource characteristics. The term resource characteristics means— geographic, climate, natural resource, and soil type characteristics
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