Advancing Research on Agricultural Soil Health Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill provides standardized soil carbon measurement methodology development and voluntary producer reporting guidance, defines addition of soil carbon sequestration measurement to AFRI research grant priorities, and creates extension of conservation innovation grant timelines and addition of soil carbon sequestration demonstration projects. It relies on compliance mandates, reporting requirements, appropriations, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Agriculture, Environment, Education, and Science & Space.
Who Benefits and How
Predictive modeling and soil science researchers could gain revenue opportunities, Land-grant universities and federal research centers could gain revenue opportunities, and Conservation innovation grant recipients could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service would take on compliance duties, USDA (Secretary of Agriculture) would take on compliance duties, and USDA (Natural Resources Conservation Service and Agricultural Research Service) would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Provides standardized soil carbon measurement methodology development and voluntary producer reporting guidance.
- Defines addition of soil carbon sequestration measurement to AFRI research grant priorities.
- Creates extension of conservation innovation grant timelines and addition of soil carbon sequestration demonstration projects.
- Establishes a national Soil Carbon Inventory and Analysis Network for monitoring soil carbon stocks on cropland, rangeland, pastureland, and wetlands with 5-year inventory cycles, privacy protections, and public...
- Provides new Section 1240N of the Food Security Act establishing the Soil Carbon Inventory and Analysis Network with sampling methodology, 5-year inventory cycles, data privacy protections, partnership with land-grant...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill provides standardized soil carbon measurement methodology development and voluntary producer reporting guidance, defines addition of soil carbon sequestration measurement to AFRI research grant priorities, and creates extension of conservation innovation grant timelines and addition of soil carbon sequestration demonstration projects.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Environment, Education, Science & Space
Primary Purpose
The bill provides standardized soil carbon measurement methodology development and voluntary producer reporting guidance, defines addition of soil carbon sequestration measurement to AFRI research grant priorities, and creates extension of conservation innovation grant timelines and addition of soil carbon sequestration demonstration projects.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- Predictive modeling and soil science researchers
- Land-grant universities and federal research centers
- Conservation innovation grant recipients
- Agricultural researchers pursuing soil carbon measurement tools
- Agricultural producers seeking carbon sequestration estimates
Identified Costs
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
- USDA (Secretary of Agriculture)
- USDA (Natural Resources Conservation Service and Agricultural Research Service)
- Federal taxpayers
- Conservation program administrators at USDA
Sponsors
Tina Smith
D-MN | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Smith (for herself and Mr. Young) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Agricultural landowners on cropland, rangeland, pastureland, and wetlands, Agricultural producers on eligible land, Agricultural producers participating in soil carbon demonstration projects
Agricultural researchers pursuing soil carbon measurement tools, Environmental researchers needing soil carbon data, Predictive modeling and soil science researchers
Conservation program administrators at USDA, Federal research centers, USDA (Natural Resources Conservation Service and Agricultural Research Service)
Positive-direction: Federal research centers
Negative-direction: Conservation program administrators at USDA, USDA (Natural Resources Conservation Service and Agricultural Research Service), USDA (Secretary of Agriculture), USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
1862, 1890, and 1994 Land-Grant Institutions, Land-grant universities (1862, 1890, 1994 Institutions), Land-grant universities and federal research centers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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