HR 1854 — Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act

Summary

Requires the Natural Resources Conservation Service to review and evaluate the climate benefits of national conservation practice standards.
Expands the scope of conservation practice standards to consider climate benefits, defined as reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, increasing carbon sequestration, or mitigating against or adapting to increased weather volatility.
Requires guidance on conservation practice standards to include consideration of climate benefits alongside conservation innovations.
Sets the review timeline for conservation practice standards at five years after the bill's enactment.

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Sponsor (1)

Rep. Brownley, Julia (D-CA) [#26]

7 cosponsors

Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes (D-DC) [At-large]
Rep. Carson, André (D-IN) [#7]
Rep. Castor, Kathy (D-FL) [#14]
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila (D-WA) [#7]
Rep. Salinas, Andrea (D-OR) [#6]
Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. (D-NM) [#1]
Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. (D-HI) [#2]

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Julia Brownley’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

Employer not reported $9,600
HAAS AUTOMATION $9,100
SPARAGNA & SPARAGNA $6,600
HACKMAN CAPITAL $6,600
UNITED STAFFING ASSOCIATES $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Julia Brownley → · Outside spending →

Actions (3)

Mar 28, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. · house
Mar 5, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
Mar 5, 2025 Introduced in House

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Text versions (1)

Introduced in House · Mar 5, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 5, 2025

Ms. Brownley (for herself, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Salinas, and Ms. Stansbury) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To require the Natural Resources Conservation Service to review the national conservation practice standards, taking into consideration climate benefits, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act”.

SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION OF CLIMATE BENEFITS IN CONSERVATION PRACTICE STANDARDS.

Section 1242(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3842(h)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1)—

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking “1 year after the date of enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018” and inserting “5 years after the date of enactment of the Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act”;

(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;

(C) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and

(D) by adding at the end the following:

“(E) evaluate the climate benefits of the standards.”;

(2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking “conservation innovations and” and inserting “climate benefits, conservation innovations, and”; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

“(5) Climate benefit defined.—In this subsection, the term ‘climate benefit’ means—

“(A) a reduction in agricultural greenhouse gas emissions;

“(B) an increase in carbon sequestration; or

“(C) mitigation against, or adaptation to, increased weather volatility.”. <all>

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