[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2564 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2564

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to address emissions of certain 
  greenhouse gasses and carbon storage through conservation incentive 
                               contracts.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2023

 Mr. Carper (for himself and Mr. Braun) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to address emissions of certain 
  greenhouse gasses and carbon storage through conservation incentive 
                               contracts.

    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 ``Conservation and Regenerative 
Optimization Practices for Farming Act'' or the ``CROP for Farming 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CONSERVATION INCENTIVE CONTRACTS.

    Section 1240B(j) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3839aa-2(j)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``concerns'' and 
        inserting ``concerns, which may include emissions of nitrous 
        oxide or methane (referred to in this subsection as `greenhouse 
        gas emissions') or storage of carbon in plants or soil 
        (referred to in this subsection as `carbon storage'),''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)(I), by striking 
        ``conservation'' and inserting ``conservation, reductions of 
        greenhouse gas emissions, or increased levels of carbon 
        storage''.
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