118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 4163 — Naturally Offsetting Emissions by Managing and Implementing Tillage Strategies Act of 2023

“To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to optimize the sequestration of carbon and the reduction of net emissions through agricultural practices, and for other purposes.”

Agriculture and food

Introduced Jun 15, 2023

Last action Sep 19, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

Step 1

Introduced

Jun 15, 2023

Step 2

Referred

Sep 19, 2023

Agriculture

Step 3

Committee

Step 4

House floor

Step 5

Senate

Step 6

Resolve Changes

Step 7

Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out activities to improve soil health, including to address climate change. Specifically, USDA must establish a program that provides agricultural producers incentives (i.e., payments) for and technical assistance with adopting or maintaining practices or cropping systems to improve soil health, award grants to states and Indian tribes for implementing soil health programs, and use a portion of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide agricultural producers with technical assistance for mitigating and adapting to climate change. The bill also (1) makes practices related to livestock production eligible for certain...

Provisions · 5 sectionsIntroduced in House

Timeline · 3 actions

Sep 19, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

Jun 15, 2023

Introduced in House

Jun 15, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.