118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2479Converting Our Waste Sustainably (COWS) Act of 2023

A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an alternative manure management program, and for other purposes.

Agriculture and food
Introduced Jul 25, 2023
Last action Jul 25, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jul 25, 2023
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Referred
Jul 25, 2023
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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Committee
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Senate
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill establishes an alternative manure management program for eligible dairy and livestock producers and provides specified funds to the program for FY2024 through FY2028. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish an alternative manure management program to award producers contracts to support carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Producers must implement management measures that include adopting   pasture-based management;alternative manure treatment and storage practices;a solid separation system (or installing a new, higher efficiency solid separation system); orscrape technologies, including vacuum technologies.USDA may provide a 100% federal cost...

Provisions · 6 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
Timeline · 2 actions
Jul 25, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jul 25, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.