119-hr3272

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3272 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3272

To require the designation of composting as a conservation practice and 
 activity, and to provide grants and loan guarantees for composting 
 facilities and programs, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 8, 2025

 Ms. Brownley (for herself and Ms. Pingree) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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 A BILL

To require the designation of composting as a conservation practice and 
 activity, and to provide grants and loan guarantees for composting 
 facilities and programs, 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 ``Cultivating Organic Matter through 
the Promotion Of Sustainable Techniques Act'' or the ``COMPOST Act''.

SEC. 2. COMPOSTING AS CONSERVATION PRACTICE.

    (a) Conservation Standards and Requirements.--

Section 1241

    (j) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841

    (j) ) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating paragraph

    (2) as paragraph

    (3) ; and

    (2) by inserting after paragraph

    (1) the following new 
 paragraph:
 ``

    (2) Composting as conservation practice and activity.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The Secretary shall by 
 regulation provide that composting is a conservation 
 practice and a conservation activity for the purposes 
 of this title.
 ``
        (B) Composting defined.--
 ``
            (i) In general.--For the purposes of this 
 paragraph, the term `composting' means--
 ``
            (I) an activity (including an 
 activity that does not require the use 
 of a composting facility) to produce 
 compost from organic waste that is--
 ``

    (aa) generated on a farm; 
 or
 ``

    (bb) brought to a farm 
 from a nearby community and 
 used to produce compost on that 
 farm; and
 ``
            (II) the use and active 
 management of compost on a farm, in 
 accordance with any applicable Federal, 
 State, or local law, to improve water 
 retention and soil health.
 ``
            (ii) Determination of nearby 
 communities.--The Secretary, in consultation 
 with the Administrator of the Environmental 
 Protection Agency, shall issue regulations for 
 determining whether a community is nearby for 
 purposes of clause
            (i) 
            (I) , which shall ensure 
 that bringing organic waste from the community 
 to the farm to produce compost results in a net 
 reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.''.

    (b) Conservation Stewardship Program.--

Section 1240I

    (2)
        (B)
            (i) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-21

    (2)
        (B)
            (i) ) is amended 
by inserting ``and composting practices'' after ``agriculture drainage 
management systems''.
            (c) Environmental Quality Incentives Program.--

Section 1240A

    (6)
        (A)
            (ii) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-
1

    (6)
        (A)
            (ii) ) is amended by inserting ``, including composting 
practices'' before the semicolon at the end.
            (d) Delivery of Technical Assistance.--

Section 1242

    (h) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3842

    (h) ) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
 ``

    (5) Development of composting practice standard.--In 
 addition to conducting a review under this subsection of any 
 composting facility practice standard established before the 
 date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall 
 establish a composting practice standard under the process 
 developed under paragraph

    (3) .''.
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