119-hr4296

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4296 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4296

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

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 7, 2025

Mr. Lawler (for himself, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mr. Riley of New York, and 
 Ms. McBride) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Agriculture

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 A BILL

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to address emissions of certain 
 greenhouse gases 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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