Sec. 2309. Soil health demonstration pilot project
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Chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall carry out a pilot project that provides financial incentives, as determined by the Secretary, to producers to adopt practices designed to improve soil health, including by increasing carbon levels in soil (or soil carbon levels ). In establishing the pilot project under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— identify geographic regions of the United States, including not less than 1 drought prone region, based on factors such as soil type, cropping history, and water availability, in which to establish the pilot project; establish payments to provide an incentive for the use of practices approved under the pilot project that— improve soil health; increase carbon levels in the soil; or meet the goals described in subparagraphs
(A)and (B); and establish protocols for measuring carbon levels in soil to measure gains in soil health as a result of the practices used in the pilot project. Not later than September 30, 2022, the Secretary shall conduct a study regarding changes in soil health, and, if feasible, economic outcomes, as a result of the practices used in the pilot project established under subsection (a). Not later than September 30, 2023, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing and analyzing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1). Of the funds made available to carry out this chapter, the Secretary may use to carry out the pilot project under subsection
(a)$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023. .
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Soil health demonstration pilot project
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