Sec. 206. Natural Resources Conservation Service
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The Secretary, acting through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, shall carry out research, development, and demonstration activities in each of the areas described in this subsection. The Secretary shall carry out revisions to the National Resources Inventory system of the National Resources Conservation Service— to include measuring greenhouse gasses, including carbon stocks and fluxes; to include additional sites; and to expand remote sensing to increase frequency and geospatial resolution. The Secretary shall carry out the activities under subparagraph
(A)in collaboration with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Secretary shall carry out revisions to the Conservation Effects Assessment Project of the Natural Resources Conservation Service to collect more frequent and robust data on how conservation practices impact greenhouse gas fluxes. The Secretary shall carry out— projects to identify barriers to adoption of agricultural carbon sequestration technologies; and extension of tools and practices, and research to promote uptake using existing conservation programs of the Department. The Secretary shall carry out social science research on uptake of agricultural carbon sequestration technologies and practices to inform outreach. The Secretary shall carry out the activities under subparagraph
(A)in consultation with the Administrator of the Economic Research Service. The Secretary shall carry out other carbon dioxide removal research, development, and demonstration activities, as determined by the Secretary. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section— $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2026; $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 and 2028; and $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2029 through 2033.