Accelerating Innovative Conservation Technologies and Practices Act

Accelerating Innovative Conservation Technologies and Practices Act

This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA), within 180 days of the enactment of this bill, to develop an administrative process for: (1) expediting the establishment and revision of conservation practice standards, and (2) considering conservation innovations with respect to the establishment or revision of the standards.

USDA must report to Congress on the administrative process developed under this bill, including conservation practice standards that were established and conservation innovations that were considered under the process.

Each state technical committee must regularly review new and innovative technologies and practices (including processes to conserve water) and make recommendations to USDA for further consideration of, and possible development of, standards that incorporate the technologies and practices.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5184 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5184

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to improve conservation practice 
                   standards, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2018

Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico 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 improve conservation practice 
                   standards, 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 ``Accelerating Innovative Conservation 
Technologies and Practices Act''.

SEC. 2. CONSERVATION PRACTICE STANDARDS.

    The Food Security Act of 1985 is amended--
            (1) in section 1242(h) (16 U.S.C. 3842(h))--
                    (A) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
            ``(3) Expedited revision of standards.--Not later than 180 
        days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the 
        Secretary shall develop an administrative process for--
                    ``(A) expediting the establishment and revision of 
                conservation practice standards; and
                    ``(B) considering conservation innovations with 
                respect to any establishment or revision under 
                subparagraph (A).''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
        enactment of this paragraph, and every 2 years thereafter, the 
        Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on--
                    ``(A) the administrative process developed under 
                paragraph (3);
                    ``(B) conservation practice standards that were 
                established or expedited under such process; and
                    ``(C) conservation innovations that were considered 
                under such process.''; and
            (2) in section 1262(c) (16 U.S.C. 3862(c)), by adding at 
        the end the following:
            ``(3) Recommendations to secretary.--Each State technical 
        committee shall regularly review new and innovative 
        technologies and practices, including processes to conserve 
        water, and make recommendations to the Secretary for further 
        consideration of, and possible development of, conservation 
        practice standards that incorporate such technologies and 
        practices.''.
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