Conservation Innovation Act of 2023
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to establish an Office of Conservation Innovation within the Natural Resources Conservation Service. The office must encourage innovation in conservation practices through (1) revisions to existing conservation practice standards, and (2) recommendations for interim and new standards.
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6867 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6867
To create an Office of Conservation Innovation within the Natural
Resources Conservation Service.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 19, 2023
Mr. Nunn of Iowa (for himself and Ms. Spanberger) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
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A BILL
To create an Office of Conservation Innovation within the Natural
Resources Conservation Service.
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 Innovation Act of
2023''.
SEC. 2. OFFICE OF CONSERVATION INNOVATION.
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) Office of conservation innovation.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall establish
within the Office of the Chief of the Natural Resources
Conservation Service an Office of Conservation
Innovation (referred to in this paragraph as the
`Office') which shall be under the direct supervision
of the Chief.
``(B) Duties.--The Office shall--
``(i) provide support to the Chief in
meeting the requirements of this subsection;
and
``(ii) encourage innovation in conservation
practices through--
``(I) revisions of existing
conservation practice standards;
``(II) recommendations of interim
conservation practice standards; and
``(III) recommendations of new
conservation practice standards.
``(C) Staff.--The Chief shall detail to the Office
not more than 6 employees of the Department of
Agriculture who are technical specialists that possess
an understanding of conventional, organic, and other
production techniques representing--
``(i) agronomy and agroecology;
``(ii) grazing lands ecology (including
rangeland, pastureland, and grazed forest
land);
``(iii) animal husbandry (including animal
nutrition and feed management);
``(iv) water conservation, drainage water
management, and irrigation engineering
technology;
``(v) agricultural engineering (including
animal waste management, energy, and structural
measures); and
``(vi) forest ecology.
``(6) Funding.--The Secretary shall use funding from the
annual appropriations for conservation operations of the
Natural Resources Conservation Service to carry out this
subsection.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
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