Agricultural Emissions Data Act of 2020
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to conduct surveys and data analysis to collect agricultural subsector-specific information and data regarding (1) the prevention, reduction, and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, including livestock emissions reductions; (2) soil carbon sequestration; and (3) forest wood and tree carbon sequestration.
Additionally, the establishment of federal agricultural baselines for the prevention, reduction, and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, soil carbon sequestration, and forest wood and tree carbon sequestration must be determined by modeling based on the information and data collected by USDA.
USDA must submit to the Environmental Protection Agency and other appropriate federal agencies, and make publicly available, the results of the surveys.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4845 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4845
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct surveys to collect
data regarding the prevention, reduction, and mitigation of greenhouse
gas emissions, soil carbon sequestration, and forest wood and tree
carbon sequestration, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 22 (legislative day, October 19), 2020
Mr. Roberts introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct surveys to collect
data regarding the prevention, reduction, and mitigation of greenhouse
gas emissions, soil carbon sequestration, and forest wood and tree
carbon sequestration, 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 ``Agricultural Emissions Data Act of
2020''.
SEC. 2. SURVEYS TO COLLECT DATA REGARDING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS,
SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION, AND FOREST WOOD AND TREE
CARBON SEQUESTRATION.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this
Act as the ``Secretary''), through the efforts described in subsection
(c), shall conduct surveys, and other data collection and data analysis
using advanced methods as appropriate, of farmers, ranchers, private
forest landowners, cooperatives, and agricultural businesses, including
nonprofit organizations, to collect agricultural subsector-specific
information and data regarding--
(1) the prevention, reduction, and mitigation of greenhouse
gas emissions, including livestock emissions reductions;
(2) soil carbon sequestration; and
(3) forest wood and tree carbon sequestration.
(b) Establishing Federal Agricultural Baselines.--The establishment
of Federal agricultural baselines for the prevention, reduction, and
mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions (including livestock emissions
reductions), soil carbon sequestration, and forest wood and tree carbon
sequestration shall be determined by modeling based on, from the
Department of Agriculture--
(1) the information and data collected under subsection
(a); and
(2) information and data, as appropriate, collected through
the efforts described in subsection (c) before the date of
enactment of this Act.
(c) Survey Authorities.--The Secretary shall conduct surveys, data
collection, and data analysis under subsection (a) through--
(1) the census of agriculture under section 2 of the Census
of Agriculture Act of 1997 (7 U.S.C. 2204g);
(2) the preparation of annual agricultural statistics by
the National Agricultural Statistics Service under--
(A) the first section of the Act of May 27, 1912
(37 Stat. 118, chapter 135; 7 U.S.C. 476);
(B) the first section of the Act of June 24, 1936
(49 Stat. 1898, chapter 745; 7 U.S.C. 951);
(C) section 526 of the Revised Statutes (7 U.S.C.
2204);
(D) section 10016 of the Agricultural Act of 2014
(7 U.S.C. 2204h); and
(E) section 7407 of the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 5925c);
(3) the agricultural resource management survey conducted
by the Economic Research Service and the National Agricultural
Statistics Service under--
(A) sections 202 through 208 of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.); and
(B) section 1 of the Act of June 29, 1935 (49 Stat.
436, chapter 338; 7 U.S.C. 3104);
(4) the dairy gas emissions model established by the
Agricultural Research Service under section 1 of the Act of
June 29, 1935 (49 Stat. 436, chapter 338; 7 U.S.C. 3104);
(5) National Animal Health Monitoring System studies,
including beef cow and calf studies, beef feedlot studies,
swine studies, dairy studies, sheep studies, and poultry
studies, and the health and productivity audit, carried out by
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service under the Animal
Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.);
(6) the forest inventory and analysis database established
under section 3(e) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable
Resources Research Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1642(e));
(7) the natural resources inventory established under
section 302 of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C.
1010a); and
(8) additional surveys, data collection, and data analysis
administered by the Department of Agriculture, as the Secretary
determines to be appropriate.
(d) Submission.--Consistent with section 1770 of the Food Security
Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 2276), the Secretary shall submit to the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the head of
any other appropriate Federal department or agency, and make publicly
available, the results of the surveys conducted under subsection (a),
as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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