This bill adds a new category to a research and extension grant program in the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990. The new category is "Natural climate solutions." It allows grants to support research and extension work on land management practices that store carbon or reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural lands and soils, grasslands, wetlands, and forests. The bill text lists three priorities for those practices: (A) practices based on traditional ecological knowledge; (B) practices that promote biodiversity and climate change resilience; and (C) practices that reduce runoff. The bill was introduced in the House on June 9, 2026, and referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
If you are a researcher, extension agent, farmer, or land manager, this bill would create a grant route for projects studying or teaching land management practices that store carbon, reduce greenhouse gases, support biodiversity, or reduce runoff. The bill sets the topics that grants should focus on but does not itself describe grant amounts or application rules.
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The bill's stated purpose is to advance land management practices that store carbon or reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural lands and soils, grasslands, wetlands, and forests. It emphasizes practices based on traditional ecological knowledge, practices that promote biodiversity and climate resilience, and practices that reduce runoff. Supporters would point to these listed goals as the reason for funding related research and extension.
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