Natural Climate Solutions Research and Extension Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9217 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9217

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to
  provide for high-priority research and extension grants for natural
               climate solutions, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 2026

 Mr. Garbarino (for himself and Ms. Houlahan) introduced the following
        bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to
  provide for high-priority research and extension grants for natural
               climate solutions, 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 ``Natural Climate Solutions Research
and Extension Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. HIGH-PRIORITY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION GRANTS FOR NATURAL CLIMATE
              SOLUTIONS.

    Section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade
Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(d)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
            ``(21) Natural climate solutions.--Research and extension
        grants may be made under this section for the purpose of
        advancing land management practices that store carbon or reduce
        greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural lands and soils,
        grasslands, wetlands, and forests, including practices that--
                    ``(A) are based on traditional ecological
                knowledge;
                    ``(B) promote biodiversity and climate change
                resilience; and
                    ``(C) reduce runoff.''.
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