1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Sustainable Agriculture Research Act”.
Sustainable Agriculture Research Act
A BILL
To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to provide for an additional goal of the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AGARDA) to enhance the role of agriculture in innovative sustainability solutions.
2. Additional goal of AGARDA to enhance role of agriculture in innovative sustainability solutions
Section 1473H(b)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319k(b)(2)) is amended—
in subparagraph (C), by striking “and” at the end;
by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and
by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
“(D) to enhance the role of agriculture in innovative voluntary resilience solutions in the United States through the development of agricultural technologies that address—
“(i) the impact of extreme weather on crop production;
“(ii) the expansion of the potential for long-term carbon storage through agriculture;
“(iii) increased economic and practical feasibility for renewable and sustainable energy on farms and in the agriculture industry; and
“(iv) increased adoption of voluntary conservation practices that sequester carbon and build on-farm climate resilience; and”