S.Amdt. 2492

SA 2492. Mr. LANKFORD (for Mr. Inhofe) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer
(for Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy,
Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and
Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid
highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 2486, line 17, insert ``Provided further, That in
allocating funds under the previous proviso, the Secretary of
the Army shall prioritize channel deepening projects:'' after
``projects:''.
On page 1738, line 25, insert ``, including to be
leveraged through performance contracting'' after
``expended''.
At the end of title VIII of division D, add the following:

SEC. 408____. REGENERATIVE GRAZING DATA COLLECTION.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means--
(A) public lands (as defined in section 103 of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)); and
(B) National Forest System land.
(2) Program.--The term ``program'' means the pilot program
established under subsection (b)(1).
(3) Secretaries.--The term ``Secretaries'' means the
Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the Chief of the
Forest Service) and the Secretary of the Interior (acting
through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management),
acting jointly.
(b) Pilot Program for Use of Regenerative Grazing on
Federal Land to Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change.--
(1) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall establish a
pilot program to study the effectiveness of using grazing on
Federal land to mitigate the effects of climate change.
(2) Requirements.--In carrying out the program, the
Secretaries shall--
(A) identify--
(i) a standard set of practices to study, such as carbon
beneficial practices in the conservation practice standards
of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, that support
conservation goals, including--

(I) silvopasture;
(II) practices that provide wildlife habitat benefits;

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(III) practices that consider flexibility in season of use;
(IV) forage and biomass management;
(V) planned grazing; and
(VI) range monitoring; and

(ii) sufficient grazing allotments on a diverse mixture of
ecosystems to identify how grazing is an effective tool to
mitigate effects of climate change, including the ability
to--

(I) improve soil health;
(II) sequester carbon;
(III) reduce wildfire risk; and
(IV) improve watershed resilience and biodiversity;

(B) in developing, implementing, and monitoring the
program, consult with--
(i) relevant subject matter experts at the Forest Service;
(ii) relevant subject matter experts at the Bureau of Land
Management;
(iii) the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation
Service;
(iv) the Director of the United States Geological Survey;
(v) ranchers and representatives of the ranching industry;
(vi) representatives from grazing districts, associations,
or boards;
(vii) environmental and conservation nongovernmental
organizations;
(viii) institutions of higher education; and
(ix) any other organization that the Secretaries determine
to be appropriate.
(3) Use of funds.--Funds made available to carry out the
program may be used for--
(A) the conduct of research activities;
(B) the provision of technical assistance to permittees; or
(C) the construction of infrastructure necessary for
implementing and analyzing regenerative grazing.
(4) Report to congress.--Not later than 180 days after the
date on which the Secretaries determine that a sufficient
quantity of data has been collected under the program, the
Secretaries shall submit to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on
Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture of the
House of Representatives and make publicly available on the
websites of the Department of Agriculture and the Department
of the Interior a report on the findings and data derived
from the program, including whether and the extent to which
the use of regenerative grazing improved the ability to
mitigate the impacts of climate change.
(5) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023, to remain available
until expended.
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