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H.R. 5861: Agriculture Resilience Act

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H.R. 5861: Agriculture Resilience Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-02-12 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-02-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Agriculture Resilience Act

Plain summary

Agriculture Resilience Act This bill addresses national greenhouse gas emission reduction efforts in the U.S. agriculture sector, including a national goal to achieve net-zero emissions by the year 2040. Among other things, the bill expands the purposes of federally supported agricultural research, extension, and education to include accelerating the ability of agriculture and the food system of the United States to first achieve net zero carbon emissions and then go further to be carbon positive by removing additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere; requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a national network of regional hubs for risk adaptation and mitigation to climate change; creates a soil health grant program for state and tribal governments; revises the agricultural conservation easement program to require owners that receive cost-share assistance to have a conservation plan in place that addresses applicable resource concerns for the land subject to the easement, including soil health and greenhouse gas emissions reduction; establishes an alternative manure management program to support non-digester dairy and livestock methane management strategies to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to maximize environmental benefits; directs USDA to study dual-use renewable energy systems, including an assessment on the compatibility of different species of livestock and crop types with dual-use renewable energy system designs; and provides competitive grants and technical assistance for local educational agencies to implement food waste measurement and reporting, prevention, education, and reduction projects.

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Official text

Agriculture Resilience Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] · 28 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Peter Welch (D-VT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Judy Chu (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] reported raising $551,078 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr5861 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116