Research to Reduce Agricultural Methane Act
Latest action · Dec 18, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 18, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Research to Reduce Agricultural Methane Act
This bill revises the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative to include agricultural climate adaptation and mitigation as a priority research area under the initiative, including for methods to reduce methane emissions from livestock production and new technologies to measure and verify environmentally beneficial outcomes of emission mitigation efforts.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 18, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Dec 18, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Dec 18, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2020Introduced in House
- Dec 18, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 215, December 18, 2020, page H7278.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Grant Act to include agricultural climate adaptation and mitigation as a priority area addressed by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Research to Reduce Agricultural Methane Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
