Climate Stewardship Act of 2021
Latest action · Apr 12, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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.
- IntroducedApr 12, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Climate Stewardship Act of 2021
This bill provides funding and incentives for states, Indian tribes, local governments, and other entities to carry out climate stewardship practices, including farm and ranch conservation practices, reforestation projects, and wetland restoration projects.
For example, the bill extends through FY2030 the Conservation Reserve Program, the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, and the Conservation Stewardship Program. It also modifies and increases funding levels for some of these programs.
The Forest Service must award cost-share grants to states, Indian tribes, local governments, and nonprofit entities to conduct projects to reforest certain land.
The bill also establishes a civilian conservation corps to provide youth from low-income communities, indigenous communities, and communities of color with the academic, vocational, and social skills necessary to pursue long-term, productive careers in the forest sector and the wetland restoration sector.
Further, the bill sets forth a grant program for states, Indian tribes, local governments, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit entities to conduct coastal wetland restoration projects, including projects that mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 12, 2021 to Jun 10, 2021; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Apr 12, 2021 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Apr 15, 2021 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Jun 10, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee | Referred Apr 12, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 12, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Apr 12, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF12096 | Farm Bill Primer: Beginning and Underserved Producers | Resource | Dec 20, 2024 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2534 | Climate Stewardship Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Jun 8, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide incentives for agricultural producers to carry out climate stewardship practices, to provide for increased reforestation across the United States, to establish the Coastal and Estuary Resilience Grant Program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Climate Stewardship Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Agricultural conservation and pollution
- Agricultural education
- Agricultural marketing and promotion
- Agricultural practices and innovations
- Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
- Agricultural research
- Agriculture and Food
- Air quality
- Alabama
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Appropriations
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Building construction
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- District of Columbia
- Education programs funding
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Farmland
- Fires
- Food assistance and relief
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government trust funds
- Higher education
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Insects
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Minority and disadvantaged businesses
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Public-private cooperation
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Rural conditions and development
- Small business
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Solid waste and recycling
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
- Water use and supply
- Wetlands
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
- Youth employment and child labor
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 12, 2021Introduced in Senate
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.
