This bill creates a new interagency committee led by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to coordinate federal research on soil carbon sequestration—the process of capturing and storing carbon in soil. The committee will include representatives from ten federal agencies, including the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, and the Interior, along with the EPA, NASA, and others, and will develop a unified research strategy, identify gaps in current efforts, and establish working groups to focus on monitoring methods, data standards, fundamental research, and community engagement with farmers and underserved agricultural communities. The committee must submit a baseline report to Congress within one year of enactment, followed by progress reports at one, three, and five-year intervals. The bill authorizes $10 million in funding to implement these coordination and research activities, though this amount does not specify a particular fiscal year or require any separate appropriations beyond what Congress may allocate.
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