Soil CARE Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7474 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7474 To require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain a training program for Natural Resources Conservation Service personnel and third-party providers on the rapidly evolving methodologies, science, and practices of soil health management systems on agricultural land, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 10, 2026 Ms. Salinas (for herself, Ms. Bonamici, and Ms. Hoyle of Oregon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain a training program for Natural Resources Conservation Service personnel and third-party providers on the rapidly evolving methodologies, science, and practices of soil health management systems on agricultural land, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Soil Conservation And Regeneration Education Act of 2026'' or the ``Soil CARE Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. TRAINING FOR SOIL HEALTH IN NRCS PROGRAMS FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS. Section 1242 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3842) is amended-- (1) in subsection (d), by inserting ``of Agriculture'' after ``Department''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(j) Training for Soil Health Management.-- ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection: ``(A) Service.--The term `Service' means the Natural Resources Conservation Service. ``(B) Soil biology.--The term `soil biology' includes the collective biomass and activities of soil- dwelling organisms from an array of trophic levels. ``(C) Soil health ma