Industrial Agriculture Conversion Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9794 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9794 To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to producers to carry out climate-smart conversion projects, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 25, 2024 Ms. Adams (for herself, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Norton, Mr. Neal, and Ms. Lee of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to producers to carry out climate-smart conversion projects, 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 ``Industrial Agriculture Conversion Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. CLIMATE-SMART CONVERSION GRANTS. Subchapter A of chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 1240H-1. CLIMATE-SMART CONVERSION GRANTS. ``(a) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) Animal feeding operation.--The term `animal feeding operation' means a lot or facility at which-- ``(A) for not less than a total of 45 days in any 12-month period, animals (other than aquatic animals) are-- ``(i) stabled or confined; and ``(ii) fed or maintained; and ``(B) crops, vegetation, forage growth, or postharvest residues are not sustained in the normal growing season over any portion of the lot or facility. ``(2) Climate-smart conversion project.--The term `climate- smart conversion project' means a climate-smart conversion project described in subsection (d). ``(3) Eligible enti