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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-345
SPONSORING USDA SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS IN AGRI-
CULTURE TO INCENTIVIZE NATURAL SOLUTIONS ACT
OF 2021
JUNE 3, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, from the Committee on Agriculture,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 2606]
The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 2606) to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 with respect
to the acceptance and use of contributions for public-private part-
nerships, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re-
ports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that
the bill do pass.
BRIEF EXPLANATION
This legislation, as reported out of Committee, allows for the cre-
ation of public-private partnerships for USDA conservation pro-
grams. The bill provides authority to the Secretary of Agriculture
to establish accounts for the acceptance and use of contributions for
public-private partnerships.
PURPOSE AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The House Agriculture Committee understands public-private
partnerships are critical for the success of federal conservation pro-
grams administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA). Furthermore, the Committee recognizes the effectiveness
of our federal conservation system and the Natural Resources Con-
servation Service, which administers programs that are voluntary,
locally led, and incentive based.
Total annual mandatory budget authority for conservation pro-
grams has grown from a total of $3.9 billion in FY 2008 to over
$6.7 billion in FY 2019. However, the demands for conservation
funding and technical assistance still outpaces the current re-
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