Introduce and support legislation to prioritize grants and research on natural climate solutions.

Markey reintroduced the Natural Climate Solutions Research and Extension Act to prioritize grants and research on natural climate solutions.

Markey said he reintroduced legislation aimed at prioritizing grants and research on natural climate solutions.

Sen. Markey, Reps. Garbarino, Houlahan Reintroduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Prioritize Grants and Research on Natural Climate Solutions
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Congress.gov lists Sen. Edward J. Markey as an original cosponsor of S.1016, the Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023, cosponsored on 03/28/2023.

Markey took concrete legislative action by supporting a Senate bill focused on agricultural climate resilience, including climate-related USDA research, extension, conservation, and grant programs.

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Congress.gov Cosponsors - S.1016 - Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023
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Congress.gov summarizes S.1016 as expanding USDA research, extension, education, conservation, and livestock programs to incorporate climate change adaptation and mitigation, including soil health and preserving farmland and grassland; it also establishes grants to reduce and prevent food waste.

The bill Markey cosponsored directly matches the promise’s research and natural-climate-solutions theme through USDA research/extension and conservation programs tied to soil health, farmland, grassland, and climate mitigation.

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Congress.gov - S.1016 - Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023
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Congress.gov records H.R.5376 as becoming Public Law No. 117-169 and summarizes agriculture provisions funding USDA conservation programs, conservation technical assistance, carbon sequestration/emissions quantification, forest climate mitigation and resilience grants, tree planting, coastal habitat restoration, and NOAA climate research grants.

The enacted Inflation Reduction Act delivered major federal conservation, forestry, coastal habitat, and climate research/grant funding relevant to natural climate solutions.

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Congress.gov - H.R.5376 - Public Law 117-169
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The Senate roll call for H.R.5376 shows the bill passed on August 7, 2022, and lists Markey (D-MA) voting Yea.

Markey supported final Senate passage of enacted legislation that funded conservation, forestry, coastal habitat, and climate research/grant programs.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117th Congress, Vote 325, H.R.5376
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Congress.gov lists Sen. Markey as sponsor of S.Res.173 and summarizes the resolution as calling for a Green New Deal, including securing access to nature and a sustainable environment, removing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural sectors, and listing subjects including forests, land use and conservation, research administration and funding, and research and development.

Markey introduced broad climate legislation/resolution that overlaps with natural climate solutions and research priorities, though it is less specific than the agriculture resilience and enacted funding evidence.

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Congress.gov - S.Res.173 - Green New Deal Resolution
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