,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bdhg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #a1     
#bjah ,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself and  
,mr4 ,thune7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,agriculture1      
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,food ,security ,act of   
#aihe to authorize the ,secretary of    
,agriculture to provide certain data on 
conservation practices1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,agriculture ,data  
,act of #bjah4  #b4 ,data on            
conservation practices ,subtitle ,e of  
title ,,xii of the ,food ,security ,act 
of #aihe 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #chda et seq47  
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  #abdg4 ,data on conservation
 practices  7a7 ,purpose ,the purpose of
 this section is to increase the        
knowledge of how covered conservation   
practices or suites of covered          
conservation practices impact farm and  

ranch profitability 7such as crop       
yields1 soil health1 and other          
risk-reducing factors7 by using an      
appropriate collection1 review1 and     
analysis of data4  7b7 ,definitions ,in 
this section3 7#a7 ,covered conservation
 practice ,the term covered conservation
 practice means a specific conservation 
practice or enhancement that is designed
 to protect soil health1 farm and ranch 
productivity1 or both 7including the    
protection of wildlife habitat7 while   
maintaining or enhancing crop yields in 
an economically sustainable manner      
7including such a conservation practice 
or enhancement that is supported by the 
,department or used independently by a  
producer71 as determined by the         
,secretary4  7#b7 ,department ,the term 
,department means the ,department of    
,agriculture4  7c7 ,data collection1    
review1 analysis1 and technical         
assistance ,the ,secretary1 acting      
through the one or more applicable      
,under ,secretaries that head mission   

areas relating to farm and ranch        
productivity and conservation1 in       
coordination with the ,chief ,economist 
and the ,under ,secretary for ,research1
 ,education1 and ,economics1 shall carry
 out the following activities3  7#a7    
,not less frequently than once each     
year1 review1 and publish a summary of1 
existing research of the ,department1   
institutions of higher education1 and   
other organizations relating to the     
impacts of covered conservation         
practices on enhancing crop yields1 soil
 health1 and otherwise reducing risk and
 improving farm and ranch profitability4
  7#b7 ,identify currently collected    
data relating to the impacts of covered 
conservation practices on enhancing crop
 yields1 soil health1 and otherwise     
reducing risk and improving farm and    
ranch profitability generated or        
collected by the ,department1 including 
the ,farm ,service ,agency1 the ,risk   
,management ,agency1 the ,natural       
,resources ,conservation ,service1 the  

,national ,agricultural ,statistics     
,service1 the ,economic ,research       
,service1 the ,forest ,service1 and any 
other relevant agency1 as determined by 
the ,secretary4  7#c7 ,collect any      
additional producer data1 baseline data1
 or other data relating to the impacts  
of covered conservation practices on    
enhancing crop yields1 soil health1 and 
otherwise reducing risk and improving   
farm and ranch profitability necessary  
to achieve the purpose described in     
subsection 7a74  7#d7 ,ensure that      
producer data identified or collected   
under paragraph 7#b7 or 7#c71           
respectively1 are collected in a        
compatible format at the field- and     
farm-level and in a manner that places  
the lowest practicable burden on        
producers and improves the              
interoperability of the data collected  
by the ,department for the purposes of  
this section and optimizes the          
interoperability to the extent          
practicable with conservation           

practice-related data generated by other
 organizations and other activities of  
the ,department4  7#e7 ,establish       
procedures for producers to voluntarily 
elect to be contacted to participate in 
or submit additional research and to    
provide supplemental data that may be   
useful in analyzing the impacts of      
covered conservation practices on       
enhancing crop yields1 soil health1 and 
otherwise reducing risk and improving   
farm and ranch profitability4  7#f7     
,integrate and analyze the data         
identified or collected under this      
subsection to consider the impacts of   
covered conservation practices on       
enhancing crop yields1 soil health1 and 
otherwise improving farm and ranch      
profitability4  7#g7 ,to the extent     
practicable1 integrate1 collate1 and    
link data identified in this subsection 
with other external data sources that   
include crop yields1 soil health1 and   
conservation practices4  7#h7 ,establish
 a conservation and farm productivity   

data warehouse in order to make the     
results of the data collection and      
analysis under this subsection available
 to academic institutions and           
researchers determined appropriate by   
the ,secretary under subsection 7d77#a74
  7#i7 ,widely disseminate the research1
 analyzed data1 and other information   
obtained through carrying out this      
section that demonstrates the impacts of
 covered conservation practices on      
enhancing crop yields1 soil health1 and 
otherwise reducing risk and improving   
farm and ranch profitability in a manner
 that makes it easily used and          
implemented by producers and other      
stakeholders4  7d7 ,collaboration with  
research academic institutions or       
researchers  7#a7 ,in general ,to carry 
out this section1 the ,secretary may    
enter into one or more agreements with  
one or more academic institutions or    
researchers determined appropriate by   
the ,secretary--  7,a7 to provide       
technical assistance1 expertise1 and    

technology infrastructure1 as needed1 to
 develop the data warehouse established 
under subsection 7c77#h72  7,b7 to      
provide to those academic institutions  
and researchers access to data collected
 in carrying out this section2 and  7,c7
 to establish procedures for producers  
to voluntarily elect to be contacted to 
participate in or submit additional     
research and to provide supplemental    
data that may be useful in analyzing the
 impacts of covered conservation        
practices on enhancing crop yields1 soil
 health1 and otherwise reducing risk and
 improving farm and ranch profitability4
  7#b7 ,procedures to protect integrity 
and confidentiality  7,a7 ,in general   
,before providing access to any data    
under paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary    
shall establish procedures to protect   
the integrity and confidentiality of    
proprietary producer data4  7,b7        
,requirements ,procedures under         
subparagraph 7,a7 shall provide         
appropriate private protections to the  

producer data1 including--  7i7         
prohibiting the sale of any individual  
producer data2 and  7ii7 requiring any  
published research to release only      
aggregated data4  7e7 ,producer tools   
7#a7 ,in general ,not later than #c     
years after the date of enactment of    
this section1 the ,secretary shall      
provide technical assistance1 including 
through internet-based tools1 based on  
the analysis conducted in carrying out  
this section and other sources of       
relevant data1 to assist producers in   
improving sustainable production        
practices that increase yields and      
enhance environmental outcomes4  7#b7   
,internet-based tools ,internet-based   
tools described in paragraph 7#a7 shall 
provide to producers1 to the maximum    
extent practicable--  7,a7 confidential 
data specific to each farm or ranch of  
the producer2 and  7,b7 general data    
relating to the impacts of covered      
conservation practices on enhancing crop
 yields1 soil health1 and otherwise     

reducing risk and improving farm and    
ranch profitability4  7f7 ,effect on    
privacy protection laws ,nothing in this
 section affects the applicability to   
this section of-- 7#a7 section #aggj2   
7#b7 section #afai of the ,food1        
,conservation1 and ,energy ,act of #bjjh
 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #hgia72  7#c7 section    
#ejb7;c7 of the ,federal ,crop          
,insurance ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4           
#aejb7;c772  7#d7 section #eeb;a of     
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code2 or     
7#e7 any other applicable privacy law   
that protects personally identifiable   
information of producers4  7g7          
,reporting ,not later than #a year after
 the date of enactment of this section1 
and each year thereafter1 the ,secretary
 shall submit to the ,committee on      
,agriculture of the ,house of           
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
of the ,senate a report that includes-- 
7#a7 a summary of the analysis conducted
 under this section2  7#b7 the number   

and regions of producers that           
voluntarily submitted information under 
subsections 7c77#e7 and 7d77#a77;,c72   
7#c7 a description of any additional or 
new activities planned to be conducted  
under this section in the next fiscal   
year1 including--  7,a7 research        
relating to any additional conservation 
practices2  7,b7 any new types of data  
to be collected2  7,c7 any improved or  
streamlined data collection efforts     
associated with this section2 and  7,d7 
any new research projects2 and  7#d7 in 
the case of the first two reports       
submitted under this subsection1 a      
description of the current status of the
 implementation of activities under     
subsection 7c74  4