,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hiaj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #i1        
#bjbj,ms4 ,brownley of ,california      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture  ,a ,,bill  ,to require a  
study of the barriers to conservation   
practice adoption on leased agricultural
 land1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,conservation for ,agricultural     
,leased ,land ,act or the ,,call ,act4  
#b4 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3 7#a7 ,according to a #bjaf   
study by the ,economic ,research        
,service of the ,department of          
,agriculture1 #ci percent of            
agricultural land in the ,united ,states
 is leased1 including the majority 7#ec 
percent7 of cropland4  7#b7 ,the        
participation of landowners and tenants 
in ,federal1 ,state1 and local          
conservation programs1 and the adoption 
of conservation practices on land that  

they own or manage1 can be limited by a 
wide range of factors that are not fully
 understood4  7#c7 ,much of the limited 
information that is known comes from the
 ,tenure1 ,ownership1 and ,transition of
 ,agricultural ,land 7,,total7 ,survey  
conducted by the ,national ,agricultural
 ,statistics ,service1 in collaboration 
with the ,economic ,research ,service2  
regularly recurring data collection     
through the ,,total ,survey and other   
,department of ,agriculture reports is  
vital to understanding land tenure      
trends1 challenges1 and opportunities4  
7#d7 ,some of the potential barriers to 
such participation and adoption include 
the structure or term of the lease or   
rental agreement1 the level of          
independence given to the operator1 the 
awareness of the landowner of both      
conservation practice and program       
opportunities and the costs and benefits
 associated with those opportunities1   
and other policy or market factors4     
7#e7 ,the solutions to these issues are 

unlikely to be one size fits all and    
must be better understood4  #c4 ,study  
7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary shall   
carry out a study of the participation  
in conservation programs of1 and the    
adoption of conservation practices on1  
leased agricultural land4  7b7          
,collaboration ,the study under this    
section shall be carried out in         
collaboration with the ,economic        
,research ,service4  7c7 ,contents ,the 
study carried out under this section    
shall include-- 7#a7 a review of        
relevant existing research literature1  
including-- 7,a7 the ,tenure1           
,ownership1 and ,transition of          
,agricultural ,land 7,,total7 ,survey   
conducted by the ,national ,agricultural
 ,statistics ,service1 in collaboration 
with the ,economic ,research ,service2  
and  7,b7 the report titled             
,understanding and ,activating          
,non-,operating ,landlords1 published by
 the ,american ,farmland ,trust in      
,september1 #bjbj2  7#b7 identification 

and quantification of the various types 
and structures of current agricultural  
land leasing relationships2  7#c7       
research on the history1 and estimation 
of future trends1 of agricultural land  
ownership2  7#d7 examination of what    
leasing models have been effective in   
encouraging the adoption of conservation
 practices2  7#e7 consideration of      
regional variations2  7#f7 examination  
of existing ,federal incentives for     
adopting conservation practices1 and the
 degree to which such incentives are    
currently utilized with respect to      
leased agricultural lands2  7#g7        
research on ,state and local incentive  
programs that are encouraging           
conservation practice adoption on leased
 agricultural lands2 and  7#h7 research 
on the benefits of transitioning from   
land leasing to land ownership on       
conservation practice adoption and      
,federal conservation program           
participation4  7d7 ,consideration ,the 
study under this section shall be       

carried out with particular             
consideration of farmers and ranchers   
who are people of color1 including      
,black and indigenous farmers and       
ranchers1 and beginning farmers and     
ranchers4  7e7 ,report ,not later than  
,december #ca1 #bjba1 the ,secretary    
shall submit to ,congress a report      
containing-- 7#a7 the results of the    
study conducted under this section2 and 
7#b7 recommendations1 based on such     
study1 for addressing the barriers      
unique to various agricultural land     
leasing relationships to adopting       
conservation practices on leased        
agricultural land1 including-- 7,a7     
recommendations that can be implemented 
under existing statutory authorities2   
7,b7 recommendations that would require 
congressional authorization in order to 
be implemented2 and  7,c7               
recommendations for outreach4  7f7      
,implementation ,the ,secretary may     
enter into an agreement with a          
non-,federal entity 7such as a nonprofit

 entity or university71 selected through
 an application process1 to carry out   
this section4  7g7 ,definitions ,in this
 section3 7#a7 ,leased agricultural land
 ,the term leased agricultural land     
means agricultural land that is         
operated1 under a lease or other rental 
agreement1 by a farmer or rancher who   
does not own the land4  7#b7 ,secretary 
,the term ,secretary means the          
,secretary of ,agriculture1 acting      
through the ,national ,agricultural     
,statistics ,service4