,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijcd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ah1       
#bjbj,ms4 ,schrier 7for herself and ,mr4
 ,huffman7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture  ,a ,,bill   
,to amend the ,competitive1 ,special1   
and ,facilities ,grant ,act to include  
agricultural climate adaptation and     
mitigation as a priority area addressed 
by the ,agriculture and ,food ,research 
,initiative1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,research to ,reduce            
,agricultural ,methane ,act 4  #b4      
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3 7#a7 ,greenhouse gasses1      
including carbon dioxide1 methane1      
nitrous oxide1 and fluorinated gasses1  
are gasses that trap heat in the        
atmosphere4  7#b7 ,global climate change
 is widely attributed to increasing     
concentrations of greenhouse gasses in  
our atmosphere4  7#c7 ,according to the 

,global ,carbon ,project1 methane       
7,,ch#d7 is the second highest          
greenhouse gas contributing to          
human-induced climate change4 ,methane  
has a significantly larger global       
warming potential than carbon dioxide4  
7#d7 ,according to ,,epa's #bjah        
,inventory of ,u4,s4 ,greenhouse ,gas   
,emissions and ,sinks1 enteric          
fermentation was the largest            
anthropogenic source of methane in the  
,united ,states representing #bh percent
 of domestic methane emissions4  7#e7   
,ruminants1 hooved1 four legged mammals 
that possess stomachs with four         
compartments1 such as cattle1 buffaloes1
 sheep and goats1 produce methane       
through enteric fermentation1 their     
normal digestive process1 and manure    
management and have the highest methane 
emissions per unit of body mass among   
all animal types4  7#f7 ,many factors   
influence methane emissions from        
livestock including1 level of feed      
intake1 type of carbohydrate in the     

diet1 feed processing1 and changes in   
the animal's microbiome4  7#g7 ,multiple
 peer review studies have indicated     
enormous methane mitigation potential of
 feed additives1 including seaweed4     
7#h7 ,farming practices1 including      
methods to reduce methane emissions from
 livestock1 hold enormous potential to  
address climate change4  7#i7 ,farmers  
and growers are leading stewards of the 
land and are on the front lines         
experiencing the immediate impacts of   
climate change4  #c4 ,agricultural      
climate adaptation and mitigation       
through the ,agriculture and ,food      
,research ,initiative ,subsection       
7b77#b7 of the ,competitive1 ,special1  
and ,facilities ,grant ,act 7#g         
,u4,s4,c4 #caeg7;b77#b77 is amended by  
adding at the end the following3  7,g7  
,agricultural emissions mitigation      
,agricultural climate adaptation and    
mitigation1 including-- 7i7 methods to  
reduce methane emissions from livestock 
production1 including-- 7,i7 feeds1 feed

 additives1 and feeding regimes1 such as
 adding seaweed to diet2  7,,ii7 changes
 in grain-to-forage ratio2  7,,iii7     
grinding and pelleting of feed2  7,,iv7 
the use of enzymes2 and  7,v7 other     
methods and products2 and  7ii7 new     
technologies to measure and verify      
environmentally beneficial outcomes of  
emission mitigation efforts4  4