,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhde  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bb   
7legislative day1 ,october #ai71        
#bjbj,mr4 ,roberts introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,agriculture to conduct surveys to     
collect data regarding the prevention1  
reduction1 and mitigation of greenhouse 
gas emissions1 soil carbon              
sequestration1 and forest wood and tree 
carbon sequestration1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,agricultural       
,emissions ,data ,act of #bjbj4  #b4    
,surveys to collect data regarding      
greenhouse gas emissions1 soil carbon   
sequestration1 and forest wood and tree 
carbon sequestration  7a7 ,in general   
,the ,secretary of ,agriculture         
7referred to in this ,act as the        
,secretary71 through the efforts        

described in subsection 7c71 shall      
conduct surveys1 and other data         
collection and data analysis using      
advanced methods as appropriate1 of     
farmers1 ranchers1 private forest       
landowners1 cooperatives1 and           
agricultural businesses1 including      
nonprofit organizations1 to collect     
agricultural subsector-specific         
information and data regarding-- 7#a7   
the prevention1 reduction1 and          
mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions1 
including livestock emissions           
reductions2  7#b7 soil carbon           
sequestration2 and  7#c7 forest wood and
 tree carbon sequestration4  7b7        
,establishing ,federal agricultural     
baselines ,the establishment of ,federal
 agricultural baselines for the         
prevention1 reduction1 and mitigation of
 greenhouse gas emissions 7including    
livestock emissions reductions71 soil   
carbon sequestration1 and forest wood   
and tree carbon sequestration shall be  
determined by modeling based on1 from   

the ,department of ,agriculture-- 7#a7  
the information and data collected under
 subsection 7a72 and  7#b7 information  
and data1 as appropriate1 collected     
through the efforts described in        
subsection 7c7 before the date of       
enactment of this ,act4  7c7 ,survey    
authorities ,the ,secretary shall       
conduct surveys1 data collection1 and   
data analysis under subsection 7a7      
through-- 7#a7 the census of agriculture
 under section #b of the ,census of     
,agriculture ,act of #aiig 7#g ,u4,s4,c4
 #bbjd;g72  7#b7 the preparation of     
annual agricultural statistics by the   
,national ,agricultural ,statistics     
,service under-- 7,a7 the first section 
of the ,act of ,may #bg1 #aiab 7#cg     
,stat4 #aah1 chapter #ace2 #g ,u4,s4,c4 
#dgf72  7,b7 the first section of the   
,act of ,june #bd1 #aicf 7#di ,stat4    
#ahih1 chapter #gde2 #g ,u4,s4,c4 #iea72
  7,c7 section #ebf of the ,revised     
,statutes 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bbjd72  7,d7   
section #ajjaf of the ,agricultural ,act

 of #bjad 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bbjd;h72 and   
7,e7 section #gdjg of the ,farm         
,security and ,rural ,investment ,act of
 #bjjb 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #eibe;c72  7#c7 the
 agricultural resource management survey
 conducted by the ,economic ,research   
,service and the ,national ,agricultural
 ,statistics ,service under-- 7,a7      
sections #bjb through #bjh of the       
,agricultural ,marketing ,act of #aidf  
7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #afba et seq472 and  7,b7 
section #a of the ,act of ,june #bi1    
#aice 7#di ,stat4 #dcf1 chapter #cch2 #g
 ,u4,s4,c4 #cajd72  7#d7 the dairy gas  
emissions model established by the      
,agricultural ,research ,service under  
section #a of the ,act of ,june #bi1    
#aice 7#di ,stat4 #dcf1 chapter #cch2 #g
 ,u4,s4,c4 #cajd72  7#e7 ,national      
,animal ,health ,monitoring ,system     
studies1 including beef cow and calf    
studies1 beef feedlot studies1 swine    
studies1 dairy studies1 sheep studies1  
and poultry studies1 and the health and 
productivity audit1 carried out by the  

,animal and ,plant ,health ,inspection  
,service under the ,animal ,health      
,protection ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #hcja et 
seq472  7#f7 the forest inventory and   
analysis database established under     
section #c7;e7 of the ,forest and       
,rangeland ,renewable ,resources        
,research ,act of #aigh 7#af ,u4,s4,c4  
#afdb7;e772  7#g7 the natural resources 
inventory established under section #cjb
 of the ,rural ,development ,act of     
#aigb 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #ajaj;a72 and  7#h7 
additional surveys1 data collection1 and
 data analysis administered by the      
,department of ,agriculture1 as the     
,secretary determines to be appropriate4
  7d7 ,submission ,consistent with      
section #aggj of the ,food ,security    
,act of #aihe 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bbgf71 the 
,secretary shall submit to the          
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency and the head of any 
other appropriate ,federal department or
 agency1 and make publicly available1   
the results of the surveys conducted    

under subsection 7a71 as the ,secretary 
determines to be appropriate4