,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bejj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bi1     
#bjbe ,mr4 ,merkley 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,booker1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 
and ,mr4 ,van ,hollen7 introduced the   
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,food1         
,agriculture1 ,conservation1 and ,trade 
,act of #aiij to include as a           
high-priority research and extension    
area research on microplastics in       
land-applied biosolids on farmland1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4  ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,research
 for ,healthy ,soils ,act4  #b4         
,microplastics in land-applied biosolids
 on farmland  ,section #afgb7;d7 of the 
,food1 ,agriculture1 ,conservation1 and 
,trade ,act of #aiij 7#g ,u4,s4,c4      
#eibe7;d77 is amended by adding at the  
end the following3  7#ba7               
,microplastics in land-applied biosolids

 on farmland  ,research and extension   
grants may be made under this section   
for the purposes of carrying out or     
enhancing research on the agricultural  
impacts of plastic or plastic-coated    
particles that are less than #e         
millimeters in any dimension 7referred  
to in this paragraph as microplastics7  
in land-applied biosolids on farmland1  
including--  7,a7 by conducting surveys 
and collecting data on microplastic     
concentration1 particle size1 and       
chemical composition in land-applied    
biosolids on farmland2  7,b7 through the
 development or analysis of wastewater  
treatment techniques to filter out or   
biodegrade microplastics from biosolids 
intended to be used for agricultural    
purposes2  7,c7 by conducting an        
analysis of the impact on agricultural  
crops and soil health of microplastics  
in land-applied biosolids on farmland2  
7,d7 by conducting research to better   
understand how wastewater processing    
impacts microplastics2 and  7,e7 by     

conducting research to better understand
 the fate1 residence time1 and transport
 of microplastics on farmland4  4  #c4  
,reauthorization of high-priority       
research and extension initiatives      
,section #afgb of the ,food1            
,agriculture1 ,conservation1 and ,trade 
,act of #aiij 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #eibe7 is   
amended by striking #bjbc each place it 
appears in subsection 7e77#e71          
subsection 7f77#e71 paragraphs          
7#a77;,b71 7#b77;,b71 and 7#c7 of       
subsection 7g71 and subsection 7h7 and  
inserting #bjca4