# 116-hr-6023: COMPOST Act

116-hr-6023, COMPOST Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6023
- Congress: 116
- Title: COMPOST Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- Introduced: 2020-02-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Cultivating Organic Matter through the Promotion Of Sustainable Techniques Act or the COMPOST Act This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue regulations that designate composting as a conservation practice and a conservation activity. USDA must also issue regulations for determining whether a community is nearby for purposes of ensuring that bringing organic waste from the community to the farm to produce compost results in a net reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2020-02-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2020-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-8433: Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7887: Pandemic Child Hunger Prevention Act
- 116-hr-7827: Clean Energy Innovation Funding Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7642: Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-6023 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6023)

## Related
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-8433: Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8433)
- [116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8015)
- [116-hr-7887: Pandemic Child Hunger Prevention Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7887)
- [116-hr-7827: Clean Energy Innovation Funding Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7827)
- [116-hr-7642: Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7642)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6023 (as of 2025-11-18).