# 119-s-2582: Advancing Research on Agricultural Soil Health Act of 2025

119-s-2582, Advancing Research on Agricultural Soil Health Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2582
- Congress: 119
- Title: Advancing Research on Agricultural Soil Health Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-31
- Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Would create a federal system for a standardized soil carbon measurement and a national soil carbon inventory** so farmers, researchers, and policymakers can measure, report, and analyze soil carbon consistently across the United States. The bill would also fund demonstration trials and a predictive modeling tool tied to direct measurements.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] (R-IN), 2025-07-31T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Standard soil carbon measurement methods: benefit, low. If enacted, USDA would create a standard, science-based method to directly measure soil carbon within 270 days. NRCS would give technical help and guidance in multiple languages and in digital and paper form. The method must work where direct measurement is possible and account for lab calibration…
- Stronger on-farm soil carbon trials: benefit, low. If enacted, producers who join on-farm conservation trials would need to use soil health systems that maintain or increase soil carbon. Trials must include cost-effective tools to measure, monitor, report, and verify greenhouse gas emissions and carbon. The bill would extend trial periods from 3 ye…
- More federal research on soil carbon: benefit, low. If enacted, AFRI grant topics would explicitly include measuring, monitoring, reporting, and verifying soil carbon sequestration and emissions. This would let universities and researchers propose soil carbon MRV projects for federal grant funding. The change expands research options but does not by…
- National soil carbon inventory program: benefit, low. If enacted, USDA would create a Soil Carbon Inventory and Analysis Network to measure soil carbon on eligible public and private lands. Inventories would be done at least every 5 years using the standard method. USDA must get landowner permission, protect identifiable data, and publish aggregated r…
- Soil carbon and greenhouse gas model: benefit, low. If enacted, USDA would build and maintain modeling tools to estimate how land practices affect soil carbon, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Models must be grounded in direct field measurements, including inventory data, and be user-friendly and multilingual. USDA must review models at l…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026
- 119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
- 119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act
- 119-s-873: Fighter Force Preservation and Recapitalization Act of 2025
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-2582 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2582)

## Related
- [119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5071)
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
- [119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2819)
- [119-s-873: Fighter Force Preservation and Recapitalization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-873)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1507)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2582 (as of 2026-04-21).