1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Farmer-Driven Conservation Outcomes Act of 2020 . 2. Amendments to the Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977 The Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977 ( 16 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.) is amended by redesignating sections 8 through 10 as sections 10 though 12, respectively, and inserting after section 7 the following: 8. Conservation programs assessment (a) In general In coordination with the appraisal of soil, water, and related resources and with the national soil and water conservation program established under this Act, the Secretary may carry out a conservation effects assessment project to quantify the environmental and economic effects of conservation practices, develop the science base for managing the agricultural landscape for environmental quality and sustainable productive capacity, and improve the efficacy of conservation practices and programs by evaluating conservation effects. (b) Scope The project under this subsection may be carried out at national, regional, and watershed scales, and may include cropland, grazing lands, wetlands, forests, and such other lands as the Secretary may determine appropriate. (c) Activities The project under this subsection may include research, literature reviews and bibliographies, modeling, assessment, monitoring and data collection, outreach, extension education, and such other activities as the Secretary may determine appropriate. 9. Goals and assessment process for conservation programs (a) Natural resource and environmental objectives and outcomes (1) In general In coordination with the appraisal of soil, water, and related resources, the soil and water conservation program, and the conservation effects assessment project established by this Act, the Secretary shall identify, and periodically revise, specific natural resource and environmental objectives and anticipated conservation outcomes and results, by resource concern, for the conservation programs established under subtitles D and H of title