; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (2) Soil carbon sequestration demonstration projects In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall conduct on-farm demonstration projects for soil carbon sequestration. . 6. Soil Carbon Inventory and Analysis Network Chapter 5 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after section 1240M ( 16 U.S.C. 3839bb ) the following: 1240N. Soil Carbon Inventory and Analysis Network (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Conservation activities The term conservation activities has the meaning given the term in section 1240I. (2) Eligible land The term eligible land means public and private cropland, rangeland, pastureland, and wetlands in the United States. (3) Program The term program means the program established under subsection (b)(1). (4) Regional resource area The term regional resource area means a contiguous area of eligible land that has similar resource characteristics. (5) Resource characteristics The term resource characteristics means— (A) geographic, climate, natural resource, and soil type characteristics; and (B) any other characteristics that the Secretary determines to be appropriate for the purpose of carrying out the program. (6) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary, acting jointly through the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service. (b) Establishment (1) In general The Secretary shall establish a program to inventory, monitor, and analyze soil carbon changes on eligible land in the United States. (2) Purposes The purposes of the program are— (A) to analyze soil properties, including soil organic carbon, across space, time, and depth; (B) to analyze the impacts of land management strategies, including conservation activities, on soil carbon sequestration