3.0.0 2880 2023-01-11T13:18:49Z 2023-01-11T13:18:49Z House H HR 2009-06-15 111 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee Referred to 2010-06-22T18:54:50Z hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2010-06-22T18:54:35Z Referred to 2009-06-15T16:31:40Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Referred to 2009-06-16T19:40:16Z Referred to 2009-06-15T16:31:41Z 2010-06-22 hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Committee 2010-06-22 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Committee 2009-06-16 hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. Committee 2009-06-15 Referred to House Energy and Commerce IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-06-15 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-15 Referred to House Agriculture IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2009-06-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000597 Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] Chellie Pingree D ME 1 N S001171 Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11] Heath Shuler D NC 11 2009-06-15 True S001180 Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] Kurt Schrader D OR 5 2009-06-15 True H001043 Rep. Hodes, Paul W. [D-NH-2] Paul Hodes D NH W. 2 2009-06-15 True M001149 Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2] Michael Michaud D ME H. 2 2009-06-15 True C001078 Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] Gerald Connolly D VA E. 11 2009-10-23 False Environmental Protection Agricultural conservation and pollution Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Forests, forestry, trees Land use and conservation Public contracts and procurement Environmental Protection 00 2009-06-15 Introduced in House 2009-07-22T18:25:09Z Buy American Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) establish a carbon incentives program to achieve supplemental greenhouse gas emissions reductions on private agricultural and forestland; (2) provide financial incentive payments for activities that increase carbon sequestration and storage over a designated contract period, and maintain carbon sequestration and storage and avoid future emissions through permanent avoided conversion agreements; and (3) establish monitoring and compliance protocols.

Requires participating owners to enter into a climate mitigation contract with the Secretary.

Obligates specified funds for further incentives for activities and agreements that protect carbon reductions and otherwise enhance environmental benefits achieved under a climate mitigation contract.

]]> Buy American Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009 Display Title Buy American Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a carbon incentives program to achieve supplemental greenhouse gas emissions reductions on private agricultural and forestland of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Buy American Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-06-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2880ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2880ih.xml 2010-06-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.