3.0.0 3748 2023-01-11T13:17:54Z 2023-01-11T13:17:54Z House H HR 2009-10-07 111 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2010-06-15T16:44:56Z Referred to 2009-10-07T14:01:50Z hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing hssy20 Energy Subcommittee Referred to 2009-10-13T17:55:26Z Referred to 2009-10-07T14:02:40Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Referred to 2009-10-13T14:28:14Z hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2009-10-13T14:27:29Z Referred to 2009-10-07T14:01:49Z Water Efficiency via Carbon Harvesting and Restoration (WECHAR) Act of 2009 111 1713 S 2009-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9848-9850) Identical bill CRS 2010-06-15 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Committee 2009-10-13 hssy20 Energy Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. Committee 2009-10-13 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Committee 2009-10-13 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. Committee 2009-10-07 Referred to House Science and Technology IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2009-10-07 Referred to House Agriculture IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2009-10-07 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Science and Technology, 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 2009-10-07 Referred to House Natural Resources IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2009-10-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-10-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001231 Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] SHELLEY BERKLEY D NV 1 N T000468 Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-3] Dina Titus D NV 3 2009-10-07 True Energy Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural research Alternative and renewable resources Climate change and greenhouse gases Ecology Energy research Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental technology Forests, forestry, trees Government lending and loan guarantees Horticulture and plants Hydrology and hydrography Land use and conservation Water use and supply Energy 00 2009-10-07 Introduced in House 2010-01-16T19:17:37Z Water Efficiency via Carbon Harvesting and Restoration (WECHAR) Act of 2009 - Requires the Director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to conduct resources assessments that collect and synthesize interagency and state data to quantify: (1) invasive plant species and excess biomass (plant matter targeted for removal from public land to promote ecosystem health) in the form of dangerous fuel loads on public land that can be used for feedstock (plant matter or materials that serve as the raw material for the production of biochar and bioenergy); (2) estimated carbon content in that feedstock; (3) estimated potential biochar (charcoal or black carbon derived from organic matter through pyrolysis) and bioenergy (hydrocarbons derived from organic matter through pyrolysis) producible from that feedstock; and (4) potential water savings resulting from removal of invasive plant species and excess biomass on public land, by watershed.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to each: (1) establish a program to provide guarantees of loans by private institutions to develop and optimize commercially and technologically viable biochar production units, to produce, respectively, four and two units for deployment to remote landscapes, and for the construction or acquisition of biochar production facilities, provided the loan applicants will be dedicated primarily to contract restoration work with the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, or Forest Service using pinyon pine and juniper feedstock in the Great Basin, tamarisk feedstock in the Mojave Desert, or excess biomass feedstock, such as trees killed by bark beetle infestations in the Intermountain West; and (2) initiate three-year programs to employ such biochar production units in pilot applications in various U.S. climates and ecosystems.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide competitive grants to conduct research and analysis: (1) to identify attributes and composition profiles of biochar and bioenergy for various uses; (2) to identify potential uses and markets for biochar and bioenergy; (3) relating to environmental benefits and impacts of biochar and bioenergy use; and (4) regarding potential uses of biochar in landscape restoration.

]]> Water Efficiency via Carbon Harvesting and Restoration (WECHAR) Act of 2009 Display Title Water Efficiency via Carbon Harvesting and Restoration (WECHAR) Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To establish loan guarantee programs to develop biochar technology using excess plant biomass, to establish biochar demonstration projects on public land, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Water Efficiency via Carbon Harvesting and Restoration (WECHAR) Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-10-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3748ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3748ih.xml 2010-06-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. 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.