3.0.0 1576 2023-01-11T13:18:10Z 2023-01-11T13:18:10Z Senate S S 2009-08-04 111 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-08-05T01:22:02Z 2009-08-04 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8772-8773) IntroReferral 2009-08-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8771-8772) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-08-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2009-08-04 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2009-08-04 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2009-08-04 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2009-08-04 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2009-08-04 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2009-08-04 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2009-08-04 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2009-09-23 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2009-10-27 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 2009-08-04 Introduced in Senate 2009-12-08T20:53:36Z Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a carbon incentives program to achieve supplemental greenhouse gas emission reductions on private forest land of the United States. Directs the Secretary (subject to specified requirements) to provide to owners of eligible land financial incentive payments for: (1) eligible practices that measurably increase carbon sequestration and storage over a designated period, as specified through a climate mitigation contract; and (2) permanent avoided deforestation agreements (i.e., permanent conservation easements that cover eligible land that will not be converted for development).

Directs the Secretary to: (1) specify requirements to address intentional or unintentional reversal of carbon sequestration during the contract period; (2) issue regulations that specify eligible practices and related compensation rates, standards, and guidelines; (3) establish and implement protocols that provide monitoring and verification of compliance with such contracts; (4) report on progress toward reaching specified levels of carbon sequestration and storage through such contracts; and (5) adjust (at least every two years) eligible practices and compensation rates for future contracts based on the results.

]]> Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009 Display Title Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a carbon incentives program to achieve supplemental greenhouse gas emission reductions on private forest land of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-08-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1576is/xml/BILLS-111s1576is.xml 2009-08-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8772-8773) 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.