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Carbon Sequestration Proposals from the 110th Congress

S. 1571:   Farm and Ranch Equity Act of 2001, which, among other things, establishes a carbon sequestration demonstration program.

Sponsor: Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-IN) (4 Cosponsors)

 

S. 1727:   Conservation Assistance and Regional Equity Act, which among other things, establishes a Conservation Security Program that promotes carbon sequestration on agricultural lands.

Sponsor: Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) (11 Cosponsors)

 

S. 1731:   Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act of 2001, which, in reauthorizing the Farm Bill, provides payments for farmers for practicing carbon sequestration and funds research into carbon sequestration. Also supports renewable energy and energy efficiency in agricultural operations.

Sponsor: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)

 

S. 2779:   The Foreign Operations Appropriations Act, FY 2003, which, among other things, appropriates $15,100,000 for International Conservation Programs and the International Panel on Climate Change/United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; and appropriates $175,000,000 to support policies and programs in developing countries, countries in transition and other partner countries that directly (1) promote energy conservation and efficiency and clean energy programs; (2) measure, monitor, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions; (3) increase carbon sequestration; and (4) enhance climate change mitigation and adaptation programs. The Act also requires a report to Congress on (1) federal FY 2003 climate change expenditures; and (2) FY 2002, 2003 and 2004 United States Agency for International Development funds associated with climate change.

Sponsor: Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT)

 

S. 765:   Carbon Sequestration Investment Tax Credit Act, which creates a carbon sequestration investment tax credit.

Sponsor: Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) (3 Cosponsors)

 

S. 769:   International Carbon Conservation Act, which establishes a carbon sequestration program and an implementing panel within the Department of Commerce to enhance international conservation, promote carbon sequestration, and encourage voluntary efforts on the issue of global climate change.

Sponsor: Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) (5 Cosponsors)

 

S. 785:   Carbon Conservation Incentive Act, which requires the Department of Agriculture to allow land to be enrolled in a program that promotes carbon sequestration.

Sponsor: Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS)

 

S. 820:   Forest Resources for the Environment and the Economy Act, which requires the Department of Agriculture to assess opportunities to increase carbon storage on national forests and to facilitate voluntary, accurate reporting of forest projects that reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.

Sponsor: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) (1 Cosponsors)

 

S. 932:   Conservation Security Act, which promotes, as part of a conservation security program, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the enhancement of carbon sequestration.

Sponsor: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) (19 Cosponsors)

 

S. Amdt. 2546 to S. 1731:   An amendment to the Farm Bill to promote forest carbon sequestration and carbon trading by farmer-owned cooperatives.

Sponsor: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) (2 Cosponsors)

 

S. Amdt. 2917 to S. 517:   Amendment to the Energy Policy Act of 2002 (S. 517), which includes Title X, establishing a National Climate Change Policy (see S. 1008) and expressing the Sense of the Congress on international climate change negotations (see S. 1401), Title XI, establishing a National Greenhouse Gas Registry, and Title XIII on Climate Change Science and Technology (including carbon sequestration research).

(1 Cosponsors)

 

S. Amdt. 3209 to S. Amdt. 2917:   An amendment to the Farm Bill to promote forest carbon sequestration and carbon trading by farmer-owned cooperatives.

Sponsor: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) (2 Cosponsors)

 

S. Amdt. 3209 to S. Amdt. 2917:   An amendment to the Energy Policy Act of 2002 establishing carbon storage accounting models to help landowners quantify carbon release and sequestration from various resource uses.

Sponsor: Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-MN)

 

H.R. 1949:   Conservation Security Act, which promotes, as part of a conservation security program, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the enhancement of carbon sequestration.

(38 Cosponsors)

 

H.R. 2542:   American Farmland Stewardship Act, which establishes a Farmland Stewardship Program, under which, among other things, farmers may receive payment for activities that reduce greenhouse emissions and enhance carbon sequestration.

Sponsor: Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL)

 

H.R. 2646:   Farm Security Act, which reauthorizes the Farm Bill. In the version passed by the House, reauthorizes carbon cycle research and promotes carbon sequestration in forests. In the version passed by the Senate (see S.1731 above), provides payments for farmers for practicing carbon sequestration and funds research into carbon sequestration. The enacted law incorporate the House and Senate carbon sequestration provisions, except that payment for the practice of carbon sequestration is not explicitly provided for. The enacted law also incorporates the Senate bill’s support for renewable energy and energy efficiency on agricultural lands.

(1 Cosponsors)

 

H.R. 4:   Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act. The version of the bill passed by the House includes provisions of H.R. 2587, which promotes advanced clean coal technologies by, among other things, promoting demonstration of technologies that capture, separate, reuse or dispose of carbon dioxide, and establishing carbon emission standards that clean coal facilities must meet in order to be eligible for a tax credit. Also includes provisions of H.R. 2460, which requires the Department of Energy to investigate carbon and greenhouse gas mitigation and sequestration technologies.

(3 Cosponsors)

 

S. 1066:   Carbon Cycle and Agricultural Best Practices Research Act.

 

S. 1457:   Forest Resources for the Environment and Economy Act.

 

S. 1776:   Climate Change Energy Policy Response Act.

(9 Cosponsors)

 

S. 1945:   Biofuels Air Quality Act.

 

S. 1949:   Clean Power Plant and Modernization Act.

 

S. 2540:   Domestic Carbon Storage Incentive Act.

 

S. 2818:   Food Security and Land Stewardship Act.

 

S. 2982:   International Carbon Sequestration Incentive Act.

 

S. 3260:   Conservation Security Act.

 

S. 935:   National Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals Act.

 

H.R. 2520:   Credit for Voluntary Actions Act.

(1 Cosponsors)

 

H.R. 2788:   Biofuels Air Quality Act.

 

S. 1938:   Act to Save America's Forests, which, among other things, finds that clearcutting and other forms of even-age logging operations aggravate global climate change by decreasing the capability of the soil to retain carbon; and during the critical periods of felling and site preparation, reducing the capacity of the biomass to process and to store carbon, with a resultant loss of stored carbon to the atmosphere.

Sponsor: Sen. Jon S. Corzine (D-NJ) (4 Cosponsors)