International Carbon Conservation Act
Latest action · Apr 24, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3862-3863)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 24, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Permits an owner or operator of property located outside the United States that is used in a qualifying project to be eligible for: (1) credit extension from the Export-Import Bank of the United States of up to 75 percent of the cost of carrying out the carbon sequestration practices specified in the contract; and (2) investment insurance issued by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 24, 2001 to Jun 6, 2001, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Original | Apr 24, 2001 |
| R-OH | Mike DeWine | Original | Apr 24, 2001 |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | Apr 24, 2001 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | May 15, 2001 | |
| D-WV | Robert C. Byrd | Jun 6, 2001 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 24, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Apr 24, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3862-3863)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Agricultural colleges
- Agriculture and Food
- Animals
- Biological diversity conservation
- Business income tax
- Carbon cycle
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Commerce
- Department of Commerce
- Developing countries
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental auditing
- Environmental Protection
- Executive reorganization
- Export credit
- Export finance
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Forest clearcutting
- Forest conservation
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Higher education
- Income tax
- Indigenous peoples
- International Affairs
- Investment guaranty insurance
- Investment tax credit
- Land tenure
- Minorities
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Plants
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Reforestation
- Soil conservation
- Soil erosion
- Standards
- Sustainable development
- Taxation
- Trees
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