Carbon Conservation Incentive Act
Latest action · Apr 26, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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 26, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory panel, which shall develop: (1) criteria for evaluating carbon sequestration practices; and (2) estimates of carbon sequestration rates.
Directs the Secretary, through the Extension Service, to conduct educational outreach programs respecting agricultural practices that will increase sequestration of carbon, while preserving participant economic and social well-being.
Sets forth program and contract provisions, including cost-sharing and rental payments by the Secretary to participating owners and operators.
Directs the Secretary to carry out at least four carbon monitoring pilot programs.
States that the program shall be funded from Commodity Credit Corporation funds, and at the option of other agencies, from funds available for climate change initiatives or greenhouse gas emission reductions.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 26, 2001.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AK | Frank H. Murkowski | Original | Apr 26, 2001 |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Original | Apr 26, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2001 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Apr 26, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-144 | NATIONAL ENERGY ISSUES348 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 19, 2001–Jul 26, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a carbon sequestration program to permit owners and operators of land to enroll the land in the program to increase the sequestration of carbon, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Carbon Conservation Incentive Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Acreage allotments
- Agricultural conservation
- Agricultural education
- Agricultural extension work
- Agricultural pollution
- Agricultural research
- Agricultural subsidies
- Agriculture and Food
- Air pollution control
- Animals
- Biological diversity conservation
- Carbon cycle
- Carbon dioxide
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cropland conversion program
- Economic impact statements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental research
- Farm lands
- Federal advisory bodies
- Forest conservation
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Habitat conservation
- Land use
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Reforestation
- Rent
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Soil conservation
- Trees
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
- Watershed management
- Wetland conservation
- Wetland restoration
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2001Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
