Forest Resources for the Environment and the Economy Act
Latest action · Jul 24, 2001 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
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.
- IntroducedMay 3, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prescribes guidelines on reporting, monitoring, and verification of carbon storage from tree planting and forest management actions.
Directs the Secretary to establish a Carbon and Forestry Advisory Council to: (1) advise on voluntary reporting of greenhouse gas sequestration from forest management actions; (2) estimate the effect of proposed implementation on carbon sequestration and storage; and (3) assist the Secretary in assessing forest vulnerability to climate change.
Prescribes guidelines for: (1) the monitoring of forest carbon; and (2) forest carbon cooperative agreements and loan program on specified lands.
Instructs the Secretary to establish an assistance program provided through State revolving loan funds to Indian tribes and owners of nonindustrial private forest land to undertake forestry carbon activities.
Permits the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana to apply for funding from the Bonneville Power Administration for purposes of funding loans that meet both the objectives of this Act and certain fish and wildlife objectives of the Bonneville Power Administration.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 3, 2001.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Original | May 3, 2001 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 24, 2001Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
- May 3, 2001Introduced in Senate
- May 3, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4250-4253
- May 3, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4249-4250, S4253-4254)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Administrative procedure
- Agricultural conservation
- Agriculture and Food
- Air pollution measurement
- Animals
- Biomass energy
- Carbon cycle
- Carbon dioxide
- Carbon dioxide sinks
- Citizen participation
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Conservation easements
- Department of Agriculture
- Economics and Public Finance
- Energy
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental Protection
- Farm lands
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal-state relations
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fishery management
- Forest conservation
- Forest health
- Forest management
- Forest products
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Habitat conservation
- Hawaiians
- Idaho
- Indian lands
- Indigenous peoples
- Land transfers
- Law
- Liens
- Lumber trade
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Minorities
- Montana
- National forests
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Nonprofit organizations
- Oregon
- Outdoor recreation
- Photosynthesis
- Power marketing administrations
- Private forests
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Reforestation
- Revolving funds
- Social Welfare
- Sports and Recreation
- Sustainable forestry
- Tree planting
- Trees
- Washington State
- Water Resources Development
- Watershed management
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