Sec. 102. Renewable resource assessment and survey update
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Section 3 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1601 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in each of paragraphs
(4)and (5), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (6), by striking the comma at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: an analysis of the total carbon storage capacity of the National Forest System based on the lifecycle analysis established under section 102(b) of the Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Storage Act ; and an analysis of the opportunities to enhance and optimize total net carbon stock (as defined in section 3 of that Act and taking into consideration the requirements described in section 101(b) of that Act) in the National Forest System. ; and in subsection (c)— in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: the potential for increased utilization of forest and wood products and byproducts that are sustainable (as defined in section 3 of the Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Storage Act ), including recommendations to Congress for actions relating to those products and byproducts that would lead to increased net carbon sequestration (as defined in that section). . As a part of the assessment required under section 3 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1601 ), the Secretary shall develop, using the best available science, including data collected through the Forest Inventory and Analysis program of the Forest Service, computational models to analyze the lifecycle forest and grassland carbon sequestration potential associated with the National Forest System. In developing the model under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider— the net carbon stock in forests, grasslands, and wetlands, including in wood and forest soils; the rate of carbon sequestration in new trees and young forests; the rate of carbon sequestration in old trees and older forests; the carbon impacts from tree mortality; the carbon impacts from logging, milling, and other forest management activities; the carbon impacts from wildfire, pests, and other natural disturbances; the full lifecycle of carbon impacts from the manufacture of wood-based products, including storage benefits and substitution benefits from the use of wood-based products as compared to the use of more greenhouse-gas-intensive materials, including impacts on forest ecosystem net carbon stocks; the net carbon impact of a cycle of— harvest and regeneration; or harvest and replanting; the carbon impacts from ecologically sound active forest management; the carbon impacts from retention, forest conservation, improved management, and restoration of other landscapes, including grasslands, sagebrush, steppe, wetlands, abandoned mine land, brownfields, and other degraded lands that were historically forested; and other factors, as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary shall carry out a program for validation and independent testing of the lifecycle models developed under paragraph (1). In carrying out the validation program under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall— regularly perform retrospective assessments comparing model predictions to field data on the carbon stored on the National Forest System; and require third-party evaluation and comparison of lifecycle models developed under paragraph
(1)against existing models, including enabling empirical testing of hypotheses regarding the net effects on land and atmospheric carbon stocks and other greenhouse gas impacts. Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on the findings of the analysis conducted using the lifecycle models developed under paragraph (1).
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