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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 4985 (Introduced in Senate) — To establish forestry policies that facilitate reforestation, conservation, international cooperation, and other ecol... · Sec. 107

Sec. 107. Carbon sequestration on State and private land

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Section 2(b) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2101(b) ) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(6)through
(10)as paragraphs
(7)through (11), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(5)the following: the encouragement of reforestation, conservation, and related optimization of net carbon stock (as defined in section 3 of the Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Storage Act and taking into consideration the requirements described in section 101(b) of that Act); . Section 2A(a)(1) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2101a(a)(1) ) is amended— by redesignating subparagraphs
(C)and
(D)as subparagraphs
(D)and (E), respectively; and by inserting after subparagraph
(B)the following: the net carbon stock (as defined in section 3 of the Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Storage Act and taking into consideration the requirements described in section 101(b) of that Act) on State land and private land in the State; and opportunities to increase that net carbon stock, taking into consideration the requirements described in section 101(b) of that Act; . Section 5(d)(1) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2103a(d)(1) ) is amended by inserting carbon sequestration (as defined in section 3 of the before Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Storage Act ), and the aesthetic . Section 7A(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2103d(c)(1)(B)(ii) ) is amended by inserting , net carbon stock (as defined in section 3 of the before Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Storage Act and taking into consideration the requirements described in section 101(b) of that Act), and wildlife . Section 8(a) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2104(a) ) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(4)through
(6)as paragraphs
(5)through (7), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(3)the following: protect or enhance net carbon stock (as defined in section 3 of the Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Storage Act and taking into consideration the requirements described in section 101(b) of that Act) on healthy forestland; . Section 9(d)(3) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2105(d)(3) ) is amended— in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (D), by inserting and at the end; and by adding at the end the following: identifying opportunities to increase carbon stored through tree planting and scientific urban forestry management; . Section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2109a ) is amended— in subsection (e)— in paragraph (6), by striking and at the end; by redesignating paragraph
(7)as paragraph (8); and by inserting after paragraph
(6)the following: to improve the potential to increase the net carbon stock (as defined in section 3 of the Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Storage Act and taking into consideration the requirements described in section 101(b) of that Act) of forest ecosystems through methods that result in real, measurable, and verifiable changes in that net carbon stock; and ; and in subsection (l), by striking paragraph
(3)and inserting the following: There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $25,000,000 for the first full fiscal year after the date of enactment of the Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Storage Act and each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year 2025, to remain available until expended. .
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