Sec. 105. Renewable resource assessment update and lifecycle analysis
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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 paragraph (5), by striking and at the end; by striking paragraph
(6)and inserting the following: an analysis of the rural and urban forestry opportunities to mitigate the buildup of atmospheric carbon, reduce the risk of global climate change, capture and store atmospheric carbon, and optimize forest carbon stock (as defined in section 2 of the Trillion Trees Act) in domestic forests; and ; and by adding at the end the following: an analysis of the forest carbon stock (as defined in section 2 of the Trillion Trees Act) potential of domestic forests based upon the lifecycle analysis established under section 105(c) of the Trillion Trees Act. ; 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 to increase forest carbon stock (as defined in section 2 of the Trillion Trees Act) through the utilization of harvested wood products, including recommendations to Congress for actions which would lead to increased forest carbon stock through the utilization of such materials. ; and in the first subsection (d), by inserting and other stakeholders after agencies . Section 4 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1602 ) is amended— in the first sentence— by inserting Nation’s forests, including the before National Forest System ; by inserting and Congress after transmitted to the President ; and by inserting and development programs after for research ; by striking the The Program shall include, but not be limited to and inserting The Program shall be prepared and transmitted to the President and Congress not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of the Trillion Trees Act and every 2 years thereafter, and shall include, but not be limited to ; by amending paragraph
(1)to read as follows: an inventory of specific investment needs and opportunities for both public and private program investments that— differentiates between— activities which are of a capital nature and those which are of an operational nature; and investments required to support existing policies and programs and those required to create and implement new policies and programs; and identifies— Federal and State policies that, if left unchanged in the succeeding 50 years, would create undesirable impacts on forests and communities; and alternatives to the policies described in clause
(i)that if implemented in the 10 succeeding years would mitigate such undesirable impacts; ; in paragraph (2)— by inserting and policy options after Program outputs ; by inserting or State governments after Federal Government ; in paragraph (3), by inserting and implementation of identified policy options after Program opportunities ; in paragraph (5)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting and policy options before which ; in subparagraph (B), by inserting and services after products ; in subparagraph (D), by striking state national goals and inserting State national goals that the policy options are intended to achieve and ; in subparagraph (E), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (F)— by inserting the health and resiliency of forests, forest carbon stock (as defined in section 2 of the Trillion Trees Act), and before forest and rangeland ; and by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: account for the effects of trees in urban and community areas in addition to forests in rural areas. . As a part of the assessment established under section 3 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1601 ) the Secretary shall develop interdisciplinary computational models using all available data to— evaluate the lifecycle forest carbon stock potential associated with domestic forestland; and provide projections, scenario planning, and policy options associated with such models. In developing the model under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider— the best available science; data collected through the forest inventory and analysis program under section 3(e) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 1642(e) ); forest carbon stock and the rate of carbon storage and sequestration in forest carbon pools; the net carbon storage and sequestration of active forest management; the rate of carbon storage and sequestration in varying forests based on the climate the forest is located in, the average age of stands, and rate of tree mortality; the net amount of carbon released through catastrophic wildfire, disease and insect infestations, and other disturbances that result in tree mortality; the net carbon stored and sequestered through the manufacture of harvested wood products; the net carbon stored and sequestered through a sustainable cycle of harvest and regeneration; forest carbon flux; 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 in forests; and require independent evaluation and comparison of lifecycle models developed under paragraph
(1)against existing models, and enable empirical testing of hypotheses regarding the net effects on land and atmospheric carbon stocks and other greenhouse gas impacts. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes— the findings of the analysis conducted using the model developed under paragraph (1); recent trends and current forest carbon stock, forest carbon pools, and forest carbon flux as well as projections of forest carbon stock, forest carbon pools, and forest carbon flux for the succeeding 50 years; and scenario planning for Federal, State, Tribal, local, and private landowners that analyzes different policy options and their associated effects on lifecycle forest carbon stock.
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