Sec. 202. Objectives and organization
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The Secretary shall incorporate terrestrial and biological carbon dioxide removal mission responsibilities into the Strategic Plan of the Department to complement the food and fiber mission responsibilities of the Department. The Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics (referred to in this section as the Under Secretary ) shall— coordinate all carbon dioxide removal research, development, and demonstration activities within the Department; and in carrying out subparagraph (A), collaborate with other senior Department officials with related responsibilities, including the Chief Economist.
The Under Secretary shall— review and advise the Secretary on all budget proposals relating to carbon dioxide removal research, development, and demonstration under Department programs; and provide oversight and evaluation of carbon dioxide removal research, development, and demonstration initiatives and projects of the Department. In carrying out this subsection, the Under Secretary shall pursue research strategies that build on well-established agriculture research infrastructure to pursue carbon dioxide removal research, development, and demonstration objectives through new research models.
The Under Secretary shall incorporate terrestrial and biological carbon dioxide removal research, development, and demonstration programs and projects— across the Department, including at— the Agricultural Research Service; the Forest Service; the Natural Resources Conservation Service; the National Institute of Food and Agriculture; and other Department agencies and offices; and in research portfolios of land-grant colleges and universities. In carrying out research, development, and demonstration under this title, the Secretary shall seek to advance carbon dioxide removal approaches that generate net-negative emissions based on full lifecycle analysis.
In carrying out this title, the Secretary shall consider, in addition to emissions described in paragraph (1), the risk of impacts on biodiversity and food security, social impacts, and such other impacts as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. In carrying out this title, the Secretary shall— conduct risk assessment of species cultivated or utilized for terrestrial and biological carbon dioxide removal; and take all feasible and prudent measures to minimize risk of economic, environmental, and social harm caused by invasive species.
The Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Energy to incorporate carbon dioxide removal scientific objectives into— current joint research on genomics and synthetic biology; and new and expanded joint research initiatives between the National Laboratories (as defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15801 )) and land-grant colleges and universities.
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