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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 2812 (Introduced in Senate) — To support carbon dioxide removal research and development, and for other purposes. · Sec. 502

Sec. 502. Land and minerals management

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The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Land and Minerals Management (referred to in this section as the Assistant Secretary ), shall carry out research, development, and demonstration activities in each of the areas described in this subsection. The Assistant Secretary shall carry out an assessment of the ability to use Federal land and abandoned mine land, subject to the Office of Surface Mining, and associated subsurface regions, for carbon dioxide removal benefits and practices, including— ecologically appropriate revegetation; reforestation; restoration to natural landscapes, including grasslands; and underground geologic storage of carbon dioxide.
The assessment under subparagraph
(A)shall— include data on carbon storage potential and climate resilience, including— safety for local communities; avoiding negative environmental impacts; and identifying regions with lower risks of reversing carbon dioxide removal practices over time; and identify economic development opportunities for local communities. The Assistant Secretary shall carry out other carbon dioxide removal research, development, and demonstration activities, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. The Assistant Secretary shall carry out the activities described in this section in consultation with— the Secretary of Agriculture; the Secretary of Energy; and the Chief of the Forest Service. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2033.
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