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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4985 

To establish forestry policies that facilitate reforestation, conservation, international cooperation, and other ecologically sound management practices 

that reduce atmospheric carbon, to support United States efforts in 

partnership with the One Trillion Trees Initiative, to encourage the 

sustainable management, restoration, and conservation of global forests, 

grasslands, wetlands, and coastal habitats, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 9, 2020 

Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. COONS, Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. KING) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To establish forestry policies that facilitate reforestation, conservation, international cooperation, and other ecologically sound management practices that reduce atmospheric carbon, to support United States efforts in partnership with the One Trillion Trees Initiative, to encourage the sustainable management, restoration, and conservation of global forests, grasslands, wetlands, and 

coastal habitats, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Storage Act’’. 

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Sense of Congress. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—CARBON SEQUESTRATION THROUGH FOREST 

CONSERVATION AND LAND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 

Sec. 101. Domestic forest carbon stock objectives. 

Sec. 102. Renewable resource assessment and survey update. 

Sec. 103. Forest nursery revival program. 

Sec. 104. Carbon sequestration through wetland and grassland. 

Sec. 105. Carbon sequestration through the healthy forest reserve program. 

Sec. 106. National Forest Foundation activities. 

Sec. 107. Carbon sequestration on State and private land. 

Sec. 108. Carbon sequestration research and monitoring programs. 

TITLE II—MARKET INCENTIVES FOR CARBON SEQUESTRATION 

Sec. 201. Clarification of research and development program for cellulosic biochemical and bioplastics. 

Sec. 202. Rural Forest Market Investment Program. 

TITLE III—ENGAGING AMERICA’S ALLIES IN CONSERVATION AND 

STRONGER LAND MANAGEMENT 

Sec. 301. Statement of policy. 

Sec. 302. International support for conservation. 

Sec. 303. Establishment of foundation. 

Sec. 304. International sustainable land-use management plans. 

Sec. 305. Blue carbon monitoring. 

Sec. 306. Report to Congress. 

Sec. 307. International forestry cooperation. 

Sec. 308. Modifications to authorities relating to tropical forests. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that— 

8 (1) forests and other ecosystems, including 

9 grasslands and coastal wetlands, sequester and store 

10 atmospheric carbon on climatologically relevant 

11 timescales; 


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1 (2) conserving, protecting, and restoring forest, 

2 grassland, and wetland ecosystems globally would se3 quester a substantial amount of atmospheric carbon 

4 and constitute a pragmatic step towards addressing 

5 global carbon emissions and the degradation of bio6 diversity; 

7 (3) blue carbon habitat can also store a sub8 stantial amount of atmospheric carbon and provide 

9 numerous other environmental, cultural, and eco10 nomic benefits; 

11 (4) as methods to address the changing climate, 

12 restore ecosystems, and benefit human health, the 

13 United States Government should take a leadership 

14 role, both domestically and abroad, in— 

15 (A) ending deforestation; 

16 (B) supporting tree planting, natural re17 generation, forest landscape restoration, wildfire 

18 risk reduction, and sustainable forest manage19 ment; and 

20 (C) conserving and restoring grasslands, 

21 wetlands, blue carbon habitats, and other lands 

22 and waters at scale; and 

23 (5) the 1t.org trillion trees platform established 

24 by the World Economic Forum, the Global Environ25 ment Facility, and other domestic and international 


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1 efforts to conserve and expand healthy forest and 

2 tree cover, grasslands, wetlands, and blue carbon 

3 habitats globally should be supported. 

4 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis7 trator’’ means the Administrator of the United 

8 States Agency for International Development. 

9 (2) BLUE CARBON HABITAT.—The term ‘‘blue 

10 carbon habitat’’ means a coastal habitat in the soils 

11 and vegetation of which carbon is stored, including 

12 a tidal wetland, a mangrove forest, a seagrass bed, 

13 a kelp forest, and other saltwater and estuarine 

14 coastal systems. 

15 (3) CARBON SEQUESTRATION.—The term ‘‘car16 bon sequestration’’ means the processes of capturing 

17 and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide for a cli18 matologically relevant period of time. 

19 (4) FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION.—The 

20 term ‘‘forest landscape restoration’’ means a process 

21 that aims to regain ecological functionality and en22 hance human well-being in deforested or degraded 

23 landscapes. 

24 (5) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.—The term 

25 ‘‘National Forest System’’ has the meaning given 


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1 the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Range2 land Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 

3 U.S.C. 1609(a)). 

4 (6) NATURALLY REGENERATE.—The term 

5 ‘‘naturally regenerate’’ means the regeneration of 

6 natural tree growth from— 

7 (A) available seed sources native to the 

8 specific forest area; or 

9 (B) any other natural process that does 

10 not primarily involve planting. 

11 (7) NET CARBON STOCK.—The term ‘‘net car12 bon stock’’ means the absolute quantity of carbon 

13 held within a discrete portion of the biosphere (in14 cluding carbon held within a discrete portion of 

15 aboveground forest biomass and forest soil) at a 

16 specified time. 

17 (8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

18 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

19 (9) SUSTAINABLE.—The term ‘‘sustainable’’ 

20 means the manner in which a land-use activity will, 

21 over the long-term— 

22 (A) satisfy the human and ecological needs 

23 associated with the use of land; 


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1 (B) conserve critical habitat and conserve 

2 and enhance the environmental quality of the 

3 land; and 

4 (C) optimize current and future land uses 

5 to ensure any enhancements in productivity are 

6 at a rate and in a manner that does not threat7 en decline. 

8 TITLE I—CARBON SEQUESTRA9 TION THROUGH FOREST CON10 SERVATION AND LAND MAN11 AGEMENT ACTIVITIES 

12 SEC. 101. DOMESTIC FOREST CARBON STOCK OBJECTIVES. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 

14 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in collabora15 tion with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 

16 Atmospheric Administration, shall establish— 

17 (1) objectives for increased net carbon stock for 

18 the forest, grassland, wetland, and coastal blue car19 bon habitat ecosystems of the United States that are 

20 owned or managed by the Federal Government; and 

21 (2) objectives that shall be developed collabo22 ratively between 1 or more non-Federal entities and 

23 1 or more Federal partners for increased net carbon 

24 stock for the forest, grassland, wetland, and coastal 

25 blue carbon habitat ecosystems of the United States 


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1 that are owned or managed by a State or local gov2 ernment, an Indian Tribe, or a private person. 

3 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—Objectives established under 

4 subsection (a)— 

5 (1) shall be based on the best available sci6 entific and commercial information, including cur7 rent and reference net carbon stock conditions for 

8 each ecosystem; 

9 (2) shall be based on information relating to the 

10 maintenance or restoration of the ecological integrity 

11 of the ecosystems described in subsection (a), includ12 ing maintaining or restoring ecologically appropriate 

13 forest, grassland, wetland, and blue carbon habitat 

14 structure, function, composition, and connectivity; 

15 (3) shall consider naturally regenerated plant 

16 growth and planted growth; 

17 (4) shall be established at levels that assist in 

18 achieving— 

19 (A) the optimally feasible and ecologically 

20 appropriate increase in the total net carbon 

21 stock that private domestic, State, and Tribal 

22 landowners and the Federal Government can 

23 achieve by January 1, 2030, and every 10 years 

24 thereafter through January 1, 2100; and 


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1 (B) the maximum practicable retention, re2 cruitment, and restoration of critical habitats, 

3 as appropriate for the forest type, to the extent 

4 that the trees promote increased net carbon 

5 stock; 

6 (5) shall be informed by data collected through 

7 the Forest Inventory and Analysis program of the 

8 Forest Service and other relevant data; 

9 (6) shall not negatively impact forest ecological 

10 integrity, forest function, forest composition, forest 

11 connectivity, and sustained yield and multiple uses; 

12 (7) shall be published in the Federal Register, 

13 after notice and an opportunity for public comment, 

14 together with a statement of the basis and justifica15 tion for the objectives; 

16 (8) shall consider input from and the interests 

17 of local stakeholders; and 

18 (9) shall consider— 

19 (A) the conservation of existing ecosystems 

20 that sequester carbon; and 

21 (B) the impact that a changing climate 

22 may have on— 

23 (i) existing net carbon stocks in for24 est, grassland, wetland, and coastal blue 

25 carbon habitat ecosystems; and 


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1 (ii) the carbon sequestration potential 

2 of the ecosystems described in clause (i). 

3 SEC. 102. RENEWABLE RESOURCE ASSESSMENT AND SUR4 VEY UPDATE. 

5 (a) RENEWABLE RESOURCE ASSESSMENT.—Section 

6 3 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan7 ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1601) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)— 

9 (A) in each of paragraphs (4) and (5), by 

10 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

11 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking the 

12 comma at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

13 and 

14 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(7) an analysis of the total carbon storage ca16 pacity of the National Forest System based on the 

17 lifecycle analysis established under section 102(b) of 

18 the Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Storage Act; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(8) an analysis of the opportunities to enhance 

21 and optimize total net carbon stock (as defined in 

22 section 3 of that Act and taking into consideration 

23 the requirements described in section 101(b) of that 

24 Act) in the National Forest System.’’; and 

25 (2) in subsection (c)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe4 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(4) the potential for increased utilization of 

7 forest and wood products and byproducts that are 

8 sustainable (as defined in section 3 of the Trillion 

9 Trees and Natural Carbon Storage Act), including 

10 recommendations to Congress for actions relating to 

11 those products and byproducts that would lead to in12 creased net carbon sequestration (as defined in that 

13 section).’’. 

14 (b) LIFECYCLE ANALYSIS.— 

15 (1) LIFECYCLE STORAGE MODEL.—As a part of 

16 the assessment required under section 3 of the For17 est and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning 

18 Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1601), the Secretary shall 

19 develop, using the best available science, including 

20 data collected through the Forest Inventory and 

21 Analysis program of the Forest Service, computa22 tional models to analyze the lifecycle forest and 

23 grassland carbon sequestration potential associated 

24 with the National Forest System. 


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1 (2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the model 

2 under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider— 

3 (A) the net carbon stock in forests, grass4 lands, and wetlands, including in wood and for5 est soils; 

6 (B) the rate of carbon sequestration in 

7 new trees and young forests; 

8 (C) the rate of carbon sequestration in old 

9 trees and older forests; 

10 (D) the carbon impacts from tree mor11 tality; 

12 (E) the carbon impacts from logging, mill13 ing, and other forest management activities; 

14 (F) the carbon impacts from wildfire, 

15 pests, and other natural disturbances; 

16 (G) the full lifecycle of carbon impacts 

17 from the manufacture of wood-based products, 

18 including storage benefits and substitution ben19 efits from the use of wood-based products as 

20 compared to the use of more greenhouse-gas-in21 tensive materials, including impacts on forest 

22 ecosystem net carbon stocks; 

23 (H) the net carbon impact of a cycle of— 

24 (i) harvest and regeneration; or 

25 (ii) harvest and replanting; 


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1 (I) the carbon impacts from ecologically 

2 sound active forest management; 

3 (J) the carbon impacts from retention, for4 est conservation, improved management, and 

5 restoration of other landscapes, including grass6 lands, sagebrush, steppe, wetlands, abandoned 

7 mine land, brownfields, and other degraded 

8 lands that were historically forested; and 

9 (K) other factors, as determined by the 

10 Secretary. 

11 (3) VALIDATION PROGRAM.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

13 carry out a program for validation and inde14 pendent testing of the lifecycle models devel15 oped under paragraph (1). 

16 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the 

17 validation program under subparagraph (A), 

18 the Secretary shall— 

19 (i) regularly perform retrospective as20 sessments comparing model predictions to 

21 field data on the carbon stored on the Na22 tional Forest System; and 

23 (ii) require third-party evaluation and 

24 comparison of lifecycle models developed 

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1 els, including enabling empirical testing of 

2 hypotheses regarding the net effects on 

3 land and atmospheric carbon stocks and 

4 other greenhouse gas impacts. 

5 (4) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

7 submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the 

8 House of Representatives and the Committee on Ag9 riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a 

10 report on the findings of the analysis conducted 

11 using the lifecycle models developed under paragraph 

12 (1). 

13 SEC. 103. FOREST NURSERY REVIVAL PROGRAM. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Act of June 9, 

15 1930 (commonly known as the ‘‘Knutson-Vandenberg 

16 Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 576a), is amended— 

17 (1) by striking the section designation and all 

18 that follows through ‘‘the Secretary of Agriculture’’ 

19 and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 2. FOREST NURSERY REVIVAL PROGRAM. 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture 

22 shall use amounts made available under subsection (b)’’; 

23 and 

24 (2) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agri3 culture to carry out subsection (a) $10,000,000 for each 

4 of fiscal years 2021 through 2030.’’. 

5 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

6 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 

7 the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 

8 the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the 

9 House of Representatives a report describing the short10 comings of, and barriers to, reforestation activities under 

11 section 2 of the Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly known 

12 as the ‘‘Knutson-Vandenberg Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 576a). 

13 SEC. 104. CARBON SEQUESTRATION THROUGH WETLAND 

14 AND GRASSLAND. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Na16 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the 

17 Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Sec18 retary and the heads of other relevant agencies, are en19 couraged to identify and pursue opportunities for the res20 toration or conservation of grasslands, wetlands, and 

21 coastal blue carbon habitats of the United States that are 

22 owned or managed by the Federal Government, State or 

23 local governments, Indian Tribes, or private persons that 

24 will— 


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1 (1) increase the net carbon stock of the United 

2 States, allowing the United States to reach the ob3 jectives established under section 101(a); and 

4 (2) provide other environmental, cultural, and 

5 economic benefits to the region in which the restora6 tion or conservation is carried out. 

7 (b) BLUE CARBON MONITORING.—In carrying out 

8 subsection (a), the Administrator of the National Oceanic 

9 and Atmospheric Administration, in collaboration with the 

10 Secretary of the Interior and the heads of other relevant 

11 agencies, shall monitor the net carbon stock in blue carbon 

12 habitats. 

13 (c) GRASSLAND CARBON MONITORING.—In carrying 

14 out subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior, the Sec15 retary, and the heads of other relevant agencies shall col16 laborate to monitor the net carbon stock in grassland. 

17 SEC. 105. CARBON SEQUESTRATION THROUGH THE 

18 HEALTHY FOREST RESERVE PROGRAM. 

19 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 501(a) of the Healthy 

20 Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6571(a)) is 

21 amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

23 end; 

24 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 

25 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 


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1 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(5) to promote, in pursuit of the objectives for 

3 increasing net carbon stock established under section 

4 101(a) of the Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon 

5 Storage Act— 

6 ‘‘(A) first in priority, the conservation and 

7 management of existing forests; and 

8 ‘‘(B) second in priority, the planting or re9 generation of additional trees in an ecologically 

10 appropriate manner.’’. 

11 (b) ENROLLMENT PRIORITY.—Section 502(f) of the 

12 Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 

13 6572) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri16 culture shall give priority to the enrollment in the 

17 healthy forests reserve program of land that— 

18 ‘‘(A) provides the greatest conservation 

19 benefit to— 

20 ‘‘(i) species listed as endangered or 

21 threatened under section 4 of the Endan22 gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 

23 1533); and 

24 ‘‘(ii) species that— 


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1 ‘‘(I) are not listed as endangered 

2 or threatened under section 4 of the 

3 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

4 U.S.C. 1533); but 

5 ‘‘(II)(aa) are candidates for such 

6 listing, State-listed species, or special 

7 concern species; or 

8 ‘‘(bb) are deemed a species of 

9 greatest conservation need under a 

10 State wildlife action plan; 

11 ‘‘(B) promotes the restoration of marginal 

12 farmland or degraded forestland into healthy 

13 forest ecosystems; or 

14 ‘‘(C) promotes the continuation of an eco15 logically appropriate ecosystem.’’. 

16 (c) RESTORATION PLANS.—Section 503(b) of the 

17 Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 

18 6573(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and insert19 ing the following: 

20 ‘‘(4) Practices, including reforestation and 

21 other forestry practices, to increase net carbon stock 

22 (as defined in section 3 of the Trillion Trees and 

23 Natural Carbon Storage Act).’’. 


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1 SEC. 106. NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES. 

2 (a) PURPOSES OF FOUNDATION.—Section 402(b) of 

3 the National Forest Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j(b)) 

4 is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

6 end; 

7 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 

8 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

9 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(4) encourage, accept, and administer private 

11 gifts of money and of real and personal property for 

12 the benefit of, or in connection with, the objectives 

13 for optimizing total domestic carbon stocks estab14 lished under section 101(a) of the Trillion Trees and 

15 Natural Carbon Storage Act; and 

16 ‘‘(5) carry out the Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Prize 

17 for Forest Restoration under section 410.’’. 

18 (b) THEODORE ROOSEVELT JR. PRIZE FOR FOREST

19 RESTORATION.—The National Forest Foundation Act (16 

20 U.S.C. 583j et seq.) is amended— 

21 (1) in section 405, by striking ‘‘410’’ both 

22 places it appears and inserting ‘‘411’’; 

23 (2) by redesignating section 410 as section 411; 

24 and 

25 (3) by inserting after section 409 the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 410. THEODORE ROOSEVELT JR. PRIZE FOR FOREST 

2 RESTORATION. 

3 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 ‘‘(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 

5 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

6 ‘‘(2) THEODORE ROOSEVELT JR. PRIZE.—The 

7 term ‘Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Prize’ means the 

8 Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Prize for Forest Restoration 

9 established under subsection (b). 

10 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Foundation shall, in 

11 consultation with the Secretary, establish a program to 

12 award an incentive prize, to be known as the ‘Theodore 

13 Roosevelt Jr. Prize for Forest Restoration’, to support do14 mestic reforestation activities carried out by individuals, 

15 communities, nonprofit organizations, and corporations. 

16 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—The following entities 

17 are eligible to receive the Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Prize: 

18 ‘‘(1) A State agency. 

19 ‘‘(2) A nonprofit entity that the Secretary de20 termines has a demonstrated expertise in tree plant21 ing activity and reforestation. 

22 ‘‘(3) Other entities that the Secretary deter23 mines to be appropriate, such as a local government 

24 or a private owner of land covered by a forest man25 agement plan. 


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1 ‘‘(d) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, 

2 the Secretary may coordinate on an ongoing basis with 

3 appropriate Federal, State, Tribal, and local resource 

4 management departments, local nonprofit organizations, 

5 private landowners, and corporations— 

6 ‘‘(1) to identify land suitable for reforestation; 

7 ‘‘(2) to encourage, accept, and administer pri8 vate gifts of money, technical expertise, and real and 

9 personal property for the benefit of the program 

10 under this section; and 

11 ‘‘(3) to manage and maintain reforested land.’’. 

12 SEC. 107. CARBON SEQUESTRATION ON STATE AND PRI13 VATE LAND. 

14 (a) ADDING NET CARBON STOCK AS A PURPOSE.— 

15 Section 2(b) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act 

16 of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101(b)) is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 

18 (10) as paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively; 

19 and 

20 (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(6) the encouragement of reforestation, con23 servation, and related optimization of net carbon 

24 stock (as defined in section 3 of the Trillion Trees 

25 and Natural Carbon Storage Act and taking into 


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1 consideration the requirements described in section 

2 101(b) of that Act);’’. 

3 (b) SUPPORT FOR STATE ASSESSMENTS AND STRAT4 EGIES FOR FOREST RESOURCES WHEN CONSIDERING

5 CARBON EMISSIONS.—Section 2A(a)(1) of the Coopera6 tive Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 

7 2101a(a)(1)) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and 

9 (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and 

10 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(C)(i) the net carbon stock (as defined in 

13 section 3 of the Trillion Trees and Natural Car14 bon Storage Act and taking into consideration 

15 the requirements described in section 101(b) of 

16 that Act) on State land and private land in the 

17 State; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) opportunities to increase that net car19 bon stock, taking into consideration the require20 ments described in section 101(b) of that Act;’’. 

21 (c) CARBON STORAGE THROUGH THE FOREST STEW22 ARDSHIP PROGRAM.—Section 5(d)(1) of the Cooperative 

23 Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103a(d)(1)) 

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1 in section 3 of the Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon 

2 Storage Act),’’ before ‘‘and the aesthetic’’. 

3 (d) CARBON STORAGE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY

4 FOREST AND OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION PROGRAM.— 

5 Section 7A(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Cooperative Forestry As6 sistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103d(c)(1)(B)(ii)) is 

7 amended by inserting ‘‘, net carbon stock (as defined in 

8 section 3 of the Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Stor9 age Act and taking into consideration the requirements 

10 described in section 101(b) of that Act),’’ before ‘‘and 

11 wildlife’’. 

12 (e) CARBON STORAGE THROUGH THE PROMOTION

13 OF FOREST HEALTH.—Section 8(a) of the Cooperative 

14 Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2104(a)) is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 

17 (6) as paragraphs (5) through (7), respectively; and 

18 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(4) protect or enhance net carbon stock (as 

21 defined in section 3 of the Trillion Trees and Nat22 ural Carbon Storage Act and taking into consider23 ation the requirements described in section 101(b) of 

24 that Act) on healthy forestland;’’. 


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1 (f) CARBON STORAGE THROUGH URBAN AND COM2 MUNITY FORESTRY.—Section 9(d)(3) of the Cooperative 

3 Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2105(d)(3)) 

4 is amended— 

5 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

6 the end; 

7 (2) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at 

8 the end; and 

9 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(E) identifying opportunities to increase 

11 carbon stored through tree planting and sci12 entific urban forestry management;’’. 

13 (g) CARBON STORAGE THROUGH THE STATE AND

14 PRIVATE FOREST LANDSCAPE-SCALE RESTORATION.— 

15 Section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act 

16 of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2109a) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (e)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

19 the end; 

20 (B) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 

21 paragraph (8); and 

22 (C) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 

23 following: 

24 ‘‘(7) to improve the potential to increase the net 

25 carbon stock (as defined in section 3 of the Trillion 


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1 Trees and Natural Carbon Storage Act and taking 

2 into consideration the requirements described in sec3 tion 101(b) of that Act) of forest ecosystems 

4 through methods that result in real, measurable, and 

5 verifiable changes in that net carbon stock; and’’; 

6 and 

7 (2) in subsection (l), by striking paragraph (3) 

8 and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

10 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund 

11 $25,000,000 for the first full fiscal year after the 

12 date of enactment of the Trillion Trees and Natural 

13 Carbon Storage Act and each fiscal year thereafter 

14 through fiscal year 2025, to remain available until 

15 expended.’’. 

16 SEC. 108. CARBON SEQUESTRATION RESEARCH AND MONI17 TORING PROGRAMS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Forest and 

19 Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 

20 (16 U.S.C. 1642) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

23 in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘include,’’ 

24 and all that follows through ‘‘subsection.’’ and 


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1 inserting ‘‘include the following 6 major areas 

2 of renewable resource research:’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘further 

4 expanding the understanding of wood product 

5 carbon sequestration (as defined in section 3 of 

6 the Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Storage 

7 Act), including by developing and improving 

8 carbon accounting strategies for specific, eco9 logically sound forest management practices;’’ 

10 before ‘‘and developing’’; and 

11 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(6) Renewable resource assessment research 

13 shall include, as appropriate, research activities re14 lating to the sequestration of carbon, including— 

15 ‘‘(A) accounting strategies for specific, eco16 logically sound forest management practices in 

17 specific forest types; 

18 ‘‘(B) increased carbon storage through re19 forestation, natural regeneration (as defined in 

20 section 3 of the Trillion Trees and Natural Car21 bon Storage Act) or conservation, and forest 

22 and rangeland management; and 

23 ‘‘(C) the utilization of wood and other ma24 terials derived from forest and rangeland re25 newable resources to store carbon in building 


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1 materials and industrial or consumer prod2 ucts.’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (c)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (i) in the matter preceding subpara6 graph (A), by striking ‘‘United States’’ 

7 and all that follows through ‘‘referred to’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘Chief of the Forest Service, 

9 shall carry out a program (referred to in 

10 this subsection’’; 

11 (ii) in subparagraph (G), by striking 

12 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

13 (iii) in subparagraph (H), by striking 

14 the period at the end and inserting a semi15 colon; and 

16 (iv) by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(I) accelerate and expand existing re19 search efforts to improve forest carbon meas20 urement and monitoring technologies— 

21 ‘‘(i) to better predict changes in forest 

22 carbon due to a changing climate; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) to reduce costs of participation, 

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1 ‘‘(J) conduct a study to monitor impacts 

2 from carbon-enhancing activities.’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

4 (i) by striking subparagraphs (A) and 

5 (C); 

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘the following re7 ports:’’ and all that follows through ‘‘shall 

8 submit’’ in the matter preceding clause (i) 

9 of subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘, not 

10 later than January 15 of each year,’’; and 

11 (iii) by redesignating clauses (i) 

12 through (iv) as subparagraphs (A) through 

13 (D), respectively, and indenting appro14 priately; and 

15 (3) in subsection (d)(2), by adding at the end 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(F) Carbon sequestration (as defined in 

18 section 3 of the Trillion Trees and Natural Car19 bon Storage Act).’’. 

20 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 2(c) of the 

21 Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act 

22 of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1641(c)) is amended by inserting ‘‘of 

23 Agriculture (referred to in this Act as the ‘Secretary’)’’ 

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1 TITLE II—MARKET INCENTIVES 

2 FOR CARBON SEQUESTRATION 

3 SEC. 201. CLARIFICATION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOP4 MENT PROGRAM FOR CELLULOSIC BIO5 CHEMICAL AND BIOPLASTICS. 

6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) CELLULOSIC BIOCHEMICAL PRODUCT.—The 

8 term ‘‘cellulosic biochemical product’’ means any 

9 biochemical, including bioethanol and its derivatives, 

10 that is derived from wood or plant cellulose fiber. 

11 (2) CELLULOSIC BIOPLASTICS PRODUCT.—The 

12 term ‘‘cellulosic bioplastics product’’ means any bio13 plastic that is derived from wood or plant cellulose 

14 fiber. 

15 (3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

16 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

17 meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 

18 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

19 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

20 the Secretary, acting through the Research and De21 velopment deputy area and the State and Private 

22 Forestry deputy area of the Forest Service. 

23 (b) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall conduct 

24 performance-driven research and development and provide 

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1 facilitating the use of cellulosic biochemical and bioplastics 

2 products in the United States. 

3 (c) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out subsection (b), the 

4 Secretary shall, after collaboration with the wood products 

5 and chemical industries, conservation organizations, and 

6 institutions of higher education— 

7 (1) conduct research and development, and pro8 vide for education and technical assistance, at the 

9 Forest Products Laboratory or through the State 

10 and Private Forestry deputy area that meets meas11 urable performance goals for the achievement of the 

12 priorities described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of 

13 subsection (d); and 

14 (2) make competitive grants to institutions of 

15 higher education for those institutions to conduct re16 search and development, carry out educational pro17 grams, and provide technical assistance. 

18 (d) PRIORITIES.—In awarding grants under sub19 section (c)(2), the Secretary shall give priority to applica20 tions from institutions of higher education proposing 

21 projects— 

22 (1) to address ways to improve the commer23 cialization of cellulosic biochemical products and bio24 degradable cellulosic bioplastics products that, based 

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1 using the lifecycle models developed under section 

2 102(b), will allow for an increase in net carbon 

3 stock; 

4 (2) to develop advanced biofuels (as defined in 

5 section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 7545(o)(1))) that— 

7 (A) are cellulosic biofuels suitable for use 

8 in aviation, shipping, and heavy-duty vehicles; 

9 and 

10 (B) based on the best available science and 

11 analyses conducted using the lifecycle models 

12 developed under section 102(b), will allow for 

13 an increase in net carbon stock; 

14 (3) for the conduct of applied research, includ15 ing projects designed to bring products from bench16 top to production scale; or 

17 (4) to address one or more other research areas 

18 identified by the Secretary, in consultation with con19 servation organizations, institutions of higher edu20 cation, and the wood products industry. 

21 (e) TIMEFRAME.—To the maximum extent prac22 ticable, the measurable performance goals for the research 

23 and development, education, and technical assistance 

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1 SEC. 202. RURAL FOREST MARKET INVESTMENT PROGRAM. 

2 (a) DEFINITION OF RURAL.—In this section, the 

3 term ‘‘rural’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

4 343 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 

5 (7 U.S.C. 1991). 

6 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 

8 a program, to be known as the ‘‘Rural Forest Mar9 ket Investment Program’’, to guarantee an environ10 mental impact bond, loan, or other investment vehi11 cle, as determined by the Secretary, issued for the 

12 sole purpose of financing eligible projects described 

13 in subsection (c), to enable rural private forest land14 owners to participate in an innovative market for 

15 forest carbon or other products. 

16 (2) CONSIDERATION.—In establishing the pro17 gram under paragraph (1), the Secretary may con18 sider ways to ensure that the program minimizes, to 

19 the extent practicable, disruptions to traditional for20 est products markets. 

21 (c) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—An eligible project re22 ferred to in subsection (b)(1) is a project developed by pri23 vate entity, or a publicly supported, charitable nonprofit 

24 organization, engaged in the aggregation of sustainable 

25 forestry practices implemented by rural private forest 

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1 carbon market or other recognized environmental market, 

2 using a methodology approved by a credible, third-party 

3 entity, as determined by the Secretary. 

4 (d) REQUIREMENTS.—A project described in sub5 section (c) that includes the practice of tree planting may 

6 only be carried out, as determined by the Secretary— 

7 (1) on land that was historically forested; 

8 (2) using tree species that are native to the re9 gion and at ecologically appropriate densities; and 

10 (3) in a manner that does not create other neg11 ative impacts to biodiversity or the environment. 

12 (e) GUARANTEE AMOUNT.—The Secretary may guar13 antee not more than $150,000,000 with respect to each 

14 bond, loan, or other investment vehicle under subsection 

15 (b)(1). 

16 (f) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 30 days after the 

17 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 

18 regulations to implement the program established under 

19 subsection (b)(1). 

20 (g) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 

21 provided by this section terminates on September 30, 

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1 TITLE III—ENGAGING AMER2 ICA’S ALLIES IN CONSERVA3 TION AND STRONGER LAND 

4 MANAGEMENT 

5 SEC. 301. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

6 It shall be the policy of the United States to— 

7 (1) lead the world in creating incentives and in8 vestments to protect intact forests, reduce deforest9 ation and support tree planting and forest landscape 

10 restoration, conservation, and sustainable manage11 ment in support of the goal to plant and conserve 

12 one trillion trees globally; 

13 (2) support carbon sequestration through sus14 tainable management and restoration of coastal and 

15 inland aquatic ecosystems, including wetlands and 

16 blue carbon habitats; and 

17 (3) utilize the vast natural assets and technical 

18 expertise of the United States to assist with sustain19 able management and utilization, conservation, and 

20 restoration of forests, grasslands, wetlands, blue car21 bon habitats, and agricultural lands for sequestering 

22 carbon globally. 

23 SEC. 302. INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR CONSERVATION. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State (referred 

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1 the Administrator, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Ad2 ministrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad3 ministration, the Director of the United States Fish and 

4 Wildlife Service, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the 

5 heads of other relevant agencies and international organi6 zations, shall prioritize programs to support forest land7 scape restoration, end deforestation, and conserve and re8 store grasslands, wetlands, and blue carbon habitats at 

9 landscape scale, including incorporating these activities 

10 into other programs or forms of assistance. 

11 (b) PRIORITIZATION AND TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.— 

12 In providing the support outlined in subsection (a), the 

13 Secretary, in coordination with the Administrator, the 

14 Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the Na15 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the 

16 Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 

17 shall— 

18 (1) prioritize partnerships with developing coun19 tries and regions that have experienced significant 

20 levels of deforestation, grassland conversion, wetland 

21 loss, or blue carbon habitat degradation or whose 

22 biodiversity, local economy, and stability has been or 

23 could be significantly impacted by loss of forest and 

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1 (2) prioritize partnerships that have been deter2 mined by agencies and partners with relevant exper3 tise to sequester or have the potential to sequester 

4 significant amounts of atmospheric carbon and that 

5 will provide other benefits to the region, as deter6 mined by the Secretary; 

7 (3) encourage countries receiving relevant aid, 

8 as determined by the Secretary, to report trans9 parently information about this aid, including local 

10 ownership and benefit sharing of programs; 

11 (4) encourage countries receiving relevant aid, 

12 as determined by the Secretary, to adopt legislation 

13 or other measures domestically to protect, restore, 

14 and sustainably manage forests (both existing and 

15 newly planted), grasslands, wetlands, blue carbon 

16 habitats, and other ecologically important lands and 

17 waters; and 

18 (5) take a leadership role in ending deforest19 ation and habitat conversion and encouraging the 

20 sustainable management, conservation, and restora21 tion of forests, grasslands, wetlands, blue carbon 

22 habitats, and other lands and waters at landscape 

23 scale. 

24 (c) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the programs 

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1 trator shall, to the maximum extent practicable, make use 

2 of public-private partnerships to facilitate engagement by 

3 nonprofit organizations and industry partners. 

4 SEC. 303. ESTABLISHMENT OF FOUNDATION. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FOUNDATION.—The Sec6 retary may enter into an agreement, or expand on existing 

7 partnerships, with a nonprofit organization to establish an 

8 ‘‘International Forest Foundation’’ (in this section re9 ferred to as the ‘‘Foundation’’), which shall not be an 

10 agency or instrumentality of the United States Govern11 ment. 

12 (b) PURPOSES OF FOUNDATION.—The purposes of 

13 the Foundation shall be to— 

14 (1) encourage, accept, and administer private 

15 gifts of money and of real and personal property for 

16 the benefit of, or in connection with, the activities 

17 and services carried out by the United States to sup18 port forest landscape restoration, end deforestation, 

19 and conserve and restore grasslands, wetlands, and 

20 blue carbon habitats around the world; 

21 (2) use private funds to support, undertake, 

22 and conduct activities that further the goals set 

23 forth in section 301; and 

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1 activities, that support international goals to in2 crease global carbon sequestration and ecosystem 

3 health through the conservation and restoration of 

4 healthy forests, grasslands, wetlands, blue carbon 

5 habitats, and sustainably managed agricultural land. 

6 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS; LIABILITY.— 

7 (1) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—The Secretary may 

8 authorize, pursuant to an agreement entered into in 

9 accordance with section 302(c), the transfer of funds 

10 of the United States to a nonprofit organization for 

11 the purpose of offsetting any administrative costs of 

12 the Foundation. 

13 (2) LIABILITY.—The United States shall not be 

14 liable for any debts, defaults, acts, or omissions of 

15 the Foundation. The full faith and credit of the 

16 United States shall not extend to any obligations of 

17 the Foundation. 

18 SEC. 304. INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE LAND-USE MAN19 AGEMENT PLANS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination 

21 with the Administrator, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

22 heads of other relevant Federal agencies, and international 

23 organizations, shall encourage countries receiving funding 

24 or other forms of assistance related to agriculture that is 

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1 produce, make publicly available, and adhere to detailed 

2 land-use management plans that identify and preserve 

3 areas important to ecosystem health and carbon seques4 tration and prioritize landscape restoration. 

5 (b) LAND-USE MANAGEMENT PLAN CRITERIA.—The 

6 Secretary shall work with the Administrator, the Secretary 

7 of Agriculture, the heads of other relevant Federal agen8 cies, international and nongovernmental organizations, 

9 and other relevant experts to work with recipient countries 

10 to develop and make publicly available, not later than one 

11 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, science12 based criteria for land-use management plans that support 

13 conservation of critical ecosystems, which may take mate14 rial or ideas from existing land-use management criteria. 

15 The criteria shall prioritize— 

16 (1) identifying and preserving areas important 

17 to ecosystem health and carbon sequestration; 

18 (2) conserving critical habitat and other signifi19 cant areas; 

20 (3) prioritizing conservation and preservation 

21 where possible; 

22 (4) restoring forests, grasslands, wetlands, blue 

23 carbon habitats, and other lands and waters impor24 tant for carbon sequestration and ecosystem health; 

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1 (5) stakeholder engagement with local commu2 nities, including indigenous communities and 

3 marginalized groups, including women. 

4 (c) IDENTIFICATION OF COUNTRIES.—The Secretary 

5 shall work with the Administrator, the Secretary of Agri6 culture, the heads of other relevant United States agen7 cies, international organizations, and other relevant ex8 perts to identify and publish on a preexisting website the 

9 countries receiving direct funding or benefits derived from 

10 United States international aid related to agricultural de11 velopment, agricultural education, or agricultural trade. 

12 (d) ENCOURAGING USE OF LAND-USE MANAGEMENT

13 PLANS.—The Secretary, in coordination with the Admin14 istrator, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the heads of 

15 other relevant agencies shall— 

16 (1) encourage identified countries to develop 

17 and publish on a preexisting website land-use man18 agement plans, or to improve existing land-use man19 agement plans, following criteria that include clear 

20 annual objectives for achieving the priorities set 

21 forth in subsection (b); 

22 (2) consider the progress that countries have 

23 made in developing conservation and land-use man24 agement plans and the progress these countries have 


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1 made in adhering to these plans when determining 

2 future aid related to agricultural development; 

3 (3) encourage international organizations that 

4 the United States supports and other governments 

5 with which it cooperates to support land-use man6 agement plans and planning; and 

7 (4) integrate United States financial assistance 

8 and support for such plans with the assistance of 

9 others to the extent doing so advances their effec10 tiveness. 

11 SEC. 305. BLUE CARBON MONITORING. 

12 The Administrator of the National Oceanic and At13 mospheric Administration shall— 

14 (1) collaborate with and provide technical as15 sistance to the Secretary and the Administrator in 

16 order to implement best practices for monitoring 

17 blue carbon inventory in programs and projects es18 tablished under this title; and 

19 (2) work in collaboration with the Smithsonian 

20 Environmental Research Center to develop a global 

21 blue carbon database and ensure data collection and 

22 reporting are consistent with the Center’s Coastal 

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1 SEC. 306. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

2 Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact3 ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary, 

4 in consultation with the Administrator, the Secretary of 

5 Agriculture, the Administrator of the National Oceanic 

6 and Atmospheric Administration, the Director of the 

7 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the heads 

8 of other relevant United States agencies, shall submit a 

9 report to Congress that— 

10 (1) outlines funding, activities, and other sup11 port provided to advance the priorities outlined in 

12 sections 302, 303, 304, and 305 on a country-by13 country basis, including work to develop land-use 

14 management plan criteria and efforts to encourage 

15 identified countries to develop and adhere to land16 use management plans consistent with the developed 

17 criteria; and 

18 (2) makes use of modern satellite imagery tech19 niques to monitor grassland, forest, and tree canopy 

20 cover and track the effectiveness of the programs of 

21 the United States Government and its partners. 

22 SEC. 307. INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY COOPERATION. 

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1 (1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (2) in subparagraph (H), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at 

4 the end; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub6 paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(I) carbon sequestration (as de8 fined in section 3 of the Trillion Trees 

9 and Natural Carbon Storage Act) ac10 tivities, including forest landscape res11 toration (as defined in that section) 

12 programs, conducted in an ecologically 

13 appropriate manner;’’. 

14 SEC. 308. MODIFICATIONS TO AUTHORITIES RELATING TO 

15 TROPICAL FORESTS. 

16 Section 118 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

17 (22 U.S.C. 2151p–1) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘, and an 

19 increase in global carbon sequestration’’ before the 

20 period at the end; 

21 (2) in subsection (c)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, res23 toration,’’ after ‘‘conservation’’; 


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1 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘and 

2 impact on global carbon emissions’’ after ‘‘irre3 versible losses’’; 

4 (C) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘(in5 cluding partnerships to increase and retain car6 bon sequestration, as defined in section 3 of the 

7 Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Storage 

8 Act)’’ after ‘‘sustainable forestry projects and 

9 practices’’; and 

10 (D) in paragraph (8), by inserting ‘‘in11 crease carbon sequestration (as defined in sec12 tion 3 of the Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon 

13 Storage Act) and,’’ after ‘‘other activities to’’; 

14 and 

15 (3) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘and a study 

16 on the total carbon sequestered through increases in 

17 and retention of tropical forest stocks globally as a 

18 result of programs, projects, and activities carried 

19 out under this section’’ before the period at the end. 

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