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Conservation Service and in cooperation with
local extension agents, experts from land grant
universities, and other local agricultural or con-
servation organizations, shall develop user-
friendly programs that combine measurement
tools and modeling techniques into integrated
packages to monitor the carbon sequestering ben-
efits of conservation practices and net changes in
greenhouse gas emissions.
(B) BENCHMARK LEVELS OF PRECISION.—
The programs developed under subparagraph (A)
shall strive to achieve benchmark levels of preci-
sion in measurement in a cost-effective manner.
(2) PROJECTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture, acting through the Farm Service Agency,
shall establish a program under which projects
use the monitoring programs developed under
paragraph (1) to demonstrate the feasibility of
methods 
of 
measuring, 
verifying, 
and
monitoring—
(i) changes in organic carbon content
and other carbon pools in agricultural soils,
plants, and trees; and
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(ii) net changes in emissions of other
greenhouse gases.
(B) EVALUATION
OF
IMPLICATIONS.—The
projects under subparagraph (A) shall include
evaluation of the implications for reassessed
baselines, carbon or other greenhouse gas leakage,
and permanence of sequestration.
(C) SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS.—Proposals
for projects under subparagraph (A) shall be sub-
mitted by the appropriate agency of each State,
in cooperation with interested local jurisdictions
and State agricultural and conservation organi-
zations.
(D) 
LIMITATION.—Not 
more 
than 
projects under subparagraph (A) may be ap-
proved in conjunction with applied research
projects under section 1311(b) until benchmark
measurement and assessment standards are es-
tablished under section 1311(d).
(E) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND.—The
Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the use of
National Forest System land as sites to dem-
onstrate the feasibility of monitoring programs
developed under paragraph (1).
(b) OUTREACH.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Cooperative State Re-
search, Extension, and Education Service shall widely
disseminate information about the economic and envi-
ronmental benefits that can be generated by adoption
of conservation practices (including benefits from in-
creased sequestration of carbon and reduced emission
of other greenhouse gases).
(2) PROJECT RESULTS.—The Cooperative State
Research, Extension, and Education Service shall in-
form farmers, ranchers, and State agricultural and
energy offices in each State of—
(A) the results of demonstration projects
under subsection (a)(2) in the State; and
(B) the ways in which the methods dem-
onstrated in the projects might be applicable to
the operations of those farmers and ranchers.
(3) POLICY OUTREACH.—On a periodic basis, the
Cooperative State Research, Extension, and Edu-
cation Service shall disseminate information on the
policy nexus between global climate change mitigation
strategies and agriculture, so that farmers and ranch-
ers may better understand the global implications of
the activities of farmers and ranchers.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2003 through 2006.
(2) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts made avail-
able to carry out this section for a fiscal year, at least
50 percent shall be allocated for demonstration
projects under subsection (a)(2).
SEC. 1313. CARBON STORAGE AND SEQUESTRATION AC-
COUNTING RESEARCH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture, in
collaboration with the heads of other Federal agencies, shall
conduct research on, develop, and publish as appropriate,
carbon storage and sequestration accounting models, ref-
erence tables, or other tools that can assist landowners and
others in cost-effective and reliable quantification of the car-
bon release, sequestration, and storage expected to result
from various resource uses, land uses, practices, activities
or forest, agricultural, or cropland management practices
over various periods of time.
(b) PILOT PROGRAMS.—The Secretary of Agriculture
shall make competitive grants to not more than five eligible
entities to carry out pilot programs to demonstrate and as-
sess the potential for development and use of carbon inven-
tories and accounting systems that can assist in developing
and assessing carbon storage and sequestration policies and
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programs. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture, in collaboration
with the heads of other Federal agencies and with other in-
terested parties, shall develop guidelines for such pilot pro-
grams, including eligibility for awards, application con-
tents, reporting requirements, and mechanisms for peer re-
view.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the date of
enactment of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture, in
collaboration with the heads of other Federal agencies, shall
submit to Congress a report on the technical, institutional,
infrastructure, design and funding needs to establish and
maintain a national carbon storage and sequestration base-
line and accounting system. The report shall include docu-
mentation of the results of each of the pilot programs.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purposes of this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of Agriculture $20,000,000 for fis-
cal years 2003 through 2007.
Subtitle C—International Energy
Technology Transfer
SEC. 1321. CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY EXPORTS PRO-
GRAM.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) CLEAN
ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY.—The term
‘‘clean energy technology’’ means an energy supply or
end-use technology that, over its lifecycle and com-
pared to a similar technology already in commercial
use in developing countries, countries in transition,
and other partner countries—
(A) emits substantially lower levels of pol-
lutants or greenhouse gases; and
(B) may generate substantially smaller or
less toxic volumes of solid or liquid waste.
(2) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—The term
‘‘interagency working group’’ means the Interagency
Working Group on Clean Energy Technology Exports
established under subsection (b).
(b) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days
after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary of Energy, the Secretary of Commerce, and the
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall jointly establish a Inter-
agency Working Group on Clean Energy Technology
Exports. The interagency working group will focus on
opening and expanding energy markets and transfer-
ring clean energy technology to the developing coun-
tries, countries in transition, and other partner coun-
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tries that are expected to experience, over the next 20
years, the most significant growth in energy produc-
tion and associated greenhouse gas emissions, includ-
ing through technology transfer programs under the
Framework Convention on Climate Change, other
international agreements, and relevant Federal ef-
forts.
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The interagency working
group shall be jointly chaired by representatives ap-
pointed by the agency heads under paragraph (1) and
shall also include representatives from the Depart-
ment of State, the Department of the Treasury, the
Environmental Protection Agency, the Export-Import
Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation,
the Trade and Development Agency, and other Fed-
eral agencies as deemed appropriate by all three agen-
cy heads under paragraph (1).
(3) DUTIES.—The interagency working group
shall—
(A) analyze technology, policy, and market
opportunities for international development,
demonstration, and deployment of clean energy
technology;
(B) investigate issues associated with build-
ing capacity to deploy clean energy technology
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in developing countries, countries in transition,
and other partner countries, including—
(i) energy-sector reform;
(ii) creation of open, transparent, and
competitive markets for energy technologies;
(iii) availability of trained personnel
to deploy and maintain the technology; and
(iv) demonstration and cost-buydown
mechanisms to promote first adoption of the
technology;
(C) examine relevant trade, tax, inter-
national, and other policy issues to assess what
policies would help open markets and improve
United States clean energy technology exports in
support of the following areas—
(i) enhancing energy innovation and
cooperation, including energy sector and
market reform, capacity building, and fi-
nancing measures;
(ii) improving energy end-use effi-
ciency technologies, including buildings and
facilities, vehicle, industrial, and co-genera-
tion technology initiatives; and
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(iii) promoting energy supply tech-
nologies, including fossil, nuclear, and re-
newable technology initiatives;
(D) establish an advisory committee involv-
ing the private sector and other interested groups
on the export and deployment of clean energy
technology;
(E) monitor each agency’s progress towards
meeting goals in the 5-year strategic plan sub-
mitted to Congress pursuant to the Energy and
Water Development Appropriations Act, 2001,
and the Energy and Water Development Appro-
priations Act, 2002;
(F) make recommendations to heads of ap-
propriate Federal agencies on ways to streamline
Federal programs and policies to improve each
agency’s role in the international development,
demonstration, and deployment of clean energy
technology;
(G) make assessments and recommendations
regarding the distinct technological, market, re-
gional, and stakeholder challenges necessary to
carry out the program; and
(H) recommend conditions and criteria that
will help ensure that United States funds pro-
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mote sound energy policies in participating
countries while simultaneously opening their
markets and exporting United States energy
technology.
(c) FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR CLEAN ENERGY TECH-
NOLOGY TRANSFER.—Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, each Federal agency or Government corporation car-
rying out an assistance program in support of the activities
of United States persons in the environment or energy sec-
tor of a developing country, country in transition, or other
partner country shall support, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the transfer of United States clean energy tech-
nology as part of that program.
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, and on April 1st of
each year thereafter, the Interagency Working Group shall
submit a report to Congress on its activities during the pre-
ceding calendar year. The report shall include a description
of the technology, policy, and market opportunities for
international development, demonstration, and deployment
of clean energy technology investigated by the Interagency
Working Group in that year, as well as any policy rec-
ommendations to improve the expansion of clean energy
markets and United States clean energy technology exports.
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(e) REPORT ON USE OF FUNDS.—Not later than Octo-
ber 1, 2002, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of State,
in consultation with other Federal agencies, shall submit
a report to Congress indicating how United States funds
appropriated for clean energy technology exports and other
relevant Federal programs are being directed in a manner
that promotes sound energy policy commitments in devel-
oping countries, countries in transition, and other partner
countries, including efforts pursuant to multilateral envi-
ronmental agreements.
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the departments, agencies,
and entities of the United States described in subsection (b)
such sums as may be necessary to support the transfer of
clean energy technology, consistent with the subsidy codes
of the World Trade Organization, as part of assistance pro-
grams carried out by those departments, agencies, and enti-
ties in support of activities of United States persons in the
energy sector of a developing country, country in transition,
or other partner country.
SEC. 1322. INTERNATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY DEPLOY-
MENT PROGRAM.
Section 1608 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42
U.S.C. 13387) is amended by striking subsection (l) and
inserting the following: