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(g) STUDY ON URBAN AND WILDLAND-URBAN FOR-
ESTRY PROGRAMS.—Within 2 years of the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Forest Service, in consultation with 
appropriate State and local agencies, shall conduct a study 
of the opportunities of urban and wildland-urban interface 
forestry programs to enhance net biological sequestration 
of greenhouse gases and achieve other benefits. 
(h) REPORTING.— 
(1) REPORTS
BY
AGENCIES.—Not later than 
December 31 each fiscal year, each agency shall sub-
mit to the Administrator and make publicly available 
on the agency’s website a report on the agency’s im-
plementation of its plan required by subsection (d) 
for the preceding fiscal year, including the inventory 
of greenhouse gas emissions of the agency during 
such fiscal year. 
(2) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Ad-
ministrator shall review each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) for technical validity and compile 
such reports in an annual report on the Federal 
Government’s progress toward carbon neutrality. 
The Administrator shall submit such annual report 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
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make such annual report publicly available on the 
Environmental Protection Agency’s website. 
(3) ELECTRONIC
SUBMISSION.—In complying 
with any requirement of this subtitle for submission 
of inventories, plans, or reports, an agency shall use 
electronic reporting in lieu of paper copy reports. 
SEC. 6103. PILOT PROJECT FOR PURCHASE OF OFFSETS 
AND CERTIFICATES. 
(a) GAO STUDY.—No later than April 1, 2008, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall issue the 
report requested by the Congress on May 17, 2007, re-
garding markets for greenhouse gas emissions offsets. 
(b) PILOT PROJECT.—Executive agencies and legisla-
tive branch offices may purchase qualified greenhouse gas 
offsets and qualified renewable energy certificates in any 
open market transaction that complies with all applicable 
procurement rules and regulations. 
(c) QUALIFIED GREENHOUSE GAS OFFSETS.—For 
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualified greenhouse 
gas offset’’ means a real, additional, verifiable, enforce-
able, and permanent domestic— 
(1) reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; or 
(2) sequestration of greenhouse gases. 
(d) QUALIFIED
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
CERTIFI-
CATES.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualified 
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renewable energy certificate’’ means a certificate rep-
resenting a specific amount of energy generated by a re-
newable energy project that is real, additional, and 
verifiable. 
(e) GUIDANCE.—No later than September 30, 2008, 
the Administrator shall issue guidelines, for Executive 
agencies, establishing criteria for qualified greenhouse gas 
offsets and qualified renewable energy certificates. Such 
guidelines shall take into account the findings and rec-
ommendations of the report issued under subsection (a) 
and shall— 
(1) establish performance standards for green-
house gas offset projects that benchmark reliably ex-
pected greenhouse gas reductions from identified 
categories of projects that reduce greenhouse gas 
emissions or sequester carbon in accordance with 
subsection (c); and 
(2) establish criteria for qualified renewable en-
ergy certificates to ensure that energy generated is 
renewable and is in accordance with subsection (d). 
(f) REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall evaluate the pilot program established by this 
section, including identifying environmental and other 
benefits of the program, as well as its financial costs and 
any disadvantages associated with the program. No later 
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than April 1, 2011, the Comptroller General shall provide 
a report to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate providing the details of the evaluation and 
any recommendations for improvement. 
(g) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) Notwithstanding section 6106(3) of this 
Act, the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ has the meaning 
given to such term in section 105 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘renewable energy’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 203(b) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852(b)(2)), 
except that energy generated from municipal solid 
waste shall not be renewable energy. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION.—Of the amount of discre-
tionary funds available to each Executive agency or legis-
lative branch office for each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010, 
not more than 0.01 percent of such amount may be used 
for the purpose of carrying out this section. Such funding 
shall be in addition to any other funds available to the 
Executive agency or legislative branch office for such pur-
pose. 
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