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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Healthy Forests, Healthy Planet Act of 2008’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
TITLE I—CARBON COOPERATIVES TO MANAGE CARBON MARKETS 
AND BIOFUELS 
Sec. 101. Establishment of Carbon Cooperative Zones. 
Sec. 102. Establishment of Carbon Cooperative and Partnership Councils. 
Sec. 103. Council duties. 
Sec. 104. Carbon Cooperative. 
Sec. 105. Carbon and Biomass Partnership. 
TITLE II—FOREST CARBON STORAGE MARKETS 
Sec. 201. Environmental Services Standards Board. 
Sec. 202. Provision of forest carbon credits. 
TITLE III—FOREST BIOMASS AND BIOFUELS 
Sec. 301. Planning for biomass and biofuel market development. 
Sec. 302. No reduced credit rate for open-loop biomass production in carbon co-
operative zones. 
Sec. 303. Renewable energy credits for energy independence within carbon co-
operative zones. 
Sec. 304. Small energy generation facility grants. 
Sec. 305. Requirements for using Risk Reduction Credits. 
Sec. 306. Biomass production from Federal lands. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Forested lands play an important role in 
mitigating the effects of climate change by removing 
carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. 
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(2) Forested lands in the United States can 
make a significant contribution toward United 
States energy independence by serving as a renew-
able source of biomass for energy production. 
(3) Markets for carbon credits and biomass are 
developing slowly. 
(4) Owners of small tracts of forested lands 
need a cost-efficient way to participate in carbon 
credits and biomass markets. 
(5) The result of forest landowners responding 
to the carbon and biomass markets could provide 
economic and environmental co-benefits, only if land 
stewardship principles are put into practice. 
(6) To maintain sustainable forests, carbon and 
biomass markets need to be tied to places in order 
to track and adjust for economic and environmental 
conditions. 
(7) To stimulate development of forest carbon 
and biomass markets, the Federal Government can 
provide incentives to help forest landowners to orga-
nize and manage in a manner to provide financial 
and environmental net benefits. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) AFFORESTATION.—The term ‘‘afforesta-
tion’’ means planting trees after January 1, 1990, 
on land that has been in a nonforest land use for at 
least 10 years. 
(2) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 
Carbon Cooperative and Partnership Council estab-
lished for a Carbon Cooperative Zone to provide 
oversight and market connections for that Zone. 
(3) DEFORESTATION
AVOIDANCE.—The term 
‘‘deforestation avoidance’’ means avoiding, by means 
of a long-range commitment to maintain and man-
age a stable supply of carbon within a forest, the 
conversion of forested land to other uses. 
(4) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means— 
(A) land within of the National Forest 
System (as defined in section 11(a) of the For-
est and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-
ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a))); 
(B) public lands (as defined in section 103 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)); 
(C) units of the National Park System; 
and 
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(D) units of the National Wildlife Refuge 
System. 
(5) FOREST
CARBON
BASELINE.—The term 
‘‘forest carbon baseline’’ means the inventory of car-
bon stock on the forest lands of a partnering entity 
within a Carbon Cooperative Zone in the year of 
registration of the Carbon Cooperative Zone. 
(6) FOREST
CARBON
REGISTRY.—The term 
‘‘forest carbon registry’’ means the registering of 
carbon stocks within a Carbon Cooperative Zone. 
(7) 
FOREST
CARBON
REPLACEMENT
RE-
SERVES.—The term ‘‘forest carbon replacement re-
serves’’ means forest carbon stocks on Federal lands 
available to replace sequestered carbon losses due to 
catastrophic events. 
(8) HARVESTED SOLID WOOD PRODUCTS.—The 
term ‘‘harvested solid wood products’’ means items 
made into solid wood products from harvested wood. 
(9) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 
means any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, na-
tion, pueblo, village or community that is listed by 
the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to section 104 
of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 
1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a–1). 
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(10) LEAKAGE.—The term ‘‘leakage’’ means a 
potentially unaccounted decrease in sequestration 
that is caused by an offset project that results in an 
accounted increase in sequestration. 
(11) CARBON COOPERATIVE.—The term ‘‘car-
bon cooperative’’ means a group of forest land-
owners participating in a cooperative effort to co-
ordinate the supply and demand of biomass and car-
bon storage markets in an environmentally sustain-
able manner. 
(12) PARTNERING ENTITY.—The term ‘‘part-
nering entity’’ means an forest landowner who par-
ticipates in a Carbon Cooperative. 
(13) PERMANENCE.—The term ‘‘permanence’’ 
means the extent to which greenhouse gases that are 
sequestered will not later be returned to the atmos-
phere. 
(14) REFORESTATION.—The term ‘‘reforest-
ation’’ means planting trees after January 1, 1990, 
on land that had previously been in forest, but which 
has lost forest cover and is not recovering naturally. 
(15) 
SECRETARY
CONCERNED.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to the National Forest System; and 
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(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to other Federal land. 
(16) SEQUESTRATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘sequestra-
tion’’ means the long-term capture, separation, 
isolation, or removal of greenhouse gases from 
the atmosphere. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term includes, as 
the Secretary concerned determines appropriate 
for carrying out this Act— 
(i) conservation practices; 
(ii) reforestation; 
(iii) deforestation avoidance; 
(iv) afforestation; and 
(v) any other method of long-term 
capture, separation, isolation, or removal 
of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. 
(C) EXCLUSIONS.—The term does not in-
clude any carbon cooperative forest lands not 
certified using a sustainable forest standard. 
(17) ZONE.—The term ‘‘Zone’’ means a Carbon 
Cooperative Zone established under section 101. 
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TITLE 
I—CARBON 
COOPERA-
TIVES TO MANAGE CARBON 
MARKETS AND BIOFUELS 
SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF CARBON COOPERATIVE 
ZONES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary concerned, or 
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Inte-
rior acting jointly when a Carbon Cooperative Zone will 
include multiple types of Federal land, may establish Car-
bon Cooperative Zones consisting of— 
(1) forested Federal land; and 
(2) forested land in the same contiguous geo-
graphical area in private ownership or owned by a 
State or local government or Indian tribe. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of Carbon Cooperative 
Zones are— 
(1) to identify viable biofuels and carbon stor-
age market areas from forested land within a contig-
uous geographic area; 
(2) to manage effects on forest ecosystems from 
potential activities that drive carbon storage and 
biofuels markets; 
(3) to manage effects of potential leakage, per-
manence, and other market distortions in a carbon 
trading system; and 
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(4) to manage the forest carbon registry and 
track amounts of carbon in the registry. 
(c) CARBON COOPERATIVE ZONE LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) GEOGRAPHICAL
CRITERIA.—For purposes 
of subsections (a) and (b)(1), a contiguous geo-
graphic area is designated using the following cri-
teria: 
(A) The area has similar economic market 
drivers. 
(B) The area has similar forest ecosystems 
at a regional scale. 
(C) The area has a sufficient number of 
private forest landowners that, when aggre-
gated, would supply a marketable amount of 
carbon or biomasss, or both. 
(2) INCLUSION OF FEDERAL LAND.—A Carbon 
Cooperative Zone should include a sufficient quan-
tity of Federal land in order to provide a carbon for-
est replacement reserve. 
SEC. 102. ESTABLISHMENT OF CARBON COOPERATIVE AND 
PARTNERSHIP COUNCILS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary concerned, or 
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Inte-
rior acting jointly when a Carbon Cooperative Zone in-
cludes multiple types of Federal land, shall establish for 
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each Carbon Cooperative Zone a Carbon Cooperative and 
Partnership Council. A Council will be composed of two 
branches: 
(1) The Carbon Cooperative. 
(2) The Carbon and Biomass Partnership. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) COMPOSITION.—Each Council shall be com-
posed of a board of directors. The number of mem-
bers of the board will be determined by the Sec-
retary concerned based on the size and complexity of 
the corresponding Carbon Cooperative Zone. The 
Carbon Cooperative will have a cooperative manager 
and staff, who are citizens of the United States, to 
be appointed by the board of directors of the Coun-
cil. The Carbon and Biomass Partnership will have 
a partnership director. 
(2) 
REQUIREMENTS.—In 
appointing 
board 
members of the Council under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary concerned shall ensure fair representation 
of Carbon Cooperative members, and at a minimum 
include State Foresters and representatives of In-
dian tribes. The cooperative staff shall include, at a 
minimum, an expert in carbon markets, an expert in 
biofuels markets, and an expert in sustainable for-
ests. 
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(3) COMPENSATION.— 
(A) BOARD
MEMBERS.—Members of the 
board or directors of a Council shall serve with-
out pay. 
(B) PROFESSIONAL STAFF.—The Carbon 
Cooperative manager and staff and the Carbon 
and Biomass Partnership director will be com-
pensated according to prevailing rates, based on 
the duties of the position. 
(c) TERM; VACANCIES.— 
(1) TERM.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term of a board 
member of a Council shall be five years, except 
that the members first appointed to the Coun-
cils shall be appointed for staggered terms over 
the five-year period. 
(B) SERVICE.—Service on a board of a 
Council is voluntary. 
(C) REMOVAL.—A board member may be 
removed from the Council on determination of 
the Secretary concerned for cause. The Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress a notification of 
any determination by the Secretary to remove a 
member. 
(2) VACANCIES.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—A vacancy on a Coun-
cil— 
(i) shall not affect the powers of the 
Council; and 
(ii) shall be filled in the same manner 
as the original appointment was made. 
(B) SERVICE UNTIL NEW APPOINTMENT.— 
A board member of a Council whose term has 
expired may continue to serve until the date on 
which a replacement is appointed under sub-
paragraph (A). 
(d) CHAIRPERSON
AND
VICE-CHAIRPERSON.—Of 
members of each Council, the Secretary concerned shall 
appoint— 
(1) one member to serve as Chairperson of the 
Council; and 
(2) one member to serve as Vice-Chairperson of 
the Council. 
(e) MEETINGS.— 
(1) INITIAL
MEETING.—A Council shall hold 
the initial meeting of the Council as soon as prac-
ticable after the date on which all members have 
been appointed to the Council. 
(2) PRESIDING
OFFICER.—A meeting of a 
Council shall be presided over by— 
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(A) the Chairperson of the Council; 
(B) in any case in which the Chairperson 
is absent, the Vice-Chairperson; or 
(C) in any case in which the Chairperson 
and Vice-Chairperson are absent, a chairperson 
pro tempore, to be elected by the members of 
the Council. 
(3) QUORUM.—Four members of a Council 
shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of the Coun-
cil. 
(4) OPEN
MEETINGS.—The Council shall be 
subject to section 552b of title 5, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 103. COUNCIL DUTIES. 
(a) COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) PLANNING.—A Council shall coordinate the 
landownership plans of partnering entities in the 
corresponding Carbon Cooperative in order to sus-
tain forest ecosystems in the Carbon Cooperative 
Zone while developing the biomass and carbon stor-
age markets of the Zone. 
(2) INFORMATION, EDUCATION, AND
ASSIST-
ANCE.—A Council shall— 
(A) coordinate information as the Council 
determines to be appropriate regarding the sta-
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tus of forested conditions within the Carbon Co-
operative Zone and market information for bio-
mass and carbon storage; 
(B) coordinate with State officials to edu-
cate nonindustrial private forest landowners on 
biomass and carbon storage markets and sus-
tainable forest practices; 
(C) obtain and maintain group certification 
for forest sustainability; and 
(D) assist landowners develop offset pro-
jects and pool credits from landowners across 
the Zone. 
(b) FOREST CARBON REGISTRY.—A Council shall ad-
minister the Forest Carbon Registry for the Carbon Coop-
erative Zone. 
(c) FOREST CARBON BASELINE.—A Council shall es-
tablish the forest carbon baseline for the Carbon Coopera-
tive Zone and determine all credits due to partnering enti-
ties in the Carbon Cooperative. 
(d) COST RELIEF MEASURES.— 
(1) INITIAL PERIOD.—The Secretary concerned 
may assist a Council with initial estimates, 
verification, and certification requirements for estab-
lishing the forest carbon baseline for the cor-
responding Zone. The Secretary may provide for 
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cost-share agreements with the Council to cover up 
to 75 percent of the start-up costs for up to three 
years, 50 percent in the fourth year, and 25 percent 
in the fifth year of the Council. 
(2) PERIODIC REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 
may assist cooperative members with periodic esti-
mates, verification, and certification requirements 
for establishing the forest carbon baseline. The Sec-
retary may make grants to members to assist in 
their meeting such requirements, subject to a cost 
share requirement of up to 50 percent per year. 
(e) CARBON TRADING.—A Council may trade carbon 
on behalf of members of its Carbon Cooperative, subject 
to a surcharge for each trade for purposes of funding the 
activities of the Council. 
(f) REPORTS.—A Council shall submit to the Sec-
retary, and cooperative members, annual reports (that are 
timely and succinct to ensure regular monitoring of mar-
ket trends) describing— 
(1) the status of carbon in the cooperative for 
tradeable credits provided under this Act or other 
Federal law; 
(2) economic effects of the markets; 
(3) regional, industrial, consumer, energy in-
vestment responses to the markets; 
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(4) environmental conditions created by market 
forces; 
(5) corrective measures that should be carried 
out; 
(6) plans to compensate for those measures; 
and 
(7) cost-relief measures carried out under sub-
section (d). 
SEC. 104. CARBON COOPERATIVE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—A Council shall solicit vol-
untary members to establish the Carbon Cooperative of 
the Council. Members shall include forest landowners, pri-
marily owners of nonindustrial private forest land. 
(b) PURPOSES OF CARBON COOPERATIVE.—The pur-
poses of the Carbon Cooperative are— 
(1) to stimulate biofuels and carbon storage 
markets from forests within the corresponding Car-
bon Cooperative Zone by coordinating the suppliers 
and demanders; 
(2) to provide oversight to assure accurate ac-
counting of carbon credits from forests; 
(3) to obtain and maintain a group certification 
in order to coordinate existing landownership plans 
and assure members within the Carbon Cooperative 
are practicing sustainable forest management; 
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(4) to aggregate forest landowners and operate 
a Carbon Cooperative, issue carbon credits, trade 
carbon credits, and disburse funds to members; and 
(5) to manage and update the forest carbon 
registry and allowable credits for carbon in the reg-
istry. 
SEC. 105. CARBON AND BIOMASS PARTNERSHIP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—A Council shall solicit vol-
untary members to establish the Carbon and Biomass 
Partnership of the Council. 
(b) PURPOSES OF CARBON AND BIOMASS PARTNER-
SHIP.—The purposes of the Carbon and Biomass Partner-
ship are— 
(1) to recruit forest landowners and engage 
landowners in educational and information on car-
bon and biomass markets; 
(2) to assist forest landowners with using infor-
mation technology for tracking elements of carbon 
and biomass markets and forest resources; 
(3) to assist the Council with obtaining and 
maintaining a group certification for forest sustain-
ability in order to coordinate existing landownership 
plans and assure members within the Carbon Coop-
erative are practicing sustainable forest manage-
ment; 
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(4) to assist the Council with coordinating the 
efforts of corporations and organizations to advance 
the goal of energy independence and mitigating cli-
mate change within the corresponding Zone; and 
(5) to solicit donations on behalf of the partner-
ship, which will be used for expenses in assisting 
landowners manage sustainable forests. 
TITLE II—FOREST CARBON 
STORAGE MARKETS 
SEC. 201. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES STANDARDS BOARD. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is to be established an 
Environmental Services Standards Board to develop con-
sistent performance standards for quantifying carbon stor-
age credits across all Carbon Cooperatives in order to fa-
cilitate the development of credit markets for conservation 
and land management activities that are forest based. 
(b) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall serve as chairperson of the Environmental Services 
Standards Board. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The Environmental Services 
Standards Board shall be comprised of the following: 
(1) The Secretary of Agriculture. 
(2) The Secretary of the Interior. 
(3) The Secretary of Energy. 
(4) The Secretary of Commerce. 
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(5) The Secretary of Transportation. 
(6) The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency. 
(7) The Commander of the Army Corps of En-
gineers. 
(8) Such other representatives as determined by 
the President. 
(d) SUBCOMMITTEES.—The Environmental Services 
Standards Board may form subcommittees to address spe-
cific issues. 
(e) DISSEMINATION
OF
PERFORMANCE
STAND-
ARDS.—Each Carbon Cooperative shall adopt performance 
standards developed by the Environmental Services Stand-
ards before a partnering entity can generate marketable 
credits. 
(f) RULEMAKING.—The Environmental Services 
Standards Board shall— 
(1) issue rules to establish the forest carbon 
baseline for partnering entities for all Carbon Co-
operatives; 
(2) issue rules regarding the establishment and 
use of tradeable forest carbon credits under section 
202; and 
(3) issue rules regarding the establishment and 
use of renewable energy credits under section 303. 
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(5) Establishing and receiving a value for the 
forest carbon replacement reserves of not less than 
2 percent of the trading value per carbon credit. 
(c) USE OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds derived from 
Federal Land Carbon Replacement Certificates shall be 
placed in trust and used by the Secretary concerned who 
issued the certificate to help maintain carbon sequestra-
tion. 
(d) ROLE FOR CARBON COOPERATIVE AND PART-
NERSHIP
COUNCILS.—Each Carbon Cooperative and 
Partnership Council shall, by regulation— 
(1) determine a suitable trading platform for 
forest carbon credits and enter into contractual 
agreement to trade carbon credits; 
(2) make forest carbon credit trades for its 
Carbon Cooperative; 
(3) disburse funds to the members of its Car-
bon Cooperative; and 
(4) establish a rate for services of not more 
than 1.5 percent of the value per carbon credit, the 
proceeds from which shall be available to fund the 
activities of the Council. 
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TITLE III—FOREST BIOMASS 
AND BIOFUELS 
SEC. 301. PLANNING FOR BIOMASS AND BIOFUEL MARKET 
DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION
OF
BIOMASS
PRODUCTION 
LANDS.—Each Carbon Cooperative and Partnership 
Council shall coordinate the plans of participating forest 
landowners in the corresponding Carbon Cooperative Zone 
to identify potential lands for forest biomass production. 
(b) CLEARINGHOUSE.—A Council shall serve as a 
clearinghouse for biomass production and biofuels develop-
ment as follows: 
(1) To educate private forest landowners and 
commercial enterprises on the development and use 
of biomass and biofuels. 
(2) To increase efficiencies by coordinating bio-
mass and biofuel research. 
(3) To facilitate permitting requirements for 
biofuel production. 
(4) To obtain and maintain group certification 
of sustainable forests during biofuel production. 
(5) To assure financial incentives are provided 
and working properly. 
(c) REPORT.—A Council shall submit to the Sec-
retary an annual report describing— 
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(1) the baseline of renewable and non-renewable 
energy use within the corresponding Zone by mem-
bers, and the change of use from the baseline for the 
year covered by the report; 
(2) the planned amount of biomass expected to 
be supplied by members annually over a 20-year pe-
riod, and the actual annual amount supplied; 
(3) the quantity of biofuel processed within the 
Zone; 
(4) the quantity of biofuels produced and used 
within the cooperative zone; 
(5) the results of research efforts; and 
(6) the effectiveness of financial incentives. 
SEC. 302. NO REDUCED CREDIT RATE FOR OPEN-LOOP BIO-
MASS PRODUCTION IN CARBON COOPERA-
TIVE ZONES. 
In the case of electricity produced and sold after the 
date of the enactment of this Act at any qualified facility 
described in section 45(d)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 which is located within a Zone, section 45 of such 
Code shall be applied without regard to subsection 
(b)(4)(A) thereof. 
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SEC. 303. RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDITS FOR ENERGY 
INDEPENDENCE WITHIN CARBON COOPERA-
TIVE ZONES. 
(a) RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDITS.—The Carbon 
Cooperative for a Carbon Cooperative Zone may issue re-
newable energy credits to a producer of forest biomass in 
connection with the production of biomass when energy 
produced from such biomass directly displaces fossil fuel 
energy for uses in institutions, small businesses, or the 
generation of electricity for use within the Zone. The Car-
bon Cooperative shall issue the renewable energy credit 
after verifying the use of the biomass. A Carbon Coopera-
tive shall authorize the trading of renewable energy credits 
on a suitable trading platform on behalf of partnering en-
tities in the cooperative. 
(b) ASSISTANCE
FOR BIOFUEL RETAILERS.—The 
Carbon Cooperative for a Carbon Cooperative Zone shall 
set aside a portion of each trade of renewable energy cred-
its for the purpose for issuing coupons to retailers of 
biofuels produced from biomass within the Zone. A coupon 
shall provide for a discount in the cost of biofuel procured 
by the retailer of up to 5 percent of the total cost. The 
Carbon Cooperative shall issue the coupons to retailers 
within the Zone for use only in that Zone. 
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SEC. 304. SMALL ENERGY GENERATION FACILITY GRANTS. 
The Secretary concerned may make grants for small 
energy generation facilities where the output is expected 
to be used within a single Carbon Cooperative Zone. 
SEC. 305. REQUIREMENTS FOR USING RISK REDUCTION 
CREDITS. 
A forest biomass producer may not receive renewable 
energy credits under section 303 or a grant for a small 
energy generation facility under section 304 unless the 
producer is certified for sustainable forest practices. For-
est biomass producers may participate in a group certifi-
cation program administered by the Carbon Cooperative 
and Partnership Council for corresponding Carbon Coop-
erative Zone. 
SEC. 306. BIOMASS PRODUCTION FROM FEDERAL LANDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Biomass production from Federal 
lands will be generated through forest activities that en-
hance ecosystem services, including wildlife and fish habi-
tats, thinning to reduce wildfire risks, forest protection, 
and storing carbon. 
(b) EXPANDED USE OF FOREST STEWARDSHIP CON-
TRACTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, including section 304B of the Fed-
eral Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949 (41 U.S.C. 254c), the Secretary of Agriculture 
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shall not obligate funds to cover the cost of can-
celing a Forest Service multiyear stewardship con-
tract under section 347 of the Department of the In-
terior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of division A 
of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) until 
the contract is cancelled. 
(2) COST
OF
CANCELLATION
OR
TERMI-
NATION.—The costs of any cancellation or termi-
nation of a multiyear stewardship contract may be 
paid from any appropriations made available to the 
Forest Service. 
(3) ANTI-DEFICIENCY ACT VIOLATIONS.—If the 
appropriations described in paragraph (2) are ex-
hausted— 
(A) such exhaustion shall not be consid-
ered a violation of section 1341 of title 31, 
United States Code (commonly known as the 
‘‘Anti-Deficiency Act’’); and 
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture shall seek 
a supplemental appropriation to cover the costs 
of any cancellation or termination of a 
multiyear stewardship contract. 
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