(1) shall be designed to ensure that agricultural 
organizations and individual farmers receive detailed 
information about— 
(A) the potential impact of climate change 
on their operations and well-being; 
(B) market-driven economic opportunities 
that may come from storing carbon in soils and 
vegetation, including emerging private sector 
markets for carbon storage; and 
(C) techniques for measuring, monitoring, 
verifying, and inventorying such carbon capture 
efforts; 
(2) may incorporate existing efforts in any area 
of activity referenced in paragraph (1) or in related 
areas of activity; 
(3) shall provide— 
(A) outreach materials to interested par-
ties; 
(B) workshops; and 
(C) technical assistance; and 
(4) may include the creation and development 
of regional centers on climate change or coordination 
with existing centers (including such centers within 
NRCS and the Cooperative State Research Edu-
cation and Extension Service).
SEC. 109. NOAA REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS; 
PREPARATION ASSISTANCE. 
The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1451 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘REPORT ON EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE 
‘‘In General 
‘‘SEC. 320. (a) The Secretary shall report to the Con-
gress not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this section, and every 5 years thereafter, on the pos-
sible and projected impacts of climate change on— 
‘‘(1) oceanic and coastal ecosystems, including 
marine fish and wildlife and their habitat, and the 
commercial and recreational fisheries and tourism 
industries associated with them; and 
‘‘(2) coastal communities, including private resi-
dential and commercial development and public in-
frastructure in the coastal zone. 
‘‘Contents 
‘‘(b) Each report under this section shall include in-
formation regarding— 
‘‘(1) the impacts that may be due to climate 
change that have occurred as of the date of the sub-
mission of the report; and 
‘‘(2) the projected future impacts of climate 
change.
‘‘Impacts 
‘‘(c) The impacts reported on under subsection (b) 
shall include any— 
‘‘(1) increases in sea level; 
‘‘(2) increases in storm activity and intensity; 
‘‘(3) increases in floods, droughts, and other ex-
tremes of weather; 
‘‘(4) increases in the temperature of the air and 
the water on oceanic and coastal ecosystems, with a 
particular focus on vulnerable fisheries and eco-
systems; and 
‘‘(5) changes in the acidity of the ocean surface 
associated with an increase in concentration of car-
bon dioxide in the atmosphere. 
‘‘CLIMATE CHANGE PREPARATION ASSISTANCE 
‘‘In General 
‘‘SEC. 321. (a) The Secretary shall provide technical 
assistance to each coastal state that has an approved 
coastal zone management plan under this title, to assist 
such States in preparing persons living within their coastal 
zones to adapt to climate change. 
‘‘Identification of Affected Areas and Adaptations 
‘‘(b) In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall—
‘‘(1) identify the projected impacts of climate 
change to which persons located in coastal zones 
may need to adapt, including— 
‘‘(A) increases in sea level; 
‘‘(B) increases in storm activity and inten-
sity; and 
‘‘(C) increases in floods, droughts, and 
other extremes of weather; 
‘‘(2) identify the specific coastal areas of the 
United States, and the public and private develop-
ment in coastal communities and the natural re-
sources of the coastal zone, that are vulnerable to 
the impacts identified under paragraph (1); 
‘‘(3) identify the various adaptation measures 
that may be used to protect the areas and resources 
identified under paragraph (2) from the impacts 
identified under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(4) estimate the costs of the adaptation meas-
ures identified under paragraph (3).’’. 
TITLE II—NATIONAL 
GREENHOUSE GAS DATABASE 
SEC. 201. NATIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS DATABASE AND 
REGISTRY ESTABLISHED. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in
coordination with the Secretary, the Secretary of Energy, 
the Secretary of Agriculture, and private sector and non-
governmental organizations, shall establish, operate, and 
maintain a database, to be known as the ‘‘National Green-
house Gas Database’’, to collect, verify, and analyze infor-
mation on greenhouse gas emissions by entities. 
(b) NATIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS DATABASE COM-
PONENTS.—The database shall consist of— 
(1) an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions; 
and 
(2) a registry of greenhouse gas emission reduc-
tions and increases in greenhouse gas sequestra-
tions. 
(c) COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall promulgate regulations to implement a com-
prehensive system for greenhouse gas emissions re-
porting, inventorying, and reductions registration. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator shall 
ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that— 
(A) the comprehensive system described in 
paragraph (1) is designed to—
(i) maximize completeness, trans-
parency, and accuracy of information re-
ported; and 
(ii) minimize costs incurred by entities 
in measuring and reporting greenhouse gas 
emissions; and 
(B) the regulations promulgated under 
paragraph (1) establish procedures and proto-
cols necessary— 
(i) to prevent the double-counting of 
greenhouse gas emissions or emission re-
ductions reported by more than 1 reporting 
entity; 
(ii) to provide for corrections to errors 
in data submitted to the database; 
(iii) to provide for adjustment to data 
by reporting entities that have had a sig-
nificant organizational change (including 
mergers, acquisitions, and divestiture), in 
order to maintain comparability among 
data in the database over time; 
(iv) to provide for adjustments to re-
flect new technologies or methods for 
measuring or calculating greenhouse gas 
emissions;
(v) to account for changes in registra-
tion of ownership of emission reductions 
resulting from a voluntary private trans-
action between reporting entities; and 
(vi) to clarify the responsibility for re-
porting in the case of any facility owned or 
controlled by more than 1 entity. 
(3) SERIAL
NUMBERS.—Through regulations 
promulgated under paragraph (1), the Administrator 
shall develop and implement a system that pro-
vides— 
(A) for the verification of submitted emis-
sions reductions registered under section 203; 
(B) for the provision of unique serial num-
bers to identify the registered emission reduc-
tions made by an entity relative to the baseline 
of the entity; 
(C) for the tracking of the registered re-
ductions associated with the serial numbers; 
and 
(D) for such action as may be necessary to 
prevent counterfeiting of the registered reduc-
tions.
SEC. 202. INVENTORY OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS 
FOR COVERED ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 1st of each 
calendar year after 2009, each covered entity shall submit 
to the Administrator a report that states, for the pre-
ceding calendar year, the entity-wide greenhouse gas emis-
sions (as reported at the facility level), including— 
(1) the total quantity of direct greenhouse gas 
emissions from stationary sources, expressed in units 
of carbon dioxide equivalents, except those reported 
under paragraph (3); 
(2) the amount of petroleum products sold or 
imported by the entity and the amount of green-
house gases, expressed in units of carbon dioxide 
equivalents, that would be emitted when these prod-
ucts are used for transportation in the United 
States, as determined by the Administrator under 
section 301(b); 
(3) 
the 
amount 
of 
hydrofluorocarbons, 
perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride, expressed 
in units of carbon dioxide equivalents, that are sold 
or imported by the entity and will ultimately be 
emitted in the United States, as determined by the 
Administrator under section 301(d); and 
(4) such other categories of emissions as the 
Administrator determines in the regulations promul-