(11) Enhancing the accountability and trans-
parency of Government operations through setting 
milestones for agency activities, planning, measuring 
results, tracking results over time, and public report-
ing can improve Government management and make 
Government operations more efficient and cost effec-
tive. 
TITLE 
I—FEDERAL 
GOVERN-
MENT INVENTORY AND MAN-
AGEMENT OF GREENHOUSE 
GAS EMISSIONS 
SEC. 101. INVENTORY OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GREEN-
HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each agency shall, in accordance 
with the guidance issued under subsection (b), annually in-
ventory and report its greenhouse gas emissions for the pre-
ceding fiscal year. Each such inventory and report shall 
indicate as discrete categories— 
(1) any direct emission of greenhouse gas as a 
result of an activity of the agency; 
(2) the quantity of indirect emissions of green-
house gases attributable to the generation of electricity 
used by the agency and commercial air travel by 
agency personnel; and 
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(3) the quantity of emissions of greenhouse gases 
associated with the work performed for the agency by 
Federal contractors, comprising direct emissions and 
indirect emissions associated with electricity used by, 
and commercial air travel by, such contractors. 
(b) GUIDANCE; ASSISTANCE.—Not later than 3 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall issue guidance for agencies for conducting in-
ventories under this section and reporting under section 
102. Such guidance shall establish inventory and reporting 
procedures that are at least as rigorous as the inventory 
procedures established under the Environmental Protection 
Agency’s Climate Leaders program and shall define the 
scope of the inventories of direct emissions described in sub-
section (a)(1) to be complete and consistent with the na-
tional obligation for reporting inventories under the United 
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The 
Administrator shall provide assistance to agencies in pre-
paring their inventories. 
(c) INITIAL INVENTORY BY AGENCIES.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, each agency 
shall submit to the Administrator and make publicly 
available on the agency’s website an initial inventory 
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of the agency’s greenhouse gas emissions for the pre-
ceding fiscal year. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 6 months 
after an agency submits an initial inventory under 
paragraph (1), the Administrator shall review the in-
ventory for compliance with the guidance issued 
under subsection (b) and— 
(A) certify that the inventory is technically 
valid; or 
(B) decline to certify the inventory and pro-
vide an explanation of the actions or revisions 
that are necessary for the inventory to be cer-
tified under subparagraph (A). 
(3) REVISION.—If the Administrator declines to 
certify the inventory of an agency under paragraph 
(2)(B), the agency shall submit to the Administrator 
and make publicly available on the agency’s website 
a revised inventory not later than 6 months after the 
date on which the Administrator provides the agency 
with the explanation required by such paragraph. 
(d) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT.—Beginning not 
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall include as a discrete category in any inventory 
under this section any emission of greenhouse gas and any 
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biological sequestration of greenhouse gases associated with 
land managed by the Bureau of Land Management or the 
Forest Service. Such emissions and biological sequestration 
of greenhouse gases shall not be considered for the purposes 
of setting or measuring progress toward targets under sec-
tion 102. 
SEC. 
102. 
MANAGEMENT 
OF 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT 
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 
(a) EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS.—Not later than 
18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator shall promulgate annual reduction targets 
for the total quantity of greenhouse gas emissions described 
in section 101(a), expressed as carbon dioxide equivalents, 
of all agencies, taken collectively, for each of fiscal years 
2010 through 2050. 
(b) GOALS.—The targets promulgated under subsection 
(a) shall be calculated so as— 
(1) to prevent the total quantity of greenhouse 
gas emissions of all agencies in fiscal year 2011 and 
each subsequent fiscal year from exceeding the total 
quantity of such emissions in fiscal year 2010; and 
(2) to reduce such greenhouse gas emissions as 
rapidly as possible, but at a minimum by a quantity 
equal to 2 percent of projected fiscal year 2010 emis-
sions each fiscal year, so as to achieve zero net annual 
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greenhouse gas emissions from the agencies by fiscal 
year 2050. 
(c) PROPORTIONATE SHARE.—Each agency shall limit 
the quantity of its greenhouse gas emissions described in 
section 101(a) to its proportionate share so as to enable the 
agencies to achieve the targets promulgated under sub-
section (a). The Administrator shall promulgate annual re-
duction targets to be met by each agency to comply with 
this subsection. 
(d) AGENCY PLANS FOR MANAGING EMISSIONS.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, each agency 
shall develop, submit to the Administrator, and make 
publicly available on the agency’s website a plan for 
achieving the annual reduction targets applicable to 
such agency under this section through fiscal year 
2020. Not later than 2 years before the 10-year period 
beginning in 2021 and each subsequent 10-year pe-
riod, the agency shall develop, submit to the Adminis-
trator, and make publicly available an updated plan 
for achieving such targets for the respective period. 
Each plan developed under this paragraph shall— 
(A) identify the specific actions to be taken 
by the agency; and 
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(B) estimate the quantity of reductions of 
greenhouse gas emissions to be achieved through 
each such action. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 6 months 
after an agency submits a plan under paragraph (1), 
the Administrator shall— 
(A) certify that the plan is technically 
sound and, if implemented, is expected to limit 
the quantity of the agency’s greenhouse gas emis-
sions to its proportionate share under subsection 
(c); or 
(B) decline to certify the plan and provide 
an explanation of the revisions that are nec-
essary for the plan to be certified under subpara-
graph (A). 
(3) REVISION.—If the Administrator declines to 
certify the plan of an agency under paragraph (2), 
the agency shall submit to the Administrator and 
make publicly available on the agency’s website a re-
vised plan not later than 6 months after the date on 
which the Administrator provides the agency with the 
explanation required by paragraph (2)(B). 
(e) EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Each agency shall manage 
its greenhouse gas emissions to meet the annual re-
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duction targets applicable to such agency under this 
section. 
(2) REVISION OF PLAN.—If any agency fails to 
meet such targets for a fiscal year, as indicated by the 
inventory and report prepared by the agency for such 
fiscal year, the agency shall submit to the Adminis-
trator and make publicly available on the agency’s 
website a revised plan under subsection (d) not later 
than March 31 of the following fiscal year. The Ad-
ministrator shall certify or decline to certify the re-
vised plan in accordance with subsection (d)(2) not 
later than 3 months after receipt of the revised plan. 
(3) OFFSETS.— 
(A) PROPOSAL.—If no national mandatory 
economy-wide cap-and-trade program for green-
house gases has been enacted by fiscal year 2010, 
the Administrator shall develop and submit to 
the Congress by 2011 a proposal to allow agen-
cies to meet the annual reduction targets appli-
cable to such agencies under this section in part 
through emissions offsets, beginning in fiscal 
year 2015. 
(B) CONTENTS.—The proposal developed 
under subparagraph (A) shall ensure that emis-
sions offsets are— 
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(i) real, surplus, verifiable, permanent, 
and enforceable; and 
(ii) additional for both regulatory and 
financial purposes (such that the generator 
of the offset is not receiving credit or com-
pensation for the offset in another regu-
latory or market context). 
(C) RULEMAKING.—If by 2012 the Congress 
has not enacted a statute for the express purpose 
of codifying the proposal developed under sub-
paragraph (A) or an alternative to such pro-
posal, the Administrator shall implement the 
proposal through rulemaking. 
(f) MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR LARGE TRACTS OF 
PUBLIC LANDS.—The Forest Service, the Bureau of Land 
Management, the National Park Service, and the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall— 
(1) within 2 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, conduct studies of the opportunities 
for management strategies, and identify those man-
agement strategies with the greatest potential, to— 
(A) enhance net biological sequestration of 
greenhouse gases on Federal lands they manage 
while avoiding harmful effects on other environ-
mental values; and 
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(B) reduce negative impacts of global 
warming on biodiversity, water supplies, forest 
health, biological sequestration and storage, and 
related values; 
(2) within 3 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, implement programs on selected 
land management units in different parts of the Na-
tion to test the management strategies identified as 
having the greatest potential to achieve the benefits 
described in paragraph (1); and 
(3) report to the Congress on the results of the 
studies and the management strategies identified. 
(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 De-
cember 31 each fiscal year, each agency shall submit 
to the Administrator and make publicly available on 
the agency’s website a report on the agency’s imple-
mentation of its plan required by subsection (d) for 
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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 Govern-
ment’s progress toward carbon neutrality. The Ad-
ministrator shall submit such annual report to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and make such 
annual report publicly available on the Environ-
mental Protection Agency’s website. 
(3) ELECTRONIC
SUBMISSION.—In complying 
with any requirement of this title for submission of 
inventories, plans, or reports, an agency shall use 
electronic reporting in lieu of paper copy reports. 
SEC. 103. 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 re-
port requested by the Congress on May 17, 2007, regarding 
markets for greenhouse gas emissions offsets. 
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(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, enforceable, 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 
renewable energy certificate’’ means a certificate rep-
resenting a specific amount of energy generated by a renew-
able 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 recommendations 
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 cat-
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