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S 536 111th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Forests, forestry, trees Land use and conservation

A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify the definition of the term "renewable biomass".

Introduced: March 5, 2009 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Mar 5, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2834)
Mar 5, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2833-2834)
Mar 5, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the definition of "renewable biomass" to include: (1) slash and precommercial sized thinnings harvested in environmentally sustainable quantities from National Forest System land or public land, other than components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, wilderness study areas, inventoried roadless areas and all unroaded areas of at least 5,000 acres, old growth stands, components of the National Landscape Conservation System, and national monuments; and (2) biomass obtained on land in any ownership from the immediate vicinity of any building, camp, or public infrastructure facility (including roads) at risk from wildfire.

What's happening now March 5, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2834)

 Bill text 1 version

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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Apr 20, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 536: A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify the definition of the term "renewable biomass".. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-536/
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"S. 536: A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify the definition of the term "renewable biomass".." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-536/.
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S. 536, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-536/.
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