S 1284
114th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Forests, forestry, trees
A bill to clarify the treatment of carbon emissions from forest biomass, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 11, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 11, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency, when taking an action regarding air emissions from an energy source or facility that uses forest biomass, to assume that forest biomass emissions do not increase overall carbon accumulations in the atmosphere if: (1) a Department of Agriculture's Forest Inventory and Analysis that is current at the time the action is taken shows that forest carbon stocks in the United States are stable or increasing; or (2) the forest biomass is derived from mill residuals, harvest residuals, or forest management activities.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committees of jurisdiction
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