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Rural Forest Markets Act of 2020

Introduced: August 5, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Aug 5, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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Rural Forest Markets Act of 2020

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Rural Forest Market Investment Program to guarantee investments to finance certain projects that will enable rural private forest landowners to participate in an innovative market for forest carbon or other products.

Eligible projects are projects developed by a private entity or a publicly supported, charitable nonprofit organization engaged in the aggregation of sustainable forestry practices implemented by rural private forest landowners to facilitate the sale of credits in the voluntary carbon market or other environmental market using a methodology approved by a credible, third-party entity.

USDA may guarantee up to $150 million with respect to each investment.

Authority to carry out the program terminates on September 30, 2023.

What's happening now August 5, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 4985 Related bill Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Storage Act
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Nov 10, 2020
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Nov 10, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4451: Rural Forest Markets Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4451/
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"S. 4451: Rural Forest Markets Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4451/.
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S. 4451, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4451/.
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