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HR 4504 117th Congress House Native Americans

Tribal Biochar Promotion Act of 2021

Introduced: July 19, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 11, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Aug 3, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Aug 3, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Jul 19, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 19, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tribal Biochar Promotion Act of 2021

This bill establishes biochar demonstration projects. Biochar refers to carbonized biomass produced by converting feedstock through reductive thermal processing for nonfuel uses.

Specifically, the bill directs the Department of the Interior (for land under Bureau of Land Management jurisdiction) and the Department of Agriculture (for land under Forest Service jurisdiction) to enter into agreements with tribes or tribal organizations to carry out biochar demonstration projects. These projects must support the development and commercialization of biochar on Indian forest land or rangeland and in nearby communities by providing them with reliable supplies of feedstock from federal lands.

What's happening now August 11, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4614 Related bill Resilient Federal Forests Act
  • HR 5118 Related bill Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Bentz, Cliff
Oregon · Jul 19, 2021
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Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Jul 19, 2021
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Obernolte, Jay
California · Jul 19, 2021
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Westerman, Bruce
Arkansas · Jul 19, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4504: Tribal Biochar Promotion Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4504/
MLA
"H.R. 4504: Tribal Biochar Promotion Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4504/.
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H.R. 4504, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4504/.
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