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H.R. 6830: Healthy Forests, Healthy Planet Act of 2008

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H.R. 6830: Healthy Forests, Healthy Planet Act of 2008

110th Congress · introduced 2008-08-01 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-08-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Healthy Forests, Healthy Planet Act of 2008

Plain summary

Healthy Forests, Healthy Planet Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to the National Forest System, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to other federal land, or both Secretaries acting jointly when a Carbon Cooperative Zone will include multiple types of federal land, to: (1) establish Carbon Cooperative Zones consisting of forested federal land and forested land in the same contiguous geographical area in private ownership or owned by a state or local government or Indian tribe; and (2) establish, for each Zone, a Carbon Cooperative and Partnership Council that is comprised of a Carbon Cooperative and a Carbon and Biomass Partnership. Declares the purpose of such Zones to be: (1) identification of viable biofuels and carbon storage market areas from forested land within a contiguous geographic area; (2) management of effects on forest ecosystems from potential activities that drive carbon storage and biofuels markets; (3) management of effects of potential leakage, permanence, and other market distortions in a carbon trading system; and (4) management of the forest carbon registry. Sets forth the duties of the Council, Cooperative, and Partnership, including requiring the Council to: (1) coordinate the land ownership plans of partnering entities in the corresponding Cooperative in order to sustain forest ecosystems in the Zone while developing the biomass and carbon storage markets of the Zone; (2) administer the Forest Carbon Registry for the Zone; and (3) establish the forest carbon baseline for the Zone and determine all credits due to partnering entities in the Cooperative. Establishes an Environmental Services Standards Board to develop consistent performance standards for quantifying carbon storage credits to facilitate the development of credit markets for conservation and land management activities that are forest based. Requires: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture to serve as the Board's chairperson; and (2) such Board to promulgate rules for tradable forest carbon credits and a forest carbon replacement reserve. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions concerning credits for energy produced within such Zones and credits for forest biomass producers. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to make grants for small energy generation facilities where the output is expected to be used within a single Zone. Requires biomass production from federal lands to be generated through forest activities that enhance ecosystem services.

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Official text

Healthy Forests, Healthy Planet Act of 2008

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11] · 1 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr6830 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110