H.R. 2880: Buy American Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009
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H.R. 2880: Buy American Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009
111th Congress · introduced 2009-06-15 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-06-15 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Buy American Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009
Plain summary
Buy American Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) establish a carbon incentives program to achieve supplemental greenhouse gas emissions reductions on private agricultural and forestland; (2) provide financial incentive payments for activities that increase carbon sequestration and storage over a designated contract period, and maintain carbon sequestration and storage and avoid future emissions through permanent avoided conversion agreements; and (3) establish monitoring and compliance protocols. Requires participating owners to enter into a climate mitigation contract with the Secretary. Obligates specified funds for further incentives for activities and agreements that protect carbon reductions and otherwise enhance environmental benefits achieved under a climate mitigation contract.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Buy American Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] · 5 cosponsors
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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] reported raising $551,078 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr2880.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr2880 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111