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S. 1733: Forest Incentives Program Act of 2015

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S. 1733: Forest Incentives Program Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-07-09 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-07-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held. 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

Forest Incentives Program Act of 2015

Plain summary

Forest Incentives Program Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a forest incentives program to achieve supplemental greenhouse gas emission reductions and carbon sequestration on U.S. private forest land (eligible land) through: carbon incentives contracts, and conservation easement agreements. In selecting projects under such program, USDA shall give priority to contracts and agreements that: sequester the most carbon on a per acre basis; and create forestry jobs or protect habitats and achieve significant other environmental, economic, and social benefits. To participate in such program, an owner of eligible land must enter into a carbon incentives contract. USDA shall make financial incentive payments to owners of eligible land for: certain forestry practices that measurably increase carbon sequestration and storage over a designated period on eligible land, and conservation easements on eligible land covered under a conservation easement agreement. The Department of the Interior may set aside a portion of program funds to develop specified forest carbon modeling and methodologies and for other specified purposes. Interior shall establish a greenhouse gas incentives program to achieve supplemental greenhouse gas emission reductions from material choices in buildings. Interior shall provide owners of nonresidential buildings used for commercial or state or local government purposes incentive payments for the use of commercial or industrial products composed of biological products for sequestering carbon in those buildings. Program participants shall receive their payments upon the completion of the construction or renovation of the applicable building.

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Official text

Forest Incentives Program Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · 0 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] reported raising $176,810 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong114-s1733 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114