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S. 1251: Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021

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S. 1251: Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-04-20 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Held at the desk.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-04-20 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: Senate vote 250 (2021): On the Amendment, S1251 (2021-06-24), Amendment Rejected. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Held at the desk. 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

Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021

Plain summary

Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021 This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a voluntary Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Certification Program to help reduce entry barriers into voluntary environmental credit markets for farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners. A voluntary environmental credit market is a market through which agriculture and forestry credits may be bought or sold. Entities eligible to participate in the program are (1) providers of technical assistance to farmers, ranchers, or private forest landowners in carrying out sustainable land use management practices that prevent, reduce, or mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, or sequester carbon; or (2) third-party verifiers that conduct the verification of the processes described in the protocols for voluntary environmental credit markets. Among other requirements, USDA must publish (1) a list of protocols and qualifications for eligible entities; (2) information describing how entities may self-certify under the program; (3) information describing how entities may obtain the expertise to meet the protocols and qualifications; and (4) instructions and suggestions to assist farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners in facilitating the development of agriculture or forestry credits and accessing voluntary environmental credit markets. USDA must also establish an advisory council to make recommendations regarding the list of protocols and qualifications, best practices, and voluntary environmental credit markets. The bill also rescinds certain funds provided in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and makes the funds available for the certification program.

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Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · 54 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1251, Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021 (2021-05-19)

Cosponsors on this site

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), John Boozman (R-AR), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), John Thune (R-SD), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Todd Young (R-IN), John Hoeven (R-ND), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Roger Marshall (R-KS), John Cornyn (R-TX), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Tim Scott (R-SC), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Jerry Moran (R-KS)

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Record fed-us-cong117-s1251 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117