Tribal Biochar Promotion Act of 2021
Summary
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2021
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President
Introduced Jul 19, 2021
Last action Aug 11, 2021
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Committee
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Aug 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
lower
Aug 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
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Aug 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
lower
Jul 19, 2021
Committee
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.
lower
Jul 19, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
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