117th Congress (2021–2023) · Senate bill · Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
This page covers S1251 in the 117th Congress. Bill numbers start over every Congress, so S1251 in another Congress is a different bill.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Roll-call votes | 1 |
| Chamber | Senate |
| Latest vote | 2021-06-24: Bill Passed (92-8) |
| Latest action | 2021-06-24: Held at the desk. |
| Policy area | Agriculture and Food |
| Official record | Congress.gov |
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…
Subjects: Advisory bodies, Agricultural conservation and pollution, Agricultural practices and innovations, Air quality, Civil actions and liability, Climate change and greenhouse gases, Congressional oversight, Environmental assessment, monitoring, research, Farmland, Forests, forestry, trees
Every recorded vote on this bill, newest first, with a link to the official tally. Member-by-member positions are on each member’s profile.
| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay | Not voting | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-24 | Senate | On Passage of the Bill S. 1251 | Bill Passed (92-8) | 73 | 7 | 0 | Official tally |
S1251 (Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021) was introduced in the 117th Congress (2021–2023) by Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN].
On 2021-06-24: Held at the desk.
1 recorded vote in the 117th Congress. The most recent, on 2021-06-24, was "On Passage of the Bill S. 1251": Bill Passed (92-8).