[20080603]RS22834_气候变化立法中的农业和林业规定（第3036条）.pdf

1 For more information about the GHG legislative proposals and the carbon offset provisions inthese bills, see CRS Report RL33846, Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Cap-and-Trade Bills in the110th Congress, by Larry Parker and Brent D. Yacobucci; and CRS Report RL34067, ClimateChange Legislation in the 110th Congress, by Jonathan L. Ramseur and Brent D. Yacobucci.2 Some GHG bills give authority to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to determinecovered entities, which could potentially expand the types and number of entities covered.Order Code RS22834Updated June 3, 2008Agriculture and Forestry Provisions inClimate Change Legislation (S. 3036)Rene JohnsonSpecialist in Agricultural PolicyResources, Science, and Industry DivisionSummaryThis report summarizes some of the domestic agriculture and forestry provisionsin the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S. 3036, formerly S. 2191), asordered reported out of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works inDecember 2007. The bill directs the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency to establish a program to decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The billscap-and-trade framework establishes a tradeable