Competitive Grants for Non-Federal Land Owners: Non-Federal Landowners Carbon Sequestration Grants

Agency: Department of Agriculture-Forest Service

 

Description:

Grants to states and other eligible entities to pay private forest landowners to increase carbon sequestration and storage on their land.

Bill Section:

23002(a)(4)

US Code:

16 USC 2109a

New or Existing:

Existing

Potential Cost:     

$50,000,000

Timeline:     

FY22-31

TCS Notes:

Grants made through an existing Forest Service program, Landscape Scale Restoration.

Section 23002 (including Climate Mitigation or Forest Resilience Grants, Non-Federal Landowners Carbon Sequestration Grants, and Wood Innovation Grant Program) has a total budget authority of $550 million. CBO estimated outlays from FY22-31 are $545 million.