S.Amdt. 4916

SA 4916. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Thune, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Smith, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Crapo, and Ms. Cantwell) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3036, to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 342, strike lines 10 and 11 and insert the following: United States.”;

(3) by striking subparagraph (L) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) and inserting the following:

“(L) Renewable biomass.--The term ‘renewable biomass' means--

“(i) nonmerchantable materials, precommercial thinnings, or invasive species from National Forest system land and public land (as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 17902)) that--

“(I) are byproducts of preventive treatments that are removed (such as trees, wood, brush, thinnings, chips, and slash)--

“(aa) to reduce hazardous fuels;

“(bb) to reduce or contain disease or insect infestation; or

“(cc) to restore ecosystem health;

“(II) would not otherwise be used for higher-value products; and

“(III) are removed in accordance with--

“(aa) applicable law and land management plans; and

“(bb) the requirement for old-growth maintenance, restoration, and management direction of subsection (e)(2) of section 102 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6512) and the requirements for large-tree retention of subsection (f) of that section; or

“(ii) any organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis from non-Federal land or land belonging to an Indian or Indian tribe that is held in trust by the United States or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States, including--

“(I) renewable plant material, including--

“(aa) feed grains;

“(bb) other agricultural commodities;

“(cc) other plants and trees; and

“(dd) algae; and

“(II) waste material, including--

“(aa) crop residue;

“(bb) other vegetative waste materials (including wood waste and wood residues);

“(cc) animal waste and byproducts (including fats, oils, greases, and manure); and

“(dd) food waste and yard waste.”; and

(4) by striking subparagraph (O) (as redesig-