,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abhd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #aa1 #bjae
 ,mr4 ,king introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,environment and   
,public ,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to clarify  
the treatment of carbon emissions from  
forest biomass1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,carbon emissions from forest       
biomass ,in taking an action regarding  
air emissions from an energy source or  
facility that uses forest biomass1 the  
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency shall assume that   
forest biomass emissions do not increase
 overall carbon accumulations in the    
atmosphere if--  7#a7 a ,forest         
,inventory and ,analysis of the         
,department of ,agriculture that is     
current at the time the action is taken 
shows that forest carbon stocks in the  
,united ,states are stable or           
increasing2 or  7#b7 the forest biomass 
is derived from mill residuals1 harvest 

residuals1 or forest management         
activities4