S. 2991 · 118th Congress

America’s Revegetation and Carbon Sequestration Act of 2024

Introduced on Sep 28, 2023 by Joe Manchin, III (I-WV). 3 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Nov 21, 2024): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 594.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Sep 28, 2023
Cosponsors
3
2 from the other party
Policy area
Environmental Protection
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to improve revegetation and carbon sequestration activities in the United States, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Advisory bodies
  • Air quality
  • Animal and plant health
  • Building construction
  • Climate change and greenhouse gases
  • Congressional oversight
  • Ecology
  • Employment and training programs
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Environmental education
  • Environmental technology
  • Forests, forestry, trees
  • Government buildings, facilities, and property
  • Hawaii
  • Horticulture and plants
  • International organizations and cooperation
  • Land use and conservation
  • Livestock
  • Mining
  • Pest management
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Rural conditions and development
  • State and local government operations
  • Technology transfer and commercialization
  • Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
  • Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Joe Manchin, IIII-WVSponsor

Independents · 1

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Sep 28, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 28, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  3. Oct 25, 2023 · SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-311.
  4. Nov 19, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  5. Nov 21, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  6. Nov 21, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  7. Nov 21, 2024 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 594.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation5 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  2. Ruffed Grouse Society/American Woodcock Society5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  3. SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER5 reports
    $950K reported (all issues)
  4. Composite Panel Association4 reports
  5. Sierra Club4 reports
    $790K reported (all issues)
  6. DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE2 reports
    $90.5K reported (all issues)
  7. NATIONAL READY MIXED CONCRETE ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $112.6K reported (all issues)
  8. Earthjustice1 report
    $169.1K reported (all issues)
  9. FUND FOR A BETTER FUTURE1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  10. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS1 report
    $650K reported (all issues)
  11. Scenic Vistas, LLC1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)
  12. The Conservation Alliance1 report
    $14K reported (all issues)
  13. The Nature Conservancy1 report
    $830K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE NATURE CONSERVANCYAI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.