; and (2) submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the findings of the assessment under paragraph (1), including recommendations regarding potential new authorities that would facilitate a more robust role for the Department of Agriculture in the domestic market for greenhouse gas emissions credits derived from practices on agricultural land or private forest land, including— (A) whether the Department of Agriculture should play a larger role in developing— (i) greenhouse gas credit protocols, including new protocols for activities within the agriculture and forestry sectors that do not currently exist in the private marketplace; and (ii) verification methodologies to quantify greenhouse gas emissions reduction across activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or sequester carbon as compared to traditional practices; and (B) whether the Department of Agriculture— (i) should play a larger role in reducing compliance and verification costs for farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners, including by certifying greenhouse gas credits; and (ii) needs additional authority to carry out the activities described in clause (i). .