; and (B) to quantify, monitor, report, and verify emissions reductions or sequestration by a project described in subparagraph (A). (6) Technical assistance The term technical assistance means technical expertise, information, and tools necessary for activities carried out under this section. (c) Establishment of program The Secretary shall establish a voluntary program, to be known as the Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Certification Program , to certify covered entities that the Secretary determines meet the standards described in subsection (d). (d) Standards (1) In general The Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Council, shall publish a list and description of standards that accomplish the purposes described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) and are taken from widely used industry protocols for greenhouse gas credit markets (including calculations, sampling methodologies, accounting principles, systems for verification, monitoring, and reporting, and methods to account for additionality, permanence, and leakage, where appropriate) that covered entities registered under the Program shall maintain expertise in and adhere to, as appropriate, for— (A) the provision of technical assistance to farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners for carrying out activities described in paragraph (2); and (B) the verification of the processes described in protocols for greenhouse gas credit markets that are used in carrying out activities described in paragraph (2). (2) Activities The activities referred to in paragraph (1) are current and future activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or sequester carbon as compared to traditional practices, which may include— (A) land or soil carbon sequestration; (B) emissions reductions derived from fuel choice or reduced fuel use; (C) livestock emissions reductions, including emissions reductions achieved through feeds and feed additives; (D) on-farm energy generation, including fuel switching