3.0.0 1210 2019-11-15T21:44:11Z 2019-11-15T21:44:11Z Senate S S 2005-06-09 109 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-06-09T17:56:53Z 2005-06-09 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6306-6311) IntroReferral 2005-06-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6305-6306) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-06-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD N L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2005-06-09 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2005-06-09 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2005-06-09 True B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2005-06-13 False Energy Administrative procedure Agricultural conservation Agricultural cooperatives Agricultural education Agricultural industries Agricultural research Agricultural subsidies Agriculture and Food Alternative energy sources Authorization Biomass energy Capitol (Washington, D.C.) Catalysis Cellulose Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Department of Agriculture Economic forecasting Economics and Public Finance Education Electric power production Energy crops Energy research Environmental Protection Executive reorganization Federal officials Feedstock Government Operations and Politics Government procurement Government publicity Grants-in-aid Higher education Housing and Community Development Hydrogen Income tax Investment tax credit Law Legislation Marketing Public Lands and Natural Resources Regional economic development Research and development Rural economic development Science, Technology, Communications Small business Taxation Transportation and Public Works Trees Wood Energy 00 2005-06-09 Introduced in Senate 2005-07-11T18:26:56Z National Security and Bioenergy Investment Act of 2005 - Amends the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 to redefine "biomass."

Revises provisions respecting: (1) Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee membership; (2) the Biomass Research and Development Initiative; (3) reports; and (4) funding.

Eliminates the termination date for authority under such Act.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) conduct a research, development, and demonstration program on the economic production and use of hydrogen from biofuels, with emphasis on the rural transportation and rural electrical generation sectors; (2) establish an incentive program for the production of cellulosic biofuels; and (3) make small business bioproduct marketing and certification grants; (4) make regional bioeconomy development grants; (5) make preprocessing and harvesting demonstration grants; and (6) contract for a biobased fuels and products education program.

Directs the Secretary to establish a position of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Energy and Biobased Products, who shall be responsible for: (1) energy programs under title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002; and (2) all other programs and initiatives that the Secretary considers appropriate.

Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 respecting federal biobased product procurement.

Directs the Architect of the Capitol to establish in the Capitol Complex a public education program regarding biobased product use by the Architect.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should amend the tax code to encourage investment in, and production and use of, biobased fuels and biobased products through investment tax credits for small manufacturers and facilities construction.

]]> National Security and Bioenergy Investment Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced National Security and Bioenergy Investment Act of 2005 Display Title National Security and Bioenergy Investment Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to enhance the national security of the United States by providing for the research, development, demonstration, administrative support, and market mechanisms for widespread deployment and commercialization of biobased fuels and biobased products, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-06-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1210is/xml/BILLS-109s1210is.xml 2005-06-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6306-6311) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.