3.0.0 2261 2023-01-11T15:47:55Z 2023-01-11T15:47:55Z House H HR 2007-05-10 110 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2007-05-31T13:39:18Z Referred to 2007-05-10T13:01:20Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Referred to 2007-05-10T18:35:22Z Referred to 2007-05-10T13:01:35Z hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-05-10T13:01:30Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-05-10T13:01:25Z 2007-06-26 hsag00 Agriculture Committee 1 House committee actions Executive Comment Requested from USDA. Committee 2007-05-31 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Committee 2007-05-10 hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Committee 2007-05-10 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-05-10 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2007-05-10 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2007-05-10 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-10 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2007-05-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000491 Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] FRANK LUCAS R OK D. 3 N Energy Accounting Agricultural conservation Agricultural subsidies Agricultural wastes Agriculture and Food Alcohol as fuel Alternative energy sources Biomass energy Cellulose Cogeneration of electric power and heat Commerce Electric power production Energy crops Energy efficiency Energy transportation Environmental Protection Finance and Financial Sector Fuel cells Gas industry Governmental investigations Hydrogen Income tax Natural gas Oils and fats Petroleum industry Pipelines Public Lands and Natural Resources Refuse as fuel Soil conservation Soil erosion Tax credits Taxation Transportation and Public Works Wind power Energy 00 2007-05-10 Introduced in House 2007-06-21T19:03:22Z Rural America Energy Act of 2007 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to redefine "bioenergy" to include: (1) cellulosic cogeneration; (2) biomass gasification; and (3) hydrogen made from cellulosic commodities for fuel cells.

Instructs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to make available increased funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to implement: (1) the bioenergy program; (2) renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements; and (3) grants for small projects.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide a five-year extension of credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources; and (2) allow a tax credit for certain wind energy property placed in service or installed by the taxpayer during the taxable year.

Instructs the Secretary of Energy to spend up to $1 million to fund feasibility studies for the construction of dedicated ethanol pipelines.

Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to: (1) extend the conservation reserve program through calendar 2012; and (2) direct the Secretary to ensure that, as contracts expire and lands are taken out of the program, the lands are replaced with the most environmentally sensitive acres, so that the program continues to protect highly erodible lands while increasing the acreage outside of the program available for the production of crops to accommodate biofuel production.

Instructs the Secretary to make transitional assistance payments to an agricultural producer during the first year in which the producer devotes land to the production of a qualified cellulosic crop.

Requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise specified accounting practices of persons engaged in crude oil or natural gas production in the United States to establish a renewable reserves classification and disclosure system, which shall treat contracted biomass crops for a cellulosic biorefinery as renewable reserves.

]]> Rural America Energy Act of 2007 Display Title Rural America Energy Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To increase the diversity and independence of the United States energy supply by providing encouragement of energy sources from rural America, including biofuels and wind energy, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Rural America Energy Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-05-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2261ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2261ih.xml 2007-06-26 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. 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.