3.0.0 36 2023-01-11T17:02:46Z 2023-01-11T17:02:46Z Senate S S 2007-05-23 110 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-23T15:33:19Z 2007-05-23 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2007-05-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. N N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2007-05-23 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2007-09-17 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation Agricultural education Agricultural extension work Agricultural pollution Agricultural research Agricultural subsidies Alternative crops Authorization Biomass energy Cellulose Economics and Public Finance Education Energy Energy crops Energy research Environmental Protection Farm lands Public Lands and Natural Resources Science, Technology, Communications Storage Sustainable agriculture Agriculture and Food 00 2007-05-23 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-19T15:51:16Z Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a biofuels innovation program which shall: (1) encourage production of dedicated energy crops in a sustainable manner that protects the soil, air, water, and wildlife; (2) provide financial and technical assistance to owners and operators of eligible cropland to produce energy crops and crop mixes to support development and expansion of crop use for biofuels, power or heat generation to supplement or replace nonbiobased energy sources, and biobased products to supplement or replace non-biobased products; (3) establish biofuels innovation program project areas; and (4) provide financial and technical assistance to owners and operators for harvesting, storing, and transporting cellulosic material.

Extends (and increases for FY2008-FY2010) authorization of appropriations for research, extension, and educational programs on biobased energy technologies and products.

]]> A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act to establish a biofuels promotion program to promote sustainable production of biofuels and biomass, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act to establish a biofuels promotion program to promote sustainable production of biofuels and biomass, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act to establish a biofuels promotion program to promote sustainable production of biofuels and biomass, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2007-05-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s36is/xml/BILLS-110s36is.xml 2007-05-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 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.