3.0.0 2170 2023-01-11T13:19:29Z 2023-01-11T13:19:29Z House H HR 2009-04-29 111 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2010-06-22T18:47:44Z Referred to 2009-04-29T14:02:48Z Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009 111 4227 HR 2010-03-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Related bill CRS 2010-06-22 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Committee 2009-04-29 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2009-04-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-04-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000449 Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] Jeff Fortenberry R NE 1 N M001159 Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] Cathy McMorris Rodgers R WA 5 2009-07-30 False M001175 Rep. Minnick, Walter [D-ID-1] Walter Minnick D ID 1 2009-09-09 False R000571 Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large] DENNY REHBERG R MT 0 2009-09-22 False Energy Alternative and renewable resources Educational facilities and institutions Elementary and secondary education Government lending and loan guarantees Government trust funds Health facilities and institutions Higher education Energy 00 2009-04-29 Introduced in House 2009-08-12T22:37:45Z Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) establish a program to provide zero-interest loans to covered institutions (i.e., an institution of higher education, an elementary or secondary school, or a hospital) for capital costs for converting to the use of biomass for energy generation; and (2) ensure that an institution receiving such a loan will use woody biomass for not less than 75% of the energy generation resulting from such conversion.

Establishes in the Treasury a revolving fund for such program. Requires the Secretary to: (1) deposit amounts received as payment on loans provided under such program into such revolving fund; and (2) make available $100 million of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to such revolving fund.

]]> To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to provide covered institutions loans for conversion to use of biomass for energy generation. Display Title To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to provide covered institutions loans for conversion to use of biomass for energy generation. Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to provide covered institutions loans for conversion to use of biomass for energy generation. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2009-04-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2170ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2170ih.xml 2010-06-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. 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.