3.0.0 4227 2023-01-11T13:16:59Z 2023-01-11T13:16:59Z House H HR 2009-12-08 111 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2010-03-29T17:10:38Z Referred to 2009-12-08T14:04:36Z To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to provide covered institutions loans for conversion to use of biomass for energy generation. 111 2170 HR 2010-06-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Related bill CRS 2010-03-29 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Committee 2009-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2009-12-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-12-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001180 Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] Kurt Schrader D OR 5 N W000791 Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] GREG WALDEN R OR 2 2009-12-08 True B001229 Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3] BRIAN BAIRD D WA 3 2009-12-08 True H001037 Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D SD 0 2009-12-08 True M001159 Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] Cathy McMorris Rodgers R WA 5 2009-12-08 True M001175 Rep. Minnick, Walter [D-ID-1] Walter Minnick D ID 1 2009-12-08 True D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 2009-12-08 True R000571 Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large] DENNY REHBERG R MT 0 2009-12-11 False A000361 Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5] Rodney Alexander R LA 5 2009-12-11 False D000602 Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7] Artur Davis D AL 7 2010-01-20 False G000289 Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] ROBERT GOODLATTE R VA W. 6 2010-01-20 False B001254 Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2] Dan Boren D OK 2 2010-02-22 False Energy Alternative and renewable resources Educational facilities and institutions Electric power generation and transmission Elementary and secondary education Government buildings, facilities, and property Government lending and loan guarantees Government trust funds Health facilities and institutions Higher education Lighting and heating Lighting, heating, cooling Energy 00 2009-12-08 Introduced in House 2010-05-07T15:53:58Z Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) establish a program to provide interest-free loans to eligible institutions (i.e., an institution of higher education, an elementary or secondary school, a hospital, a local government building, or a governmental, community, health, or educational building owned or leased and occupied by an Indian tribe, except any building used for gaming) for capital costs for converting existing equipment, or installing new equipment, to use renewable biomass for energy generation, heating, or cooling systems; and (2) ensure that an institution receiving such a loan will use renewable biomass for no less than 75% of the energy generation, heating, or cooling needs of the facility for which the loan is received.

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.

]]> Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009 Display Title Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide loans to support the conversion of energy generation or heating and cooling systems to the use of renewable biomass and to support the installation of new equipment to use renewable biomass for such systems, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Incentives to Increase Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-12-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr4227ih/xml/BILLS-111hr4227ih.xml 2010-03-29 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.