3.0.0 2155 2019-11-15T21:44:05Z 2019-11-15T21:44:05Z Senate S S 2012-03-05 112 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-03-05T22:37:15Z Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 112 3240 S 2012-08-28 By Senator Stabenow from Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/02/2012. Report No. 112-203. Additional views filed. Related bill CRS 2012-03-05 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2012-03-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2012-03-05 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2012-03-05 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2012-03-05 True C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND 2012-03-05 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2012-03-05 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2012-03-05 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2012-03-05 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2012-03-05 True N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2012-03-05 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2012-03-13 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2012-03-26 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural practices and innovations Agricultural research Alternative and renewable resources Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Manufacturing Product development and innovation Public contracts and procurement Research and development Solid waste and recycling Agriculture and Food 00 2012-03-05 Introduced in Senate 2012-05-21T19:01:05Z Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include facilities that convert renewable biomass into renewable chemicals in the definitions of "biomass conversion facility" and "biorefinery."

Defines "renewable chemical" as a monomer, polymer, plastic, or formulated product produced from renewable biomass.

Amends the biobased markets program to: (1) require federal procuring agencies to issue a certain number of biobased-only contracts; and (2) require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to designate intermediate ingredients or feedstocks and assembled and finished biobased products in the program guidelines; (3) require the Secretary to issue criteria for determining which assembled and finished products may carry the USDA Certified Biobased Product label; (4) require the Secretary to assess the economic impact of the biobased products industry; (5) authorize the Secretary to carry out outreach, education, and promotion activities; and (6) authorize the Secretary to perform audits.

Makes renewable chemicals and biobased product manufacturing eligible for grant and loan guarantee assistance.

Eliminates feedstocks research, development, and demonstration activities from the Biomass Research and Development Initiative.

]]> A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to promote biobased manufacturing. Display Title A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to promote biobased manufacturing. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to promote biobased manufacturing. Introduced in Senate 2012-03-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2155is/xml/BILLS-112s2155is.xml 2012-03-05 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.