[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2583 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                 S. 2583

To promote the use of anaerobic digesters by agricultural producers and 
    rural small businesses to produce renewable energy and improve 
                         environmental quality.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 2004

 Mrs. Clinton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To promote the use of anaerobic digesters by agricultural producers and 
    rural small businesses to produce renewable energy and improve 
                         environmental quality.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. USE OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTERS TO PRODUCE RENEWABLE ENERGY.

    Section 9006(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) promote the use of anaerobic digesters to produce 
        renewable energy.''.

SEC. 2. USE OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTERS TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

    Section 1240A(6)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3839aa-1) is amended by inserting ``(including an anaerobic digester)'' 
after ``site-specific animal waste management facility''.
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