[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5259 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5259

  To require the Biomass Research and Development Board to prepare a 
 biobased fuel action plan to increase the use in the United States of 
             biobased fuel as a ground transportation fuel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 2006

  Mr. Berry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Biomass Research and Development Board to prepare a 
 biobased fuel action plan to increase the use in the United States of 
             biobased fuel as a ground transportation fuel.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Biobased Fuel Action Plan Act of 
2006''.

SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT OF BIOBASED FUEL ACTION PLAN TO INCREASE USE OF 
              BIOBASED FUEL AS A GROUND TRANSPORTATION FUEL.

    (a) Plan Development.--Not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Biomass Research and Development Board 
established by section 305 of the Biomass Research and Development Act 
of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 7624 note) shall submit to Congress a report 
containing an action plan detailing specific strategies to ensure 
that--
            (1) by December 31, 2015, not less than 10 percent of the 
        United States ground transportation fuel supply is biobased 
        fuel; and
            (2) by December 31, 2020, not less than 20 percent of the 
        United States ground transportation fuel supply is biobased 
        fuel.
    (b) Biobased Fuel Defined.--
            (1) In general.--In this section, the term ``biobased 
        fuel'' means motor vehicle fuel that--
                    (A) is produced from grain, starch, oilseeds, or 
                other biomass or is natural gas produced from a biogas 
                source, including a landfill, sewage waste treatment 
                plant, feedlot, or other place where decaying organic 
                material is found; and
                    (B) is used to replace or reduce the quantity of 
                fossil fuel present in a fuel mixture used to operate a 
                motor vehicle.
            (2) Inclusion.--The term includes--
                    (A) cellulosic biomass ethanol;
                    (B) waste derived ethanol;
                    (C) biodiesel, as defined in section 312(f) of the 
                Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13220(f)); and
                    (D) any blending components derived from renewable 
                fuel.
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