110 HR 2656 IH: American Farm Improvement Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-06-11
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the American Farm Improvement Act
of 2007
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—CONSERVATION
Sec. 101. Farmland stewardship process.
Sec. 102. Expansion of farmland protection tools and
opportunities.
Title II—RENEWABLE ENERGY
Sec. 201. Consistent definitions of biomass
,
renewable biomass
, cellulosic biomass
,
cellulosic biomass ethanol
, cellulosic feedstock
,
and lignocellulosic feedstock
throughout the laws of the United
States.
Sec. 202. Cellulosic biofuel and emerging technology loan
guarantee program.
Sec. 203. Animal waste environmental protection and bioenergy
production grants and loans.
Sec. 204. Biomass feedstock commercialization
initiative.
<enum>I</enum><header>CONSERVATION</header>
<section id="H64A8400526E349E9A11D45E093FDEB06"><enum>101.</enum><header>Farmland
stewardship process</header>
<subsection id="H8943030C99264575ACE58C63FA20411C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Partnerships and
cooperation</header><text>Section 1243(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3843(f)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H190FB9105B8F4BC39730EF418600D3EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9A556FB4BA984103AB3F00399500A6E5" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE2C8708B3B97456B98ECCC002ED230"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall use resources provided under subtitle
D to enter into stewardship agreements with owners, operators and producers, as
described under section 1240Q, and to designate special projects, as
recommended by the State Conservationist, after consultation with the State
technical committee, to enhance technical and financial assistance provided to
owners, operators, and producers to address natural resource issues related to
agricultural
production.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H051BAE98CCB645C48277769FE1FD8291"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE6C2C2BF820E4BE7A1074700A6D95123" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0F1270966A4347B7A81F61005C920042"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Incentives</header><text>To
realize the purposes of the special projects under paragraph (1), and
consistent with section 1240Q, the Secretary shall provide special incentives
to owners, operators, and producers participating in the special projects to
encourage partnerships and enrollments of optimal conservation
value.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98B367A070384D39A3657BEC9D6DD1DA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)(A), by striking
<quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote> and by inserting
<quote>in cooperation</quote> after <quote>stewardship agreement</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0ABC61CA211D418384FD0065EEFF329"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)(B), by striking
<quote>Each party to</quote> and inserting <quote>The designated State agency
responsible for</quote> and by striking <quote>by the party</quote> and
inserting <quote>under a stewardship agreement</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H906A395E67524C2988040000FBAA6BFD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment
and purposes of the farmland stewardship process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle D of title XII of the Food
Security Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after section 1240P (16 U.S.C.
3839bb–3) the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9DD4AA4906D43AC93A5F9CFE973BF12" style="OLC">
<section id="HEB35C4A2D15D4703A2E218EF699E6295"><enum>1240Q.</enum><header>Establishment
and purposes of the farmland stewardship process</header>
<subsection id="H6AD0C1ABC96F46D98931D56CAE3F6BEA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish within the Department a
process to be known as the <quote>Farmland Stewardship Process</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H636B2BF846484D52B83151FE7CAAA763"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The
purposes of this process shall be to—</text>
<paragraph id="HDC23F2034F0747D1BA806947E407B885"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure adequate
flexibility to enable conservation programs administered by the Secretary to be
responsive to local conditions and tailored to the site-specific needs of, and
opportunities presented by, individual parcels of eligible agricultural
land;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C7D9869F8314C4D989DBEC923A8267D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reduce
administrative procedures and costs, provide simplified conservation and expand
conservation opportunities by allowing owners, operators and producers to carry
out multiple conservation activities through one application and one
contract;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA846574026EA4076A56519A99B101499"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide a means
through which the conservation objectives of multiple programs, administered by
multiple agencies at multiple levels of government can be more easily
coordinated and applied to individual parcels of property; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFFAD3348E07B4D2A83210095886F2992"><enum>(4)</enum><text>maximize the
effectiveness of existing programs by providing a mechanism through which
conservation objectives and practices that are needed to supplement, complement
or optimize one or more existing programs can be incorporated into a contract
with an owner, operator or producer.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1AA57D66B9114BD489E9FB9362E500C9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Relation to
other conservation programs</header><text>Under this process, the Secretary may
implement, or combine together, the features of—</text>
<paragraph id="H5389F937EE474996B13DD9BBE5E1E98F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any conservation
program administered by the Secretary; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H34FB0980BA7C46C9827C72A8ABDB5676"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any conservation
program administered by another Federal agency or a State or local government,
if implementation by the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9612C2181A80421A008B3C006C00855D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is feasible;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BC53A95A2ED4F73A7EDB3F6009480AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is carried out
with the consent of the applicable administering agency or government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD27074A942A64E5D98C9F9CD67268F72"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="H7DA117FA13B5428F8FD422DE03DDECCF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>This process and the stewardship agreements created by
this process shall be funded by the Secretary using—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCAF57690C5A3490993C1C7BF7D65E6A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the funding
authorities of the conservation programs that are implemented through the use
of stewardship agreements;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H728A2E452B164705A15EB87B0100FDED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>technical
assistance in accordance with section 1243(d);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA700D32DE5545D4AE8B88DD0091BA6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>funds from the
Commodity Credit Corporation as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4A0446BD911445559CAF79DF36DCA0A4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>such other sums as
may be appropriated from time to time to carry out the Farmland Stewardship
Process.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3889B64A803B44CFA632AA19E32C9BEB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cost
sharing</header><text>It shall be a requirement of the Farmland Stewardship
Process that funds that come from Federal conservation programs that are
combined into and made a part of a stewardship agreement must be matched
equally with funding or cost share contributions that may be made by State,
regional, or local agencies and divisions of government or from private funding
sources. Funds from existing programs shall be used to carry out the purposes
of those programs that are made a part of a stewardship agreement. Funding for
other purposes must come from the funds provided under subparagraphs (B), (C),
and (D) of paragraph (1), paragraph (3), or from the funding contributions made
by State, regional, or local agencies and divisions of government or from
private funding sources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5ED629ECC6C142D8BDB9EAE173E12947"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Establishment
and operation</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation
the Secretary shall use $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through
2012 to establish the Farmland Stewardship Process and to operate it through
the <quote>designated state agency</quote> selected by each State’s governor,
as provided in subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C134B112D754025A35F8DF561D07611"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Carryover of
funds</header><text>The funds provided in paragraph (3) shall remain available
until expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3ABCAF34D78B4491822F417426BD2BD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Personnel
costs</header><text>The Secretary shall use the Natural Resources Conservation
Service to carry out the Farmland Stewardship Process in cooperation with the
State department of agriculture or other designated agency within the State.
The role of the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall be limited to
federal oversight of the process. The Natural Resources Conservation Service
shall perform its normal functions with respect to the conservation programs
that it administers. However, it shall play no role in the assembly of programs
administered by other federal agencies into stewardship agreements.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H294E7F5205ED454D83893152BE00501E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>State level
administration</header><text>The governor of each state shall determine which
state agency shall have primary responsibility for operating the Farmland
Stewardship Process. The governor shall give first preference to the state
department of agriculture in selecting an agency for operation of the process.
A State department of agriculture, or other agency designated by the governor,
may choose to operate the process on its own, or may collaborate with another
local, State or Federal agency, conservation district or tribe. The designated
State agency shall consult with the agencies with management authority and
responsibility for the resources affected on properties on which stewardship
agreements are negotiated and assembled.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD571194997EA440E9CC51E0998004D3F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Agreements
authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out the Farmland Stewardship
Process by entering into service contracts as determined by the Secretary, to
be known as stewardship agreements, with owners, operators and producers to
maintain and protect the natural and agricultural resources on the land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF7C96569CBC44BE6BC919B000631BA25"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>The
term <quote>service contract</quote> means a legally binding agreement between
2 parties under which—</text>
<paragraph id="HBAED2F85170A4DACA7FAD5EEC661553F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>one party agrees
to render one or more services in accordance with the terms of the contract;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C7342A374DD4F32A894C66F8082125F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the second party
agrees to pay the first party for each service rendered.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1B40B2EC92674B69BAD6F94FE02C2F95"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Funding
participation</header><text>Any agency participating in the Farmland
Stewardship Process that has the authority to enter into service contracts and
to expend public funds under such contracts may enter into or participate in
the funding of a stewardship agreement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8AE8333979B64958B818AFC23E6B07C"><enum>(j)</enum><header>No income
limitations</header><text>To avoid conflicts and ensure that all the purposes
and intents of stewardship agreements can be carried out, all owners, operators
and producers who enter into or participate in a stewardship agreement shall be
exempt from the limitations in section 1001D(b)(2)(C) of this Act (7 U.S.C.
1308–3a(b)(2)(C)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H69425DE873454BD9B09881FAD2896EC0"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Adjustments in
conservation program elements To respond to local conditions</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0F05022A0B6045F7B1DF00B633792FE5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
consider requests from a State Conservationist of the Natural Resources
Conservation Service, a state Executive Director of the Farm Services Agency, a
designated state agency, or a contracting agency authorized by the Secretary to
enter into and administer stewardship agreements to make limited adjustments on
a case-by-case basis to the eligibility criteria, approved practices,
requirements, and other elements of the conservation programs combined into a
stewardship agreement. Adjustments may be made to ensure that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB13627984CAD45749D6C01D513773EEE" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the conservation programs combined
into a stewardship agreement can be more easily implemented in the
State;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H72E7EC4E78DB47C793C16735975EDC55"><enum>(B)</enum><text>all program
elements are responsive to regional differences and local conditions within the
State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4F2296E9B8244E7C86F211B7BE330100"><enum>(C)</enum><text>no program
requirement or criteria conflicts with or works against the conservation
priorities or needs of the State; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1097C98F0666470B9DC11599AB6C374C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>no program
requirement or criteria prevents one or more programs from being combined
together through a stewardship agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D2736E7A6D34D39B51C63809FBDB1DB" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Requests for adjustments shall be
granted for one or more of the following purposes:</text>
<subparagraph id="HFB1E048D157E49368BBCF6BEF9EBD322"><enum>(A)</enum><text>To acknowledge, accommodate and
respond to regional differences and local conditions within the State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E17F48E91834E5585FF9226EF1C378F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To allow sufficient flexibility to
enable a conservation program to better adapt to the diverse situations faced
by owners and operators within the state, and adapt to the farming practices of
the State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H521CB0C9673C458E92C464FCDA8713FC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>To allow sufficient flexibility to
tailor a conservation program to the specific needs, opportunities and
challenges offered by individual parcels of land.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F1918030E454265BC28EA820058E8DC"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To
modify administrative requirements that, in the absence of such modification,
may limit or prevent the use of a program on eligible agricultural land.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H619A3B8219CB40A18BA22EB844795604"><enum>(E)</enum><text>To allow owners and operators to
receive compensation for maintaining previously implemented owner- or
operator-financed conservation practices and to receive credit for
incorporating these practices into new contracts.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H718CDFCBA1644BFE82E88CF645631393"><enum>(F)</enum><text>To address the conservation priorities
established by the State or locality in which the eligible agricultural land is
located.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5FD931E152CA4EBC988995AA6D2562CB"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To
modify administrative requirements that, in the absence of such modification,
may prevent one or more programs from being combined together through a
stewardship agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE72FBD1A6E224EAAB2DBBEAF44DDAF7E" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Requests for adjustments also can be
made that will facilitate the coordination and administration of conservation
programs in the State, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H65E601CE74DE471BA26C0079F9DF1519"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establishing different enrollment
criteria than otherwise established by regulation or policy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H117FAFEA7FC7425DABCA99104DAC0240"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establishing different compensation
rates to the extent the parties to the agreement consider justified;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E5AFB077E16410EB644EF430412FFED"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establishing different conservation
practice criteria if doing so will achieve greater conservation
benefits;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H973CAFD6CABB45A9A023840334EC1289"><enum>(D)</enum><text>providing more streamlined and
integrated paperwork requirements;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8DF7405356974F6080E1C17309DA614F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>providing for the transfer of
conservation program funds to States with flexible incentives accounts;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E53E7E42DB741B79CA15D339F07F48B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>providing funds for an adaptive
management process to monitor the effectiveness of the program for the
protection of natural resources, economic effectiveness, and sustaining the
agricultural economy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCD2D11EDE8F849508782A5D834B000E8" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Adjustments may be made only if the
purposes to be achieved by the program after the adjustments are made remain
consistent with the purposes for which the program was established.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H46444DFA7EB24688A3123ECA8489A397" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a request for an adjustment to be
considered, a State conservationist, state executive director, designated State
agency or contracting agency must submit a request for an adjustment to the
appropriate Federal official. The official may request documentation in
addition to the documentation required by paragraph (6), or may suggest
alternative methods of making adjustments on the property in question, prior to
deciding whether or not to grant a request for an adjustment. The response
shall be provided within 180 days after receipt of the request.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1AA363684ED47EF8200E977979E27BA" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A request under paragraph (5)
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H75BE29E0FE924695A376F665A5EB08EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>explain why a subject property, owner
or operator or activity qualifies for participation in the program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D670C6BF1664EDCBBCB7C733008EAB3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>explain the programmatic or
conservation benefits represented;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA7EED6F8349448D0A6F2EB442EBAC0B4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>describe the requested resources and
adjustments to program implementation (including a description of how those
adjustments will accelerate the achievement of conservation benefits);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F35DB0072D54B9983393FD151986B63"><enum>(D)</enum><text>describe the contribution those
adjustments will make to the effectiveness of programs in achieving their
purposes, in addressing state conservation priorities or needs, and in
responding to local conditions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC876D24038F44C888DA796DA6D6EF01F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>describe the non-Federal programs and
resources that will be available to contribute to the proposed project or
activity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80B09BA99B1D4E61B25BFFBFD0FF3CB9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>request that the official grant the
adjustment, based on the documentation submitted.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H54404B1B59214854B9E7F48358F63F0"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Application and
approval process</header><text>To participate in the Farmland Stewardship
Process, an owner, operator or producer on eligible agricultural land
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H9A75B737D0FD4BB4BD6EDAC6CFF68095"><enum>(1)</enum><text>submit to the
Secretary an application indicating interest in the process and describing the
owner’s or operators property, its resources, and their ecological and
agricultural values;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11841532D114464A8830EDC6FCCBDE2F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit to the
Secretary the purpose and objectives of the proposed agreement and a list of
services to be provided, or a management plan to be implemented, or
both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89DDCF565EF14AFFB26CC432A06E4985"><enum>(3)</enum><text>if the application
and list are accepted by the Secretary, enter into an agreement that details
the purpose and objectives of the agreement and the services to be provided, or
management plan to be implemented, or both, and requires compliance with the
other terms of the agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC301403811B646E983C6401FC93100D4"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Primary
program</header><text>In applying to participate in the Farmland Stewardship
Process, an applicant must designate one of the programs in this subtitle, such
as the conservation security program, environmental quality incentives program,
conservation reserve program, or the farmland protection program, as the
<quote>primary program</quote>, upon which a stewardship agreement will be
based and around which conservation practices will be negotiated and
implemented.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HECE920F2D31C421C8948DA4D776BB4E2"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Effective use of
Federal resources</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that Federal
resources are equitably and effectively distributed through the use of
stewardship agreements by taking local conditions, local farming practices and
local costs of production into consideration and by allocating resources based
on—</text>
<paragraph id="H579DCF49C7EC464DBDB8121B15D16C1B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the merits of the
activities to be carried out;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H26BE7B2CC0434595AD6D5B8DA4E95655"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the benefits to be
derived from the practices to be installed, the services to be provided, or the
management plan to be implemented under a stewardship agreement; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H02BDA71707404E1A86CEC7DF5B086450"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the opportunities
that exist to advance conservation objectives in a watershed, region or
priority area for a State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC94BA46EA5674556B3799CB616DC28D"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Equitable
treatment of producers</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that all rules,
criteria and definitions used to determine eligibility for participation by
owners, operators and producers in the conservation, cost-share, incentive
payment, marketing assistance, grant and loan guarantee programs administered
by the Secretary that may be combined into a stewardship agreement are as
inclusive as possible and extend opportunities to participate to as many
owners, operators and producers as possible. In particular, the Secretary shall
ensure that—</text>
<paragraph id="HE1E61F3AA38345EE8823BB1614607BB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all owners,
operators and producers that maintain land in agricultural uses, have bonafide
agricultural operations and consistently derive an ongoing and substantial
portion of their revenues from agriculture and agriculturally-related
enterprises shall be eligible to participate in the programs administered by
the Secretary that are combined into a stewardship agreement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H67BEED658716403EAAB05EE5CFEF4C54"><enum>(2)</enum><text>no producer shall
be prevented from participating in these programs, nor be declared ineligible
for participation under the Department’s Notice of Solicitation of Applications
(NOSA) definitions, if said producer is a publicly-held company, nor if said
producer should derive income and revenues from an integrated agricultural
operation, business activities unrelated to agriculture or as a result of land
sales that make the revenues derived from agricultural production less than 50
percent of its earnings in any one year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H53E98E07BF8F4EB8A468ECD6B18FC2F3"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Increased
participation by large owners, operators and producers</header><text>The
Secretary shall recognize that individuals, companies and corporations that own
and operate large land holdings that are devoted primarily to agricultural uses
can have a positive impact on advancing the objectives of the Department’s
conservation programs. The Secretary shall ensure that the criteria and
procedures used for determining eligibility and evaluating applications shall
encourage participation by individuals, companies and corporations, including
publicly held corporations, with large land holdings devoted primarily to
agricultural uses, particularly when their participation can make a significant
contribution toward effectively and comprehensively addressing national, State,
and local conservation
priorities.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA28009B09D0D46F3A581F1609D35B7FF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Subsection
(a) of section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841</external-xref>) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFAF1F89EBDA94FDE842005C27E40A1E4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H51AA9DA06A6E46DD965CB0DE59DA0001"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The Farmland
Stewardship Process under section 1240Q, using, to the maximum extent
practicable, $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through
2012.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HB82733BB01494B8495D2C06340C1714"><enum>102.</enum><header>Expansion of
farmland protection tools and opportunities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security
Act of 1985 is amended by adding after section 1238J (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838j">16 U.S.C. 3838j</external-xref>) the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF09A03E039634CE7A838D3946033E4E2" style="OLC">
<section id="HA7B6EAB7795A4DF2B09BD100036F491"><enum>1238K.</enum><header>Rural land
stewardship implementation grants</header>
<subsection id="H205B023E434F49EEB1E5EAED6805C155"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The
Secretary shall establish a process to make rural land stewardship
implementation grants of up to $500,000 per county available from the funds
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the Farmland Protection
Program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA2C2ABB43C8B499C91C5A9C4FAC2D8C0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose and
use</header><text>The Secretary shall direct that these funds are to be spent
in assisting the existing easement process, but that, notwithstanding any
language to the contrary, special consideration shall be provided to
establishing one or more rural land stewardship implementation programs in
participating States by allowing these funds to be used for rural community
planning and for developing and implementing comprehensive strategies for rural
land preservation and the ongoing continued viability of agriculture, not just
for the purchase of easements from individual owners, in order to define a
process that will allow future appropriations from the Farmland Protection
Program to be leveraged many times over to multiply their intended
impact.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H847A2DBBB1AD436F00A604C01050A818"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Strategies;
model</header><text>Rural community planning and the development of
comprehensive rural land stewardship strategies shall be accomplished through a
science based, stakeholder generated rural planning framework that takes market
forces into consideration and may use as a model the procedures that have been
developed and successfully implemented in the State of Florida under chapter
163.3177(11)(d), Florida Statutes.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4180880EDEBA440DB27124B7E035E959"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relation to
other conservation authorities</header><text>Eligible producers shall be
required to specifically elect to pursue a rural lands stewardship
implementation grant in lieu of using the same amount of funding for the
purchase of easements from individual owners. Eligible producers must state
that they understand that the use of farmland protection program funds for a
rural lands stewardship implementation grant—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF4BA89CBA50F4028AE187C47E1001628"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall not preclude
any eligible producer within a Rural Lands Stewardship Area from applying for
and receiving funds for the purchase of easements under the Farmland Protection
Program, but</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6D4FDF4E43CF4E86A7D748543B55B6D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>will reduce the
amount of funding available to the State for the purchase of easements through
the Farmland Protection Program by an amount equal to the
grant.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>RENEWABLE
ENERGY</header>
<section id="H912CD591DD0F42358076DB3DA4968125"><enum>201.</enum><header>Consistent
definitions of <quote>biomass</quote>, <quote>renewable biomass</quote>,
<quote>cellulosic biomass</quote>, <quote>cellulosic biomass ethanol</quote>,
<quote>cellulosic feedstock</quote>, and <quote>lignocellulosic
feedstock</quote> throughout the laws of the United States</header>
<subsection id="H0B9AA3CDCD524370B51D9EA499B7A66E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Energy Policy
Act of 2005</header>
<paragraph id="H78F640AE0730462FAA53D2E2A31752BB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsection (a) of
section 932 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/58">Public Law 109–58</external-xref>) is amended by
striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBEF49E9727254537A756EBE9E950E15C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0F75B725AEF04F178EDDE95DD67F16DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Biomass</header><text>The
term <quote>biomass</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF9694FED096F420AA5328CDA9269D5A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any organic
material that is available on a renewable or recurring basis;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDFF2482E292C417CB626987E4B70BEE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any organic
material grown or collected for the purpose of being converted to energy
(including aquatic plants);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBA3E9B0A6AD646A3831F1DA5A7415223"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any organic
byproduct of agriculture and forestry (including wastes from food production
and processing, used vegetable oil, mill residues, and storm-, insect- and
diseased-damaged crops and trees) that can be converted into energy; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3687942BDBE6488DB33B598400105165"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any waste material that can be converted to
energy and is derived from:</text>
<clause id="H29944CE910F84E19B920212C93083C00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>vegetative waste
material (including wood waste and wood residues);</text>
</clause><clause id="H17F13198CBFF412F9812BD7F0081EDA9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>invasive
plants;</text>
</clause><clause id="H40E19B56E74F40E68B2EA2D80008A39E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>fibers;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1DA9951FF8C44AA28B36B7089DED6606"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>animal waste and
byproducts (including fats, oils, greases, offal, methane gas, and
manure);</text>
</clause><clause id="HD4F9E5A6D81343DAA71D1481BC63E1B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>non-recyclable
paper; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDBD5155A003046BB901112A99FC234A9"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>municipal solid
waste (including sludges and oils derived from wastewater and the treatment of
wastewater).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3529FE45CF03499AA8A9EC4DD8AFA900"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Lignocellulosic
feedstock</header><text>The terms <quote>lignocellulosic feedstock</quote> and
<quote>cellulosic feedstock</quote> mean any portion of a plant or plant
byproduct from conversion that is available on a renewable or recurring basis,
and is not grown for food or feed, including the nonfood, non-feed portions of
crops, trees, forest residues, and agricultural residues, as well as any part
of a storm-, insect- or disease-damaged food, feed or tree
crop.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3577062BADD045A38E769BA6284C7767"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Paragraph (2) of
subsection (c) of section 932 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law
109–58) is amended by adding the words <quote>gasification and</quote> before
the words <quote>enzymatic-based processing systems</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0D6F2A5126584E318EF4DD005FA4A384"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Biomass Research
and Development Act of 2000</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303 of the Biomass Research and
Development Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/224">Public Law 106–224</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8101">7 U.S.C. 8101</external-xref> note) is amended by
striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H02B980CBC22543079C77A669936B1C32" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H931C8C9DDB7E49ED8526BC161C68ED5C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Biomass</header><text>The
term <quote>biomass</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF7EDDE3E585A4B09001D7516E81EEAF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any organic
material that is available on a renewable or recurring basis;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E759F7F22A94E6C97428575B58B9910"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any organic
material grown or collected for the purpose of being converted to energy
(including aquatic plants);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H309994109E184C3780DB2FE0338332D0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any organic
byproduct of agriculture and forestry (including wastes from food production
and processing, used vegetable oil, mill residues, and storm-, insect- and
diseased-damaged crops and trees) that can be converted into energy; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H291B6CFB2A0F43C1A413FAC4EA0657E1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any waste material
that can be converted to
energy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H1707CE475A5E4990A044351843B4E9A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clean Air
Act</header>
<paragraph id="HF951AA99D48E4101A8AB8891F857A00"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">So much of section 211(o) of the Clean Air
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)</external-xref>) as precedes subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5627CDE2990E435BBA00EBCE2B3299BD" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HBB93F30BEFE440529904547C73E84CA6"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Renewable fuel
program</header>
<paragraph id="H141FFD7663DF4DF2BBB84BA4F8F012B5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<subparagraph id="HF04BA75E3451494FBBC3E21DF7DB1A1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Cellulosic
biomass ethanol</header><text>The term <quote>cellulosic biomass
ethanol</quote> means ethanol, or any other alcohol- or oxygenate-based fuel
and related co-product derived directly from any lignocellulosic or
hemicellulosic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis, and
is not grown for food or feed, including—</text>
<clause id="HCE70F4F012674969B900ED7DC996149D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any plant material
grown or collected for the purpose of being converted to energy (including
aquatic plants);</text>
</clause><clause id="H90296890595E4C15AA25ACEC58BDC03F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any organic
byproduct or residue from agriculture and forestry (including wastes from food
production and processing, used vegetable oil, mill residues, and storm-,
insect- and diseased-damaged crops and trees) that can be converted into
energy; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HF10B3242A1944FB595E592E1A79FFAAF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Any waste
material that can be converted to energy and is derived from—</text>
<subclause id="H2D675B6C2A4D4C7A90BD14B2CCB6C519"><enum>(I)</enum><text>vegetative waste
material (including wood waste and wood residues);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H77FCCC9C6C5E4060BD7923A448F73F8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>invasive
plants;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCD9BEFB1E6F64B2CADDFEB3CA69792B2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>fibers;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF308CF4841EE42929B79C848FC542CD7"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>animal waste and
byproducts;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H51AEE1C13AFC41A1A15EBFB02DD89482"><enum>(V)</enum><text>non-recyclable
paper; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8D2E92BBECFE468D911BCC2FD6553D05"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>municipal solid
waste.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA39A588C87104C6590C0E300A35C87DF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Waste derived
ethanol</header><text>The term <quote>waste derived ethanol</quote> means
ethanol, or any other alcohol- or oxygenate-based fuel and related co-product
derived from—</text>
<clause id="HECF473E4D60B405793B4496DCAB7F112"><enum>(i)</enum><text>animal waste and
byproducts, including fats, oils, greases, offal, methane gas, and
manure;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8AEA4F83BC564F1FAC32DBCA9883022F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>municipal solid
waste, including sludges and oils derived from wastewater and the treatment of
wastewater; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H76E2C58B6F6A43F3A7E0A87C69063FA3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other waste
materials.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08EAB8AE8E8943B8B4F09E3BFEF7E41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section
211(r)(4)(B) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(r)</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2BB71698C5F5467585B800E2840005D5" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H56D480651C574ACFA7A7279B2F20AAD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>renewable biomass</quote>
means any organic material that is available on a renewable or recurring
basis.</text>
<clause id="H292D909B25764595B36BF59B1DE8E1BC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The
term <quote>renewable biomass</quote> includes—</text>
<subclause id="H0E64E84A17DA445BA5E3F0F9BB70C312"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any renewable
plant material that can be grown or collected for the purpose of being
converted to energy (including aquatic plants, but not including those portions
of a plant grown for food or feed);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H88006FEE529249D080BC374600003478"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any organic
byproduct or residue from agriculture and forestry (including wastes from food
production and processing, used vegetable oil, mill residues, and storm-,
insect- and diseased-damaged crops and trees) that can be converted into
energy; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE0F5316819F640CB9991CFEDE3FFB948"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any waste material that can be converted to
energy and is derived from—</text>
<item id="H0DC1C8E6E4C84DF19E032C17003723EE"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>vegetative waste
material (including wood waste and wood residues);</text>
</item><item id="H83AFBAA1F406407FBE86FF5D50B4BF00"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>invasive
plants;</text>
</item><item id="HBF07525B1C3246BE839B64DE2BE91E77"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>fibers;</text>
</item><item id="HCBC71462049A4D5CB3A6E524582400E4"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>animal waste and
byproducts (including fats, oils, greases, offal, methane gas, and
manure);</text>
</item><item id="HCEE45F8543DB450697F3FEA0702B99ED"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>non-recyclable
paper; and</text>
</item><item id="H98BF1782700F49B4ACB7F33ED195FC3"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>municipal solid
waste (including sludges and oils derived from wastewater and the treatment of
wastewater).</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="H9CCB2711F11440F193A8E9D99322EFCE"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The
term <quote>renewable biomass</quote> does not include old-growth timber of a
forest from the late successional stage of forest development, but does include
storm-, insect- or disease-damaged trees that can be removed without damage to
the
forest.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4871FB3B803C4574A4E9CBCFE96D06F0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Energy title
definitions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9001 of the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8101">7 U.S.C. 8101</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6E1B25D58B474B9E924063553979DBE8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCE16C316A4054D7C867844962FE40076" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC049DED323304B13ADD1709D7B733623"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Biomass</header><text>The
term <quote>biomass</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE359A5EBE8084AC5B84CDD30005C1187"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any organic
material that is available on a renewable or recurring basis;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0CD6ABEDC88E41A0BFB2A8FD400FFFC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any organic
material grown or collected for the purpose of being converted to energy
(including aquatic plants);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8BB7CE7546F49A6836E13F9ABC4FF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any organic
byproduct of agriculture and forestry (including wastes from food production
and processing, used vegetable oil, mill residues, and storm-damaged,
insect-damaged, and diseased-damaged crops and trees) that can be converted
into energy; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H968AC8818D914A29BBE2002193B56FBF"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any waste material that can be converted to
energy and is derived from—</text>
<clause id="HFE2329BFD73E4C59ADF9F653DA23DCD7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>vegetative waste
material (including wood waste and wood residues);</text>
</clause><clause id="H8D8DA3B8013D44A3933300650336D71"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>invasive plants
(including aquatic plants);</text>
</clause><clause id="HF77BC28BD48F4B37002811B277F6CA21"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>fibers;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0CF0B094715F4F3297079F98678914C0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>animal waste and
byproducts (including fats, oils, greases, offal, methane gas, and
manure);</text>
</clause><clause id="H3DF15214C83547AFBD2F4BAE99EF4798"><enum>(v)</enum><text>non-recyclable
paper; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9DDBC44CA359444491E3327971370512"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>municipal solid
waste (including sludges and oils derived from wastewater and the treatment of
wastewater).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6B77B1D59C1C423AAECB494301B81F47"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (4) through (6) as paragraphs (5) through (7); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9E0E3327B554D74A32905A1D4323DC5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB219510F4275497495CB01F00AB659D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H86F066516D2D4D8789615B01409B5370"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cellulosic
biomass, cellulosic feedstock, lignocellulosic biomass and lignocellulosic
feedstock</header><text>The terms <quote>cellulosic biomass</quote>,
<quote>cellulosic feedstock</quote>, <quote>lignocellulosic biomass</quote> and
<quote>lignocellulosic feedstock</quote> all shall be considered equivalent
terms and shall mean any portion of a plant or plant byproduct from conversion
that is available on a renewable or recurring basis, and is not grown for food
or feed, including the non-food, non-feed portions of crops, trees, forest
residues, and agricultural residues, as well as any part of a storm-damaged,
insect-damaged, or disease-damaged food, feed, or tree
crop.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCF38B1AABE724CD5BF8FAEF535295701"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Executive order
13134</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out section
7 of Executive Order 13134 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8601">7 U.S.C. 8601</external-xref> note) the following modifications
shall apply to the specified provisions of such Executive Order:</text>
<paragraph id="H23E9CC57DC3A4C33B37B00BA00235EEF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In lieu of
subsection (a), the following shall apply:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC15F41DCBC2541CD966B1DD292C33519" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H78AE50D155B84B9084D60400BFA4A0F7"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>biomass</quote> means any
organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis.</text>
<paragraph id="H1FA0D74655FF4AE5A16921C57F8633E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>biomass</quote>
includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7FDA867604EE4E9D9FF28E05DF424D6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any organic
material grown or collected for the purpose of being converted to energy
(including aquatic plants);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D7B39972B3E4110894FC77B43F8DF06"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any organic
byproduct of agriculture and forestry (including wastes from food production
and processing, used vegetable oil, mill residues, and storm-, insect- and
diseased-damaged crops and trees) that can be converted into energy; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E5E31BA9DF8487F8C5F28FEA5107C50"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any waste material
that can be converted to energy;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H382EE2AA053D4C7EA2969D81AA7B0947"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>biomass</quote> does not
include old-growth timber of a forest from the late successional stage of
forest development, but does include storm-, insect- or disease-damaged trees
that can be removed without damage to the
forest.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H70DAD9457A474736BA23715604F99259"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The following
sentence shall be treated as included at the end of subsection (d):
<quote>Storm-damaged, insect-damaged, and disease-damaged trees are excluded
from the limitation on their use for biomass.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEFA326A5A7214614AE4451212D967F81"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Bioenergy
program of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9010(a) of the Farm Security and
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8108">7 U.S.C. 8108(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8FD226125AA84C1F99748911B4373D8C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE928FA981B9745DBBABF7EF3A2EDD852"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA9CF04D6314648079B36001CCE3CE53D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<clause id="H4900405E96554A4893B29551369746B4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8E393DA418B840C5BD699F55776F2148"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding the following new
subparagraphs:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7E649D019F1C41A99335EBBDE3711700" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H07C75333B5BC47AF854EE356F0E3A921"><enum>(C)</enum><text>butanol;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43F3336912A84305B0220006C7B52B0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other similar
oxygenates.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFD523F0444014971ABA08FCFACC5C439"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by amending subparagraph
(B) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB16081D7F5FD457BBEBAE417D16BFF74" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HC0ED328F56AF4456AFE55C60009BDBF5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any cellulosic
feedstock or commodity (including crop residues, agriculture and food
processing wastes, vegetative and wood wastes and residues, invasive plants,
and other plant materials that can be used for energy production such as hybrid
poplar and switch
grass).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA46F598E9B96499CBCC99CF82C90120"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Technologies
using agricultural crops, byproducts and residues To produce cellulosic ethanol
and other biofuels</header>
<paragraph id="H46F7B952DD3B4B06A6BABE6200836459"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsections (a)
and (b) and paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (d) of section 417 of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/58">Public Law 109–58</external-xref>) are each amended by striking
<quote>Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuels</quote> and inserting
<quote>transportation fuels derived from any coal to liquid process that is
environmentally compatible.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A54A4D8B06B46799CB6C097B348A13E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of section 417 of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/58">Public Law 109–58</external-xref>) is amended by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H12C5465FF69F4866A79BB2F200686100"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking
<quote>Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuel</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H90BA4612DB55417F8681ECD62293EFCC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">striking the period at the end of the
sentence and inserting a comma and the following <quote>derived from any coal
to liquid process that is environmentally compatible.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBF476A8C99CF432ABF4243DCD76FA1B5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Clause (ii) of
subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of section 1703 of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/58">Public Law 109–58</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>the
Fischer-Tropsch process</quote> and inserting <quote>any coal to liquid process
that is environmentally compatible.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB463F7DD7DB245DBAE2C104690EEF45D"><enum>202.</enum><header>Cellulosic
biofuel and emerging technology loan guarantee program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310B(g) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(g)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H212FDC7EEF3D4752B0C2BD6EB74E8E5C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3762884F2C2C4A69884402C09B0019BD"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Emerging
technology loan guarantees</header>
<subparagraph id="H0BE74E7A36914F418300841B47BA2C12"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
guarantee loans made by private institutions for the construction of facilities
to use established, new, or emerging technologies to process and convert
cellulosic biomass materials directly into alcohol-based fuels, bio-fuels, or
other commercial products.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71A6F334C6C34F99AD338EBA227B5772"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicant
assurances</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application for
a loan guarantee under this section shall include assurances, satisfactory to
the Secretary, that—</text>
<clause id="H458DCC950A52491593FFC3BC1B5F608"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
project design has been validated through the operation of a pilot facility
which can be reasonably scaled up to commercial size;</text>
</clause><clause id="H41B3BA8FA5A54AB1A1D8819F2282D12B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the project has
been subject to a full technical review;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC89D7739615D4757AE95D93180D24B84"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the project is
covered by adequate project performance guarantees (excluding process
performance guarantees on new or emerging technologies);</text>
</clause><clause id="HCB7C1A9E7ECD4311AAC7CE30947D191D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the project, with
the loan guarantee, is economically viable; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF6E4A8C2C17B4822A3D513DCC314BFC2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>there is a
reasonable assurance of repayment of the guaranteed loan.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCED84755C1ED487A9907CF17924BA78B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Cost-sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application for a loan guarantee under
this paragraph shall include binding commitments to cover, from sources other
than Federal grants, at least 20 percent of the total cost of the project
described in the application.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31E8866D852D4BDC996000E09D3E7F1C"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Preferences</header><text>In
making loan guarantees under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give
preference to applications which contain proposals that—</text>
<clause id="H5141D53D5EB24A438CD54242FA60808F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meet all
applicable Federal and State permitting requirements;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6F1738B420C3440200835590A0BADEBC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are most likely
to be successful; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4A0283EC6DD043B18CB0FDB5B59E002B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are located in
local markets that have the greatest need for the facility because of—</text>
<subclause id="HDC815D7172344C40A7E5D36BBD41082D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the availability
on a renewable basis of sufficient quantities of cellulosic biomass;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H44368E3DE0804B539600958081529289"><enum>(II)</enum><text>opportunities to
provide jobs and promote economic development in rural areas;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H11A356B4771A4011A0FA82EC00D62E3C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>opportunities to
expand markets for agricultural producers near the facility;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H7E851762A992463789B61FE9C14BB9EC"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>opportunities to
dispose of cellulosic-based waste material or debris; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H85A846A2F55B4A28975B0628CD329358"><enum>(V)</enum><text>a high level of
demand for alcohol-based fuels, bio-fuels, or other commercial products of the
facility.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0B24D3837024025B469E371EC00816B"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the Secretary
receives an application for a loan guarantee under this section, the Secretary
shall approve or disapprove the application.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B40514D33D948A4BCB9CC91F0627212"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<clause id="H107973D0411B40E1B735B696255071C6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Maximum amount
guaranteed</header><text>The total amount of loan guarantees made under this
paragraph for a project described in an application approved under this
paragraph shall not exceed $250,000,000.</text>
</clause><clause id="H62BF9C2EC6624B729C005E6700FD5E4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Maximum
percentage of loan guaranteed</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph
(G)(ii), a loan guarantee under this paragraph for a project described in an
application approved under this paragraph shall be for not more than 80 percent
of the cost of the project estimated in the application.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30833E30BA28438DB0E4EE9CCAA85205"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Additional
guarantees</header>
<clause id="H6E28226C19E7495CADAD28A8009BD4B6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may provide additional loan guarantees for
a project described in an application approved under this paragraph, to cover
up to 80 percent of the excess of the actual cost of the project over the cost
of the project estimated in the application.</text>
</clause><clause id="H386B1C3F9D00443995C7708234F290E8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<subclause id="H561E0A19C4F34598A493617CB23B643E"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Maximum amount
guaranteed</header><text>The total amount of additional guarantees issued under
clause (i) of this subparagraph for a project shall not exceed 15 percent of
the amount of the original guarantee provided under this paragraph for the
project, subject to subparagraph (F)(i).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD9B95D3B56F042128D2B845FA93121A3"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Maximum
percentage of loan guaranteed</header><text>The Secretary may guarantee not
less than 90 percent and not more than 100 percent of the principal and
interest due on a loan guaranteed under clause (i). If the guarantee is for
less than 100 percent of the principal and interest due on the loan, the
Secretary may not require the Federal Government to be accorded a position
superior to the lender in the event of default.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B4EF09F536E4DB2B7FB7BB0014BEFE7"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Limitations on
authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary for the cost of
providing—</text>
<clause id="H71B04A5EDA8F42FCBE32C83E20C77C03"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$2,000,000,000 in
loan guarantees under this paragraph for fiscal year 2008;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC1D9702EC2344AD9B2B61E7658ED98BC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$3,000,000,000 in
loan guarantees under this paragraph for fiscal year 2009;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4477926D43FA4D20853D45F3DC97228F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$4,000,000,000
in loan guarantees under this paragraph for fiscal year 2010;</text>
</clause><clause id="H85C7C799A38F4E0B9D54F38DB1C5C066"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$5,000,000,000 in
loan guarantees under this paragraph for fiscal year 2011; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H257A2CC2FAF9429B8571C4BB559C842D"><enum>(v)</enum><text>$6,000,000,000 in
loan guarantees under this paragraph for fiscal year 2012.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B9411634FDE447ABF74C5E78E6971AF"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Termination of
authority</header><text>The authority provided by this paragraph shall
terminate 10 years after the date of the enactment of this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HC988F2B7C8684412A7DFDEE3D9F85981"><enum>203.</enum><header>Animal waste
environmental protection and bioenergy production grants and
loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310B of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932</external-xref>) is amended by
redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i) and inserting after subsection
(g) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5C5402E381B84AE2952B9D65294552DE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HB598CC9E60DD4C2088D68FE6831D5900"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Animal waste
environmental protection and bioenergy production grants and loans</header>
<paragraph id="H4B2F85403DC9490983E7B88F6BAF149E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may provide grants, loans, and loan
guarantees to farm owners and tenants for the purchase and installation of
equipment, and the construction of structures and facilities, for the
processing and conversion of animal wastes and byproducts into liquid fuel,
energy, and other commercial products.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC050DD0AD6AC417EB853C018B843E859"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
providing grants, loans, and loan guarantees under this subsection, the
Secretary shall give priority to producers who make a binding commitment to the
Secretary to use the funds obtained thereby to install equipment or build
structures and facilities that will lead to an improvement in water quality, or
that will accomplish other conservation objectives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE204F3A7FA14C97BE6946E7C457043B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Maximum
amounts</header><text>The maximum amount of a grant or loan, and the maximum
amount the repayment of which may be guaranteed, under this subsection shall
not exceed
$10,000,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9F493C972CD455992694D7FE1A39ED3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header>Biomass feedstock
commercialization initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of section 307(d) of the
Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8606">7 U.S.C. 8606(d)(1)</external-xref>; Public Law
106–224) is amended—</text>
<subsection id="H5F9E570F6058414FA4E900DB83C93374">
<enum></enum><paragraph id="H5D0DC48C901A4F81B45075D91200EC79"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H911EBC4EBF6C423CA7EF487C65598354"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE733A999E9DE4F8D8301F06163E401A9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding after
subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H09582463146645758C9985BEF6391AB" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HF6665118C7CF44F9A3F54D803C9EA6BA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>strategies
to—</text>
<clause id="HF7639BDB629547498014091E09A45643"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide producers
with the necessary technical assistance, incentives and financial tools to
facilitate a shift towards the production of crops grown for cellulosic
feedstock and biomass (hereafter in this subparagraph referred to as
<quote>energy crops</quote>);</text>
</clause><clause id="H596F27566A9E49E586F82384E7DED701"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide producers
with recommended practices for growing energy crops to ensure consistency with
existing recommended practices and conservation programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0B06C2D7EA814EE299B933279E4D41B2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide
incentives to producers in the form of price guarantees for planting energy
crops to protect early adopters from perceived risk during start up of the
industry;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7222E81CA4CC419FBB87E07F49866264"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provide
incentives to producers in the form of grants and guaranteed loans to establish
new cropping systems for the production, collection and harvesting of biomass
and to remove old cropping systems;</text>
</clause><clause id="H452F9B432BD54068864BC161FF6E3B6D"><enum>(v)</enum><text>provide incentives
in the form of grants and guaranteed loans to establish breeding programs for
propagation materials, which will be necessary to make commercial-scale energy
crop production possible; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE1CD74029B634D62B52D2B327B087DA6"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>encourage
development within the private sector of the necessary support services for
energy crop production and biorefinery
operations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section>