[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5236 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5236

To promote the use of certain materials harvested from public lands in 
       the production of renewable fuel, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2008

 Ms. Herseth Sandlin (for herself, Mr. Walden of Oregon, Mr. DeFazio, 
 Mr. Stupak, Mr. Ross, Mr. Pickering, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. 
  Bonner, and Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To promote the use of certain materials harvested from public lands in 
       the production of renewable fuel, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act 
of 2008''.

SEC. 2. RENEWABLE BIOMASS.

    Section 201 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2006 
(Public Law 110-140; 121 Stat. 1519) is amended in the amendment made 
to section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545) by amending 
subparagraph (I) of such section 211(o)(1) to read as follows:
                    ``(I) Renewable biomass.--The term `renewable 
                biomass' means--
                    ``(A) materials, precommercial thinnings, or 
                removed exotic species that--
                            ``(i) are byproducts of preventive 
                        treatments (such as trees, wood, brush, 
                        thinnings, chips, and slash) that are removed--
                                    ``(I) to reduce hazardous fuels;
                                    ``(II) to reduce or contain disease 
                                or insect infestation; or
                                    ``(III) to restore ecosystem 
                                health;
                            ``(ii) would not otherwise be used for 
                        higher-value products; and
                            ``(iii) are harvested from National Forest 
                        System land or public lands (as defined in 
                        section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and 
                        Management Act of 1976) in accordance with--
                                    ``(I) Federal and State law;
                                    ``(II) applicable land management 
                                plans; and
                                    ``(III) the requirements for old-
                                growth maintenance, restoration, and 
                                management direction of paragraphs (2), 
                                (3), and (4) of subsection (e) of 
                                section 102 of the Healthy Forests 
                                Restoration Act of 2003 and the 
                                requirements for large-tree retention 
                                of subsection (f) of that section; or
                    ``(B) any organic matter that is available on a 
                renewable or recurring basis from non-Federal land or 
                land belonging to an Indian or Indian tribe that is 
                held in trust by the United States or subject to a 
                restriction against alienation imposed by the United 
                States, including--
                            ``(i) renewable plant material, including--
                                    ``(I) feed grains;
                                    ``(II) other agricultural 
                                commodities;
                                    ``(III) other plants and trees; and
                                    ``(IV) algae; and
                            ``(ii) waste material, including--
                                    ``(I) crop residue;
                                    ``(II) other vegetative waste 
                                material (including wood waste and wood 
                                residues);
                                    ``(III) animal waste and byproducts 
                                (including fats, oils, greases, and 
                                manure);
                                    ``(IV) construction waste; and
                                    ``(V) food waste and yard waste.''.
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