[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2421 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2421

 To provide biorefinery assistance eligibility to renewable chemicals 
                   projects, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2013

   Mr. Peters of California introduced the following bill; which was 
                referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide biorefinery assistance eligibility to renewable chemicals 
                   projects, 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 Chemicals Parity Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF RENEWABLE CHEMICAL PROJECTS IN BIOREFINERY 
              ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 9001 of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``; or'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(E) renewable chemicals.'';
            (2) in paragraph (7)(A), by striking ``biofuels and 
        biobased products'' and inserting ``biofuels, biobased 
        products, or renewable chemicals'';
            (3) in paragraph (11), by inserting ``(including a 
        renewable chemical)'' after ``material or compound'';
            (4) by redesignating paragraphs (13) and (14) as paragraphs 
        (14) and (15), respectively; and
            (5) by inserting after paragraph (12) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(14) Renewable chemical.--The term `renewable chemical' 
        means a monomer, polymer, plastic, formulated product, or 
        chemical substance produced from renewable biomass.''.
    (b) Biorefinery Assistance.--
            (1) Renewable chemicals.--Section 9003 of the Farm Security 
        and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a) in the matter preceding 
                paragraph (1), by striking ``advanced biofuels'' and 
                inserting ``advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals, or 
                biobased products'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)(2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``advanced biofuel'' and inserting ``advanced 
                        biofuel, a renewable chemical, or a biobased 
                        product''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``advanced biofuel'' and inserting ``advanced 
                        biofuel, a renewable chemical, or a biobased 
                        product'';
                    (C) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``advanced 
                biofuels'' and inserting ``advanced biofuels, renewable 
                chemicals, or biobased products'';
                    (D) in subsection (d)(2)(C)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by striking ``advanced 
                        biofuel'' and inserting ``advanced biofuel, a 
                        renewable chemical, or a biobased product''; 
                        and
                            (ii) in clause (iii), by striking 
                        ``advanced biofuels'' and inserting ``advanced 
                        biofuels, renewable chemicals, or biobased 
                        products''; and
                    (E) in subsection (e)(1)(C)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by striking ``advanced 
                        biofuel'' and inserting ``advanced biofuel or 
                        renewable chemical''; and
                            (ii) in clause (iii), striking ``advanced 
                        biofuels'' and inserting ``advanced biofuels, 
                        renewable chemicals, or biobased products''.
            (2) Funding.--Subsection (h) of such section is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``to remain 
                available until expended'' and all that follows and 
                inserting ``to remain available until expended, 
                $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 
                2018.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``2013'' and 
                inserting ``2018''.
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