[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4673 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4673

    To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to 
       establish a competitive grant program for renewable fuel 
                infrastructure, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2016

Mr. Loebsack (for himself, Mr. Walz, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Pocan, and Mrs. 
   Bustos) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural 
 Resources, 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 amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to 
       establish a competitive grant program for renewable fuel 
                infrastructure, 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 Fuel Utilization, 
Expansion, and Leadership Act'' or the ``REFUEL Act''.

SEC. 2. RENEWABLE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM.

    Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 8101) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 9014. RENEWABLE AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT 
              PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish 
a renewable and alternative energy infrastructure competitive grant 
program to provide grants for renewable and alternative energy 
infrastructure projects.
    ``(b) Eligible Projects.--A project shall be eligible for a grant 
under subsection (a) if the project--
            ``(1) is for new renewable and alternative energy 
        infrastructure or retrofitting existing renewable and 
        alternative energy infrastructure for the dispensing of covered 
        renewable or alternative energy for retail consumption; and
            ``(2) will be capable of dispensing fuel containing an 
        amount of covered renewable or alternative energy that is 
        higher than ordinarily found in commerce, as determined by the 
        Secretary.
    ``(c) Prioritization.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
Secretary shall give priority to projects in rural areas.
    ``(d) Maximum Grant.--A grant awarded under this section shall not 
exceed $100,000.
    ``(e) Matching Funds.--An entity that receives a grant under this 
section shall contribute an amount of non-Federal funds towards the 
project for which such entity receives such grant that is at least 
equal to 30 percent of the amount of grant funds received by such 
entity under this section for such project.
    ``(f) Funding.--
            ``(1) In general.--From amounts received by the United 
        States each fiscal year as royalties for the production of oil 
        under oil and gas leases granted under section 8 of the Outer 
        Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337), 1 percent shall 
        be available to the Secretary to carry out this section.
            ``(2) Other disbursements not affected.--Paragraph (1) 
        shall not affect any requirement to use amounts described in 
        paragraph (1) to make payments for any other purpose.
    ``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Covered renewable or alternative energy.--The term 
        `covered renewable or alternative energy' means renewable 
        energy, energy intended for use in electric vehicle charging, 
        and hydrogen and fuel cells.
            ``(2) Renewable and alternative energy infrastructure.--The 
        term `renewable and alternative energy infrastructure' includes 
        pumps, storage tanks, internal tank lining, piping, and 
        electric vehicle chargers used in the process of dispensing 
        fuel containing covered renewable or alternative energy.''.
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