[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3756 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3756

 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a renewable fuel 
                    feedstock reimbursement program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 19, 2020

 Mr. Grassley (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following 
      bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a renewable fuel 
                    feedstock reimbursement program.

    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 Feedstock 
Reimbursement Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. RENEWABLE FUEL FEEDSTOCK REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means an 
        entity that produces renewable fuel used as transportation fuel 
        (as those terms are defined in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean 
        Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))).
            (2) Eligible feedstock.--The term ``eligible feedstock'' 
        means renewable biomass described in section 211(o)(1)(I)(i) of 
        the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(I)(i)) that is intended 
        to be used to produce the renewable fuel described in paragraph 
        (1).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
    (b) Establishment of Program.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of the funds 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out a program to provide 
payments to eligible entities to reimburse the eligible entities for 
purchases of eligible feedstocks that were made during the period 
beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending on March 31, 2020.
    (c) Payment Amount.--The amount of a payment under subsection (b) 
shall be an amount equal to 75 percent of the purchase price of 
eligible feedstock paid by an eligible entity.
    (d) Proof of Cost.--The Secretary shall determine the documentation 
that an eligible entity shall provide to the Secretary to demonstrate 
the purchase price and quantity of eligible feedstock purchased by the 
eligible entity to receive a payment under subsection (b).
    (e) Agreements.--To be eligible to receive a payment under 
subsection (b), an eligible entity shall enter into an agreement with 
the Secretary, as determined by the Secretary.
    (f) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture 
of the House of Representatives a report on the payments made under 
subsection (b), including an identification of each eligible entity 
that received a payment and the amount received.
    (g) Regulations.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate such 
        regulations as are necessary to carry out the program 
        established under subsection (b).
            (2) Procedure.--The promulgation of the regulations and 
        administration of the program established under subsection (b) 
        shall be made without regard to--
                    (A) the notice and comment provisions of section 
                553 of title 5, United States Code;
                    (B) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code 
                (commonly known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act''); or
                    (C) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of 
                Agriculture (36 Fed. Reg. 13804 (July 24, 1971)) 
                relating to notices of proposed rulemaking and public 
                participation in rulemaking.
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