[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5050 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5050

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to provide 
 grants for deployment of renewable fuel infrastructure, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 17, 2020

  Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Ms. Ernst) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to provide 
 grants for deployment of 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 Infrastructure Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR DEPLOYMENT OF RENEWABLE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE.

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

``SEC. 9015. RENEWABLE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Definition of Eligible Entity.--In this section, the term 
`eligible entity' means--
            ``(1) a State or unit of local government;
            ``(2) a Tribal government;
            ``(3) an authority, agency, partnership, or instrumentality 
        of an entity described in paragraph (1) or (2); and
            ``(4) a group of entities described in paragraphs (1) 
        through (3).
    ``(b) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish a grant 
program to award grants to eligible entities to carry out the 
activities described in subsection (e).
    ``(c) Applications.--An eligible entity desiring a grant under this 
section shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require.
    ``(d) Eligibility Criteria.--In selecting an eligible entity to 
receive a grant under this section, the Secretary shall consider the 
extent to which the application of the eligible entity proposes--
            ``(1) to convert existing pump infrastructure to deliver 
        ethanol blends with greater than 10-percent ethanol;
            ``(2) to diversify the geographic area selling ethanol 
        blends with greater than 10-percent ethanol;
            ``(3) to support existing or emerging biodiesel, bioheat, 
        and sustainable aviation fuel markets that have existing 
        incentives;
            ``(4) to increase the use of existing fuel delivery 
        infrastructure;
            ``(5) to enable or accelerate the deployment of renewable 
        fuel infrastructure that would be unlikely to be completed 
        without Federal assistance; and
            ``(6) to build and retrofit traditional and pipeline 
        terminals (including rail lines)--
                    ``(A) to blend biodiesel; and
                    ``(B) to carry ethanol and biodiesel.
    ``(e) Eligible Use.--An eligible entity that receives a grant under 
this section may use the grant funds--
            ``(1) to distribute to private or public entities for costs 
        related to incentivizing deployment of renewable fuel 
        infrastructure;
            ``(2) to convert existing pump infrastructure to deliver 
        ethanol blends greater than 10 percent and biodiesel blends 
        greater than 20 percent;
            ``(3) to install fuel pumps and related infrastructure 
        dedicated to the distribution of higher ethanol blends 
        (including E15 and E85) and higher biodiesel blends up to B100 
        at fueling locations, including--
                    ``(A) local fueling stations;
                    ``(B) convenience stores;
                    ``(C) hypermarket fueling stations; and
                    ``(D) fleet facilities; and
            ``(4) to build and retrofit traditional and pipeline 
        terminals (including rail lines)--
                    ``(A) to blend biodiesel; and
                    ``(B) to carry ethanol and biodiesel.
    ``(f) Certification Requirement.--Any infrastructure used or 
installed with grant funds provided under this section shall be 
certified by the Underwriters Laboratory as infrastructure that 
distributes blends with an ethanol content of 25 percent or greater.
    ``(g) Funding.--
            ``(1) Federal share.--The Federal share of the total cost 
        of carrying out a project awarded a grant under this section 
        shall not exceed 80 percent.
            ``(2) Maximum percentage for certain activities.--An 
        eligible entity receiving a grant under this section shall 
        ensure that Federal funds do not exceed--
                    ``(A) 75 percent of the per pump cost for--
                            ``(i) pumps that can dispense a range of 
                        ethanol blends of E85 or lower (new pumps or 
                        retrofit of existing pumps); and
                            ``(ii) dedicated E15 or E85 pumps (new 
                        pumps or retrofit of existing pumps);
                    ``(B) 50 percent of the terminal cost for terminals 
                with B100 capabilities; or
                    ``(C) 25 percent of the per tank cost for new 
                storage tanks and related equipment associated with new 
                facilities or additional capacity other than 
                replacement of existing storage tanks and related 
                equipment associated with existing facilities.
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $100,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.''.
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