US Congress House Bill 1190 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 25 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-02-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act of 2009 - Amends the Clean Air Act to redefine the term "renewable biomass" as: (1) materials, precommercial thinnings, or exotic species that are removed as byproducts of preventive treatments to reduce hazardous fuels, to reduce or contain disease or insect infestation, or to restore ecosystem health, that would not otherwise be used for higher-value products, and that are harvested from National Forest System land or public lands in accordance with federal and state law, land management plans, and requirements for old-growth maintenance, restoration, management direction, and large-tree retention under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003; or (2) any organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis from non-federal land or Indian land held in trust by the United States or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States, including renewable plant material (including feed grains, other agricultural commodities, other plants and trees, and algae) and waste material (including crop residue, other vegetative waste material, animal waste and byproducts, and construction, food, and yard waste).

Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act of 2009

Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]	Rep. Brian Baird [D-WA]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]
Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]	Rep. Bobby Bright [D-AL]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Jo Emerson [R-MO]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]
Rep. Doc Hastings [R-WA]	Rep. Wally Herger [R-CA]	Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D-SD]	Rep. Paul Hodes [D-NH]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]
Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Walter Minnick [D-ID]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Rep. James Oberstar [D-MN]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. John Salazar [D-CO]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Bart Stupak [D-MI]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-26		Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
2009-02-25		Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1190/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1190/BILLS-111hr1190ih.pdf