US Congress House Bill 2170 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on April 29 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-06-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) establish a program to provide zero-interest loans to covered institutions (i.e., an institution of higher education, an elementary or secondary school, or a hospital) for capital costs for converting to the use of biomass for energy generation; and (2) ensure that an institution receiving such a loan will use woody biomass for not less than 75% of the energy generation resulting from such conversion. Establishes in the Treasury a revolving fund for such program. Requires the Secretary to: (1) deposit amounts received as payment on loans provided under such program into such revolving fund; and (2) make available $100 million of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to such revolving fund.

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to provide covered institutions loans for conversion to use of biomass for energy generation.

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]

Rep. Walter Minnick [D-ID]

Rep. Denny Rehberg [R-MT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-06-22		Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
2009-04-29		Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

HB4227 (Related) 2010-03-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2170/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2170/BILLS-111hr2170ih.pdf