US Congress House Bill 5955 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: Introduced on June 18 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-07-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Rural Energy Investment Act of 2012 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 regarding the biobased markets program to: (1) extend program funding through FY2017, (2) increase the number of categories of biobased products designated and individual biobased products eligible for preferred purchasing, and (3) provide for a program of biobased product education and promotion activities. Amends the Rural Energy for America Program to: (1) extend Program funding through FY2017; (2) make nonprofit organizations eligible for assistance; (3) provide loan guarantees and grants to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy system purchases, with a tiered loan and grant application process that reflects project size; and (4) permit the combined amount of a grant and a loan guarantee to cover all eligible activity costs. Extends funding through FY2017 for: (1) biorefinery assistance, (2) the biodiesel fuel education program, (3) biomass research and development, (4) the Rural Energy Self-Sufficiency Initiative, (5) the biomass crop assistance program, (6) the forest biomass for energy program, and (7) the community wood energy program.

Rural Energy Investment Act of 2012

Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-07-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
2012-06-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
2012-06-18	House	Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology
2012-06-18	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2012-06-18	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2012-06-18	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.

SB2270 (Related) 2012-03-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/5955/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr5955/BILLS-112hr5955ih.pdf