US Congress Senate Bill 2270 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on March 29 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-03-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 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

Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Kent Conrad [D-ND]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-29	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

SB2225 (Related) 2012-03-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2003)
HB5955 (Related) 2012-07-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/2270/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s2270/BILLS-112s2270is.pdf