US Congress House Bill 2290 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Introduced on June 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-09-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Rural Energy Investment Act of 2013 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 regarding the biobased markets program to: (1) extend program funding through FY2018, (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 FY2018; (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 cost; and (4) permit the combined amount of a grant and a loan guarantee to cover all eligible activity costs. Extends funding through FY2018 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, (7) the community wood energy program, and (8) the feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers.

Rural Energy Investment Act of 2013

Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-09-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
2013-06-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
2013-06-06	House	Referred to House Budget
2013-06-06	House	Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology
2013-06-06	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2013-06-06	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2013-06-06	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Science, Space, and Technology, and the Budget, 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.

SB860 (Related) 2013-05-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2290/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2290/BILLS-113hr2290ih.pdf