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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5050 

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to provide 

grants for deployment of renewable fuel infrastructure, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 17, 2020 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. ERNST) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 

of 2002 to provide grants for deployment of renewable 

fuel infrastructure, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Renewable Fuel Infra5 structure Act of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR DEPLOYMENT OF RENEWABLE FUEL 

2 INFRASTRUCTURE. 

3 Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

4 Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.) is amended by adding 

5 at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 9015. RENEWABLE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT 

7 PROGRAM. 

8 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this sec9 tion, the term ‘eligible entity’ means— 

10 ‘‘(1) a State or unit of local government; 

11 ‘‘(2) a Tribal government; 

12 ‘‘(3) an authority, agency, partnership, or in13 strumentality of an entity described in paragraph 

14 (1) or (2); and 

15 ‘‘(4) a group of entities described in paragraphs 

16 (1) through (3). 

17 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 

18 the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 

19 establish a grant program to award grants to eligible enti20 ties to carry out the activities described in subsection (e). 

21 ‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity desiring a 

22 grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an 

23 application at such time, in such manner, and containing 

24 such information as the Secretary may require. 

25 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.—In selecting an eligible 

26 entity to receive a grant under this section, the Secretary 


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1 shall consider the extent to which the application of the 

2 eligible entity proposes— 

3 ‘‘(1) to convert existing pump infrastructure to 

4 deliver ethanol blends with greater than 10-percent 

5 ethanol; 

6 ‘‘(2) to diversify the geographic area selling eth7 anol blends with greater than 10-percent ethanol; 

8 ‘‘(3) to support existing or emerging biodiesel, 

9 bioheat, and sustainable aviation fuel markets that 

10 have existing incentives; 

11 ‘‘(4) to increase the use of existing fuel delivery 

12 infrastructure; 

13 ‘‘(5) to enable or accelerate the deployment of 

14 renewable fuel infrastructure that would be unlikely 

15 to be completed without Federal assistance; and 

16 ‘‘(6) to build and retrofit traditional and pipe17 line terminals (including rail lines)— 

18 ‘‘(A) to blend biodiesel; and 

19 ‘‘(B) to carry ethanol and biodiesel. 

20 ‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE USE.—An eligible entity that receives 

21 a grant under this section may use the grant funds— 

22 ‘‘(1) to distribute to private or public entities 

23 for costs related to incentivizing deployment of re24 newable fuel infrastructure; 


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1 ‘‘(2) to convert existing pump infrastructure to 

2 deliver ethanol blends greater than 10 percent and 

3 biodiesel blends greater than 20 percent; 

4 ‘‘(3) to install fuel pumps and related infra5 structure dedicated to the distribution of higher eth6 anol blends (including E15 and E85) and higher 

7 biodiesel blends up to B100 at fueling locations, in8 cluding— 

9 ‘‘(A) local fueling stations; 

10 ‘‘(B) convenience stores; 

11 ‘‘(C) hypermarket fueling stations; and 

12 ‘‘(D) fleet facilities; and 

13 ‘‘(4) to build and retrofit traditional and pipe14 line terminals (including rail lines)— 

15 ‘‘(A) to blend biodiesel; and 

16 ‘‘(B) to carry ethanol and biodiesel. 

17 ‘‘(f) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Any infra18 structure used or installed with grant funds provided 

19 under this section shall be certified by the Underwriters 

20 Laboratory as infrastructure that distributes blends with 

21 an ethanol content of 25 percent or greater. 

22 ‘‘(g) FUNDING.— 

23 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 

24 the total cost of carrying out a project awarded a 

25 grant under this section shall not exceed 80 percent. 


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1 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE FOR CERTAIN AC2 TIVITIES.—An eligible entity receiving a grant under 

3 this section shall ensure that Federal funds do not 

4 exceed— 

5 ‘‘(A) 75 percent of the per pump cost 

6 for— 

7 ‘‘(i) pumps that can dispense a range 

8 of ethanol blends of E85 or lower (new 

9 pumps or retrofit of existing pumps); and 

10 ‘‘(ii) dedicated E15 or E85 pumps 

11 (new pumps or retrofit of existing pumps); 

12 ‘‘(B) 50 percent of the terminal cost for 

13 terminals with B100 capabilities; or 

14 ‘‘(C) 25 percent of the per tank cost for 

15 new storage tanks and related equipment asso16 ciated with new facilities or additional capacity 

17 other than replacement of existing storage 

18 tanks and related equipment associated with ex19 isting facilities. 

20 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

21 is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

22 out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 

23 through 2025.’’. 

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