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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4673 

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

a competitive grant program for renewable fuel infrastructure, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 2, 2016 

Mr. LOEBSACK (for himself, Mr. WALZ, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. POCAN, and Mrs. 

BUSTOS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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 

A BILL 

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 

of 2002 to establish a competitive grant program for 

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 Utili5 zation, Expansion, and Leadership Act’’ or the ‘‘RE6 FUEL Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. RENEWABLE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PRO2 GRAM. 

3 Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

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

5 the end the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 9014. RENEWABLE AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IN7 FRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM. 

8 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Agri9 culture shall establish a renewable and alternative energy 

10 infrastructure competitive grant program to provide 

11 grants for renewable and alternative energy infrastructure 

12 projects. 

13 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—A project shall be eligi14 ble for a grant under subsection (a) if the project— 

15 ‘‘(1) is for new renewable and alternative en16 ergy infrastructure or retrofitting existing renewable 

17 and alternative energy infrastructure for the dis18 pensing of covered renewable or alternative energy 

19 for retail consumption; and 

20 ‘‘(2) will be capable of dispensing fuel con21 taining an amount of covered renewable or alter22 native energy that is higher than ordinarily found in 

23 commerce, as determined by the Secretary. 

24 ‘‘(c) PRIORITIZATION.—In awarding grants under 

25 this section, the Secretary shall give priority to projects 

26 in rural areas. 


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1 ‘‘(d) MAXIMUM GRANT.—A grant awarded under this 

2 section shall not exceed $100,000. 

3 ‘‘(e) MATCHING FUNDS.—An entity that receives a 

4 grant under this section shall contribute an amount of 

5 non-Federal funds towards the project for which such enti6 ty receives such grant that is at least equal to 30 percent 

7 of the amount of grant funds received by such entity under 

8 this section for such project. 

9 ‘‘(f) FUNDING.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts received by 

11 the United States each fiscal year as royalties for 

12 the production of oil under oil and gas leases grant13 ed under section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf 

14 Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337), 1 percent shall be 

15 available to the Secretary to carry out this section. 

16 ‘‘(2) OTHER DISBURSEMENTS NOT AF17 FECTED.—Paragraph (1) shall not affect any re18 quirement to use amounts described in paragraph 

19 (1) to make payments for any other purpose. 

20 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 ‘‘(1) COVERED RENEWABLE OR ALTERNATIVE

22 ENERGY.—The term ‘covered renewable or alter23 native energy’ means renewable energy, energy in24 tended for use in electric vehicle charging, and hy25 drogen and fuel cells. 


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1 ‘‘(2) RENEWABLE AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

2 INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term ‘renewable and alter3 native energy infrastructure’ includes pumps, stor4 age tanks, internal tank lining, piping, and electric 

5 vehicle chargers used in the process of dispensing 

6 fuel containing covered renewable or alternative en7 ergy.’’. 

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