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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2421 

To provide biorefinery assistance eligibility to renewable chemicals projects, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 18, 2013 

Mr. PETERS of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To provide biorefinery assistance eligibility to renewable 

chemicals projects, 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 Chemicals 

5 Parity Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF RENEWABLE CHEMICAL PROJECTS 

7 IN BIOREFINERY ASSISTANCE. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 9001 of the Farm Secu9 rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101) 

10 is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (6)— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; or’’ 

3 and inserting a semicolon; 

4 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 

5 period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

6 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

7 subparagraph: 

8 ‘‘(E) renewable chemicals.’’; 

9 (2) in paragraph (7)(A), by striking ‘‘biofuels 

10 and biobased products’’ and inserting ‘‘biofuels, 

11 biobased products, or renewable chemicals’’; 

12 (3) in paragraph (11), by inserting ‘‘(including 

13 a renewable chemical)’’ after ‘‘material or com14 pound’’; 

15 (4) by redesignating paragraphs (13) and (14) 

16 as paragraphs (14) and (15), respectively; and 

17 (5) by inserting after paragraph (12) the fol18 lowing new paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(14) RENEWABLE CHEMICAL.—The term ‘re20 newable chemical’ means a monomer, polymer, plas21 tic, formulated product, or chemical substance pro22 duced from renewable biomass.’’. 

23 (b) BIOREFINERY ASSISTANCE.— 


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1 (1) RENEWABLE CHEMICALS.—Section 9003 of 

2 the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

3 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103) is amended— 

4 (A) in subsection (a) in the matter pre5 ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘advanced 

6 biofuels’’ and inserting ‘‘advanced biofuels, re7 newable chemicals, or biobased products’’; 

8 (B) in subsection (b)(2)— 

9 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

10 ‘‘advanced biofuel’’ and inserting ‘‘ad11 vanced biofuel, a renewable chemical, or a 

12 biobased product’’; and 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

14 ‘‘advanced biofuel’’ and inserting ‘‘ad15 vanced biofuel, a renewable chemical, or a 

16 biobased product’’; 

17 (C) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘ad18 vanced biofuels’’ and inserting ‘‘advanced 

19 biofuels, renewable chemicals, or biobased prod20 ucts’’; 

21 (D) in subsection (d)(2)(C)— 

22 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘advanced 

23 biofuel’’ and inserting ‘‘advanced biofuel, a 

24 renewable chemical, or a biobased prod25 uct’’; and 


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1 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘ad2 vanced biofuels’’ and inserting ‘‘advanced 

3 biofuels, renewable chemicals, or biobased 

4 products’’; and 

5 (E) in subsection (e)(1)(C)— 

6 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘advanced 

7 biofuel’’ and inserting ‘‘advanced biofuel or 

8 renewable chemical’’; and 

9 (ii) in clause (iii), striking ‘‘advanced 

10 biofuels’’ and inserting ‘‘advanced biofuels, 

11 renewable chemicals, or biobased prod12 ucts’’. 

13 (2) FUNDING.—Subsection (h) of such section 

14 is amended— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to re16 main available until expended’’ and all that fol17 lows and inserting ‘‘to remain available until ex18 pended, $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

19 2014 through 2018.’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2013’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 

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