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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3756 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a renewable fuel feedstock 

reimbursement program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 19, 2020 

Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 

Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a 

renewable fuel feedstock reimbursement program. 

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 Feed5 stock Reimbursement Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. RENEWABLE FUEL FEEDSTOCK REIMBURSEMENT 

7 PROGRAM. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti10 ty’’ means an entity that produces renewable fuel 


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1 used as transportation fuel (as those terms are de2 fined in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 

3 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))). 

4 (2) ELIGIBLE FEEDSTOCK.—The term ‘‘eligible 

5 feedstock’’ means renewable biomass described in 

6 section 211(o)(1)(I)(i) of the Clean Air Act (42 

7 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(I)(i)) that is intended to be used 

8 to produce the renewable fuel described in paragraph 

9 (1). 

10 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

11 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

12 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Notwith13 standing any other provision of law, the Secretary shall 

14 use such sums as are necessary of the funds of the Com15 modity Credit Corporation to carry out a program to pro16 vide payments to eligible entities to reimburse the eligible 

17 entities for purchases of eligible feedstocks that were made 

18 during the period beginning on January 1, 2020, and end19 ing on March 31, 2020. 

20 (c) PAYMENT AMOUNT.—The amount of a payment 

21 under subsection (b) shall be an amount equal to 75 per22 cent of the purchase price of eligible feedstock paid by an 

23 eligible entity. 

24 (d) PROOF OF COST.—The Secretary shall determine 

25 the documentation that an eligible entity shall provide to 


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1 the Secretary to demonstrate the purchase price and quan2 tity of eligible feedstock purchased by the eligible entity 

3 to receive a payment under subsection (b). 

4 (e) AGREEMENTS.—To be eligible to receive a pay5 ment under subsection (b), an eligible entity shall enter 

6 into an agreement with the Secretary, as determined by 

7 the Secretary. 

8 (f) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

9 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 

10 the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 

11 the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the 

12 House of Representatives a report on the payments made 

13 under subsection (b), including an identification of each 

14 eligible entity that received a payment and the amount re15 ceived. 

16 (g) REGULATIONS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

18 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

19 shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary 

20 to carry out the program established under sub21 section (b). 

22 (2) PROCEDURE.—The promulgation of the reg23 ulations and administration of the program estab24 lished under subsection (b) shall be made without re25 gard to— 


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1 (A) the notice and comment provisions of 

2 section 553 of title 5, United States Code; 

3 (B) chapter 35 of title 44, United States 

4 Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Re5 duction Act’’); or 

6 (C) the Statement of Policy of the Sec7 retary of Agriculture (36 Fed. Reg. 13804 

8 (July 24, 1971)) relating to notices of proposed 

9 rulemaking and public participation in rule10 making. 

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