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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1516 

To authorize loan guarantees for projects to construct renewable fuel 

pipelines. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 13, 2011 

Mr. BOSWELL (for himself and Mr. TERRY) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 

addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 authorize loan guarantees for projects to construct 

renewable fuel pipelines. 

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 Pipe5 line Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR PROJECTS TO CONSTRUCT 

2 RENEWABLE FUEL PIPELINES. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1701 of the Energy Pol4 icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16511) is amended by adding 

5 at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(6) RENEWABLE FUEL.—The term ‘renewable 

7 fuel’ has the meaning given the term in section 

8 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 7545(o)(1)), except that the term includes all types 

10 of ethanol and biodiesel. 

11 ‘‘(7) RENEWABLE FUEL PIPELINE.—The term 

12 ‘renewable fuel pipeline’ means a pipeline for trans13 porting renewable fuel.’’. 

14 (b) AMOUNT.—Section 1702(c) of the Energy Policy 

15 Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16512(c)) is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘(c) AMOUNT.—Unless’’ and in17 serting the following: 

18 ‘‘(c) AMOUNT.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Unless’’; and 

20 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(2) RENEWABLE FUEL PIPELINES.—A guar22 antee for a project described in section 1703(b)(11) 

23 shall be in an amount equal to 80 percent of the 

24 project cost of the facility that is the subject of the 

25 guarantee, as estimated at the time at which the 

26 guarantee is issued.’’. 


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1 (c) REASONABLE PROSPECT OF REPAYMENT.—Sec2 tion 1702(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

3 16512(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(4) RENEWABLE FUEL PIPELINE.—In deter5 mining under paragraph (1) whether there is a rea6 sonable prospect of repayment with respect to a re7 newable fuel pipeline project described in section 

8 1703(b)(11), the Secretary shall not require a dem9 onstration of existing contractual obligations for a 

10 specific minimum capacity of pipeline usage.’’. 

11 (d) RENEWABLE FUEL PIPELINE ELIGIBILITY.— 

12 Section 1703(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

13 U.S.C. 16513(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(11) Renewable fuel pipelines.’’. 

16 (e) RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF RENEWABLE FUEL

17 PIPELINES.—Section 1705 of the Energy Policy Act of 

18 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16516) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)— 

20 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

21 by inserting ‘‘, or, in the case of projects de22 scribed in paragraph (4), September 30, 2013’’ 

23 before the colon at the end; and 

24 (B) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(4) Installation of sufficient infrastructure to 

2 allow for the cost-effective deployment of clean en3 ergy technologies appropriate to each region of the 

4 United States, including the deployment of renew5 able fuel pipelines through loan guarantees in an 

6 amount equal to 80 percent of the cost.’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘, or, in the 

8 case of projects described in subsection (a)(4), Sep9 tember 30, 2013’’ before the period at the end. 

10 (f) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the 

11 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy 

12 shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to 

13 carry out the amendments made by this section. 

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