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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4227 

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide loans to support the 

conversion of energy generation or heating and cooling systems to the 

use of renewable biomass and to support the installation of new equipment to use renewable biomass for such systems, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 8, 2009 

Mr. SCHRADER (for himself, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. HERSETH

SANDLIN, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MINNICK, and Mr. DEFAZIO) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide loans 

to support the conversion of energy generation or heating 

and cooling systems to the use of renewable biomass 

and to support the installation of new equipment to 

use renewable biomass for such systems, 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 ‘‘Incentives to Increase 

5 Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LOAN PROGRAM 

2 FOR CONVERSION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC FA3 CILITIES TO BIOMASS ENERGY GENERATION, 

4 HEATING, OR COOLING SYSTEMS. 

5 Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

6 Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.), as amended by sec7 tion 9001 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

8 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2064), is amended 

9 by adding at the end the following new section: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 9014. LOAN PROGRAM FOR CONVERSION OF CERTAIN 

11 PUBLIC FACILITIES TO BIOMASS ENERGY 

12 GENERATION, HEATING, OR COOLING SYS13 TEMS. 

14 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Agri15 culture shall establish a program to provide interest-free 

16 loans to eligible institutions described in subsection (b) for 

17 capital costs for converting existing equipment or for in18 stalling new equipment to use renewable biomass for en19 ergy generation, heating, or cooling systems. 

20 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.—The following insti21 tutions are eligible for a loan under the program estab22 lished under subsection (a): 

23 ‘‘(1) An institution of higher education (as de24 fined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 

25 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)). 


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1 ‘‘(2) A public or private elementary or sec2 ondary school. 

3 ‘‘(3) A hospital. 

4 ‘‘(4) A local government building. 

5 ‘‘(5) A governmental, community, health, or 

6 educational building owned or leased and occupied 

7 by an Indian tribe, except any building used in 

8 whole or in part for gaming (as defined in section 

9 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 

10 2703)). 

11 ‘‘(c) USE OF LOAN FUNDS.—The Secretary shall en12 sure that an eligible institution receiving a loan under the 

13 program established under subsection (a) will use renew14 able biomass for not less than 75 percent of the energy 

15 generation, heating, or cooling needs of the facility of the 

16 covered institution for which the loan is received. 

17 ‘‘(d) REVOLVING FUND.— 

18 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

19 the Treasury a revolving fund for the program es20 tablished under subsection (a). 

21 ‘‘(2) USE OF AMOUNTS IN FUND.—Amounts in 

22 the revolving fund established under paragraph (1) 

23 shall be available to the Secretary to carry out the 

24 program established under subsection (a). 


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1 ‘‘(3) DEPOSITS.—The amounts received as pay2 ment on loans provided under the program estab3 lished under subsection (a) shall be deposited into 

4 the revolving fund established under paragraph (1). 

5 ‘‘(4) INITIAL DEPOSIT.—Of the funds of the 

6 Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall 

7 make available $100,000,000 to the revolving fund 

8 established under paragraph (1).’’. 

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