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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 36 

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act to establish a biofuels 

promotion program to promote sustainable production of biofuels and 

biomass, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 23, 2007 

Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. NELSON of Nebraska) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 

to establish a biofuels promotion program to promote 

sustainable production of biofuels and biomass, 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. BIOFUELS INNOVATION PROGRAM. 

4 Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

5 Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.) is amended by adding 

6 at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 9012. BIOFUELS INNOVATION PROGRAM. 

2 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to es3 tablish a Biofuels Innovation Program— 

4 ‘‘(1) to encourage production of dedicated en5 ergy crops in a sustainable manner that protects the 

6 soil, air, water, and wildlife of the United States; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(2) to provide financial and technical assist9 ance to owners and operators of eligible cropland to 

10 produce dedicated energy crops and crop mixes of 

11 suitable quality and in sufficient quantities to sup12 port and induce development and expansion of the 

13 use of the crop for— 

14 ‘‘(A) biofuels; 

15 ‘‘(B) power or heat generation to supple16 ment or replace nonbiobased energy sources; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(C) biobased products to supplement or 

19 replace non biobased products; 

20 ‘‘(3) to establish Biofuels Innovation Program 

21 project areas; and 

22 ‘‘(4) to provide financial and technical assist23 ance to owners and operators for harvesting, storing, 

24 and transporting cellulosic material. 

25 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 ‘‘(1) BEGINNING FARMER OR RANCHER.—The 

2 term ‘beginning farmer or rancher’ has the meaning 

3 given the term in section 343(a) of the Consolidated 

4 Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

5 1991(a)). 

6 ‘‘(2) BIP.—The term ‘BIP’ means the Biofuels 

7 Innovation Program established under this section. 

8 ‘‘(3) BIP PROJECT AREA.—The term ‘BIP 

9 project area’ means an area that— 

10 ‘‘(A) has eligible cropland that— 

11 ‘‘(i) is owned or operated by eligible 

12 participants; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) has specified boundaries that are 

14 submitted to the Secretary by eligible par15 ticipants and subsequently approved by the 

16 Secretary; and 

17 ‘‘(B) is physically located within a 70-mile 

18 radius of an existing or proposed biofuels facil19 ity or another boundary, as determined by the 

20 Secretary. 

21 ‘‘(4) CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM.—The 

22 term ‘conservation reserve program’ means the con23 servation reserve program established under sub24 chapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of 


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1 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et 

2 seq.). 

3 ‘‘(5) CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM.—The 

4 term ‘conservation security program’ means the con5 servation security program established under sub6 chapter A of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of 

7 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838 et 

8 seq.). 

9 ‘‘(6) CONTRACT ACREAGE.—The term ‘contract 

10 acreage’ means eligible cropland that is— 

11 ‘‘(A) enrolled in the BIP by an eligible 

12 participant; and 

13 ‘‘(B) covered by a BIP contract entered 

14 into with the Secretary. 

15 ‘‘(7) ELIGIBLE CROPLAND.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 

17 cropland’ means land that the applicable county 

18 committee of the Farm Service Agency deter19 mines— 

20 ‘‘(i) is currently being tilled for the 

21 production of a crop for harvest; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) is not currently being tilled but 

23 has been tilled in a prior crop year and is 

24 suitable for production of an eligible dedi25 cated energy crop. 


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1 ‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘eligible 

2 cropland’ includes— 

3 ‘‘(i) land that in the native state of 

4 the land was not forest land, if the land is 

5 planted with nonwoody eligible dedicated 

6 energy crops and, for at least 3 of the 5 

7 crop years preceding the date of enactment 

8 of this section, the land has been— 

9 ‘‘(I) devoted to managed pasture; 

10 or 

11 ‘‘(II) enrolled in the conservation 

12 reserve program and the conservation 

13 reserve program contract has been 

14 voluntarily terminated or is expired; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(ii) land that in the native state of 

17 land was forest land, if the land is planted 

18 with woody or nonwoody eligible dedicated 

19 energy crops and the land has been— 

20 ‘‘(I) forest land but subsequently 

21 clear-cut during the 2-year period 

22 ending on the date of enactment of 

23 this section; or 

24 ‘‘(II) converted from forest land 

25 before the 5-year period ending on the 


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1 date of enactment of this section 

2 and— 

3 ‘‘(aa) has been tilled for the 

4 production of a crop for harvest; 

5 ‘‘(bb) devoted to managed 

6 pasture; or 

7 ‘‘(cc) enrolled in the con8 servation reserve program for at 

9 least 3 of the 5 five crop years 

10 preceding the date of enactment 

11 of this section and is no longer 

12 covered by a conservation reserve 

13 program contract. 

14 ‘‘(C) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘eligible 

15 cropland’ does not include— 

16 ‘‘(i) Federally-owned land; 

17 ‘‘(ii) land enrolled in— 

18 ‘‘(I) the conservation reserve pro19 gram; 

20 ‘‘(II) the grassland reserve pro21 gram; or 

22 ‘‘(III) the wetlands reserve pro23 gram; 

24 ‘‘(iii) land with greater than 50 per25 cent cover of native nonwoody vegetation 


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1 or forest land, as of the date of enactment 

2 of this section (other than land described 

3 in subparagraph (B)(iii)); and 

4 ‘‘(iv) land that historically was not na5 tive forest land, if planted to woody crops. 

6 ‘‘(8) ELIGIBLE DEDICATED ENERGY CROP.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 

8 dedicated energy crop’ means any crop native to 

9 the United States, or another crop, as deter10 mined by the Secretary, grown specifically to 

11 provide raw materials for— 

12 ‘‘(i) conversion to liquid transpor13 tation fuels or chemicals through bio14 chemical or thermochemical processes; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) energy generation through com16 bustion, pyrolysis, or cofiring. 

17 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘eligible 

18 dedicated energy crop’ does not include— 

19 ‘‘(i) any crop that is eligible for pay20 ments under title I or a successor title; or 

21 ‘‘(ii) any plant that is invasive or nox22 ious or has the potential to become 

23 invasive or noxious, as determined by— 


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1 ‘‘(I) the Secretary of the Interior 

2 (acting through the United States 

3 Fish and Wildlife Service); 

4 ‘‘(II) the Secretary; or 

5 ‘‘(III)(aa) the head of an applica6 ble State department of agriculture; 

7 or 

8 ‘‘(bb) the head of an applicable 

9 State conservation agency. 

10 ‘‘(9) ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT.—The term ‘eligi11 ble participant’ means an owner or operator of con12 tract acreage that is physically located within a BIP 

13 project area . 

14 ‘‘(10) FEDERALLY-OWNED LAND.—The term 

15 ‘Federally-owned land’ means land owned by— 

16 ‘‘(A) the Federal Government (including 

17 any department, instrumentality, bureau, or 

18 agency of the Federal Government); or 

19 ‘‘(B) any corporation whose stock is wholly 

20 owned by the Federal Government. 

21 ‘‘(11) FOREST LAND.—The term ‘forest land’ 

22 means an ecosystem that is at least 1 acre in size 

23 (including timberland and woodland) and that (as 

24 determined by the Secretary)— 


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1 ‘‘(A) is characterized by dense and exten2 sive tree cover; 

3 ‘‘(B) contains, or once contained, at least 

4 10 percent tree crown cover; and 

5 ‘‘(C) is not developed and planned for ex6 clusive nonforest resource use. 

7 ‘‘(12) GRASSLAND RESERVE PROGRAM.—The 

8 term ‘grassland reserve program’ means the grass9 land reserve program established under subchapter 

10 C of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food 

11 Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838n et seq.). 

12 ‘‘(13) MANAGED PASTURE.—The term ‘man13 aged pasture’ means land that— 

14 ‘‘(A) is currently vegetated with less than 

15 25 percent native plant cover; 

16 ‘‘(B) has been converted from noncropland 

17 to cropland during the 30-year period ending on 

18 the date of enactment of this section; and 

19 ‘‘(C) has been actively managed for inten20 sive livestock grazing. 

21 ‘‘(14) OPERATOR.—The term ‘operator’ means 

22 an individual, entity, or joint operation that, as de23 termined by the applicable county committee of the 

24 Farm Service Agency, is in general control of the 


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1 farming operations on a farm during the applicable 

2 crop year. 

3 ‘‘(15) OWNER.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘owner’ 

5 means a person that has legal ownership of eli6 gible cropland. 

7 ‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘owner’ in8 cludes— 

9 ‘‘(i) a person that is buying eligible 

10 cropland under a contract for deed; 

11 ‘‘(ii) a person that has a life estate in 

12 eligible cropland; and 

13 ‘‘(iii) for the purposes of enrolling eli14 gible cropland in the BIP, a person that 

15 has purchased a farm in a foreclosure pro16 ceeding and— 

17 ‘‘(I) the redemption period has 

18 not passed; and 

19 ‘‘(II) the original owner has not 

20 redeemed the property. 

21 ‘‘(16) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ 

22 means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through 

23 the Natural Resources Conservation Service. 


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1 ‘‘(17) SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMER OR

2 RANCHER.—The term ‘socially disadvantaged farmer 

3 or rancher’ means a farmer or rancher who— 

4 ‘‘(A) is a member of a socially disadvan5 taged group (as defined in section 355(e) of the 

6 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 

7 (7 U.S.C. 2003(e))); 

8 ‘‘(B) has limited resources; or 

9 ‘‘(C) is a member of a federally recognized 

10 Indian tribe. 

11 ‘‘(18) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 

12 the several States of the United States. 

13 ‘‘(19) WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM.—The 

14 term ‘wetlands reserve program’ means the wetlands 

15 reserve program established under subchapter C of 

16 chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Se17 curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837 et seq.). 

18 ‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 

19 after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary 

20 shall establish a Biofuels Innovation Program in accord21 ance with this section. 

22 ‘‘(d) PROPOSALS FOR BIP PROJECT AREAS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be considered a BIP 

24 project area, an eligible applicant shall submit to the 


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1 Secretary, through the Under Secretary for Rural 

2 Development, for approval a written proposal that— 

3 ‘‘(A) identifies the eligible cropland that 

4 will be a part of the proposed BIP project area; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(B) indicates a strong likelihood that the 

7 proposed BIP project area will generate a suffi8 cient quantity of biomass from eligible dedi9 cated energy crops and acres or other sources 

10 to supply an existing biofuels facility, or to at11 tract a new biofuels facility to an area, to meet 

12 the purposes of the BIP. 

13 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—The written 

14 proposal for a proposed BIP project area shall in15 clude, at a minimum— 

16 ‘‘(A) a description of the eligible cropland 

17 of each eligible participant that will participate 

18 in the proposed BIP project area, including— 

19 ‘‘(i) the quantity of eligible cropland 

20 of each eligible participant; 

21 ‘‘(ii) the physical location of the eligi22 ble cropland; 

23 ‘‘(iii) the 1 or more eligible dedicated 

24 energy crops that will be produced on the 

25 eligible cropland; and 


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1 ‘‘(iv) the type of land use or crop that 

2 will be displaced by the eligible dedicated 

3 energy crop; 

4 ‘‘(B)(i) the name, if available, and type, lo5 cation, and description of the existing or pro6 posed biofuel facility that will use the eligible 

7 dedicated energy crops to be produced in the 

8 proposed BIP project area; 

9 ‘‘(ii) a letter of commitment to build a pro10 posed bioenergy facility that will use the eligible 

11 dedicated energy crops intended to be produced 

12 in the proposed BIP project area; or 

13 ‘‘(iii) a letter of commitment from an exist14 ing bioenergy facility that the facility will use 

15 the eligible dedicated energy crops intended to 

16 be produced in the proposed BIP project area; 

17 ‘‘(C) a general analysis of the anticipated 

18 local economic impact of the proposed BIP 

19 project; and 

20 ‘‘(D) any additional information needed to 

21 determine the eligibility for, and ranking of, the 

22 proposal, as determined by the Secretary. 

23 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—Applicants that 

24 are eligible to submit a proposal for a BIP project 

25 area include— 


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1 ‘‘(A) a collective group of owners and oper2 ators producing or proposing to produce eligible 

3 dedicated energy crops; 

4 ‘‘(B) an energy or agricultural company or 

5 refinery; 

6 ‘‘(C) a Resource Conservation and Devel7 opment council; and 

8 ‘‘(D) any other entity that submits an ac9 ceptable proposal for production and use of an 

10 eligible dedicated energy crop that promotes the 

11 purposes of the BIP. 

12 ‘‘(4) INDIVIDUAL OWNERS AND OPERATORS.— 

13 An individual owner or operator may not submit an 

14 individual proposal to participate in the BIP. 

15 ‘‘(e) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR BIP PROJECT

16 AREAS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es18 tablish a system for ranking BIP project areas. 

19 ‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall rank pro20 posed BIP project areas on the basis of whether (in 

21 order of ranking)— 

22 ‘‘(A) there is a high probability that the el23 igible dedicated energy crops proposed to be 

24 produced in the proposed BIP project area will 

25 be used for the purposes of the BIP; 


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1 ‘‘(B) the proposed BIP project area in2 cludes applications of eligible participants that 

3 provide adequate potential feedstocks and suit4 able placement with respect to existing or pro5 posed bioenergy facility; 

6 ‘‘(C) a significant potential for a positive 

7 economic impact exists in the proposed BIP 

8 project area; 

9 ‘‘(D) ownership of the biofuels facility in 

10 the proposed BIP project area is available to 

11 producers and local investors; 

12 ‘‘(E) the participation rate by beginning 

13 farmers or ranchers or socially disadvantaged 

14 farmers or ranchers; 

15 ‘‘(F) the proposed BIP project area in16 cludes applications of eligible participants that 

17 have the greatest potential to improve soil con18 servation and water quality, and enhance wild19 life habitat, when compared to existing land 

20 uses; and 

21 ‘‘(G) the proposed eligible dedicated energy 

22 crop harvesting practices on contract acreage 

23 maximize land stewardship and habitat goals. 

24 ‘‘(f) BUSINESS PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

2 through the Under Secretary for Rural Develop3 ment, shall provide BIP business planning and as4 sistance grants to eligible applicants— 

5 ‘‘(A) for the purpose of— 

6 ‘‘(i) establishing BIP project areas; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(ii) hiring consultants and technical 

9 and other relevant experts for the purpose 

10 of providing expert guidance and technical 

11 assistance to potential eligible participants; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(B) in an amount not to exceed $30,000 

14 in matching funds, at a rate of $3 for every $2 

15 provided by the eligible applicant. 

16 ‘‘(2) INCLUSIONS.—Funds provided under this 

17 subsection may be used to conduct feasibility anal18 yses and planning for inclusion of— 

19 ‘‘(A) agricultural waste biomass; 

20 ‘‘(B) sustainably-harvested agricultural 

21 and forest residues; and 

22 ‘‘(C) biomass produced on land subject to 

23 a BIP contract. 


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1 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The total amount of funds 

2 used to carry out this subsection shall not exceed 

3 $5,000,000. 

4 ‘‘(g) FOREST BIOMASS PLANNING GRANTS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 

6 forest biomass planning assistance grants to private 

7 landowners to develop forest stewardship plans that 

8 involve sustainable management of biomass from 

9 land of the private landowners that will preserve di10 versity, soil, water, or wildlife values of the land, 

11 while ensuring a steady supply of biomass material, 

12 through— 

13 ‘‘(A) State forestry agencies, in consulta14 tion with State wildlife agencies; and 

15 ‘‘(B) technical service provider arrange16 ments with third-party, independent forest sus17 tainability certification programs. 

18 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The total amount of funds 

19 used to carry out this subsection shall not exceed 

20 $5,000,000. 

21 ‘‘(h) MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT.—The Secretary shall 

22 enroll not more than 5,000,000 acres of eligible cropland 

23 in the BIP at any 1 time. 

24 ‘‘(i) DURATION OF CONTRACT.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

2 for purposes of carrying out the BIP, the Secretary 

3 shall enter into contracts of 10 years. 

4 ‘‘(2) EARLY TERMINATION.—The Secretary 

5 may terminate a contract early if the Secretary de6 termines that— 

7 ‘‘(A) contract acreage will not be used to 

8 produce an eligible dedicated energy crop (as 

9 determined not earlier than 5 years after enter10 ing into a contract); 

11 ‘‘(B) a material breach of the contract has 

12 occurred; 

13 ‘‘(C) the owner or operator has died; or 

14 ‘‘(D) continuation of the contract will 

15 cause undue economic hardship. 

16 ‘‘(j) EFFECT OF NONCOMPLIANCE DUE TO CIR17 CUMSTANCES BEYOND CONTROL OF PRODUCERS.—The 

18 Secretary shall include in each contract entered into under 

19 this section a provision to ensure that a producer shall 

20 not be considered to be in violation of the contract for 

21 failure to comply with 1 or more requirements of the con22 tract due to circumstances beyond the control of the pro23 ducer, including any disaster-related condition, as deter24 mined by the Secretary. 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 

2 and (3), for each year of participation in the BIP, 

3 at least 20 percent of the contract acreage shall re4 main unharvested. 

5 ‘‘(2) ROTATION.—The location of the 

6 unharvested contract acreage shall rotate from year7 to-year. 

8 ‘‘(3) NONAPPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall 

9 not apply— 

10 ‘‘(A) to land that is used to meet any BIP 

11 requirement for diverse vegetated buffers under 

12 subsection (l)(3)(D); and 

13 ‘‘(B) during any crop year in which a nat14 ural disaster is declared by the Secretary for 

15 production losses under section 321(a) of the 

16 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 

17 (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)) in the county in which the 

18 enrolled land is located. 

19 ‘‘(l) CONTRACT ACREAGE REQUIREMENTS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On approval of a BIP 

21 project area by the Secretary, each eligible partici22 pant in the BIP project area shall enter into a con23 tract with the Secretary that is consistent with the 

24 BIP. 


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1 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.— 

2 The Secretary may add eligible participants to a 

3 BIP project area after approval of the BIP project 

4 area. 

5 ‘‘(3) CONSERVATION PRACTICES.—To ensure 

6 the sustainability of farm operations and the protec7 tion of soil, air, water and wildlife, to be eligible to 

8 participate in the BIP, an eligible participant shall 

9 agree that— 

10 ‘‘(A) harvesting of eligible dedicated energy 

11 crops shall not occur during the primary nest12 ing or brood rearing seasons of bird species 

13 nesting in the BIP project area; 

14 ‘‘(B) stubble remnants for nonwoody crops 

15 shall be of sufficient height to provide for wild16 life cover and soil protection, with minimum 

17 stubble remnants that are not less than 10 

18 inches in height, or another minimum height as 

19 determined by— 

20 ‘‘(i) the Secretary of the Interior, act21 ing through the United States Fish and 

22 Wildlife Service; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the Secretary; 

24 ‘‘(iii) the head of each applicable 

25 State fish and wildlife agency; and 


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1 ‘‘(iv) the head of each applicable State 

2 conservation agency; 

3 ‘‘(C) soil conservation plans, designed and 

4 approved by the Secretary, shall be imple5 mented by the eligible participant for pre6 venting erosion on areas planted and harvested 

7 for eligible dedicated energy crops; 

8 ‘‘(D) diverse vegetated buffers, the width, 

9 characteristics, and management of which shall 

10 be determined by Secretary, shall be established 

11 and maintained at all times surrounding all 

12 water resources on contract acreage; and 

13 ‘‘(E) chemical inputs shall be minimized 

14 and properly applied to ensure protection of 

15 soil, air, water, and wildlife resources. 

16 ‘‘(4) PURPOSES.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

18 subparagraph (B), to be eligible to participate 

19 in the BIP, an eligible participant may use eli20 gible dedicated energy crops produced on con21 tract acreage only for the purposes described in 

22 subsection (a). 

23 ‘‘(B) PERSONAL USE.—During the period 

24 before the commercial viability of a bioenergy 

25 facility, an eligible participant may use eligible 


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1 dedicated energy crops produced by the eligible 

2 participant on contract acreage for personal 

3 use. 

4 ‘‘(C) SEED PRODUCTION.—During the pe5 riod before the commercial viability of a bio6 energy facility, an eligible participant may har7 vest and sell seed produced on contract acreage. 

8 ‘‘(5) REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to partici9 pate in the BIP, during the term of the BIP con10 tract, an eligible participant shall— 

11 ‘‘(A) enter into a contract with the Sec12 retary to participate in the BIP and comply 

13 with the BIP contract; 

14 ‘‘(B) comply with— 

15 ‘‘(i) the highly erodible land conserva16 tion requirements of subtitle B of title XII 

17 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

18 U.S.C. 3811 et seq.); and 

19 ‘‘(ii) the wetland conservation require20 ments of subtitle C of title XII of that Act 

21 (16 U.S.C. 3821 et seq.); 

22 ‘‘(C)(i) plant at least 40 acres, or any 

23 other quantity of acres specified by the Sec24 retary, of an eligible dedicated energy crop not 

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1 tract or within an alternate time period speci2 fied by the Secretary; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) produce an eligible dedicated energy 

4 crop on the contract acreage throughout the 

5 term of the BIP contract. 

6 ‘‘(m) ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE BIOMASS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may allow 

8 on land that is enrolled in the conservation reserve 

9 program and located within the BIP project area, in 

10 accordance with the soil-related, water-related, and 

11 wildlife conservation purposes of the conservation re12 serve program under contract terms governing man13 aged haying and grazing and the harvesting of bio14 mass— 

15 ‘‘(A) in exchange for a reduction of an ap16 plicable annual payment in an amount to be de17 termined by the Secretary; 

18 ‘‘(B) in accordance with an approved con19 servation reserve program plan and applicable 

20 field office technical guide standards; 

21 ‘‘(C) in a manner that ensures that bio22 mass harvest activities occur outside the official 

23 nesting and brood rearing season for those 

24 plans; 


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1 ‘‘(D) not more frequently than once every 

2 3 years after the date on which vegetative cover 

3 has been established under the conservation re4 serve program; 

5 ‘‘(E) as a result of forestry maintenance 

6 activities, such as pruning, thinning, and timber 

7 stand improvement, on land that has been con8 verted to forestry use— 

9 ‘‘(i) in accordance with a conservation 

10 plan; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) in exchange for an applicable re12 duction in the annual rental payment, as 

13 determined by the Secretary; or 

14 ‘‘(F) as a result of a midcontract manage15 ment activity, such as mowing or clipping, that 

16 is conducted according to an approved conserva17 tion plan as determined by the Secretary. 

18 ‘‘(n) PAYMENTS FOR COLLECTING, HARVESTING, 

19 STORING, AND TRANSPORTING BIOMASS PRODUCED ON

20 BIP CONTRACT ACREAGE, AGRICULTURAL WASTE BIO21 MASS, AND SUSTAINABLY-HARVESTED AGRICULTURAL

22 AND FOREST RESIDUES.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

24 for the 2-year period beginning on the date on which 

25 a biofuels facility enters operation, the Secretary 


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1 may provide matching payments at a rate of $1 for 

2 every $1 per ton provided by the biofuels facility, in 

3 an amount equal to not more than $45 per ton— 

4 ‘‘(A) to eligible participants for biomass 

5 produced on BIP contract acreage in exchange 

6 for a reduction of the annual payment issued 

7 under subsection (r)(3), as determined by the 

8 Secretary; 

9 ‘‘(B) to any producer of agricultural waste 

10 biomass or sustainably-harvested agricultural 

11 and forest residues in the United States for the 

12 agricultural waste or residue; and 

13 ‘‘(C) for residue collected as a result of the 

14 removal of noxious and invasive species, in ac15 cordance with methods approved by the Sec16 retary. 

17 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—Only owners of forest land 

18 acting pursuant to a forest stewardship plan shall be 

19 eligible to receive payments under this subsection. 

20 ‘‘(o) DUTIES OF SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) establish and administer the BIP; 

22 ‘‘(2) authorize establishment of BIP project 

23 areas for the purposes of the BIP described in sub24 section (a); 

25 ‘‘(3) develop procedures— 


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1 ‘‘(A) to monitor the compliance of eligible 

2 participants that have land enrolled in the BIP 

3 with the requirements of the BIP; 

4 ‘‘(B) to measure the performance of the 

5 BIP; and 

6 ‘‘(C) to demonstrate whether the long-term 

7 eligible dedicated energy crop production goals 

8 are being achieved. 

9 ‘‘(4) enter into a written contract with each eli10 gible participant that elects to participate in the BIP 

11 in a BIP project area; 

12 ‘‘(5) not enter into a contract under the BIP 

13 with an individual owner or operator unless the land 

14 of the eligible participant is physically located in an 

15 approved BIP project area; and 

16 ‘‘(6) provide all payments under the contract 

17 directly to the eligible participant. 

18 ‘‘(p) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROGRAMS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM.— 

20 Land enrolled in the BIP may also be enrolled in the 

21 conservation security program if all of the other re22 quirements for participation in the conservation se23 curity program are met. 

24 ‘‘(2) ENVIRONMENTAL CREDIT PROGRAMS.— 

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1 water quality credits, or other environmental credits 

2 on land enrolled in BIP that do not interfere with 

3 the purposes of the BIP. 

4 ‘‘(q) CONTRACTS.—A contract entered into between 

5 the Secretary and an eligible participant under the BIP 

6 shall include, at a minimum, terms that cover— 

7 ‘‘(1) requirements for the eligible participant in 

8 carrying out the contract, including requirements de9 scribed in subsections (i), (k), and (l); 

10 ‘‘(2) a maintenance agreement to maintain the 

11 benefits of the contract after the payment period, as 

12 determined by the Secretary; 

13 ‘‘(3) termination provisions; 

14 ‘‘(4) payment terms and amounts to be pro15 vided on an annual basis; 

16 ‘‘(5) the sales or transfer of contract acreage; 

17 ‘‘(6) the modification of the contract; 

18 ‘‘(7) penalties in cases of a breach of the con19 tract or other situations; 

20 ‘‘(8) the maximum quantity of contract acreage 

21 and an estimated schedule for how much eligible 

22 cropland will be enrolled each contract year; and 

23 ‘‘(9) any additional terms the Secretary con24 siders appropriate. 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 

2 payments directly to eligible participants who enter 

3 into contracts described in subsection (q) in accord4 ance with the subsection. 

5 ‘‘(2) COST-SHARE PAYMENTS.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

7 subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall provide 

8 to an eligible participant who enters into a BIP 

9 contract a cost-share payment in an amount 

10 equal to 50 percent of the costs of establishing 

11 an eligible dedicated energy crop on the con12 tract acreage covered by the contract. 

13 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.— 

14 ‘‘(i) BEGINNING AND SOCIAL DIS15 ADVANTAGED FARMERS OR RANCHERS.— 

16 The amount of cost-share payments made 

17 to beginning farmers or ranchers and so18 cially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers 

19 shall be equal to 75 percent of the costs of 

20 establishing an eligible dedicated energy 

21 crop on the contract acreage. 

22 ‘‘(ii) POLYCULTURE CROP MIXES.— 

23 The amount of cost-share payments made 

24 to any eligible participant who establishes 

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1 of eligible dedicated energy crops shall be 

2 equal to 90 percent of the costs of estab3 lishing an eligible dedicated energy crop on 

4 the contract acreage. 

5 ‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE COST-SHARE PAYMENTS.— 

6 The costs for which an eligible owner may re7 ceive a cost-share payment under this para8 graph include— 

9 ‘‘(i) the cost of seeds and stock; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) the cost of planting field buffer 

11 strips, unless the owner and operator is eli12 gible for payments for those practices 

13 under the continuous conservation reserve 

14 program. 

15 ‘‘(3) RENTAL PAYMENTS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

17 make annual rental payments to an eligible par18 ticipant who enters into a BIP contract in an 

19 amount equal to the average agricultural rental 

20 rate for land of similar characteristics in the 

21 BIP project area during the preceding 2-year 

22 period, as determined by the Secretary using 

23 National Agricultural Statistic Services data or 

24 another source (as determined by the Sec25 retary). 


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1 ‘‘(B) PERIOD.— 

2 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro3 vided in clause (ii), an eligible participant 

4 shall receive rental payments for a period 

5 of not more than 5 years after entering 

6 into a BIP contract with the Secretary on 

7 contract acreage. 

8 ‘‘(ii) DISASTERS.—If the Secretary 

9 declares a natural disaster for production 

10 losses under section 321(a) of the Consoli11 dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

12 U.S.C. 1961(a)) in the county in which 

13 contract acreage is located for a crop year 

14 that immediately follows the period de15 scribed in clause (i), the Secretary may 

16 provide rental payments to eligible partici17 pants under this paragraph for that crop 

18 year for contract acreage that is located in 

19 the county. 

20 ‘‘(C) REDUCTION.—The Secretary shall re21 duce rental payments under (A) by an amount 

22 determined to be appropriate by the Secretary, 

23 if an eligible dedicated energy crop is harvested 

24 in accordance with subsection (l)(4). 


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1 ‘‘(4) BONUS PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall 

2 provide bonus payments to an eligible participant 

3 who enters into a BIP contract if— 

4 ‘‘(A) the production of an eligible dedi5 cated energy crop under the contract maximizes 

6 wildlife diversity on the contract acreage; or 

7 ‘‘(B) the farming operation of the eligible 

8 participant is modified to address the needs of 

9 wildlife species identified in a State wildlife 

10 management plan. 

11 ‘‘(5) TIMING OF PAYMENTS.— 

12 ‘‘(A) COST-SHARE PAYMENTS.—The Sec13 retary shall provide cost-share payments to eli14 gible participants who enter into BIP contracts 

15 on the implementation of the covered practices. 

16 ‘‘(B) RENTAL AND BONUS PAYMENTS.— 

17 The Secretary shall make rental and bonus pay18 ments to eligible participants who enter into 

19 BIP contracts on an annual basis, based on the 

20 number of contract acres covered by BIP con21 tracts. 

22 ‘‘(6) ENROLLED LAND INELIGIBLE FOR COM23 MODITY PAYMENTS.—Land enrolled in the BIP shall 

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1 cal payments or any other payments under title I or 

2 a successor title. 

3 ‘‘(s) ELIGIBILITY.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of entering 

5 into a bioenergy crop transition assistance contract, 

6 the owners and operators of a farm shall agree, as 

7 determined by the Secretary, to make available to 

8 the Secretary, or to an institution of higher edu9 cation designated by the Secretary, such information 

10 as the Secretary considers to be appropriate—— 

11 ‘‘(A) to promote the production of bio12 energy crops and the development of biorefinery 

13 technology; and 

14 ‘‘(B) to evaluate the bioenergy transition 

15 assistance. 

16 ‘‘(2) BEST PRACTICES DATABASE.—Subject to 

17 section 1770 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 

18 U.S.C. 2276), the Secretary shall make available to 

19 the public in a database format the best practices in20 formation developed by the Secretary in providing 

21 bioenergy assistance under this section. 

22 ‘‘(t) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—An eligible partici23 pant who enters into a BIP contract shall be eligible for 

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1 ning and implementation through the Secretary or a quali2 fied non-Federal entity that is approved by the Secretary. 

3 ‘‘(u) TRAINING.—The Secretary shall establish train4 ing programs for employees of the Cooperative Extension 

5 Service and other interested entities and individuals on 

6 how to develop viable proposals for participation in the 

7 BIP, including— 

8 ‘‘(1) business plan development; 

9 ‘‘(2) recruitment and organization of eligible 

10 participants; and 

11 ‘‘(3) the status of, and trends in, of the bio12 energy industry. 

13 ‘‘(v) FUNDING.—Of the funds of the Commodity 

14 Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out 

15 this section such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal 

16 years 2008 through 2012.’’. 

17 SEC. 2. RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATIONAL PRO18 GRAMS ON BIOBASED ENERGY TECH19 NOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS. 

20 Section 9011 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest21 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8109) is amended to read 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 9011. RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATIONAL 

2 PROGRAMS ON BIOBASED ENERGY TECH3 NOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS. 

4 ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the programs es5 tablished under this section are— 

6 ‘‘(1) to enhance national energy security 

7 through the development, distribution, and imple8 mentation of biobased energy technologies; 

9 ‘‘(2) to promote diversification in, and the envi10 ronmental sustainability of, agricultural production 

11 in the United States through biobased energy and 

12 product technologies; 

13 ‘‘(3) to promote economic diversification in 

14 rural areas of the United States through biobased 

15 energy and product technologies; and 

16 ‘‘(4) to enhance the efficiency of bioenergy and 

17 biomass research and development programs 

18 through improved coordination and collaboration be19 tween the Department of Agriculture, the Depart20 ment of Energy, and the land-grant colleges and 

21 universities. 

22 ‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF LAND-GRANT COLLEGES AND

23 UNIVERSITIES.—In this section, the term ‘land-grant col24 leges and universities’ means— 


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1 ‘‘(1) 1862 Institutions (as defined in section 2 

2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Edu3 cation Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7601)); 

4 ‘‘(2) 1890 Institutions (as defined in section 2 

5 of that Act) and West Virginia State College; and 

6 ‘‘(3) 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 2 

7 of that Act). 

8 ‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT.—To carry out the purposes 

9 described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall establish 

10 programs under which— 

11 ‘‘(1) the Secretary shall provide grants to sun 

12 grant centers specified in subsection (d); and 

13 ‘‘(2) the sun grant centers shall use the grants 

14 in accordance with this section. 

15 ‘‘(d) GRANTS TO CENTERS.—The Secretary shall use 

16 amounts made available for a fiscal year under subsection 

17 (j) to provide a grants in equal amounts to each of the 

18 following sun grant centers: 

19 ‘‘(1) NORTH-CENTRAL CENTER.—A north-cen20 tral sun grant center at South Dakota State Univer21 sity for the region composed of the States of Illinois, 

22 Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, 

23 North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyo24 ming. 


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1 ‘‘(2) SOUTHEASTERN CENTER.—A southeastern 

2 sun grant center at the University of Tennessee at 

3 Knoxville for the region composed of— 

4 ‘‘(A) the States of Alabama, Florida, Geor5 gia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, 

6 South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia; 

7 ‘‘(B) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(C) the United States Virgin Islands. 

10 ‘‘(3) SOUTH-CENTRAL CENTER.—A south-cen11 tral sun grant center at Oklahoma State University 

12 for the region composed of the States of Arkansas, 

13 Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, 

14 Oklahoma, and Texas. 

15 ‘‘(4) WESTERN CENTER.—A western sun grant 

16 center at Oregon State University for the region 

17 composed of— 

18 ‘‘(A) the States of Alaska, Arizona, Cali19 fornia, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, 

20 and Washington; and 

21 ‘‘(B) territories and possessions of the 

22 United States (other than the territories re23 ferred to in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of para24 graph (2)). 


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1 ‘‘(5) NORTHEASTERN CENTER.—A northeastern 

2 sun grant center at Cornell University for the region 

3 composed of the States of Connecticut, Delaware, 

4 Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, New 

5 Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsyl6 vania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia. 

7 ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.—Of the 

9 amount of funds that are made available for a fiscal 

10 year to a sun grant center under subsection (d), the 

11 center shall use not more than 25 percent of the 

12 amount for administration to support excellence in 

13 science, engineering, and economics at the center to 

14 promote the purposes described in subsection (a) 

15 through the State agricultural experiment station, 

16 cooperative extension services, and relevant edu17 cational programs of the university. 

18 ‘‘(2) GRANTS TO LAND-GRANT COLLEGES AND

19 UNIVERSITIES.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The sun grant center 

21 established for a region shall use the funds that 

22 remain available for a fiscal year after expendi23 tures made under paragraph (1) to provide 

24 competitive grants to land-grant colleges and 

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1 ter to conduct, consistent with the purposes de2 scribed in subsection (a), multi-institutional and 

3 multi-State— 

4 ‘‘(i) research, extension, and edu5 cational programs on technology develop6 ment; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) integrated research, extension, 

8 and educational programs on technology 

9 implementation. 

10 ‘‘(B) PROGRAMS.—Of the amounts that 

11 are used to provide grants for a fiscal year 

12 under subparagraph (A), the center shall use— 

13 ‘‘(i) not less than 30 percent of the 

14 funds to carry out programs described in 

15 subparagraph (A)(i); and 

16 ‘‘(ii) not less than 30 percent of the 

17 funds to carry out programs described in 

18 subparagraph (A)(ii). 

19 ‘‘(3) INDIRECT COSTS.—A sun grant center 

20 may not recover the indirect costs of making grants 

21 under paragraph (2) to other land-grant colleges and 

22 universities. 

23 ‘‘(f) PLAN.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability 

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1 other land-grant colleges and universities and pri2 vate industry in accordance with paragraph (2), the 

3 sun grant centers shall jointly develop and submit to 

4 the Secretary, for approval, a plan for addressing at 

5 the State and regional levels the bioenergy, biomass, 

6 and gasification research priorities of the Depart7 ment of Agriculture and the Department of Energy 

8 for the provision of grants under paragraphs (1) and 

9 (2) of subsection (e). 

10 ‘‘(2) GASIFICATION COORDINATION.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In developing the plan 

12 under paragraph (1) with respect to gasification 

13 research, the sun grant centers identified in 

14 paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d) shall 

15 coordinate with land grant colleges and univer16 sities in their respective regions that have ongo17 ing research activities with respect to the re18 search. 

19 ‘‘(B) FUNDING.—Funds made available 

20 under subsection (d) to the sun grant center 

21 identified in subsection (e)(2) shall be available 

22 to carry out planning coordination under para23 graph (1). 

24 ‘‘(g) GRANTS TO OTHER LAND-GRANT COLLEGES

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1 ‘‘(1) PRIORITY.—In making grants under sub2 section (e)(2), a sun grant center shall give a higher 

3 priority to programs that are consistent with the 

4 plan approved by the Secretary under subsection (f). 

5 ‘‘(2) TERM.—The term of a grant provided by 

6 a sun grant center under subsection (e)(2) shall not 

7 exceed 5 years. 

8 ‘‘(h) SUN GRANT BIOBASED ENERGY AND PRODUCTS

9 INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER.—The sun grant cen10 ters shall maintain a Sun Grant Biobased Energy and 

11 Products Information Analysis Center at the sun grant 

12 center specified in subsection (d)(1) to provide analysis 

13 and data management support to sun grant centers, in14 cluding— 

15 ‘‘(1) regional-scale geographic information sys16 tems and associated decision tools for biomass re17 source assessment; 

18 ‘‘(2) regional-scale experimental design for bio19 energy feedstock production; 

20 ‘‘(3) bioenergy research and education account21 ability systems; and 

22 ‘‘(4) the Sun Grant BioWeb, an online edu23 cational biomass encyclopedia. 

24 ‘‘(i) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days 

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1 ceives a grant under subsection (d), the sun grant center 

2 shall submit to the Secretary a report that describes the 

3 policies, priorities, and operations of the program carried 

4 out by the center during the year, including a description 

5 of progress made in facilitating the priorities described in 

6 subsection (f). 

7 ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

9 appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 

10 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 

11 ‘‘(2) GRANT INFORMATION ANALYSIS CEN12 TER.—Of amounts made available under paragraph 

13 (1), not more than $5,000,000 for each fiscal year 

14 shall be made available to carry out subsection (h).’’. 

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