I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6552 
To provide incentives for the reduction of green house gases. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2008 
Mr. TERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and 
Government Reform, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and Science and 
Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide incentives for the reduction of green house gases. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Incentivizing Renewable Energy Production Act of 
2008’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—REDUCTION OF METHANE GAS EMISSIONS 
Sec. 101. Closed-loop ethanol plant eligibility for loan guarantee program. 
Sec. 102. Livestock energy investment credit. 
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TITLE II—RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO REDUCE 
GREENHOUSE GASES 
Sec. 201. Funding the renewable energy technology Valley of Death. 
Sec. 202. Increase in credit for research relating to alternative and renewable 
energy processes. 
Sec. 203. Credit for production of certain biomaterials. 
TITLE III—IMPROVING ACCESS TO ETHANOL AT THE PUMP 
Sec. 301. Modification of alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit. 
TITLE IV—DEVELOPING THE U.S. HYDROGEN FUEL 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
Sec. 401. Hydrogen infrastructure. 
Sec. 402. Acquisition of fuel cell vehicles. 
TITLE V—MANAGING OUR NATION’S ENERGY RESOURCES 
Sec. 501. Committee reports in House of Representatives required to include 
domestic energy impact statements. 
Sec. 502. Domestic energy impact statements. 
TITLE I—REDUCTION OF 
METHANE GAS EMISSIONS 
SEC. 101. CLOSED-LOOP ETHANOL PLANT ELIGIBILITY FOR 
LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM. 
Section 1703(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 16513(b)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) Closed-loop ethanol plants powered by in-
dustrial fuel cells, including ethanol or methanol 
powered fuel cells and fuel cells powered by animal 
wastes as well as fuel cells powered by cellulosic bio-
mass, biogas, or effluent from animal waste.’’. 
SEC. 102. LIVESTOCK ENERGY INVESTMENT CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
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1986 is amended by inserting after section 40A the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 40B. RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCED FROM LIVE-
STOCK WASTE USING EPA-VERIFIED TECH-
NOLOGIES FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVI-
RONMENTAL 
TREATMENT 
OF 
LIVESTOCK 
WASTE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 38, the 
livestock-derived renewable energy production credit for 
any taxable year is an amount equal to the product of— 
‘‘(1) $5.56, and 
‘‘(2) 
each 
million 
British 
thermal 
units 
(mmBtu) of livestock-derived renewable energy— 
‘‘(A) produced by the taxpayer— 
‘‘(i) from qualified energy feedstock, 
‘‘(ii) at a qualified facility during the 
7-year period beginning on the date the fa-
cility was originally placed in service, and 
‘‘(iii) using an EPA-verified tech-
nology that provides comprehensive live-
stock waste treatment addressing signifi-
cant reductions to nitrogen and phos-
phorus nutrient discharges, order and air 
emissions including greenhouse gases and 
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ammonia, methane, hydrogen sulfide and 
volatile organic compounds, and 
‘‘(B) either— 
‘‘(i) sold by the taxpayer to an unre-
lated person during the taxable year, or 
‘‘(ii) used by the taxpayer during the 
taxable year. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) LIVESTOCK-DERIVED
RENEWABLE
EN-
ERGY.—The term ‘livestock-derived renewable en-
ergy’ means fuel which is derived by processing 
qualified energy feedstock. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED ENERGY FEEDSTOCK.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 
energy feedstock’ means manure of agricultural 
livestock, including litter, wood shavings, straw, 
rice hulls, bedding material, and other materials 
incidentally collected with the manure. 
‘‘(B) 
AGRICULTURAL
LIVESTOCK.—The 
term ‘agricultural livestock’ means poultry, cat-
tle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and 
other equines. 
‘‘(3) QUALIFIED FACILITY.—The term ‘quali-
fied facility’ means a facility— 
‘‘(A) which is owned by the taxpayer, 
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‘‘(B) which is located in the United States, 
‘‘(C) which is originally placed in service 
before January 1, 2018, and 
‘‘(D) the livestock-derived renewable en-
ergy output of which is— 
‘‘(i) marketed through interconnection 
with a gas distribution or transmission 
pipeline, or 
‘‘(ii) used on-site or off-site in a quan-
tity that is sufficient to offset the con-
sumption of at least 50,000 mmBtu annu-
ally of commercially-marketed fuel derived 
from coal, crude oil, natural gas, propane, 
or other fossil fuel. 
‘‘(4) EPA-VERIFIED TECHNOLOGY.—The term 
‘EPA-verified technology’ means any technology the 
performance of which is verified by the Environ-
mental Technology Verification Program of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency. 
‘‘(c) REDUCTION OF CREDIT BASED ON MARKET 
PRICE OF BTUS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—If the market price per 
mmBtu’s exceeds $11, the amount otherwise appli-
cable under subsection (a)(1) for the taxable year 
(without regard to paragraph (1)) shall be reduced 
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