‘‘(2) QUALIFIED ENERGY FEEDSTOCK.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 
energy feedstock’ means— 
‘‘(i) manure of livestock (including 
any litter, wood shavings, straw, rice hulls, 
bedding material, and other materials inci-
dentally collected with the manure), 
‘‘(ii) any nonhazardous, organic agri-
cultural or food industry byproduct or 
waste material (cellulosic or otherwise) de-
rived from— 
‘‘(I) renewable biomass, 
‘‘(II) harvesting residue, 
‘‘(III) any waste or byproduct 
from fermentation processes, ethanol 
production, 
biodiesel 
production, 
slaughter of livestock, food produc-
tion, food processing, or food service, 
or 
‘‘(IV) other organic wastes, by-
products, or sources, 
‘‘(iii) solid wood waste materials, in-
cluding waste pallets, crates, dunnage, 
manufacturing 
and 
construction 
wood 
wastes, and tree trimmings, 
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‘‘(iv) agricultural or forestry crops, or 
‘‘(v) landfill waste, sewage waste 
treatment materials, or other decaying or-
ganic materials. 
‘‘(B) RENEWABLE
BIOMASS.—The term 
‘renewable biomass’ means materials from pre- 
commercial thinning or invasive species from 
National Forest System land and public lands 
(as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1702)) that— 
‘‘(i) are byproducts of preventive 
treatments that are removed— 
‘‘(I) to reduce or contain disease 
or insect infestation, or 
‘‘(II) to restore ecosystem health, 
‘‘(ii) would not otherwise be used for 
higher-value products, and 
‘‘(iii) are harvested in accordance with 
applicable law and land management plans 
and the requirements for— 
‘‘(I) old-growth maintenance, res-
toration, and management direction of 
paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of sub-
section (e) of section 102 of the 
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Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 
2003 (16 U.S.C. 6512), and 
‘‘(II) large tree retention of sub-
section (f) of that section, or 
‘‘(iv) any organic matter that is avail-
able on a renewable or recurring basis 
from non-Federal land or land belonging to 
an Indian or Indian tribe that is held in 
trust by the United States or subject to a 
restriction against alienation imposed by 
the United States, including— 
‘‘(I) renewable plant material 
(such as feed grains, other agricul-
tural commodities, other plants and 
trees, and algae), and 
‘‘(II) waste material (such as 
crop residue, other vegetative waste 
material (including wood waste and 
wood residues), animal waste and by-
products (including fats, oils, greases, 
and manure), food waste, and yard 
waste). 
‘‘(C) LIVESTOCK.—The term ‘livestock’ in-
cludes poultry, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, 
horses, mules, and other equines. 
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‘‘(3) QUALIFIED FACILITY.—The term ‘quali-
fied facility’ means a facility that— 
‘‘(A) uses anaerobic digesters or other bio-
logical, chemical, or thermal processes to con-
vert qualified energy feedstock into biogas, 
‘‘(B) is owned by the taxpayer, 
‘‘(C) is located in the United States, 
‘‘(D) is originally placed in service after 
the date of the enactment of this section and 
before January 1, 2016, and 
‘‘(E) the biogas output of which is— 
‘‘(i) marketed through interconnection 
with a gas distribution or transmission 
pipeline, 
‘‘(ii) marketed as a gaseous or liquid 
fuel such as hydrogen or natural gas and 
then used as a fuel, or 
‘‘(iii) reasonably expected to be used 
in a quantity sufficient to offset the con-
sumption of at least 5,000 mmBtu annu-
ally of commercially-marketed fuel derived 
from coal, crude oil, natural gas, propane, 
or other fossil fuel. 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this sec-
tion— 
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