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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6823 
To provide for the acquisition of advanced biofuels for the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2008 
Mr. REICHERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide for the acquisition of advanced biofuels for the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Real Oppor-
tunities for Energy Security Act’’ or the ‘‘PRO Energy 
Security Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY. 
If the average weighted price of oil exceeds $75 per 
barrel for 3 consecutive days, the Secretary of Energy is 
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authorized to acquire advanced biofuels for the purpose 
of filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 
SEC. 3. STUDY. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in conjunction with 
the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Com-
merce, and the Secretary of Defense, and in consultation 
of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, shall transmit to the Committee on Science and 
Technology, the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate, a report 
containing— 
(1) a description of how the Secretary of En-
ergy will carry out section 2; and 
(2) recommendations for criteria and proce-
dures for making advanced biofuels available from 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to appropriate Fed-
eral and non-Federal entities. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) ADVANCED BIOFUEL.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘advanced 
biofuel’’ means renewable fuel, other than eth-
anol derived from corn starch, that has lifecycle 
greenhouse gas emissions, as determined by the 
Administrator, after notice and opportunity for 
comment, that are at least 50 percent less than 
baseline lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The types of fuels eligi-
ble for consideration as ‘‘advanced biofuel’’ may 
include any of the following: 
(i) Ethanol derived from cellulose, 
hemicellulose, or lignin. 
(ii) Ethanol derived from sugar or 
starch (other than corn starch). 
(iii) Ethanol derived from waste mate-
rial, including crop residue, other vegeta-
tive waste material, animal waste, food 
waste, and yard waste. 
(iv) Biomass-based diesel. 
(v) Biogas (including landfill gas and 
sewage waste treatment gas) produced 
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feedstock shall be advanced biofuel if it meets the 
requirements of subparagraph (B), but is not bio-
mass-based diesel. 
(5) CELLULOSIC
BIOFUEL.—The term ‘‘cel-
lulosic biofuel’’ means renewable fuel derived from 
any cellulose, hemicellulose, or lignin that is derived 
from renewable biomass and that has lifecycle green-
house gas emissions, as determined by the Adminis-
trator, that are at least 60 percent less than the 
baseline lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions. 
(6) CONVENTIONAL BIOFUEL.—The term ‘‘con-
ventional biofuel’’ means renewable fuel that is eth-
anol derived from corn starch. 
(7) GREENHOUSE GAS.—The term ‘‘greenhouse 
gas’’ means carbon dioxide, hydrofluorocarbons, 
methane, nitrous oxide, perfluorocarbons, sulfur 
hexafluoride. The Administrator may include any 
other anthropogenically emitted gas that is deter-
mined by the Administrator, after notice and com-
ment, to contribute to global warming. 
(8) 
LIFECYCLE
GREENHOUSE
GAS
EMIS-
SIONS.—The term ‘‘lifecycle greenhouse gas emis-
sions’’ means the aggregate quantity of greenhouse 
gas emissions (including direct emissions and signifi-
cant indirect emissions such as significant emissions 
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from land use changes), as determined by the Ad-
ministrator, related to the full fuel lifecycle, includ-
ing all stages of fuel and feedstock production and 
distribution, from feedstock generation or extraction 
through the distribution and delivery and use of the 
finished fuel to the ultimate consumer, where the 
mass values for all greenhouse gases are adjusted to 
account for their relative global warming potential. 
(9) RENEWABLE BIOMASS.—The term ‘‘renew-
able biomass’’ means each of the following: 
(A) Planted crops and crop residue har-
vested from agricultural land cleared or cul-
tivated at any time prior to the enactment of 
this sentence that is either actively managed or 
fallow, and nonforested. 
(B) Planted trees and tree residue from 
actively managed tree plantations on non-Fed-
eral land cleared at any time prior to enactment 
of this sentence, including land belonging to an 
Indian tribe or an Indian individual, that is 
held in trust by the United States or subject to 
a restriction against alienation imposed by the 
United States. 
(C) Animal waste material and animal by-
products. 
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(D) Slash and precommercial thinnings 
that are from non-Federal forestlands, includ-
ing forestlands belonging to an Indian tribe or 
an Indian individual, that are held in trust by 
the United States or subject to a restriction 
against alienation imposed by the United 
States, but not forests or forestlands that are 
ecological communities with a global or State 
ranking of critically imperiled, imperiled, or 
rare pursuant to a State Natural Heritage Pro-
gram, old growth forest, or late successional 
forest. 
(E) Biomass obtained from the immediate 
vicinity of buildings and other areas regularly 
occupied by people, or of public infrastructure, 
at risk from wildfire. 
(F) Algae. 
(G) Separated yard waste or food waste, 
including recycled cooking and trap grease. 
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