I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 979 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to modify 
the definition of the term ‘‘biobased product’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2013 
Mr. THOMPSON
of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. 
SOUTHERLAND, Ms. FOXX, Mr. HURT, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. 
RIBBLE, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. HANNA, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 
WELCH, Mr. JONES, Mr. BENISHEK, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. 
NUNNELEE, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Ms. 
PINGREE of Maine, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. OWENS, Mr. BON-
NER, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. BISHOP of Geor-
gia, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. GOSAR, Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. LABRADOR, Mr. COT-
TON, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. KILMER, 
Mr. NOLAN, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. GRAVES 
of Georgia, Mr. COHEN, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. DELBENE, and Ms. 
BONAMICI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 to modify the definition of the term ‘‘biobased 
product’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Forest Products Fair-
ness Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF BIOBASED PRODUCT. 
Section 9001 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(4) BIOBASED PRODUCT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘biobased 
product’ means a product determined by the 
Secretary to be a commercial or industrial prod-
uct (other than food or feed) that is— 
‘‘(i) composed, in whole or in signifi-
cant part, of biological products, including 
renewable domestic agricultural materials 
and forestry materials; or 
‘‘(ii) an intermediate ingredient or 
feedstock. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘biobased 
product’, with respect to forestry materials, in-
cludes forest products that meet biobased con-
tent requirements, notwithstanding the market 
share the product holds, the age of the product, 
or whether the market for the product is new 
or emerging.’’; 
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(2) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through 
(14) as paragraphs (10) through (15), respectively; 
and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(9) FOREST PRODUCT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘forest prod-
uct’ means a product made from materials de-
rived from the practice of forestry or the man-
agement of growing timber. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘forest prod-
uct’ includes— 
‘‘(i) pulp, paper, paperboard, pellets, 
lumber and other wood products; and 
‘‘(ii) any recycled products derived 
from forest materials.’’. 
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