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of the Natural Resources Conservation Service 
shall ensure that applicable research results and 
technologies from the Initiative are adapted, 
made available, and disseminated through those 
services, as appropriate. 
‘‘(h) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To the extent administra-
tive support and funds are not provided by other 
agencies under paragraph (2)(b), the Secretary of 
Energy and the Secretary of Agriculture may pro-
vide such administrative support and funds of the 
Department of Energy and the Department of Agri-
culture to the Board and the Advisory Committee as 
are necessary to enable the Board and the Advisory 
Committee to carry out their duties under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(2) OTHER
AGENCIES.—The heads of the 
agencies referred to in subsection (e)(2)(C), and the 
other 
members 
appointed 
under 
subsection 
(e)(2)(D), may, and are encouraged to, provide ad-
ministrative support and funds of their respective 
agencies to the Board and the Advisory Committee. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—Not more than 4 percent of 
the amount appropriated for each fiscal year under 
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subsection (g)(6) may be used to pay the adminis-
trative costs of carrying out this section. 
‘‘(i) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORTS.—For each fiscal year 
for which funds are made available to carry out this 
section, the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall jointly submit to Congress a de-
tailed report on— 
‘‘(A) the status and progress of the Initia-
tive, including a report from the Advisory Com-
mittee on whether funds appropriated for the 
Initiative have been distributed and used in a 
manner that— 
‘‘(i) is consistent with the objectives, 
purposes, and additional considerations de-
scribed in paragraphs (2) through (5) of 
subsection (g); 
‘‘(ii) uses the set of criteria estab-
lished in the initial report submitted under 
title III of the Agricultural Risk Protection 
Act of 2000; 
‘‘(iii) achieves the distribution of 
funds described in subparagraphs (B) and 
(C) of subsection (g)(7); and 
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‘‘(iv) takes into account any rec-
ommendations that have been made by the 
Advisory Committee; 
‘‘(B) the general status of cooperation and 
research and development efforts carried out at 
each agency with respect to biobased fuels and 
biobased products, including a report from the 
Advisory Committee on whether the points of 
contact are funding proposals that are selected 
under subsection (g)(3)(B)(iii); and 
‘‘(C) the plans of the Secretary of Energy 
and the Secretary of Agriculture for addressing 
concerns raised in the report, including con-
cerns raised by the Advisory Committee. 
‘‘(2) UPDATES.—The Secretary and the Sec-
retary of Energy shall update the Vision and Road-
map documents prepared for Federal biomass re-
search and development activities. 
‘‘(j) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation, the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall make available to carry out this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(A) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
‘‘(B) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
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‘‘(C) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
‘‘(D) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
and 
‘‘(E) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL
FUNDING.—In addition to 
amounts transferred under paragraph (1), there are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 
through 2015.’’. 
(b) REPEAL.—Title III of the Agricultural Risk Pro-
tection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224) is hereby re-
pealed. 
SEC. 5008. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BIOENERGY PROGRAM. 
Section 9010 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8108) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the final period and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
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