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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1719 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 with respect 
to the definition of biofuels and sustainable aviation fuel, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2025 
Mr. MILLER of Ohio (for himself, Mr. FLOOD, Mr. FINSTAD, Ms. BUDZINSKI, 
Ms. TENNEY, Mr. MANN, Mr. BOST, Mr. BACON, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. 
JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. ALFORD, Mr. SORENSEN, Mrs. MILLER- 
MEEKS, and Mrs. FISCHBACH) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 with respect to the definition of biofuels and 
sustainable aviation fuel, 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 ‘‘Farm to Fly Act of 
2025’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES AND FINDINGS. 
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are as fol-
lows: 
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(1) To enable access for sustainable aviation 
fuels within Department of Agriculture bio-energy 
programs to foster alternative biofuels in national 
aviation, expanding the fuel supply, promoting clean 
energy sources, and supporting United States agri-
culture. 
(2) To recognize the critical role the United 
States agricultural sector plays in the production of 
sustainable aviation fuel and the importance of such 
fuel to achieving the goals of the Sustainable Avia-
tion Fuel Grand Challenge. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Sustainable aviation fuels have the capacity 
to increase domestic energy security, support the ag-
ricultural sector, and foster the farm economy by ac-
celerating the availability of a commercially viable 
and sustainable aviation biofuel industry in the 
United States. 
(2) Sustainable aviation fuels provide a critical 
opportunity to support farmers of the United States 
and the rest of the agricultural sector in the sector’s 
partnership with the aviation sector to support rural 
economic development. 
(3) Feedstocks have been identified for sustain-
able aviation fuels due to the collective abundance 
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and perceived sustainability attributes of such feed-
stocks. 
(4) Sustainable aviation fuels will increase do-
mestic energy security and create new markets for 
farmers of the United States while providing a new 
energy resource for the aviation sector. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 9001 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)(B)— 
(A) in clause (iv), by inserting ‘‘and sus-
tainable aviation fuel’’ after ‘‘diesel-equivalent 
fuel’’; 
(B) by redesignating clauses (v) through 
(vii) as clauses (vi) through (viii), respectively; 
and 
(C) by inserting after clause (iv) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(v) biofuel, including sustainable 
aviation fuel, produced from an inter-
mediate ingredient or feedstock;’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(18) SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘sustainable 
aviation fuel’ means liquid fuel, the portion of 
which is not kerosene, which— 
‘‘(i) meets the requirements of— 
‘‘(I) ASTM International Stand-
ard D7566; or 
‘‘(II) the Fischer Tropsch provi-
sions of ASTM International Stand-
ard D1655, Annex A1; 
‘‘(ii) is not derived from coprocessing 
an applicable material (or materials de-
rived from an applicable material) with a 
feedstock which is not biomass; 
‘‘(iii) is not derived from palm fatty 
acid distillates or petroleum; and 
‘‘(iv) has been certified in accordance 
with subparagraph (B)(iii) as having a 
lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions reduc-
tion percentage of at least 50 percent. 
‘‘(B) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes 
of subparagraph (A): 
‘‘(i) 
APPLICABLE
MATERIAL.—The 
term ‘applicable material’ means— 
‘‘(I) monoglycerides, diglycerides, 
and triglycerides; 
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‘‘(II) free fatty acids; and 
‘‘(III) fatty acid esters. 
‘‘(ii) BIOMASS.—The term ‘biomass’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 
45K(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986. 
‘‘(iii) LIFECYCLE
GREENHOUSE
GAS 
EMISSIONS
REDUCTION
PERCENTAGE.— 
The term ‘lifecycle greenhouse gas emis-
sions reduction percentage’ means, with re-
spect to any sustainable aviation fuel, the 
percentage reduction in lifecycle green-
house gas emissions achieved by such fuel 
as compared with petroleum-based jet fuel, 
as defined in accordance with— 
‘‘(I) the most recent Carbon Off-
setting and Reduction Scheme for 
International Aviation which has been 
adopted by the International Civil 
Aviation Organization with the agree-
ment of the United States; or 
‘‘(II) the most recent determina-
tions under the Greenhouse gases, 
Regulated Emissions, and Energy use 
in Technologies (GREET) model de-
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veloped by Argonne National Labora-
tory.’’. 
SEC. 4. FARM TO FLY COLLABORATION INITIATIVE. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall take such actions 
as are necessary to carry out a comprehensive and inte-
grated pursuit of all Department of Agriculture mission 
areas for the advancement of sustainable aviation fuels 
through— 
(1) ensuring leadership working across Depart-
ment of Agriculture agencies to maximize effective-
ness; 
(2) identification of opportunities to maximize 
sustainable aviation fuels development and commer-
cialization; 
(3) leveraging the capabilities of America’s 
farmers, foresters, and the agricultural sector in 
capturing the opportunities presented by the emerg-
ing sustainable aviation fuels market; 
(4) supporting rural economic development 
through improved sustainability for aviation; and 
(5) 
advancing 
public-private 
partnerships 
through collaboration complementing Federal Gov-
ernment efforts. 
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SEC. 
5. 
BIOREFINERY, 
RENEWABLE 
CHEMICAL, 
AND 
BIOBASED PRODUCT MANUFACTURING AS-
SISTANCE. 
Section 9003 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) foster and advance sustainable aviation 
fuels.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by indenting the margins of 
clauses (i) through (iii) appropriately; 
(ii) by redesignating clauses (ii) and 
(iii) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; 
and 
(iii) by inserting after clause (i) the 
following: 
‘‘(ii) sustainable aviation fuel;’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by indenting the margins of 
clauses (i) through (iii) appropriately; 
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(ii) by redesignating clauses (ii) and 
(iii) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; 
and 
(iii) by inserting after clause (i) the 
following: 
‘‘(ii) sustainable aviation fuel;’’. 
Æ 
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