I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1516 
To authorize loan guarantees for projects to construct renewable fuel 
pipelines. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 13, 2011 
Mr. BOSWELL (for himself and Mr. TERRY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize loan guarantees for projects to construct 
renewable fuel pipelines. 
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 ‘‘Renewable Fuel Pipe-
line Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR PROJECTS TO CONSTRUCT 
RENEWABLE FUEL PIPELINES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1701 of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16511) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) RENEWABLE FUEL.—The term ‘renewable 
fuel’ has the meaning given the term in section 
211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(o)(1)), except that the term includes all types 
of ethanol and biodiesel. 
‘‘(7) RENEWABLE FUEL PIPELINE.—The term 
‘renewable fuel pipeline’ means a pipeline for trans-
porting renewable fuel.’’. 
(b) AMOUNT.—Section 1702(c) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16512(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(c) AMOUNT.—Unless’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(c) AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Unless’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) RENEWABLE FUEL PIPELINES.—A guar-
antee for a project described in section 1703(b)(11) 
shall be in an amount equal to 80 percent of the 
project cost of the facility that is the subject of the 
guarantee, as estimated at the time at which the 
guarantee is issued.’’. 
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(c) REASONABLE PROSPECT OF REPAYMENT.—Sec-
tion 1702(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16512(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) RENEWABLE FUEL PIPELINE.—In deter-
mining under paragraph (1) whether there is a rea-
sonable prospect of repayment with respect to a re-
newable fuel pipeline project described in section 
1703(b)(11), the Secretary shall not require a dem-
onstration of existing contractual obligations for a 
specific minimum capacity of pipeline usage.’’. 
(d) RENEWABLE FUEL PIPELINE ELIGIBILITY.— 
Section 1703(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16513(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(11) Renewable fuel pipelines.’’. 
(e) RAPID DEPLOYMENT
OF RENEWABLE FUEL 
PIPELINES.—Section 1705 of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16516) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘, or, in the case of projects de-
scribed in paragraph (4), September 30, 2013’’ 
before the colon at the end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(4) Installation of sufficient infrastructure to 
allow for the cost-effective deployment of clean en-
ergy technologies appropriate to each region of the 
United States, including the deployment of renew-
able fuel pipelines through loan guarantees in an 
amount equal to 80 percent of the cost.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘, or, in the 
case of projects described in subsection (a)(4), Sep-
tember 30, 2013’’ before the period at the end. 
(f) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy 
shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to 
carry out the amendments made by this section. 
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