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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4051 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to establish 
a competitive grant program for renewable fuel infrastructure, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 11, 2014 
Mr. LOEBSACK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 to establish a competitive grant program for 
renewable fuel infrastructure, 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 ‘‘Renewable Fuel Utili-
zation, Expansion, and Leadership Act’’ or the ‘‘RE-
FUEL Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RENEWABLE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 9014. RENEWABLE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall establish a renewable and alternative energy 
infrastructure competitive grant program to provide 
grants for renewable and alternative energy infrastructure 
projects. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—A project shall be eligi-
ble for a grant under subsection (a) if the project— 
‘‘(1) is for new infrastructure or retrofitting ex-
isting infrastructure for the dispensing of covered 
renewable or alternative energy (including pumps, 
storage tanks, internal tank lining, piping, and elec-
tric vehicle chargers) for retail consumption; and 
‘‘(2) the project will be capable of dispensing 
fuel containing an amount of covered renewable or 
alternative energy that is higher than ordinarily 
found in commerce, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) PRIORITIZATION.—In awarding grants under 
this section, the Secretary shall give priority to projects 
in rural areas. 
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‘‘(d) MAXIMUM GRANT.—A grant awarded under this 
section shall not exceed $100,000. 
‘‘(e) MATCHING FUNDS.—An entity that receives a 
grant under this section shall contribute an amount of 
non-Federal funds towards the project for which such enti-
ty receives such grant that is at least equal to 30 percent 
of the amount of grant funds received by such entity under 
this section for such project. 
‘‘(f) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts received by 
the United States each fiscal year as royalties for 
the production of oil under oil and gas leases grant-
ed under section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337), 1 percent shall be 
available to the Secretary to carry out this section. 
‘‘(2) 
OTHER
DISBURSEMENTS
NOT
AF-
FECTED.—Paragraph (1) shall not affect any re-
quirement to use such amounts to make payments 
for any other purpose. 
‘‘(g) COVERED RENEWABLE OR ALTERNATIVE EN-
ERGY DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘covered renew-
able or alternative energy’ means renewable energy, en-
ergy intended for use in electric vehicle charging, and hy-
drogen and fuel cells.’’. 
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