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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4227 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide loans to support the 
conversion of energy generation or heating and cooling systems to the 
use of renewable biomass and to support the installation of new equip-
ment to use renewable biomass for such systems, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 8, 2009 
Mr. SCHRADER (for himself, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. HERSETH 
SANDLIN, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MINNICK, and Mr. DEFAZIO) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ag-
riculture 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide loans 
to support the conversion of energy generation or heating 
and cooling systems to the use of renewable biomass 
and to support the installation of new equipment to 
use renewable biomass for such systems, 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 ‘‘Incentives to Increase 
Use of Renewable Biomass Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LOAN PROGRAM 
FOR CONVERSION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC FA-
CILITIES TO BIOMASS ENERGY GENERATION, 
HEATING, OR COOLING SYSTEMS. 
Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.), as amended by sec-
tion 9001 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2064), is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 9014. LOAN PROGRAM FOR CONVERSION OF CERTAIN 
PUBLIC FACILITIES TO BIOMASS ENERGY 
GENERATION, HEATING, OR COOLING SYS-
TEMS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall establish a program to provide interest-free 
loans to eligible institutions described in subsection (b) for 
capital costs for converting existing equipment or for in-
stalling new equipment to use renewable biomass for en-
ergy generation, heating, or cooling systems. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.—The following insti-
tutions are eligible for a loan under the program estab-
lished under subsection (a): 
‘‘(1) An institution of higher education (as de-
fined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)). 
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‘‘(2) A public or private elementary or sec-
ondary school. 
‘‘(3) A hospital. 
‘‘(4) A local government building. 
‘‘(5) A governmental, community, health, or 
educational building owned or leased and occupied 
by an Indian tribe, except any building used in 
whole or in part for gaming (as defined in section 
4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 
2703)). 
‘‘(c) USE OF LOAN FUNDS.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that an eligible institution receiving a loan under the 
program established under subsection (a) will use renew-
able biomass for not less than 75 percent of the energy 
generation, heating, or cooling needs of the facility of the 
covered institution for which the loan is received. 
‘‘(d) REVOLVING FUND.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Treasury a revolving fund for the program es-
tablished under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) USE OF AMOUNTS IN FUND.—Amounts in 
the revolving fund established under paragraph (1) 
shall be available to the Secretary to carry out the 
program established under subsection (a). 
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‘‘(3) DEPOSITS.—The amounts received as pay-
ment on loans provided under the program estab-
lished under subsection (a) shall be deposited into 
the revolving fund established under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) INITIAL DEPOSIT.—Of the funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall 
make available $100,000,000 to the revolving fund 
established under paragraph (1).’’. 
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