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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4897 
To reauthorize the Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Im-
provements Program of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal 
year 2011 and to increase the annual level of Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion funding for the program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2006 
Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. LATHAM) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Renewable Energy Systems and Energy 
Efficiency Improvements Program of the Department of 
Agriculture through fiscal year 2011 and to increase 
the annual level of Commodity Credit Corporation fund-
ing for the program. 
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 Energy 
Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program 
Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Having an affordable, reliable, and plentiful 
energy supply is critical to the United States econ-
omy. 
(2) Current and future risks to United States 
energy security are increasing at the same time that 
domestic and global energy demands are growing ex-
ponentially. 
(3) The greatest strength of United States agri-
culture has always been the entrepreneurial strength 
of its farmers and ranchers, and this entrepreneurial 
strength can be harnessed to increase United States 
energy security. 
(4) The development of a broad range of renew-
able energy sources, including wind power, biomass, 
ethanol, biodiesel, and solar, offers the potential for 
farmers and ranchers to develop additional sources 
of income, for rural businesses and communities to 
prosper, and for the United States to lessen its de-
pendence on imported oil. 
(5) Support is growing for the ‘‘25 by 25 objec-
tive’’, which envisions that by 2025, farm and ranch 
lands in the United States will provide at least 25 
percent of the energy consumed in the United 
States. 
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(6) Section 9006 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106) es-
tablished the Renewable Energy Systems and En-
ergy Efficiency Improvements Program, which is the 
keystone of the Act’s energy title and the first agri-
cultural program to promote broad renewable energy 
and energy efficiency measures for the farm and 
rural business sectors. 
(7) The Renewable Energy Systems and Energy 
Efficiency Improvements Program has already been 
a success, providing grants and loans to farmers, 
ranchers, and rural businesses to help them install 
renewable energy systems and make energy effi-
ciency improvements. 
(8) During its first two years in operation, the 
Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency 
Improvements Program leveraged approximately $44 
million in grants into more than $300 million in 
clean energy projects, including 250 megawatts of 
wind power, 67 anaerobic digesters, 8 biofuels proc-
essing facilities, 85 energy efficiency projects, and a 
range of other proven energy efficiency technologies. 
(9) The Renewable Energy Systems and Energy 
Efficiency Improvements Program enjoys strong bi-
partisan support in Congress and among a broad 
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range of farm, environmental, and sustainable en-
ergy organizations. 
(10) Growing interest in the Renewable Energy 
Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Pro-
gram is evidenced by the 63 percent increase in the 
number of applications from 2004 to 2005 for as-
sistance under the program, but the shortfall in 
funding allowed only 40 percent of applications to be 
funded in 2005 (versus 70 percent in 2004). 
(11) Section 1301 of the Deficit Reduction Act 
of 2005 (Public Law 109–171; 120 Stat. 4) reduces 
fiscal year 2007 funding for the Renewable Energy 
Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Pro-
gram from $23 million to $3 million. 
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SYS-
TEMS AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVE-
MENTS PROGRAM. 
Section 9006(f) of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106(f)), as amended by 
section 1301 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109–171; 120 Stat. 4), is further amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘$46,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 
2011’’. 
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