I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4832 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to improve 
the biobased markets program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2025 
Mr. ALFORD (for himself, Ms. MCDONALD RIVET, Mr. MESSMER, and Ms. 
CRAIG) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform, 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 committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 to improve the biobased markets program, 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 ‘‘Biomanufacturing and 
Jobs Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
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(1) biobased products provide additional mar-
kets for farm commodities, reducing the reliance of 
the United States on petroleum and increasing the 
use of renewable agricultural resources while driving 
rural economic development and growth; 
(2) United States farmers produce feedstock 
used to produce a variety of biobased products, in-
cluding personal care products, industrial paints sol-
vents, construction materials, and apparels and tex-
tiles; 
(3) the BioPreferred Program of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture is designed to increase the pur-
chase and use of biobased products through a man-
datory Federal purchasing initiative and a voluntary 
labeling initiative, thereby supporting additional 
markets for agricultural commodities and rural eco-
nomic development; 
(4) according to the Department of Agriculture, 
there are approximately 15,000 biobased products 
participating in the BioPreferred Program, with ap-
proximately 2,600 biobased products authorized to 
display the ‘‘USDA Certified Biobased Product’’ 
label under the voluntary labeling initiative; 
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(5) there were 3,940,000 people employed in 
the United States biobased products industry in 
2021; 
(6) the value-added contribution of the biobased 
products industry to the economy grew even through 
the COVID–19 pandemic, from $470,000,000,000 in 
2017 to $489,000,000,000 in 2021; and 
(7) each job in the biobased products industry 
supports an estimated 1.4 jobs in other sectors of 
the economy. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to recognize the value that biobased prod-
ucts bring to agriculture in the United States; 
(2) to support domestic manufacturing of 
biobased products made from agricultural commod-
ities, including corn and soybeans; 
(3) to expand the role of the Department of Ag-
riculture in the promotion of biobased products; 
(4) to build on procurement programs adminis-
tered by the Department of Agriculture to increase 
Federal purchasing of biobased products; 
(5) to strengthen domestic manufacturing of 
biobased products; and 
(6) to make a national commitment to the rural 
and agricultural economies of the United States. 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 9001 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(6), (7) through (12), and (13) through (17) as 
paragraphs (7) through (9), (11) through (16), and 
(18) through (22), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) BIO-ATTRIBUTED
PLASTIC.—The term 
‘bio-attributed plastic’ means a plastic product that 
is a bioproduct and not a biobased product. 
‘‘(5) BIO-ATTRIBUTED PRODUCT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘bio-attrib-
uted product’ means a product that is deter-
mined by the Secretary to be a commercial or 
industrial product (other than food or feed) 
that is produced from or composed of (in whole 
or in part) biological products, including a ma-
terial or compound subsequently used to make 
a more complex compound or product. 
‘‘(B) BIOLOGICAL
PRODUCT.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A), the term ‘biological 
product’ includes a product that contains, in 
whole or in part, renewable agricultural mate-
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rial, a plant-based product, animal-derived ma-
terial, or forestry material. 
‘‘(6) BIOBASED PLASTIC.—The term ‘biobased 
plastic’ means a plastic product that is a biobased 
product.’’; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(10) BIOPRODUCT.—The term ‘bioproduct’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) a biobased product; or 
‘‘(B) a bio-attributed product.’’; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (16) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(17) 
PLANT-BASED
PRODUCT.—The 
term 
‘plant-based product’ means a product (other than 
food or feed) that— 
‘‘(A) is composed, in whole or in signifi-
cant part, of materials produced by plants or 
other organisms through photosynthesis; and 
‘‘(B) is a biobased product.’’. 
SEC. 4. BIOBASED MARKETS PROGRAM. 
Section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8102) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
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(i) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 
(I) in subclause (II)(bb), by 
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(II) in subclause (III), by strik-
ing the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(IV) on an annual basis, update 
the 
procurement 
requirement 
de-
scribed in subclause (III) by increas-
ing the number of biobased-only con-
tracts or the volume purchased under 
those contracts from the previous 
year.’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
clause (iii) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(iii) are available only at a price that 
exceeds the price premium established 
under paragraph (3)(B)(viii) for those 
items.’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(G) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary, in co-
ordination with the Office of Federal Procure-
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ment Policy, shall issue guidance to procuring 
agencies to consider product lifespan, savings, 
and efficacy when making procurement deci-
sions under this subsection.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)(B)— 
(i) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) by redesignating clause (viii) as 
clause (ix); and 
(iii) by inserting after clause (vii) the 
following: 
‘‘(viii) establish price premiums for 
different types of biobased products; and’’; 
and 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking clause (ii); and 
(II) by redesignating clauses (iii) 
and (iv) as clauses (ii) and (iii), re-
spectively; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
clause (I)— 
(aa) by inserting ‘‘and the 
Secretary’’ after ‘‘Policy’’; and 
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(bb) by striking ‘‘informa-
tion concerning—’’ and inserting 
‘‘a report that describes, for the 
year covered by the report—’’; 
(II) in subclause (I), by inserting 
‘‘, including the actions taken by the 
procuring agency to establish and im-
plement the biobased procurement 
program of the procuring agency 
under that paragraph’’ before the 
semicolon; 
(III) in subclause (IV), by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(IV) in subclause (V), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(V) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(VI)(aa) the specific categories 
of biobased products that are unavail-
able to meet the procurement needs of 
the procuring agency; and 
‘‘(bb) the desired performance 
standards and other relevant speci-
fications for those products; and 
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‘‘(VII) if applicable, the procure-
ment requirement or updated procure-
ment requirement established under 
paragraph (2)(A)(i) that the pro-
curing agency failed to meet and rea-
sons for the failure; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) VERIFICATION.—The Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy, in consultation with 
the Secretary, shall— 
‘‘(i) annually collect the information 
required to be reported under subpara-
graph (B) and make the information pub-
licly available; and 
‘‘(ii) annually verify, using the infor-
mation collected under subparagraph (B), 
that each procuring agency under para-
graph (2)(A)(i), as applicable, has estab-
lished a procurement program in accord-
ance with subclause (I) of that paragraph. 
‘‘(E) TRAINING.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of this 
subparagraph, each procuring agency shall 
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have completed training on biobased prod-
uct purchasing for the appropriate staff of 
the procuring agency, including contracting 
officers, purchase card managers, and pur-
chase card holders. 
‘‘(ii) MATERIALS.—The Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy, in cooperation 
with the Secretary, shall provide training 
materials for procuring agencies con-
ducting training pursuant to clause (i). 
‘‘(F) FEDERAL CATALOG UPDATES.—Not 
later than 2 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this subparagraph, the Administrator 
for Federal Procurement Policy, in cooperation 
with the Secretary, shall— 
‘‘(i) direct the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services to update the Federal Pro-
curement Data System described in section 
1122(a)(4) of title 41, United States Code, 
or any successor system, to include 
biobased product designations; 
‘‘(ii) direct that the System for Award 
Management collect biobased product pur-
chasing data; 
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‘‘(iii) direct that Federal online pro-
curement systems, including GSA Advan-
tage! and FedMall, include designations for 
products that meet the guidelines under 
paragraph (3); 
‘‘(iv) require, to the maximum extent 
practicable, that Federal online procure-
ment systems, including GSA Advantage! 
and FedMall, use North American Indus-
try Classification System codes, North 
American Product Classification System- 
based product codes, and other product 
codes, as determined in consultation with 
the Secretary, when identifying products 
that meet the guidelines under paragraph 
(3); and 
‘‘(v) require agencies with online Fed-
eral sales platforms to include reporting of 
these purchases in their reporting on prod-
ucts that meet the guidelines under para-
graph (3).’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end 
the following: 
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‘‘(C) UNAUTHORIZED
USE.—Not later 
than 120 days after the date of enactment of 
this subparagraph, the Secretary shall, in co-
ordination with the Inspector General of the 
Department of Agriculture, notify the public of 
how to report an instance of unauthorized use 
of the label described in paragraph (1).’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) PUBLIC MARKETING AND EDUCATION.— 
The Secretary may conduct outreach to educate the 
public on and promote the use of biobased products, 
including by— 
‘‘(A) conducting outreach to small busi-
nesses producing biobased products that seek a 
label under this subsection; 
‘‘(B) providing information about biobased 
product procurement preferences to State pro-
curement agencies; and 
‘‘(C) establishing public-private partner-
ships to further increase awareness and use of 
biobased products. 
‘‘(6) ACCEPTANCE
AND
USE
OF
CONTRIBU-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may es-
tablish an account to accept contributions of 
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non-Federal funds to carry out public mar-
keting and education under paragraph (5). 
‘‘(B) DEPOSIT
AND
USE
OF
CONTRIBU-
TIONS.—Contributions of non-Federal funds re-
ceived to carry out the activities under para-
graph (5) shall— 
‘‘(i) be deposited into the account es-
tablished under this paragraph for those 
activities; 
‘‘(ii) be available to and subject to the 
control of the Secretary, without further 
appropriation and until expended, to carry 
out those activities; and 
‘‘(iii) supplement any funding made 
available under subsection (k) and allo-
cated by the Secretary for those activities. 
‘‘(7) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 
2025, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
make publicly available on the website of the De-
partment of Agriculture and submit to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 
the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives a report that includes— 
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‘‘(A) a list of the biobased products that 
were authorized to use the label described in 
paragraph (1) during the preceding fiscal year; 
‘‘(B) a description of the audit and compli-
ance activities conducted under paragraph 
(3)(B) during the preceding fiscal year, includ-
ing any findings of noncompliance and any ac-
tions taken by the Secretary to address the 
noncompliance; 
‘‘(C)(i) a description of the public mar-
keting and education conducted by the Sec-
retary under paragraph (5); and 
‘‘(ii) a plan for conducting public mar-
keting and education under that paragraph for 
the following two fiscal years that is designed to 
increase the use of the label described in para-
graph (1) and the purchase of biobased prod-
ucts; and 
‘‘(D) the total amount of contributions of 
non-Federal funds accepted into the account es-
tablished under paragraph (6).’’; 
(3) in subsection (f)(1), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The Secretary and 
the Secretary of Commerce shall jointly’’ and insert-
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ing ‘‘The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation 
with the Secretary, shall’’; 
(4) in subsection (j)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, including greenhouse gas 
emissions reduced and avoided;’’; 
(ii) in clause (vi), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(vii) identifying available industry 
methodologies to establish a lifecycle 
greenhouse 
gas 
emissions 
assessment 
methodology for biobased products.’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘this 
subparagraph’’ and inserting ‘‘the Biomanufac-
turing and Jobs Act of 2025 and every 5 years 
thereafter’’; 
(5) in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘2023’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘2031’’; and 
(6) in subsection (l)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘In this section’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section’’; and 
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(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) STANDARD.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To determine the con-
tents of biobased products, the Secretary shall 
use— 
‘‘(i) the most recent version of the 
ASTM–D–6866 standard of ASTM Inter-
national; or 
‘‘(ii) any alternative standard that the 
Secretary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT.— 
In carrying out subparagraph (A)(ii), the Sec-
retary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 
comply with the requirements for a Federal 
agency issuing a rule under chapter 5 of title 
5, United States Code (commonly referred to as 
the ‘Administrative Procedure Act’). 
‘‘(C) 
STAKEHOLDER
INPUT.—Prior 
to 
issuing any rule or guidance pursuant to this 
subsection, the Secretary shall consult with 
stakeholders that the Secretary determines rel-
evant, such as farmers, feedstock suppliers and 
handlers, and biomanufacturers, regarding the 
potential impact of the rule or guidance on the 
relevant industry.’’. 
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SEC. 5. BIOBASED TASK FORCE. 
Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after section 9003 
(7 U.S.C. 8103) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 9004. BIOBASED TASK FORCE. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a task force (referred to in this section as the ‘task 
force’)— 
‘‘(1) to coordinate programs and activities with-
in the Department of Agriculture relating to the re-
search, development, promotion, marketing, and 
analysis of biobased products, including to support 
the use of agricultural commodities and forest prod-
ucts in biobased products; 
‘‘(2) to maximize the resources allocated to-
wards the research, development, promotion, mar-
keting, and analysis of biobased products by the De-
partment of Agriculture; 
‘‘(3) to determine the effectiveness of the pro-
grams and activities described in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(4) to make recommendations for improve-
ments to those programs and activities. 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The task force shall be com-
posed of not less than 1 representative from each of the 
following mission areas or offices of the Department of 
Agriculture: 
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section (a)(1) and identified under paragraph 
(1)(A). 
‘‘(f) TERMINATION.—The task force shall terminate 
on the date that is 4 years after the date of enactment 
of the Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act of 2025. 
‘‘(g) NONAPPLICABILITY.—Chapter 10 of title 5, 
United States Code, shall not apply to the task force.’’. 
SEC. 6. BIOPRODUCT LABELING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IX of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.) 
is amended by inserting after section 9008 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 9009. BIOPRODUCTS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF COVERED TERM.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘covered term’ means each of the following 
terms: 
‘‘(1) Bio-attributed plastic. 
‘‘(2) Bio-attributed product. 
‘‘(3) Biobased plastic. 
‘‘(4) Biobased product. 
‘‘(5) Intermediate ingredient or feedstock. 
‘‘(6) Plant-based product. 
‘‘(7) Renewable biomass. 
‘‘(8) Renewable chemical. 
‘‘(b) ALTERNATE DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes 
of this section only, the Secretary, in consultation with the 
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Administrator, may, for any covered term, adopt an alter-
native definition to the definition given the term under 
this title. 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION.—It shall be unlawful to sell or 
label a product using a covered term that does not meet, 
as applicable— 
‘‘(1) the definition of that term under this title; 
or 
‘‘(2) the alternate definition adopted by the 
Secretary for that covered term under subsection 
(b). 
‘‘(d) CONFIDENTIALITY.—For purposes of enforcing 
subsection (c), except as directed by the Secretary or the 
Attorney General, no officer, employee, or agent of the 
United States shall make available to the public any infor-
mation, statistic, or document obtained from, or made 
available by, any person under this title other than in a 
manner that ensures that confidentiality is preserved re-
garding— 
‘‘(1) the identity of all relevant persons (includ-
ing parties to a contract); and 
‘‘(2) proprietary business information.’’. 
Æ 
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