National Security and Bioenergy Investment Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1210
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2005-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agricultural conservation
Agricultural cooperatives
Agricultural education
Agricultural industries
Agricultural research
Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture and Food
Alternative energy sources
Authorization
Biomass energy
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Catalysis
Cellulose
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Department of Agriculture
Economic forecasting
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electric power production
Energy crops
Energy research
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Federal officials
Feedstock
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Hydrogen
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Law
Legislation
Marketing
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Regional economic development
Research and development
Rural economic development
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works
Trees
Wood

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-09
text: 
National Security and Bioenergy Investment Act of 2005 - Amends the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 to redefine &quot;biomass.&quot; 
 
 Revises provisions respecting: (1) Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee membership; (2) the Biomass Research and Development Initiative; (3) reports; and (4) funding.
 
Eliminates the termination date for authority under such Act.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) conduct a research, development, and demonstration program on the economic production and use of hydrogen from biofuels, with emphasis on the rural transportation and rural electrical generation sectors; (2) establish an incentive program for the production of cellulosic biofuels; and (3) make small business bioproduct marketing and certification grants; (4) make regional bioeconomy development grants; (5) make preprocessing and harvesting demonstration grants; and (6) contract for a biobased fuels and products education program.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a position of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Energy and Biobased Products, who shall be responsible for: (1) energy programs under title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002; and (2) all other programs and initiatives that the Secretary considers appropriate. 
 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 respecting federal biobased product procurement.
 
Directs the Architect of the Capitol to establish in the Capitol Complex a public education program regarding biobased product use by the Architect.
 
Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should amend the tax code to encourage investment in, and production and use of, biobased fuels and biobased products through investment tax credits for small manufacturers and facilities construction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6306-6311)
action_date: 2005-06-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6305-6306)
action_date: 2005-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate