Bioenergy Innovation, Optional Fuel Utilization, and Energy Legacy (BIOFUEL) Act of 2006
Latest action · Sep 27, 2006 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7503)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 11, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bioenergy Innovation, Optional Fuel Utilization, and Energy Legacy (BIOFUEL) Act of 2006 - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the schedule for the volume of renewable fuels, the volume for cellulosic biomass, and the volume of biodiesel.
Amends federal transportation law to require manufacturers of new dual fueled automobiles to ensure that the percentage of the total of such automobiles, manufactured and distributed in commerce for sale in the United States, meets prescribed percentages for specified model years.
Directs the Secretary of Energy to require motor fuel retailers in each geographic region the Secretary establishes, when flexible-fuel vehicle market penetrations reach a certain level, to install an E-85 fuel pump or pumps at their retail fuel facilities.
Establishes in the Treasury a Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Fund to implement a related grant program.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a renewable energy strategic feedstock reserve program to purchase and store agricultural commodities with their producers.
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to: (1) redefine bioenergy as ethanol derived from cellulosic feedstocks; and (2) reauthorize the Department of Agriculture bioenergy program.
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to enable eligible farmers, ranchers, and certain domestic entities controlled by them to create or expand facilities designed to convert agricultural commodities into fuel.
Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a lender to obtain an unsubordinated interest in a borrower's farming or ranching operation as a prerequisite to a federal loan guarantee.
Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to declare eligible for credit assistance certain associations of farmers, producers, or harvesters of aquatic products engaged in commercial activities related to renewable energy products.
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish a research and development program related to: (1) ethanol production; (2) extraction of energy from biological sources; (3) biomass gasification; and (4) new vehicle efficiency technologies.
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish a biofuels production facility grant program.
Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress should enact policies that: (1) reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and (2) encourage systems that compensate American agricultural producers for the beneficial role that they play in reducing greenhouse gases and sequestering carbon from the atmosphere.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend tax credits for ethanol and biodiesel; (2) increase tax credits for refueling property for ethanol and biodiesel; and (3) increase the small ethanol producer credit.
Revises requirements for infrastructure bonds for facilities producing motor vehicle fuel from biomass.
Cosponsors 63
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 11, 2006 to Dec 7, 2006; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | May 11, 2006 |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Original | May 11, 2006 |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Original | May 11, 2006 |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Original | May 11, 2006 |
| D-ND | Earl Pomeroy | Original | May 11, 2006 |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Original | May 11, 2006 |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Original | May 11, 2006 |
| D-CO | John T. Salazar | Original | May 11, 2006 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | May 11, 2006 |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | Original | May 11, 2006 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | May 11, 2006 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | May 11, 2006 |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Original | May 11, 2006 |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | May 15, 2006 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | May 15, 2006 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 11, 2006 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Jun 5, 2006 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred May 11, 2006 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Jun 13, 2006 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred May 11, 2006 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Jun 2, 2006 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 11, 2006 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7503)
- Jun 19, 2006Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
- Jun 13, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
- Jun 5, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
- Jun 2, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3216 | Bob Etheridge D-NC | May 24, 2006 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E904 | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD | May 19, 2006 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E856 | John T. Salazar D-CO | May 17, 2006 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To promote the increased utilization of domestically produced, renewable, biobased motor vehicle fuel supplies and the increased manufacture of flexible-fuel vehicles in the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Bioenergy Innovation, Optional Fuel Utilization, and Energy Legacy (BIOFUEL) Act of 2006
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative procedure
- Agricultural cooperatives
- Agricultural credit
- Agricultural prices
- Agricultural subsidies
- Agricultural wastes
- Agriculture and Food
- Air pollution control
- Alcohol as fuel
- Alternative energy sources
- Authorization
- Automobile engines
- Automobile industry
- Bank loans
- Biomass energy
- Bonds
- Business records
- Carbon cycle
- Cellulose
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Commerce
- Cost effectiveness
- Data banks
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Energy
- Diesel motor
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric vehicles
- Energy
- Energy crops
- Energy efficiency
- Energy research
- Energy storage
- Energy supplies
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Federal aid to research
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Feedstock
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fines (Penalties)
- Gasoline
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Government trust funds
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Law
- Liens
- Methane
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- Natural gas
- Natural gas vehicles
- Oils and fats
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Refuse as fuel
- Research and development
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Service stations
- Small business
- Solar energy
- Standards
- Storage
- Strategic materials
- Subsidies
- Tax credits
- Transportation and Public Works
- Wind power
- Wood
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 11, 2006Introduced in House
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