Harvesting Energy Act of 2007
Latest action · Jul 26, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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.
- IntroducedJul 26, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Harvesting Energy Act of 2007 - Extends: (1) federal procurement of biobased products; (2) biorefinery development grants; (3) the biodiesel fuel education program; (4) the energy audit and renewable energy development program; (5) the biomass research and development program; (6) assistance for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements, including pyrolysis and thermochemical conversion systems; (7) cooperative research and extension projects; (8) the bioenergy program, including establishment of feedstock residue management and transition assistance programs; (9) research, extension, and educational programs on biobased technologies and products; (10) the environmental quality incentives program; and (11) high-priority research and extension initiatives.
Establishes: (1) a biochar research and demonstration program; (2) a strategic biofuel feedstock reserve program; (3) a direct payment program for value-added and renewable energy enterprises; (4) a biomass feedstock pilot program; (5) biochar demonstration projects; and (6) demonstration projects for farm and rural applications of plug-in electric drive vehicles.
Provides for Department of Agriculture (Department) use of flexible fuel vehicles.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory, to carry out a renewable energy research and development program.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a standardized protocol for market-based trading of greenhouse gas emissions reductions from soil carbon sequestration to monitor soil carbon sequestration and increases in soil carbon stocks associated with agricultural management practices; (2) provide grants to land-grant colleges and universities to develop renewable energy and value-added curricula and provide renewable energy extension services; and (3) provide grants to nonprofit organizations to educate fleet operators and the public about biodiesel and other renewable fuels.
Provides for a joint Department-Department of Energy study and report on reducing the costs of producing electricity from renewable resources.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee | Referred Jul 26, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 26, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jul 26, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10155-10156)
- Jul 26, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S10155 | Ken Salazar D-CO | Jul 26, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reauthorize and improve agricultural energy programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Harvesting Energy Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Agricultural colleges
- Agricultural conservation
- Agricultural education
- Agricultural extension work
- Agricultural machinery
- Agricultural pollution
- Agricultural research
- Agriculture and Food
- Air pollution control
- Alternative energy sources
- Animals
- Biomass energy
- Carbon cycle
- Cellulose
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Curricula
- Data banks
- Diesel motor
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electric power production
- Electric vehicles
- Emissions trading
- Energy
- Energy efficiency
- Energy research
- Environmental Protection
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government procurement
- Government vehicles
- Governmental investigations
- Groundwater
- Habitat conservation
- Higher education
- Housing and Community Development
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Research and development
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Soil conservation
- Soil pollution
- Transportation and Public Works
- Water conservation
- Water pollution control
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 26, 2007Introduced in Senate
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