To provide for Federal research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities to enable the development of farms that are net producers of both food and energy, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Mar 3, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
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.
- IntroducedJan 5, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to: (1) develop recommendations for evaluation measures and criteria for programs under this Act; and (2) evaluate the feasibility of prize and best practices award programs as tools to promote self-powered farms.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish an award program for up to 30 state agricultural research programs for self-powered farm demonstrations; (2) provide low-cost revolving loans and loan guarantees to eligible entities for the commercial application of energy or other technologies that will contribute to establishing self-powered farms, with highest preference given to applicants who propose to meet their energy needs from biobased feedstocks or other renewable energy sources produced on that farm; and (3) enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences for a review of the programs under this Act.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jan 5, 2011 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Feb 10, 2011 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jan 5, 2011 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Mar 3, 2011 | |
| Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee | Referred Mar 3, 2011 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
- Mar 3, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
- Feb 10, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
- Jan 5, 2011Introduced in House
- Jan 5, 2011Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H44.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for Federal research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities to enable the development of farms that are net producers of both food and energy, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Agricultural practices and innovations
- Agricultural research
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Energy
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy research
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 5, 2011Introduced in House
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