Rural Energy Investment Act of 2013
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jun 6, 2013)
Rural Energy Investment Act of 2013 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 regarding the biobased markets program to: (1) extend program funding through FY2018, (2) increase the number of categories of biobased products designated and individual biobased products eligible for preferred purchasing, and (3) provide for a program of biobased product education and promotion activities.
Amends the Rural Energy for America Program to: (1) extend Program funding through FY2018; (2) make nonprofit organizations eligible for assistance; (3) provide loan guarantees and grants to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy system purchases, with a tiered loan and grant application process that reflects project cost; and (4) permit the combined amount of a grant and a loan guarantee to cover all eligible activity costs.
Extends funding through FY2018 for: (1) biorefinery assistance, (2) the biodiesel fuel education program, (3) biomass research and development, (4) the Rural Energy Self-Sufficiency Initiative, (5) the biomass crop assistance program, (6) the forest biomass for energy program, (7) the community wood energy program, and (8) the feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers.
What just happenedSep 24, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJun 6, 2013
- Sep 24, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- Jun 25, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
- Jun 6, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Science, Space, and Technology, and the Budget, 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.
- Jun 6, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Science, Space, and Technology, and the Budget, 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.
- Jun 6, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Science, Space, and Technology, and the Budget, 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.
- Jun 6, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Science, Space, and Technology, and the Budget, 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.
- Jun 6, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jun 6, 2013IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House