Sec. 7. Rural Energy for America Program
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Section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 8107 ) is amended— in subsection (b)(2)— in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; by redesignating subparagraph
(D)as subparagraph (E); and by inserting after subparagraph
(C)the following: a nonprofit organization; and ; in subsection (c)— by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting the following: In addition to any similar authority, the Secretary shall provide loan guarantees and grants to agricultural producers and rural small businesses— to purchase renewable energy systems, including— systems that may be used to produce and sell electricity, such as for agricultural, and associated residential, purposes; and unique components of renewable energy systems; and to make energy efficiency improvements. In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall establish a multi-tiered application process that varies based on the cost of the proposed project. The multi-tiered process shall ensure that applications are most simplified for the projects with the lowest project costs. Each application for a loan guarantee or grant under this paragraph for a project that includes the purchase of a wind turbine shall include— with respect to an application seeking a loan guarantee or grant of less than $20,000, a small turbine safety standards certification from an accredited certification body; and with respect to an application seeking a loan guarantee or grant of $20,000 or more, a power performance and acoustic certification from an accredited certification body. ; in paragraph (2)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— by striking amount and inserting priority ; and by striking section and inserting subsection ; in subparagraph (A), by inserting and the type of energy efficiency improvement to be made so as to ensure that the program supports a diversity of technologies across the United States before the semicolon at the end; in subparagraph (C)— by inserting and public health before benefits ; and by inserting and energy efficiency improvements before the semicolon at the end; and by striking paragraph
(F)and inserting the following: the natural resource conservation benefits of the renewable energy system; ; in paragraph (3)— in subparagraph (B), by striking The Secretary and inserting the following: The Secretary ; by adding at the end the following: Except as provided in subclause (II), the amount of a grant under this paragraph shall not exceed the lesser of $100,000 or 50 percent of the cost of the activity carried out using funds from the grant. In the case of an agricultural producer who is a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher (as defined in section 2501(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 2279(e) )), the amount of a grant under this paragraph shall not exceed the lesser of $100,000 or 75 percent of the cost of the activity carried out using funds from the grant. ; and by striking subparagraph (C); in paragraph (4)— by striking subparagraph
(A)and inserting the following: Subject to subparagraph (B), the amount of a grant under this subsection shall not exceed the lesser of— 25 percent of the cost of the activity carried out using funds from the grant; or as applicable— if the project is for energy efficiency improvements, $250,000; or if the project is for a renewable energy system, $500,000. ; and in subparagraph (C), by striking 75 percent of the cost and inserting all eligible costs ; and by adding at the end the following: In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall not require a second meter for on-farm residential portions of rural projects connected to the grid. ; in subsection (e)(2), strike June 30 of each fiscal year and insert a date to be determined each fiscal year by the Secretary ; in subsection (f)— by striking Not later and inserting the following: Not later ; and by adding at the end the following: Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on activities carried out under this section, including the outcomes achieved by projects funded under this section. ; and in subsection (g)— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: $70,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018; ; in paragraph (2)(B), strike April 1 of each fiscal year and insert the date determined each fiscal year by the Secretary ; and in paragraph (3), by inserting and $70,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 before the period at the end.
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