Sec. 313. Modifications to pilot program on use of sustainable aviation fuel
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Section 324(g) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 is amended by striking paragraph
(2)and inserting the following new paragraphs: The term applicable material means the following: Monoglycerides, diglycerides, and triglycerides. Free fatty acids. Fatty acid esters. Municipal solid waste. Renewable natural gas. The term biomass has the meaning given such term in section 45K(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The term lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions reduction percentage means, with respect to non-petroleum-based jet fuel, the percentage reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions achieved by such fuel as compared with petroleum-based jet fuel, as determined using the following: The most up-to-date Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation which has been adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization with the agreement of the United States. The most up-to-date determinations under the model known as the Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Technologies model developed by Argonne National Laboratory. The term sustainable aviation fuel means the portion of liquid fuel that is not kerosene and that— meets the requirements of— ASTM International Standard D7566; or the Fischer Tropsch provisions of ASTM International Standard D1655, Annex A1; is not derived from coprocessing an applicable material (or materials derived from an applicable material) with a feedstock which is not biomass; is not derived from palm fatty acid distillates or petroleum; and has a lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions reduction percentage of at least 50 percent. .