Sec. 9003. Biorefinery, renewable chemical, and biobased product manufacturing assistance
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Section 9003 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 8103 ) is amended— in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking to assist and inserting to develop advanced biofuels (which, for purposes of this section, shall include ultra-low-carbon bioethanol and zero-carbon bioethanol), renewable chemicals, and biobased product manufacturing and assist ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)— by striking technologically new ; and by striking end-user products and inserting end-user products, renewable chemicals, and biobased products ; and in paragraph (3)— in subparagraph (A)— by indenting the margins of clauses
(i)through
(iii)appropriately; in clause (ii), by striking or at the end; in clause (iii), by striking and at the end and inserting or ; and by adding at the end the following: sustainable aviation fuel; and ; and in subparagraph (B)— by indenting the margins of clauses
(i)through
(iii)appropriately; in clause (ii), by striking or at the end; in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and by adding at the end the following: sustainable aviation fuel. ; in subsection (c)— by striking The Secretary shall make available to eligible entities guarantees and inserting the following: Subject to the availability of funding, the Secretary shall make available to eligible entities— on a year-round basis, guarantees ; in paragraph
(1)(as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting , in accordance with subsection (d); and ; and by adding at the end the following: grants, on a competitive basis, to develop and construct demonstration-scale biorefineries to demonstrate the commercial viability of 1 or more processes for converting renewable biomass to 1 or more of the products described in clauses
(i)through
(iv)of subsection (b)(3)(A), in accordance with subsection (e). ; in subsection (d)— in paragraph (1)— by striking subparagraphs
(A)and (C); by redesignating subparagraphs
(B)and
(D)as subparagraphs
(A)and (B), respectively; in subparagraph
(A)(as so redesignated)— by striking In approving a loan guarantee application and inserting the following: In approving an application for a loan guarantee under subsection (c)(1) ; and by adding at the end the following: The Secretary may waive the feasibility study under clause
(i)for proven or otherwise commercially available technologies. ; and in subparagraph
(B)(as so redesignated), by striking loan guarantee applications and inserting applications for loan guarantees under subsection (c)(1) ; and in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A), by striking $250,000,000 and inserting $400,000,000 ; and by striking subsection
(c)each place it appears and inserting subsection (c)(1) ; by redesignating subsection
(e)as subsection
(k)and moving the subsection so as to appear after subsection (j); by inserting after subsection
(d)the following: In approving applications for grants under subsection (c)(2), the Secretary shall establish a priority scoring system that assigns priority scores to each application and only approve applications that exceed a specified minimum score, as determined by the Secretary. In approving an application for a grant under subsection (c)(2), the Secretary shall determine the technical and economic feasibility of the project based on a feasibility study of the project described in the application conducted by an independent third party. The Secretary may waive the feasibility study under clause
(i)for proven or otherwise commercially available technologies. The priority scoring system established under subparagraph
(A)shall consider, with respect to a project proposed in an application for a grant under subsection (c)(2)— the potential market for the advanced biofuel and the byproducts produced; the level of financial participation by the eligible entity, including support from non-Federal and private sources; whether the eligible entity is proposing to use— a feedstock not previously used in the production of advanced biofuels or sustainable aviation fuels; or a feedstock, process, or technology not widely used in the production of renewable chemicals or biobased products; whether the eligible entity is proposing to work with producer associations or cooperatives; whether the eligible entity has established that the adoption of the process proposed in the application will have a positive impact on resource conservation, public health, and the environment; the potential for rural economic development; whether the project can be replicated; and scalability for commercial use. The amount of a grant awarded under subsection (c)(2) shall not exceed an amount that is 30 percent of the cost of the project carried out using the grant. The non-Federal share of the cost of a project may be provided in the form of cash or material, subject to the condition that the material provided does not exceed 15 percent of the non-Federal share. ; in subsection (g)— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (A)— in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting and grants after loan guarantees ; in clause (iii), by striking and at the end; in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. ; and in subparagraph (B), by striking Of the total and all that follows through subparagraph
(A)and inserting Of the total amount of funds made available for fiscal year 2025 under subparagraph
(A); and in paragraph (2), by striking 2014 through 2023 and inserting 2025 through 2029 ; in subsection (h)(1), by striking subsections
(a)through (e), and
(g)and inserting subsections
(a)through (e), (g), and
(k); in subsection (i)(1), by striking subsections
(a)through
(e)and subsection
(g)and inserting subsections
(a)through (e), (g), and
(k); and in subsection (j)(1), by striking subsections
(a)through
(e)and
(g)and inserting subsections
(a)through (e), (g), and
(k).
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