United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2170 (111th)
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to provide covered institutions loans for conversion to use of biomass for energy generation.
Introduced
29 April 2009
Last action
22 June 2010 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
Sponsors
Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1], Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5], Rep. Minnick, Walter [D-ID-1], Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large]
Subjects
Agriculture, Energy, Education
Source updated
24 January 2025
Agriculture · Energy · Education
Summary
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) establish a program to provide zero-interest loans to covered institutions (i.e., an institution of higher education, an elementary or secondary school, or a hospital) for capital costs for converting to the use of biomass for energy generation; and (2) ensure that an institution receiving such a loan will use woody biomass for not less than 75% of the energy generation resulting from such conversion. Establishes in the Treasury a revolving fund for such program. Requires the Secretary to: (1) deposit amounts received as payment on loans provided under such program into such revolving fund; and (2) make available $100 million of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to such revolving fund.
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Timeline
29 April 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
29 April 2009
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Source: IntroReferral
29 April 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
22 June 2010
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 29 April 2009 · Download file
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Sponsors
- Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Minnick, Walter [D-ID-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
- · hsag00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2170
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2170
- us · 111-hr-2170 · source updated 24 January 2025