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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Apr 29, 2009
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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Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] · R–NE
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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