The Senate passed its version of the Farm Bill – the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 \u2013 on June 10. The $955 billion legislative package set aside $1.1 billion in mandatory funding over the course of 10 years for renewable and clean energy programs.<\/p>\n
These funds include[1]:<\/p>\n
Biomass Crop Assistance Program<\/strong>: $38 million for each fiscal year, 2014 through 2018.<\/p>\n Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance:<\/strong> $100 million for fiscal year 2014; $58 million for fiscal years 2015 and 2016.<\/p>\n Biomass Research and Development:<\/strong> $26 million in mandatory funding and an additional $30 million in appropriated funding for each fiscal year, 2014 through 2018.<\/p>\n Rural Energy for American Program:<\/strong> $68.2 million in mandatory funding and an additional $20 million in appropriated funding for each fiscal year, 2014 through 2018.<\/p>\n Biobased Markets (BioPreferred) Program:<\/strong> $3 million in mandatory funding and $2 million in appropriated funding for each of fiscal year, 2014 through 2018.<\/p>\n Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels:<\/strong> $20 million in appropriated funding for each fiscal year, 2014 through 2018.<\/p>\n Despite funding that amounts to 31 percent less per year than the 2008 Farm Bill, the Senate version offers decidedly more support for energy provisions than the bill awaiting a vote in the House. Whereas the Senate bill authorizes mandatory funding for energy programs, the House\u2019s Federal Agricultural and Reform and Risk Management Act calls for discretionary funding. As a result, Congress will need to appropriate funds each year.<\/p>\n To bridge this gap, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Bruce Braley (D-IA) introduced The Rural Energy Investment Act earlier this month. The bill calls for over $1 billion in mandatory funding for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, Rural Energy for American Program and other energy titles. It would also extend funding eligibility to renewable chemicals programs.<\/p>\n The proposed legislation is awaiting debate in numerous House committees. Meanwhile, The Federal Agricultural and Reform and Risk Management Act has been placed on the legislative calendar. A vote is expected later this month, perhaps as early as next week. Assuming the bill passes the House, the House-Senate conference will reconcile the differences between the two bills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Senate passed its version of the Farm Bill – the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 \u2013 on June 10. The $955 billion legislative package set aside $1.1 billion in mandatory funding over the course of 10 years for renewable and clean energy programs. These funds include[1]: Biomass Crop Assistance Program: $38 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[2773],"class_list":["post-18945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","supplier-us-senate-committee-on-agriculture-nutrition-forestry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18945"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=18945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}