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Rural Energy Investment Act of 2012

Introduced: March 29, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Mar 29, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 29, 2012
Introduced in Senate
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Rural Energy Investment Act of 2012 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 regarding the biobased markets program to: (1) extend program funding through FY2017, (2) increase the number of categories of biobased products designated and individual biobased products eligible for preferred purchasing, and (3) provide for a program of biobased product education and promotion activities.

Amends the Rural Energy for America Program to: (1) extend Program funding through FY2017; (2) make nonprofit organizations eligible for assistance; (3) provide loan guarantees and grants to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy system purchases, with a tiered loan and grant application process that reflects project size; and (4) permit the combined amount of a grant and a loan guarantee to cover all eligible activity costs.

Extends funding through FY2017 for: (1) biorefinery assistance, (2) the biodiesel fuel education program, (3) biomass research and development, (4) the Rural Energy Self-Sufficiency Initiative, (5) the biomass crop assistance program, (6) the forest biomass for energy program, and (7) the community wood energy program.

What's happening now March 29, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 5955 Related bill Rural Energy Investment Act of 2012
  • S 2225 Related bill A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reauthorize and improve the Rural Energy for Amer…
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Apr 18, 2012
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Mar 29, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2270: Rural Energy Investment Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2270/
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"S. 2270: Rural Energy Investment Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2270/.
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S. 2270, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2270/.
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