HR 5234
115th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Administrative remedies
Agricultural research
Horticulture and plants
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to expand opportunities for algae-based research, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 28, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Mar 8, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 8, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to allow algae to be considered an eligible material under the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP).
(Under BCAP, USDA provides matching payments to assist agricultural and forest land owners and operators with the collection, harvest, storage, and transportation of eligible material for use in a biomass conversion facility. Under current law, algae is excluded from the definition of "eligible material.")
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Committees of jurisdiction
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