5234 -- To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to expand opportunities for algae-based research, and for other purposes. | Poliscope

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to expand opportunities for algae-based research, and for other purposes.

5234

115th Congress

Agriculture and Food

In Committee

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

March 8, 2018

Latest Action

March 28, 2018

Primary Sponsor

Darren SotoDemocratic(FL)

Momentum (last 30 days)

score

0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

66pct

20d open

vs 7,393 other HR bills in the 115th — cohort avg 50d

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.")