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The bill reduces federal spending and market distortions by eliminating Title IX bioenergy subsidies but shifts costs onto farmers, rural communities, state/local partners, and may slow agricultural low‑carbon energy deployment.
Taxpayers will see lower federal spending because the bill eliminates Title IX bioenergy subsidy programs, reducing government outlays and easing budgetary pressure.
Consumers and market participants may face fewer distortions as removing subsidies reduces incentives that can misallocate resources in bioenergy markets, potentially lowering long-run inefficiencies and costs.
Farmers and bioenergy producers will lose federal subsidies and program support created under Title IX, reducing their revenue and incentives to invest in bioenergy production.
Rural communities will likely experience reduced economic activity and fewer clean-energy projects that relied on Title IX funding or incentives, harming local jobs and investment.
Loss of targeted bioenergy incentives may slow deployment of low-carbon energy in agriculture, potentially hindering emissions-reduction efforts and slowing the transition to lower-carbon fuel sources.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Repeals Title IX of the 2002 Farm Act, eliminating statutory bioenergy subsidy programs and related authorities established under that title.
Introduced January 3, 2025 by Andrew S. Biggs · Last progress January 3, 2025
Repeals Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, eliminating all statutory provisions, programs, and authorities created under that title, including federal bioenergy subsidy programs and any related subsidy authorities. The measure contains a short title and a single operative repeal that would remove the federal legal basis for those programs. The repeal would directly affect federal agencies that administered the programs, businesses and farmers that received bioenergy supports, and any related rural development or research activities tied to those authorities. The bill does not specify an effective date or detail transitional rules for existing contracts or ongoing program obligations.